A34*Laneaster Farming, Saturday, June 10, 1995
Sen. Jubelirer Appoints Altoona Man To Farmland Board
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Ray Diebold, an Altoona
dairy farmer, was appointed last
week to the Pennsylvania Agricul
tural Land Preservation Board by
Sen. Robert Jubelirer, who is also
Senate president pro tempore.
The 17-member board has over
sight of the state Farmland Protec
tion Program, which allows the
state and counties to purchase
development rights referred to
as easements to guarantee that
certain farms remain as agricultur
al land.
The board is constructed so that
Fungicides Released
To Fight Late Blight
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) —Agriculture Secretary
Charles C. Brosius announced that
two fungicides are now available
for commercial growers to control
late blight in potatoes.
Acrobat MZ and Curzate M-8
were unavailable for use on pota
toes until Brosius formally
requested that they be exempted
from federal Environmental Pro
tection Agency (EPA) regulations
this growing season.
“We’re pleased that the EPA
has approved our request to use
these fimgicides on Late blight,"
Brosius said. “It’s another tool for
farmers as they combat this
disease.”
Acrobat MZ is manufactured by
E.I. du Pont de Nemours, and Cur
zate M-8 is manufactured by the
American Cyanamid Company.
Both fungicides will be available
from commercial suppliers until
October 1, when the exemption
expires.
Brosius requested the exemp
tions due to an emergency condi
tion resulting from the introduc
tion of a new strain of late blight
fungus (Phytophthora infestans).
There was over $4 million in dam
age to Pennsylvania
potato crops due to late blight dur-
the secretary of the Agriculture
Department is chairman.
Other members include the sec
retaries of the departments of
Community Affairs and Environ
mental Resources; the minority
and majority leaders of the House
and Senate Agricultural and Rural
Affairs committees; the dean of
The Pennsylvania State University
College of Agricultural Sciences;
five members appointed by the
governor; and four members
appointed, one each by the speaker
of the House, the House minority
leader, the Senate president pro
ing 1994.
Plants affected by late blight
have brownish to purplish-black
spots appearing on leaves or stems
of plants. The disease can occur at
any time during the growing sea
son when humid, rainy conditions
occur.
In addition to requesting
exemption for the two fungicides,
the Agriculture Department
increased its monitoring activity
to alert growers to the presence of
late blight and blight conditions.
Growers may contact an inte
grated pest management hotline
for information on the occurrence
and management of late blight
The telephone number is (800)
736-6476 (800-PENN-IPM).
The department’s Plant Disease
Diagnostic Laboratory is also
assisting in the late blight manage
ment effort by testing samples
using a new technique that pro
vides faster determination of late
blight fungus to aid growers in
fighting the disease.
For more information on the
control of late blight, growers may
contact their professional associa
tions, county extensions agents, or
the Agriculture Department’s
Plant Industry Labs at (717)
787-5609.
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tempore, and the Senate minority
leader.
Diebold was appointed by Jube
lirer to fill an unexpircd term on
the board. Normally, members
serve for four years. Diebold’s
board term is to end in April 1997.
The appointment is one of sev
eral leadership positions that Die
bold currently holds. He is a mem
ber of Sen. Jubelirer’s agricultural
advisory group, the Penn State
Agricultural Advisory Council,
and the Pennsylvania Council of
Agricultural Organizations.
Also, last year, Diebold was
reappointed to serve as a member
of the Pennsylvania Dairy Promo
tion Program Board of Directors.
Diebold operates a 90-cow dairy
farm in Tyrone Township, with his
wife Juyd and son Kevin. He and
Judy also have a son Ken, and
daughter Karen.
As a member of the Farmland
Protection Program Board of
Directors, Diebold is to review
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purchases of building easements
on farmland.
Under the program, individual
landowners who have first
enrolled their acres within an
approved Agricultural Security
Area can then apply to a county
preservation board to sell the deve
lopment rights to the farmland.
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ments, or purchase the easements
entirely.
State Secretary of Agriculture
Charles Brosius praised the
selection.
“Mr. Diebold has operated a
dairy farm in Blair County and has
been a leader in agricultural issues
for many year,” Brosius said. “We
will value his input as a board
member.”
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Jett Williams & The Drifting
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Mountain Madness Off Road Races,
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Children’s Day, 1 to 4 p.m.
SUNDAY - The Country Rhythm Band, 5 &
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