Conservation Districts
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Further, the EPA is also propos
ing that the permits be required for
any farm with more than a certain
number pf animals, regardless of
the land available for manure
application.
Although there are many ques
tions still left unanswered about
what effect the federal initiatives
will have upon Pennsylvania’s
Nutrient Management Act tegula-
Shoemaker’s Simmental Captures Grand
Champion Heifer Honor At Bedford Fair
Shoemaker’s Miss Pride, owned by Bill Shoemaker, cap
tured supreme champion heifer at the 125th Great Bedford
County Fair. Nathan Claycomb stands at halter.
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turns, it doesn’t mean that the state
will allow forgiveness for missing
the Oct. 1 mandatory deadline for
its own Nutrient Managment Act
In essense, in Pennsylvania
mandatory plans are required for
farm operations with more than
2,000 pounds (2 AEUs; one AEU
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per acre of owned or rented farm
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Finn operators with questions
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livestock operation must be under
the control of the livestock farm
operator.
BUFFALO MILLS (Bedford
Co.) Shoemaker’s Miss Pride,
owned by Bill Shoemaker, cap
tured supreme champion heifer at
the 12Sth Great Bedford County
Fair.
Bom January 3, 1996, this red
non-dilutor heifer was described
by Judge Pete LeVan, herdsman at
Penn State University, as the type
of beef cow the industry needs
now and in the future. She showed
tremendous thickness and volume
for a nursing heifer.
Miss Pride is the mother of the
fair’s reserve champion Simment
al bull, Shoemaker’s Top Gun.
MCB Airbus, co-owned by Bill
Showmaker and Matthew Miller,
was named the grand champion
Simmental bull. Airbus is sired by
Black Mick and his dam is Shoe
maker’s Black Dream, who was
the 1995 Pennsylvania State Farm
Show grand champion heifer.
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It was previously reported that
very early and tough state esti
mates of the number of potential
CAOs in the state was about 2,500.
According to a published report
and several opinions from those
working closely with the issue, it
appears that a number of farmers
with operations close to the thresh
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operations so as to no longer be
considered a candidate for a man
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