Immediate Help For Snap Bean Growers
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) —Slate Agriculture Secretary
Charles C. Brosius has issued a
crisis exemption for the herbicide
“Reflex” so that it may be used on
snap bean fields. The fields are
threatened by horsenettie and
other weeds that c6uld limit bean
harvests.
“Snap bean growers must act
Rogers Joins Horse
Racing Commission
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Agriculture Secretary Charles
C. Brosius recently announced that
Gov. Tom Ridge’s nomination of
C. Edward Rogers, Jr. to the Pen
nsylvania Harness Racing Com
mission (PHRC) has been con
firmed by the Senate.
Gov. Ridge nominated Rogers,
of Mechanics burg, Cumberland
County, to the PHRC on April 18.
“Ed Rogers is well qualified for
this position on the PHRC,” Bro
sius said. “He has an extensive
background in both harness racing
and financial management”
Rogers, 54, is a graduate of
Lebanon Valley College and is
currently president of the account
ing firm Greenawalt & Company,
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quickly if their fields are
threatened by certain weeds,”
Brosius said. “Horsenettie, in par
ticular. is difficult to control with
out the use of Reflex.”
Horsenettie is a perennial weed
that produces small, poisonous
berries that turn from green to yel
low as they mature. The fruit is
difficult to se;iarate from snap
P. C. of Mechanicsbuig. He first
joined the firm as a partner in
1973.
He has been involved in harness
racing activities for nearly 30 years
as an owner, trainer, breeder and
driver.
The State Harness Racing Com
mission oversees harness racing
activities throughout the common
wealth, including licensing of all
participants and enforcement of all
laws and regulations pertaining to
harness racing.
There are two commissioners
and one chairman at the PHRC.
Commissioners, who meet month
ly, also handle the adjudication of
appeals of judges’ rulings, track
ejections and licensing violations.
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beans under normal harvesting
procedures.
Applications of Reflex must be
made prior to complete canopy
development of the snap bean
crop and prior to the development
of fruits by the horsenettle. Grow
ers may begin making applica
tions immediately.
Reflex is approved by the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) for use on soybeans. It is
available from commercial agri
cultural chemical dealers.
The department currently has
an application for an emergency
exemption for Reflex pending
with die EPA. The EPA has taken
longer than the normal 50-day
review period to act on the depart
ment’s request, warranting the
need for the crisis exemption.
The crisis exemption expires on
July 7. The department’s request
for an emergency exemption is
expected to be approved by the
EPA, allowing growers to con
tinue use during the normal appli
cation period. Growers must dis
continue use of this product on
map beans after the expiration
date of the emergency exemption.
Pennsylvania produced 14.370
tons of snap beans in 1993. The
crop was valued at $3,377,00.
For more information about the
crisis exemption, snap bean grow
ers should contact John T-ab». 0 f
the department’s Bureau of Plant
Industry at (717) 787-4843.
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Roger uses a computer to keep
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David’s children arc Brittney,
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of the Casselman River Watershed
Association, he said the organiza
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county Conservation District and
the Somerset County
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(around the farm) that need to be
done.”
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Spring City, PA