MYERSTOWN (Lebanon
Co.) Several prominent gov
ernment officials were on hand at a
breakfast meeting Wednesday
morning to emphasize the impor
tance of agriculture and agribusi
ness, especially in providing the
opportunity for exports and in the
use of Pennsylvania products for
manufacturing.
Both Pennsylvania Ag Secret
ary Charles Brosius and State Rep
resentative Peter Zug attended the
event sponsored by Farmer Boy
Ag, Leon Hoover, president and
CEO. Farmer Boy'Ag is building
poultry and hog facilities in 24 dif
ferent states, and they have 40 peo
ple marketing throughout 96 coun
tries. Projects are underway in
Japan and Argentina with excel
lent prospects in Korea, Chile and
Mexicor
Tim Mason, chief financial
officer, said Fanner Boy Ag had
sales that exceeded $BO million in
1994, and this was a 100 percent
increase from 1993. Of these sales,
$2 million was in foreign sales.
The company has 350 employees.
Brosius said these foreign sales
were examples of what the Pen
nsylvania Department of Agricul
ture needs to do to help Pennsylva
nia farmers and agribusinesses
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“Leon Hoover is an American
success story,” Brosius said. "With
initiative, hard work, and the
opportunity. Farmer Boy Ag is the
kind of business we are proud of in
Pennsylvania Agriculture. It’s this
world class industry that Gov.
Tom Ridge and I are committed to
do whatever is necessary to keep
agriculture on the cutting edge. We
have the largest rural population in
Pennsylvania, and we have tre
mendous opportunities.”
John Reininger, Hatfield Qual
ity Meats, said his company
slaughters 1.7 million pigs each
year and returns $162 million to
the pork producers. But 25 percent
of their production is purchased
outside of Pennsylvania, and he
said this was only because their
needs were greater than they can
purchase locally. Reininger said
the opportunity in Pennsylvania
was increasing because Hatfield's
capacity is 2.5 million hogs, fie
said their plant can grow and their
goal is to promote agriculture
locally.
Galen Kopp, Lebanon County
agent, said agribusiness in the
county employs 4,137 people and
provides $86.4 million in wages.
He said hog production had
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At Agribusiness Breakfast
On tour of Farmer Boy Ag manufacturing facilities. From left, Greg Lentz, plant man
ager, Rep. Peter Zug, Ag Secretary, Charles Brosius, and Leon Hoover, president and
CEO.
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Zug complimented Gov. Ridge
for allowing his cabinet to come
out to meetings like this to meet
with the people and hear about
their needs. He said this was very
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in Harrisburg a better handle on
local situations across the state.
Following breakfast, everyone
had the opportunity to tour the Far
mer Boy manufacturing facilities.
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