A22-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 4, 1998
Tools for Transition, Expo
HOLTWOOD (Lancaster Co.)
Soil quality and soil conserva
tion have continued to be an
important issue for farmers,
researchers, and the general
public. “Soil is my most valuable
asset,” said Steve Groff, owner
of Cedar Meadow Farm,
Holtwood.
“I want to farm in such a way
that produces a healthy food
product, generates an income to
live a comfortable lifestyle, and
leaves the soil in better condi
tion than when I found it.” he
said. Groff’s “New Generation
Cropping System” techniques
will be on display at the sth
Annual Lancaster County
Conservation District Expo and
Field Day, July 29, 10 a.m. - 3
p.m. at Cedar Meadow Farm,
Holtwood, Pa.
The event is sponsored by
Cedar Meadow Farm, Lancaster
County Conservation District,
Foundation Earth, and the
Pennsylvania Association for
Sustainable Agriculture.
The Expo will pro
vide an opportunity to
see the farm’s unique
cropping strategies
and proven soil con
servation methods
with more than 30
agribusiness exhibitors
and equipment deal
ers. Cedar Meadow
Farm has been select
ed as the 1998
Outstanding Cooperator
of the Year by the dis
trict It has also been
chosen as one of nine
farms in the nation to
be a Harmony
Demonstration Farm,
promoting the adop
tion of technologically
advanced and environ
mentally sound farm
ing practices
The Conservation
Expo is conducted by
the Lancaster County
Conservation District
and promotes conser
vation education, tech
niques and practices
for farmers, business
es, and homeowners.
The Expo will feature
the Lancaster County
Safe Kids Coalition
and children’s activi
ties, nutrient manage
ment information,
groundwater quality
and water testing for
nitrates, Pennsylvania
Septage Management
Association, Master
Gardeners, Chesapeake
Bay Foundation,
Donegal Trout
Unlimited, and local
watershed associa
tions. Participants
should bring a pint of
water for free water
testing and children
should bring shoes or
sneakers they can get
wet for an aquatic
study on the farm.
The theme for the
Field Day is “Tools for
Transitioning” and
will showcase equip
ment and methods of
transitioning to less
tillage and pesticides
for a more environ
mentally friendly,
profitable cropping
system. Speakers for
the day will include
Warren Thompson, national for
age specialist for America’s
Alfalfa, Kentucky, on no-till
establishment of alfalfa and for
ages and grazing strategies; Dan
Towery, national resources spe
cialist from the Conservation
Technology Information Center,
Indiana, on conservation trends;
Marty Campfield, Nutrient
Solution in Agriculture, on pre
cision agriculture; Dr. Ray Weil
and Joel Gruver, University of
Maryland, on soil quality. Three
new summer annual grazing
crops - spring triticale,
Canadian field peas, and sudex
- will be available to observe.
Local equipment dealers will
demonstrate no-till planters,
drills, and conservation tillage
tools.
The event is designed to give
farmers practical information on
transitioning to a profitable and
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Topic July 29
sustainable cropping system,
said Groff. “I want people to
take home at least one idea that
they can apply to their farm to
improve the quality of their soil
so that future generations will
also have the opportunity to
earn a living from the land.”
Directions to Cedar Meadow
Farm: From Lancaster, 272
South to 372 West, 372 West 4.5
miles to Hilldale Road. Turn
Right and travel 1.5 mile to
Cedar Meadow Farm on right.
For more information, call Steve
Groff, Cedar Meadow Farm,
(717) 284-5152, email:
sgroffiepix.net, or Lancaster
County Conservation District
(717) 299-5361. For more details
on the event and “New
Generation Cropping System,”
check out the website:
httpywww.cedarmeadowfarm.com
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WAKEFIELD (Lancaster Co.)
Dairy producers and agri-busi
ness people are invited to attend a
dairy farm management meeting
Wednesday, July 8 at the Ed Zug
farm in southern Lancaster Coun
ty. Purpose of the meeting is to
learn how the Zug family uses
concepts learned in the Dairy
MAP program to manage their
lives and their farm business on a
daily basis while addressing the
multigenerational needs of the
family.
The meeting begins at 11 a.m.
A picnic-type lunch will be pro-
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owners with expertise and a lot of “Definitely, there are more peo
money to complete conservation pie doing these projects, after talk
systems. ing to neighbors who know it’s a
"It’s a lot easier to finish these good thing to do,” said Charles
projects where there is help,” said Wertz of the Lebanon district.
Kim Fies of the Berks district “But there’s a lot more to do.”
Meeting Set
vided.
Reservations are required and
can be made by calling the Lan
caster County Cooperative Exten
sion office by Monday, July 6;
telephone number is (717) 394-
6851. Bring your own lawn chairs.
The Zug farm is located about
two miles north of Wakefield and
one-half mile west of Route 272 at
the junction of Pilgrims Pathway
and Peters Creek Roads.
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