Pork Producer
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The election of pork pro
ducers delegate candidates for the
1999 National Pork Producers
(Pork Act) Delegate Body will
take place at 3 p.m. on Wednes
day, Aug. 19 in conjunction with a
board of directors meeting of
Pennsylvania Pork Producers
Council in the Meats Lab at Penn
State.
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Election Set
All Pennsylvania pork produc
ers are invited to attend.
Any producer who is a resident
of the state and has paid all assess
ments due may be considered a
delegate candidate and participate
in the election. For more informa
tion, contact the Pennsylvania
Pork Producers Council. 1631
Grim Rd n Kutztown, PA 19530,
(610) 285-6519.
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Fungicide With New Mode Of Action
Shown At Apple Orchard Field Day
BIGLERVILLE (Adams Co.)
Growers of tree fruits and
grapes have a new way to protect
their crops from foliar disease.
This was the subject of an apple
orchard field daiy at the Penn State
research orchards Wednesday
afternoon. •"
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has registered Van
gard for Novartis Crop Protection,
Inc. This fungicide has been deve
loped for control of Botrytis bunch
rot (gray mold) in grapes, scab in
pome fruits, brown rot blossom
blight and fruit brown rot in stone
fruits.
This was one of a number of
new chemistries discussed at the
field day. James Johnson, district
manager for Novartis, said the
company has a new product for
fruit in development for each of the
At the apple orchard field day are from left, Robert O'Connell, Senior Counselor,
Shandwlck; James Johnson, district manager, Novartis; and Michael Boyd, consul
tant representing Novartis.
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on clean fresh water?
The Rapid Flow Water Bowl will keep your cow’s water
clean and fresh by its special self-cleaning design.
Rapid Flow Water
Systems deliver 10 to 15
ket gallons of water to each
water bowl per minute,
using a 6 inch PVC pipe.
The water bowls are made
of extremely durable
stainless steel with a new
reliable Hudson valve.
Rapid Flow water systems
are completely enclosed
and approved by your
milk inspector.
Sold & Installed by
next five to seven years. Dealers
and distributors in attendence
pointed out to Lancaster Fanning
that this committment to the fruit
industry was significant because of
the Food Qualtiy Protection Act
that requires all chemical products
to be reregistered within a short
time. Many of the existing pro
ducts will be lost because of
FQPA. Only if new chemistry to
replace the lost products can be
shown to be of “reduced risk” to
environment and applicators will
the industry have the tools neces
sary to survive. Because of the cost
and length of time to get a new che
mistry registered, most companies
are not committed to the fruit
industry.
Vangard features an entirely
new chemistry that provides long
lasting, preventive disease control.
It penetrates leaf tissue and is rain
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 25, 1998-A37
fast within two hours after applica
tion. It stops existing infections
and moves to protect new growth.
As a result, Vangard provides
48-hour reach-back control and
six-day forward disease protetion
for apple scab.
Michael Boyd, representing
Novartis, also introduced a new
fungicide that is not currently
labeled for use or sale but is
expected to become available
soon. Given the name Flint the
new product is a broad-spectrum
foliar fungicide with a high margin
of crop safety. It is especially
effective against powdery mildews
and leaf and fruit spots in crops
such as pome fruit and grapes.
The field day was held for
industry represent!lives and the
press to view the results of the trial
applications in the research
orchards.