On Tour, FFA’ers Learn Valuable Lessons About Cooperatives ANDY ANDREWS garnered from Poorbaugh’s recent told the future business leaders to fnoH n u n , Lancaster Farming Staff experience in touring Poland. “learn to appreciate” the benefits pp* ™ NOTTINGHAM (Chester Co.) He said Poland doesn't have that U.S. cooperatives provide to c^ D coundl members —A simple tour can turn into a big cooperatives such as the U.S. He U s. cooperative council members learning experience. — lO Pa B* Lancaster County FFA mem- / bers who toured the Herr’s Snack Foods plant just inside the Chester County border Tuesday morning learned an important lesson about the value of cooperatives: take a raw product such as a potato, turn it into a potato chip, and see how its value grows. And not just any potato chip: but a barbecued one, one that tastes like sour cream and onions, or tortillas. . . . After the tour of the plant, FFA’ers were treated to some snacks before heading to the Herr Angus Farm. “This tour illustrates the neces sity of businesses to get closer to the consumer,” said Dick Poor baugh, Penn State Cooperative Education. Poorbaugh spoke to the S 6 students and teachers from eight different FFA chapters in the county. The tour, sponsored by the Lan caster County Cooperative Coun cil, is pan of the testing process to select youth from the county to attend the Cooperative Youth Institute scheduled the last week of June at Shippensburg. Poorbaugh explained some of the purposes of the Penn State program and to share some lessons he has learned through the years in FARM. LAWN & GARDEN CARTS • Big #26 Cart, capacity 400 Iba., 14 buahala, 26x2.125 pneumatic wheela, praaaure treated plywood, removeable front Unaeeembled $122.00 • #26 Carl Kit (plywood not Included) $67.00 • #2O Carl, capacity 8 bu., 300 Iba., 20x2.125 pneumatic wheela w/ramovaable fr0n1...590.00 • #2O Cart Kit (plywood not included) ......$70.00 • 26x2.125 Pneumatic Wheela w/V« ” bearing $46.00 aet • 20x2.125 Pneumatic Whaela w/V« " bearing $42.00 aet Add 10% Poatage and 6% Salea Tax For PA non-farm uae. 1 Pealere Welcome I FARMWAY MFG. ELAM S. NOLI 493 Linden Rd., Eaet Earl, PA 17519 (717) 445-7101 dealing with cooperatives. The Penn State program trains the boards of directors of the diffe rent cooperatives to provide the skills, ideas, and knowledge to “lead cooperative organizations into the 21st century,” he said. The directives of the coopera tives have been to, in some cases, merge to gain more efficiency, markets, and access to foreign markets. The tour, according to Poor baugh, provides a good example of how raw commodities, such as potatoes, are processed and value is added to create a highly market able product. Herr’s Snack Foods sells to stores along the East Coast. Importantly, two lessons can be learned from the experience, Poor baugh told the FFA members. The first lesson is to think about “where you want to live and make the decisions today about where you want to be.” The second was About 25 percent of the diet for the steers is made up of the party mix, providing a high carbohydrate, high protein supplement. In addition, the steers are fed a urea pro tein supplement In addition to high moisture corn, silage, and haylage. We’ll be there for poultry growers... generation after generation. At Farm Credit, we know poultry operations. As a cooperative owned by the people who use us, Farm Credit has served the poultry needs of rural Americans for generations. In fact, for more than 75 years we have been a dependable source of credit to agriculture. We make loans at competitive interest rates for all kinds of purposes. If you want to increase the size of your current operation or begin a new operation from scratch, our loan officers can help tailor a financial package to fit your situation. So, whether you are a commercial operator, a part-time farmer or simply like living in the country, we want to do business with you. And we’U be there for future generations. Farm Credit A Customer Owned Business Southeastern PA Keystone Farm Credit (800)477-9947 Western PA PcnnWest Farm Credit (800) 998-5557 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 20, 1996-Al9 Northern PA Northeastern Farm Credit (800) 326-9507 South Central PA York Farm Credit < (800) 503-8957 & awn
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers