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Gorgeous, clear weather with bright sun shining on the many shades of
colored leaves that have decorated the hills and valleys of the region has
made this week one of the most inspiring seasons of the year. Corn condi
tions continue to be mostly good to excellent, according the the Pennsylva
nia weekly crop and weather report from the state statistics service. Silo fill
ing and harvest for high moisture corn continue. And farmers In the Berks,
Lehigh Counties, as well as in other places, also started to shell corn. Yields
were reported good.
Winter small grain seeding continued at a slow pace because many far
mers preferred to harvest corn and make that last cutting of hay while they
postponed seeding wheat and barley.
Cooperative Council
Thinks Outside The Box
EVERETT NEWSW ANGER
Managing Editor
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania Council of Coopera
tives (PCC) was held Tuesday
under die theme of “Thinking Out
side the Box.” Thomas Lyon, pres
ident of the Cooperative Resources
International, Shawano, Wiscon
sin, was the keynote speaker at the
luncheon, and the prestigious Hal
F. Doran Cooperative Business
Education Award was presented at
This year the Doran Award was
presented to Alan Bair, who now is
the director for the Dairy and
Industry Relations Program at
Penn State University. Prior to
accepting this position in August,
1996, Bair is well known for 18
years of work as the director of
member and public relations at
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(now Cenex, Inc.)
Bair’s professional skills and
experience are extensive, especial
ly in planning and development of
educational programs and events
related to dairy production, general
agricultural issues, and coopera
tives. He is an associate board
member of the Pennsylvania
Dairymen’s Association and is
superintendent of the Pennsylvania
All-American invitational youth
dairy cattle contest. He is the
immediate past president of PCC.
Bair and his wife Sally, who is
the current PDA press secretary,
have two children, Lara and Seth.
A new cooperative education
award was created for the 1996
program. And Jacob Guffey, Brad
ford County extension director,
received this award. Guffey is also
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 19, 1996
Award winners at the Pennsylvania Council of Cooperatives annual meeting are
from left, Dr. Kate Smith, Penn State, director of cooperative business education, a
service recognition award; Jacob Guffey, Bradford County extension director, the
cooperative education award; Laura England, public relations manager, Atlantic
Dairy Cooperative, the 1996 Horizon award; and Alan Bair, Penn State’s director of
dairy and Industry relations program, receives the prestigious Hal F. Doran Award
from Doran.
Soybean harvest continued but was behind normal schedules. Pasture
growth slowed with the cooler weather, and some farmers were feeding hay
to supplement pasture feed.
In the photo, this beautiful fall farm scene was captured late Tuesday
afternoon along the road to Howard just north of Route 64 at Hublersburg in
Centre County. The lines between the cut and uncut late crop alfalfa help to
create a pleasing composition to keep the viewer’s eye on the picture as the
farm buildings and the colored-tree mountains in the distance are
Inspected In detail. The Master Artist continues to wow us with nature’s
handiwork. Photo by Eventt Newswanger, managing adltor.
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