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Vol. 43 No. 15
Many Junior Holstein Members Honored At Convention
UNIONTOWN (Fayette Co.)
The Junior Holstein Conven
tion was held last weekend, and
along with a great time to learn
more about the Holstein cow and
socializing with friends, members
were recognized and rewarded for
their accomplishments through the
year.
For example, the Distinguished
Junior Member awards were
given. The four finalists each com
pleted a scrapbook listing their ac
complishments in Holstein activi
ties, school work, community in-
Milk Price Reform May Improve
Farmer Pay, Not Understanding
VERNON ACHENBACH, JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) A recent proposal by
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan
Glickman may make milk pricing
more equitable and fair, though the
new system may be even harder to
understand.
Lititz Man Receives
Honorary Young Farmer Award
GAIL STROCK
Mifflin Co. Correspondent
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) A Lititz man accepted an
honorary award at the 38th annual
Pennsylvania Young Fanner Con
vention last week at the Rama da
Inn on Atherton Street in State
College. Forney Longenecker re
ceived the award for being active
in the organization since its incep
tion in 1955.
At Pork Expo, Attorney Shows Farmers Ways
To Control Nuisance Lawsuits
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) Greg Andrews has
seen his share of nuisance
lawsuits.
Andrews, an attorney from
Grimes, lowa, remembered one
lawsuit that involved a farm opera
tor who used a dirt lane to transport
a manure spreader to several
fields. _
The plaintiff argued that “dust”
kicked up by the spreader’s wheels
damaged rows of sweet com. The
defendant lost the case to the
tune of $40,000.
The plaintiff was a guy who
wanted to “settle disputes in litiga
tion,” Andrews noted. As for sus
pected “kooks” who will claim any
kind of damage from swine farms
at any given time, Andrews said,
“you should take them seriously.”
Andrews spoke to swine pro
ducers and agri-industry represen-
Four Sections
volvement, leadership and their
ideas of die future in agriculture
and the Holstein industry.
Each finalist was also inter
viewed by a panel of judges, who
then combined their scrapbook
achievements and interview scores
to select two winners.
The finalists named were Vicki
Ansell, Scottsdale, Westmoreland
County; Chris Connelly. PA Fur
nace, Centre County; Jonathan
McMurray, Eighty Four. Wash
ington County; and Jason Ruf
faner, Worthington, Armstrong
Robert Yonkers, Penn State
University professor of agricultur
al economics and rural sociology,
has been a featured speaker at a
number of agricultural seminars
this meeting season, and during a
recent talk, he was able to provide
a preliminary overview of the just
released proposal by Secretary
Longenecker has held most, if
not all, offices at the local and
state levels and was instrumental
in starting the national organiza
tion. He pioneered the first
12-page state newspaper for the
organization. He has attended
nearly all of the Manheim Young
Farmer meetings for the past 35
years. His interest in the organiza
tion stems from its purpose to edu
cate and promote environmentally
tatives Wednesday morning dur
ing the seminar portion of the 20th
annual Keystone Pork Expo at the
Lebanon Valley Expo Center at the
Lebanon Fairgrounds.
Andrews represents clients and
c/wdinates the Pork Producers
Environmental Law Education
Network, a project funded by the
National Pork Producers Council
(NPPC). He has spent the past
three years studying environmen
tal nuisance-type lawsuits and
“learning a new vocabulary,” he
said, regarding the swine business.
In that time he has seen how the
NPPC has promoted efforts to
improve swine environmental
quality and to provide information
to assist in environmental quality
in pork operations.
Since that time, Andrews
thought the problem of environ
mental nuisance lawsuits would
die down. In some places, it has.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 14, 1998 $28.50 Per Year
County.
The winners are Christopher
Connelly, son of Ronald and
Denise Connelly and Jason Ruf
faner, son of Ronald and Beth Ruf
faner. These two outstanding
young people will represent Penn
sylvania in the National Dis
tinguished Junior Member Contest
to be held in June at the National
Holstein Convention in Louisville,
Kentucky. Each of the winners as
well as all the finalists are to be
congratulated on a job well done.
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
Glickman.
Dr. Yonkers reported on the
dairy situation and outlook, dis
cussing some of the initial sum
mary explanations from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture on Sec
retaiy Glickman’s proposal for
reducing federal milk marketing
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appropriate production, marketing
and processing of food and fiber.
“We learn from each other
through this organization. It pro
motes leadership. Farmers are so
independent. It gives them a
chance to make friends too.”
The association recognized
several others at the banquet. Dale
Herr, Jr., of Kirkwood received
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First place team at the Keystone Poik Bowl was the Lebanon County 4-H. Members
Included, from left, Nate Arts, Tim Schaeffer, B.J. Atkins, Jason Shirk (captain), Blaine
Brown, and John Rlsser, coach.
In the intermediate division
there were six finalists. They were
chosen from a field of 12, com
pleted scrapbooks listing their ac
complishments in Holstein activi
ties, school work, community in-
The senior division distinguished Junior member winners
at the Junior Convention of the Pennsylvania Holstein
Association held last week In Unlontown are, seated, Jason
Ruffaner and Christopher Connelly. Finalists also included
are, standing, Vicki Ansell and Jonathan McMurray.
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volvement and leadership
positions. They were also inter
viewed by a panel of judges who
discussed with them the future of
agriculture and the Holstein breed.
(Turn to Pago A 22)