I'Tft ill kllliT] i in i> rei • ifr & VoL 42 No. 15 Sustainable Ag Honors Boop, Holds Conference GAIL STROCK Mifflin Co. Correspondent STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) —Members and friends of te Pennsylvania Association for Sus tainable Agriculture (PASA) met last week at the Nittany Lion Inn, University Park, for their 6th annual Farming For The Future Conference. Day one of the two Silage Conference Plays To Sold-Out Crowd VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) Almost 400 people attended a sold-out conference cm silage held by the Northeast Reg ional Agricultural Engineering Service (NRAES) this week at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Pork Producers May See ‘Salvation’ In Exports ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff NORTH CORNWALL (Leba non Co.) —The U.S. hog industry is Slowly recovering from the devastating days a few years ago of 29-cent-per-pound hog prices. How? Exports. According to a Penn Stale eco nomist, 12 percent of all meat pro duced in the country is exported to other countries, including Russia, China, Japan, and Hong Kong. Five-Acre Com ContMt first-place winners were named last week at the Com and Soybean Conference held in Grantville. They are, from left, Larry Moyer, Mertztown, first place shelled grain class, regular harvest size; Gary Fehnel, Easton, first place, three-year average awards, ear corn, machine harvest; Richard Krsider, Lebanon, shelled grain class, 3-acre+ harvest size; Jack Coleman, Ronks, first place, shelled grain, 3-acre+ harvest size; Clarence Fehnel, Easton, first place, shelled grain class, regular harvest size, machine harvest; John Crist, Jersey Shore, first place ear com clasa, hand harvest; and Mark Crist, first place three-year average, ear com class, reg ular harvest size. Please turn to Page A 22 for a full report on the Com and Soybean Conference. Editor’s note: Abo watch for our special “Com Talk” section next week, with on-farm interviews, news from the Pennsylvania Com Growers Association, management reports from Extension, and messages from our advertU&k Hve Sections day event ended with the awards banquet where the group honored Preston Boop of Mifflin burg with the Fifth Annual PASA Leader ship Award. Described a true leader in sus tainable agriculture. Boop has served as the organization’s presi dent for the past five years. He and his family operate their 200-acre (Turn to Pago A 32) Center. At least 75 additional people speakers, presiders, and those providing administrative help also were present for the three day event which presented at least 36 speakers covering topics ranging as the tide of the con- (Turn to Pago A 33) This “salvation” of producers has crane about, the economist indi cated, because the U.S. now has become a big exporter of meat According to H. Louis Moore, Penn State economist half of the chicken we export goes to the fra mer Soviet Union. Seventy percent of all the food they eat in the republic of Russia is imported from the West The Russians spend $l2 billion a year on food imports alone (Turn to Pago A2S> Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 15, 1997 Described as a real voice for sustainable agriculture, Preston Boop accepts the PASA leadership award from Tim Bowser, right. They are joined by Preston’s wife Wanda. in the Keystone Pork Bowl Contest, Lebanon County took home first place honors, beating Berks County 160*135. Lebanon County members, from left, Blaine-Brown, Katie Lefever, Jason Shirk, Jeramlah Arnold, and coach John Rlsser. These Pennsylvania Junior Holstein Association mem bereehch received $l,OOO scholarship awards at the asso ciation’s convention in Reading last weekend. They are, from left, Allison Martin, Jennifer Davis, and Kimberly Mill er. For a photo report of all the award winners, turn to page C 6. - $27.50 Per Year 80t Per Copy
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