N.E. Pa. Open Space Conference Set
WILKES-BARRE (Luzemc
Co.) An upcoming conference
is to address new and creative
ways to preserve and maintain
community open spaces in north
eastern Pennsylvania.
On Friday, March 22, “Crea
tung Opportunities for Communi
ty Open Space” will bring
together local planners, conserva
tion groups, developers, and
natural resource professionals for
a luncheon at noon, followed by
an afternoon conference.
Award winning author, lecturer
and rural town planner Mr. Ran
dell Arendt of Natural Lands Trust
Inc. will be returning to the area to
discuss ways to develop a
community-wide open space net
work and techniques that can
improve the appearance and vitali
ty of local downtowns.
Other presenters include How
ard Grossman of the Economic
Development Council of North
eastern Pennsylvania, discussing
the newly formed Northeast Pen
nsylvania Conservancy; Steve
Pitoniak of the Lackawanna
County Regional Planning Com
mission explaining how the
comprehensive plan for the Lack
awanna Valley will try to preserve
open space; Beth Pilling of the
Montgomery County Planning
Commission discussing the $lO
million they are spending to pre
serve open space; and Bemie
McGurl of the Lackawanna River
corridor Association and Annette
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During the course of his presen
tation, Muller offered ways to
reduce costs and become more
efficient producers of milk.
“The economic facts,” Muller
said, “are that milk prices have
been stable until fairly recently,
when we’ve seen some improve
ment Our input costs are increas
ing. That means our margins are
decreasing, which means for all of
you the cost of living is a little bit
tighter.”
He suggested for future compe
titiveness, dairy farmers should
look at ways to decrease costs.
Among other things, Muller
noted that you could try to improve
production management improve
business management use the
tools that are available for finan
cial management and use the tools
and technology that are available,
such as BST or intensive grazing.
“Many of you have heard of a
fairly famous football coach at
Penn State who says if you do the
little things right, the big things
will take care of themselves,”
Muller noted.
In gaining competitiveness,
dairy farmers must better manage
all the resources on the farm
including land, labor, cattle and
management
“How can we better utilize those
resources?” Muller asked.
Changes can also be considered
in the feeding program especially
by considering by-products, mak
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forage to the top producing cows,
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balance rations accordingly, use
the scale carefully and analyze the
mix when feeding a total mixed
ration, and consider buying com
modities in bulk.
Setting up an intensive grazing
system is also a possibility for the
coming months.
“I know some of your in this
room are doing some grazing,”
said Muller. “Maybe some more of
you are thinking about it. The feed
costs are the biggest costs. Grazing
systems are a component of the
forage system. It does require dif
ferent management and there’s no
guarantee that there will be a posi
tive impact, but it’s something to
consider. Basically, intensive
grazing is managing cows and pas
ture to optimize the production of
both.”
In addition to the main presenta
tions, producers also had the
opportunity to attend a breakout
session on pesticides lead by
County Extension Agent Mark
Madden. One core and one categ
ory point were offered to those
who listened to his two presenta
tions, “What’s new for 1996 in
weed control materials?” and
“Integrated pest management for
corn.”
The programs were well
attended, according to Bradford
County Ag. Agent Tom J. Malo
ney, who estimated attendance to
be more than 300.
“It was a successful day,” said
Maloney. “We try to add some
thing new every year. This year it
was the skin cancer screening.
Next year we’ll try to have hearing
screening. We try to get the whole
family involved.”