More Tobacco Meetings
Set For Farmers Who
Need Marketing Help
PARADISE (Lancaster Co.)
The effort to bring Pennsylvania
tobacco growers together to mark
et their crop is continuing this
week with two additional informa
tional meetings. One is scheduled
for Tuesday, August 11, at the Bart
Twp. Fire House in Georgetown,
and the second one is scheduled for
Wednesday, August 12 at the kirk
wood Produce Auction Bam,
Kirkwood. According to Jane Bal
mer, president of the Lancaster
State Ag Republican Barbeque Set
NEW TRIPOLI (Lehigh
Co.) The annual Pennsylvania
Ag Republican chicken barbeque
is to be held 5:30 p.m., August 19,
at the VFW picnic grounds in Pine
Grove Mills, located along Rt 45,
near Rockspring.
Reservations are $25 each, and
the deadline is August 8.
To make a reservation, contact
Beverly Gruber, baibequc com
mittee chairman, by writing to her
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ATTENTION DAIRY FARMERS!
TIRED of low milk checks? TIRED of unpaid bills?
TIRED of hearing “THERE’S A SURPLUS...
BECOME MORE EFFICIENT...MAKE MORE MILK... ”
TIRED of the small 10$ to 15$ incentives to stay where you’re at?
ARE WE NOT WORTH MORE THAN CENTS?
FARMERS do we not have the product? (THE POWER IS IN THE TANK)
AMERICAN RAW MILK PRODUCERS
ARMPPA is not a milk plant, but simply a price setting agency
striving to work with all existing milk handlers.
ARMPPA is now working with farmers who want to price their milk before it leaves the farm
LAST 40 YEARS PRICING HISTORY
(Based on M&W series and Basic Formula Price)
1963 - $3.11
1973 - $6.30
1983 - $12.49
1993 - $ll.BO
1997 - $12.05
IT IS FINALLY ANNOUNCED THAT THERE IS A SEVERE SHORTAGE!!
HOW MANY OF YOU DAIRY FARMERS ARE MAKING MONEY FROM IT???
LET S COMPARE OUR MILK CHECK TO THE CO-OP’S PAYCHECK.
THAT’S A MILLION DOLLAR STATEMENT.
For more information, call toll free: East Coast ARMPPA Office 1-877-367*6455
Find Out More , Come To A Meeting: .
Reuben Fisher, August 11, Washington Township Fire Haii - 8:00 PM
Elimsport, PA
County Farm Bureau, these meet
ings will start at 8 p.m.
A series of meetings have been
held to inform growers what
options they may have in light of
the present situation. Because
much of the 1997 crop is still
unsold and prospects for the 1998
crop now in the fields is unclear,
Bahner is leading the effort to
bring growers together.
Reports of 200 or more fanners
that have gathered at each of these
at P.O. Box 5, New Tripoli, PA
18066, or by calling (610)
767-5026.
The barbeque event annually
coincides with Penn State's Ag
Progress Days held at Rockspring,
which attracts thousands of far
mers and agri-business people.
The barbeque event is to start at
5:30 p.m. with an iced tea social,
followed by dinner at 6 p.m.
PRICING ASSOCIATION “ARMPPA”
We are now in 18 states and still growing!!
meetings shows the interest. Lisa
Eddington, managing director of
the National Tobacco Council
from Holly Springs, North Caroli
na, has been one of the presenters
of information on how local grow
ers could create a growers associa
tion for greater Lancaster County.
The Lancaster County Farm
Bureau is leading the effort to
organize this Pennsylvania Grow
ers Association in order to have
local control of tobacco prices,
better manage trading practices,
and keep farmers better informed
of the current issues related to their
tobacco crop and its related profit
centers.
Other officials who have given
support to this effort are Gerry Ely,
cooperative business specialist
from the U.S. Department of Agri
culture; Charles Dull, Pennsylva
nia Farm Bureau, director of com
modity programs, and Robert
Anderson of the Lancaster County
extension service.
