CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.)- The Pennsylvania Grazing Lands- Forage Conservation Coalition con ducted its first meeting at the Farm Bureau Building in August and elected officers. The Pennsylvania Grazing Lands- Forage Conservation Coalition is a grass-roots, producer-driven effort with representation on the board of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council, Pennsylvania Dairy Associa tion, Pennsylvania Holstein Association, Pennsylvania Livestock Association, Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Association, Pennsylvania Associa tion of Conservation Districts, Pennsyl-vania Sheep and Wool Grower’s Association, Pennsylvania RC&D Area Representatives and Pennsylvania State Grange. The Pennsylvania Grazing Lands- Forage Conservation Coalition is a grass-roots effort to enhance techni cal assistance available to owners of With new grain investing you’re With BROCK BINS, the quality of that future is for certain. 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In addition, the coalition works to increase pub lic awareness of the importance pas turelands have in food production, people’s health, and the conserva tion of our national resources. Driving the Pennsylvania Grazing Lands-Forage Conservation Coalition is a collective of private grazing land owners and managers participating with several conservation, environ- FREEPORT (Armstrong Co.) - The Pennsylvania Grazing Lands- Forage Conservation Coalition was scheduled to conduct its first Pennsylvania State Field Day and Tour of a rotational grazing beef farm on October 23 at 10 a.m. at Hoss’s Steak House, State College. The program was scheduled to con tinue in the afternoon with a tour of Bob Hockenberry’s “Project Grass” rotational grazing beef farm in f K Coalition Stages First storage now in your future || I ilk ■i 1248 SOUTH MOUNTAIN RD., DILLSBURG, PA 17019 Foraging Around, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24, 1998—Page mental, scientific, and producer organizations. The voluntary program assists private landowners, identifies prior ity issues, and finds solutions to improve grazing lands. The chairman of The National Steering Committee Grazing lands, Bob Drake, Oklahoma, and Director Gary Westmoreland, Texas, were present to help draft Pennsylvania’s Northern Huntington. Speakers at the Hoss’s Steak House in the morning session were Dr. William L. Stout, USDA/ARS Pasture systems and Water Sheds Research, The Grazing Research And Education Center, University Park. Tom Calvert discussed grazing and sheep production. Calvert is the retired project grass coordinator, Somerset. 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Larry and his wife, GldfiS, have been grazing farmers for 13 years and at any given time the Lohr’s are running 80 to 90 Holsteins through their graz ing paddocks. After lunch the tour of Bob Hockenberry’s Project Grass Rotational Grazing Beef Farm was under way in northern Huntington with coordinator J.B. Harold. Speaker on the farm tour was Dr. Matt Sanderson USDA/ARS. Dr. Marvin Hall, Penn State Agtonomy-Crop Science Culture and Utilization of Forage Crops special ist, lectured on Selecting Pasture. The coalition is a grass-roots, pro ducer-driven, private grazing orga nization working with several con servation, environmental, scientific, and producer organization to enhance technical assistance avail able to owners of private grazing lands. Ag Crisis Conference Brings Government, Farmers Together ABERNATHY, Texas Every one’s talking about the weather this year, and, as usual, no one can really do anything about it. But this summer, farmers and others in the agricultural Community came together to discuss ways to cope with the drought that has stricken a large part of the crop production area in the United States. The Ag Crisis Conference was held in Ol|||h|ba recently a forum to discuSs problems caused by the weather and to develop a plan of action. The conference brought in gover nors from four of the affected states, the state commissioners of agriculture from several states, as well as repre sentatives from farm organizations from 17 states. Representing sorghum growers at the conference were NGSP directors Dale Artho, Ken Rose and Kenny Te vis and NGSP executive director, Tim Lust. Tevi, NGSP president, said the con ference was a way to get the word out about the drought and its effect on the agricultural economy. The conference served two pur poses, he said. It helped increase awareness of the different problems faced by different groups, and it gave the governors and commissioners a chance to develop a list of issues that will be forwarded to Washington for action. 63
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