Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, April 18, 1998, Image 35

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Day Field Trip Of Lancaster
County, Lancaster County
Environmental Center, 8:30
ajn.-l:30 p.m.
Annual Ryegrass Field Day, Uni
versity of Maryland Western
Maryland Research and Educa
tion Center, Keedysville, Md.,
Meeting On Fed. Order 11,
Sunset West Restaurant, Pleas-
ant Gap, 1 p.m.
Dairy Fanners Of America Info
Meeting On Fed. Order n.
Guthrie Inn, Sayre, 7:30 pjn.
Managing Beef On Pasture.
Lawrenceville Township
Building, Lawrenceville, 7
p.m.-9 pjn.
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York
Modern Maturity Center, Dov-
ajn.-2 p.m.
Farm Plow and Field Day, Miller
Farm, Dover, Del., 10 ajn.
Penn State/PDA Chem Sweep,
Lebanon Fairgrounds, 10
a.m.-2 p.m.
Monday. \pi~il 27
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Management Intensive Grazing
Course, Holiday Inn, Clarion,
8:30 a.m.-9 p.m., thru April 29.
Dairy Calf Nutrition Workshop
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608 Evergreen Rd.
Lebanon, PA 17042
(717) 270-6600 1 -800-646-6601
Teleconference, broadcast to
various extension sites.
On-Foot Live Evaluation, Lccs
port Farmers’ Market, 7:30
p.m.
Life Skills Workshop For Profes
sionals Who Teach Self-
Management Skills, Penn State
Extension Delaware County.
nomic Banquet, Comfort Inn,
Swine Evaluation, Leesport
Market, Leesport and Peters
Bros. Meats, Lenhartsville.
Tioga Bradford Milking School,
C&N Bank, Troy, 11:30 a.m.-3
Grazing Management Meeting,
Yoder’s Restaurant,
Eastern Llama and Alpaca Festi
val, Charming Forge Farm near
Reading, 10 am.-S pjn., thru
May 3.
Erie County 4-H Public Auction,
Waterford Fairgrounds, Water
ford. 10 a.im
1 year
Two Convenient Locations
Phosphorus
(CondniMd from Pago A2t)
feed to 1 pound of weight gain.
"Today we run 2.8:1. We use 20
percent less feed.
“We also took out the copper
sulfate from the ration. We (Hos
tetler Management Co.) as an
industry hired a swine nutritionist
(with a doctorate degree) to
become as efficient as possible
with feed and nutrients, and still
provide a plentiful supply of food.
He expressed concern about
phosphorus-based nutrient man
agement plan mandates. He sug
gested that technological applica
tions should be soughtoutthat pro
vide long-term benefits and
industry survivability, not short
term plans that may not work, but
could destroy the existing
efficiencies.
Turp Garrett said that, as the
county extension agent in the
middle of a press-hyped controver
sy over pfisteria fish kills and an
abundant poultry industry (they
had a strong swine industry, but
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RD 2 Box 271
East Earl, PA 17519
(717) 354-0584
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April it, IMM3S
Conference:
lost that sevetal years ago), he has
received many strange phone calls,
on top of the more normal calls
concerning the issue.
He said the public misunder
standing that serves to generate
politcal motivation is very evident
He said he heard from one person
who had a tourist guest stay at their
place on the banks of the Poco
moke River ask if it was a risk to
her health if she breathed the air
outside.
Worcester County has 474
farms with 108,000 acres of crop
land. There are 35,000 acres of
com, 42,000 acres of soybeans and
about 15,000 acres of wheat
The biggest income producer is
the broi
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