As the lawsuits, tobacco tax
issues, and settlements are on
going, so are the opportunities for
products and services that are
generated as profit centers from
..tobacco growers. It is with this in
mind that growers should attend
York Holstein Show
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ton, lummtr yearling
RESERVE JR CHAMP. Amy Trimmer,
summer yearling
JUNIOR BEST THREE: 1 Coredale Hols
teins, East Berlin; 2 Dale and Deanna Ben
dig, 3.Dar-Oale Farm
DRY COW, 4-YEARS, YOUNGER
1. Doll, Glen Rock, 2 Angie Beshore,
New Cumberland
JUNIOR 2-YR-OLD. 1 Daphne Doll,
2. Woodbine Farms, Airville; 3 Michelle Walk
er, Thomasville.
SENIOR 2-YR-OLD 1 Sunnybend Farm,
York, 2 Sunnybend Farm.
JUNIOR 3-YR-OLD I.Beshore Farms,
New Cumberland, 2.Sunnybend Farm
SENIOR 3-YR-OLD. 1 Sunnybend Farm,
Druck Family to Host
York Holstein Picnic
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adding that they spend up to
three times longer tending
calves since the environment is
so much more pleasant that
with individual hutches. “The
calves are always in the shade;
they don’t have to choose
between laying in the hot sun in
summer or going into a little
box-like enclosure.”
David constructed the facili
ty, with assistance from the sup
plier to install the plastic.
Estimated life for the rugged,
opaque material is five years,
with an approximate cost of
$3OO to $5OO to install replace
ment plastic.
“One thing we have learned
is that you must keep the calves
back far enough from the sides
so that they can’t chew on the
plastic,” David notes Holes in
the plastic will flap in the slight
est breeze and quickly go from a
small hole to a very large gap in
the cover.
The summer York County
Holstein picnic being hosted by
the Druck family will begin at
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 8, 1998-A3l
2 Michslls Walken S.Justin Hall, Ainnlle
4- 1 Daphne Doll; 2 Sunnybend
Farm, 3 Coredale Holstems, East Berlin
5- 1 Cored ale Holstems, 2 Dixie
Dol, 3Walk-L» Holstems, Thomasville
AGED COW 1 Sunnybend Farm
125,000 LB 1 Amy Trimmer, 2 Sun
nybend ."arm, 3Walk-Le Holstems
SENIOR CHAMPION Daphne Doll,
4-year-old
RESERVE SR CHAMP Beshore Farms,
junior 3-year-old
SENIOR BEST THREE 1 Coredate Hols
teins, 2 Dale, Deanna Bendig, 3.Walk-Le
Holstems
DAM. DAUGHTER 1 Walk-La Holstems
KIDDIE KLASS 1 Amanda Thompson,
2 Cameron Knight, 3 Kyle Miller
10 A.M., Friday, August 14, with
several classes of cattle avail
able for judging. A prepared
lunch of pork barbecue and
accompaniments will follow.
Tickets for lunch are priced at
$6.50 for adults, $3.25 for chil
dren ten and under.
Reservations are available from
the following county Holstein
club directors - Cindy Knight
Hall, 862-3710; Jenelle Boyer,
227-9252; Leroy Bupp, 428-
1865; Frank Feeser, 637-7458;
April Cooper, 456 5355; Brad
Walker, 259-0251; Roy
Thompson, 432-7849; Ed
Calhoun, 235-2380; Dan
Hushon, 456-5771; or June
Boyer, 225-5240.
The Druck farm is reached
via Route 74 to Airville Allow
some additional time if traveling
on Route 74 south from Red Lion
due to current road construc
tion Turn on Route 425 South in
Aimlle, Woodbine Road, travel
about 1/2 mile to the first farm
located on the edge of town The
barn facilities are on the left
Penn State
Alumni
Reception
Set
HARRISBURG
(Dauphin Co.) Penn
State Harrisburg alumni
and their guests are en
couraged to help honor
outstanding graduates
and the College’s 1998
alumni fellow at a spe
cial reception on Fri
day, Oct. 2.
The free Alumni Fel
low/ Alumni Recogni
tion Reception begins at
7 p.m. in the Spring
Garden Reception and
Conference Center, 903
Spring Garden Drive,
Middletown.
Alumni Fellow Dr.
Valerie Lorenz will be
the dinner’s featured
speaker with Alumni
Society President Jeff
McKinney and Provost
and Dcaq John G.
Brubn serving as hosts.
As part of the eve
ning, the winners of this
year’s Alumni Achieve
ment and People to
Watch awards will be
announced. Former
award winners and
Alumni Fellows arc en
couraged to attend.
For information on
the reception, contact
the College’s 'Alumni
Coordinator, Laura Da-