A2O-Lancaater Farming, Saturday, December 14, 1996
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Farmer panel from left, Brad Hollabaugh, Roger Garber, Cliff Hawbacker, Ted Hass « University of Maryland, chair, Jonathan Quinn, and Steve Groff.
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The Ag Computing and Elec
tronics Expo that was held Wed
nesday, drew more than 200 of the
top farmers from several states to
learn how to farm with computers
and use the Internet to communi
cate with other farmers and
research topics of personal and
business interest
The participants paid S7S each
(early registry was $55) to choose
from a smorgasbord of topics and
review commercial offerings of
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programs and equipment offered
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included computer lingo, develop
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nylvania Farmer, chief sponsor of
the event said plans are already
developing to expand the program
next year. In addition to the com
puter technology, the planning
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In the evening program a group
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age their fields, keep track of mark
ets, order machinery parts, or make
other buying transactions, and surf
the Internet for agricultural
information.
While all of the participants in
the panel were supporters of the
computer in agriculture, some
were quick to point out that it takes
time and you must keep the records
accurate and up-to-date in the com
puter just like in your grandfather’s
“shoe box” method of accounting.
Not all the farmers even thought
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more profitable. But it is a tool to
be used like any other tool to stay
up-to-date and become more
efficient.
The farmer panel included Steve
Groff, vegetable and grain produc
er from Holtwood; Roger Garber, a
grain and poultry producer from
Mount Joy; Cliff Hawbacker, dairy
farmer from Chambersburg; Brad
Hollabaugh, fruit grower from
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