DIVISJCIW*" ""V ~ • PA 16.,.0<l V 01.43 No. 20 Part II: Nutrient Management Proposals Challenge Farming (This is the second installment in a report on proposed changes to national rules to protect the nation’s water supplies through the Clean Water Act, and the issues and programs in Pennsyl vania that may be qffected by those proposals.) VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The ability for any fanner to spread animal manure on his Susquehanna County Dairy Day Draws More Than 800 CAROLYN N. MOYER Bradford Co. Correspondent ELK LAKE (Susquehanna Co.) Both exhibitors and farmers agree that attending Susquehanna County Dairy Day is a positive experience and that positive feel ing is reflected in die number of ; fanners and agribusiness people' the event draws. Nick Place, county extension director and agricultural agent with the Susquehanna Cooperative Extension Service, estimates that Winners at the Maryland Holstein Convention, from left, Darren Remsburg, 1998 Maryland DJM winner; April Hall, overall record book trophy winner; and Amy Miller, 1998 Maryland OJM winner. Maryland Holstein Convention Held In Timonium KAREN BUTLER Maryland Correspondent TIMONIUM, Md. - The Upper Chesapeake Holstein Club hosted this year's annual Maryland Holstein meeting and banquet. The meeting, held at the state fairgrounds in Timonium, marked a change in format from previous years, when the meeting was held in conjunction with the state sale. Four Sections land is at risk, according to reports presented last week to the Pennsyl vania State Conservation Com mission Nutrient Management Advisory Board at a regular meet ing in Harrisburg, and summaries of information available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The threat to traditional and even modem agricultural land applications of animal manure is coming from the Clinton Admi nistration as a reaction to three more than 800 humeri and agri business people attended the annu al Susquehanna County Dairy Day held at Elk Lake High School recently. He attributes much of their suc cess to the fact that it is a group effort “It’s a committee effort,” said Place. ‘The committee puts a lot of work into it and a lot of effort Ownership of Dairy Day goes to the committee.” (Turn lo Pag* A 23) This year the sale will be held the evening of April 9 at the fairgrounds. Keynote speaker at the meet ing was Dr. David Kohl, profes sor of agricultural finance and small business management and entrepreneurship at Virginia Tech. Dr. Kohl talked on megatrends in agriculture and family business transitions. He addressed the current state (Turn to Pago A2O) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 21, 1998 things: the phenomenon of inte grated, high-density livestock pro duction in the United States; a guessed connection between excessive soil and water phosphor us levels and a potentially danger For his work as a salesman for no-tlll and conservation practices In the area, the Dauphin County Conservation District will honor David Woland as the Conservation Fanner of the Year at the district’s banquet on April 2. Photo by Andy Andrawa Dauphin Conservation Farmer Sells No-Till ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff HALIFAX (Dauphin Co.) Steep hills. Easily credible land. Those two elements can work heartache into any conservation plan. Often, great steps need to be taken terracing, waterways. Early this week before the low pressure weather systems moved Into the area from the west, farmers were busy getting a head start on spring work. Hauling manure and spreading lime and fertilizer were common operations in the fields. The cool weather has slowed pasture growth but the open winter helped bring on early rye pastures. In the photo, Paul Zimmerman spreads fertilizer in Isajah Millers’ fields located along Forest Hill Road south of Brownstown off Route 772 in Lancaster County. The photo grapher caught up with this spreading operation late Tuesday afternoon Just before the clouds completly covered the sun for the rest of the week. Photo by Evaratt News wangar, managing adltor. $28.50 PerYear^-^ ous, brackish water organism, plis teria piscicida; and the belief that the highly visible agricultural sec tor is an uncontrolled and major contributor to long standing national problems with water contour cropping to ensure soil doesn’t end up down river. But Dauphin County conserva tion farmer David Woland was sold on another idea years ago. No-till. That simple practice of seeding and maintaining crops without cul tivation has worked wonders on 600 Per Copy quality. Last week’s report on the pre sentations to the Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission’s Nutrient Management Advisory (Turn to Pag* A 29) soil conservation on farmland that he rents and as custom operator for several other farms in the Halifax and Enders regions of Dauphin County. For his work as a salesman for no-dll and conservation practices in the area, the Dauphin County (Turn lo Pag* A 35)
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