C6-Lanc«ster Farming, Saturday, July 22, 1995
NESGA Elects Officers
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
Linda Moose, owner of Cha
pel-Ridge Farm, will serve as pre
sident of the North East Santa
Gertrudis Association (NESGA)
for the 1995-1996 year. Moose
was elected at the May meeting of
the NESGA at Moss’s Restaurant
Other officers elected are Jim
Delaplaine,'Gettysburg, vice pre
sident; Susan M. White, Gettys
burg, secretary-treasurer; Mar
guerite L. Bucher, Gettysburg,
publicity chair; and James Quan
beck, Columbia; John and Mar
garet Marshall of Rochester Mills;
and Gene Moosfc, Annette Dela
plaine and Douglas White, all of
Gettysburg, directors.
The organization will hold a
Field Day on July 29 on Tejas
Farm, Rochester Mills. Tejas
Farm is owned by the Marshalls,
who are using a Santa Gertrudis
bull as a herd sire in their commer
cial cattle operation. The event
will feature the progeny of the
Santa crosses produced at the Te
jas operation. Purebred cattle from
major breeders will also be on ex
hibit.
The field day held at the Moose
farm in the summer of 1994 was
termed very successful by Linda
Moose. There were 40 members
and guests present. “With the
event being held on a farm to the
west of us, we hope to introduce
Northrup King Progresses Toward
Bt Corn Commercialization
GOLDEN VALLEY,
Minn.—ln another key
move towards commer
cialization, Northrup
King Co. lias received
clearance from the
Environmental Proba
tion Agency (EPA) to
harvest extensive
research trial acreages
of Bt com.
The clearance
granted, a temporary
tolerance exemption,
extends to all 500 plots
in cooperating farmers’
fields and Northrup
King research locations
that are participating in
advanced Bt com Held
trials across the U.S.
this year.
“We have been
actively evaluating the
field performance of Bt
com for three years,”
said Kent Schulze,
president/CEO of
Northrup King. “The
extensive research trials
now underway, coupled
with clearance to
harvest Bt com just like
a conventional experi
mental hybrid, are
encouraging steps in
our efforts to bring Bt
com to fanners.”
Bt com was deve
loped through biotech
nology to resist the
European com borer.
The plants contain a
gene from Bacillus
thuringiensis, common
ly known at Bt, a natur
ally occuring soil bac
terium. The gene causes
the plant to produce a
protein which controls
European com borers,
but in its intended use is
harmless to beneficial
insects and other spe
cies, including humans.
the Santa breed to cattlemen in
that area.” she said.
The members voted to partici
pate in Pennsylvania State Univer
sity’s Ag Progress Days on Aug.
15-17. It was agreed that the ex
posure of a live animal or animals
to the thousands of ag-oriented
people who visit the event is worth
the time and effort. Follow-up let
ters were sent to all people who
signed the request form at last
year’s event and they will be sent
after this year’s event as well.
Quanbeck, of Rib-Eye Ranch,
immediate past president, and
Hosts Statewide Event
MILLVILLE (Columbia Co.)
The Pennsylvania Emu Farm
ers’ Association (PEFA) will be
.hosting a “Meet An Emu Day”
event statewide. Open houses will
be held on participating PEFA
members’ farms on Saturday,
Aug. 5. •
The public is invited to contact
and visit various member farms to
learn more about this agribusi
ness. Many farms will be serving
emu meat, handing out free sam-
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Gene Moose, past president and
long-time director, received
plaques for their years of service.
Other projects discussed were
participation in the Virginia Expo
1996, which is always held on the
third weekend of April. The
Mooses attended the event this
year and stated that the animals
were on exhibit at private treaty. It
was agreed that participation
might expose the breed to Virginia
people.
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brush to five Inches thick and
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