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Vol. 44 No. 30
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG .(Dauphin
Co.) Representatives of the
state departments of Agriculture
and Health, die U.S. Food and
Larry Moyer, at hia Mertztown form, and wife Linda, an elementary school teacher
for 29years, took overthe farm from Linda’s parents, Bill and Marge Gillespie, in 1992.
They recently left the hog business because of various reasons, including severely
depressed prices. See story page A 24. Photo by Andy Andnwt
Timber Expo’s First Farm Show Complex Appearance Impresses Thousands
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
For the first lime. Umber ’99,
Pennsylvania’s major forest pro
ducts industry exposition, was
open to the public at its new loca
tion here at the Farm Show Com
plex late last week.
Where normally the expo would
attract only several hundred log
gers, woodland owners, and wood
products industry representatives,
conducting the expo at the Farm
Show Complex proved profitable
for the more Aim 100 exhibitors.
Attendance peaked at more than a
thousand cadi day of the two-day
event, on Friday and Saturday last
week, according to expo
organizers.
“We are the nation’s number
one producer of hardwood,” said
Ronald Andrews, chair of the Pen
nsylvania Hardwood Lumber
Manufacturers Association
(HLMA) and president of Deer
Park Lumber, Tunkhannock.
As the state’s seventh largest
employer, the industry is home to
85,000 workers who produce more
than a billion board feet of hard
wood lumber each year to meet
consumer demand, Andrews
noted.
“That is enough wood to circle
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Four Sections
State, Federal Governments Partner With PennAg
To Fight Salmonella, Assure Egg Quality
Drug Administration, and PennAg
Industries Association Inc. were to
lave jdowd a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) yesterday
(May 28) outlining each entity’s
responsibilities in the fight against
the globe seven times,” he said.
“Our wood and paper products arc
highly valued all over the world.”
Pennsylvania’s forests now cov
er more than half of the state, about
17 million acres, said Andrews.
“In the old days, industry cut the
trees, took thr wood, and moved
on,” he said. Today we stay and
encourage good forest manage
ment and promote programs like
the Sustainable Forestry
Initiative."
Providing wood products today
while assuring trees for tomorrow
is “simply the tight thing to do,”
said Andrews.
Sam Hayes, secretary of agri
culture, commended die commit
tee in bringing the expo to the
Farm Show Complex for the first
time.
Hayes believes the expo will
continue to “grow and grow and
grow.” To do so, he presented a
check for s22,loofrom die state to
the HLMA of Pennsylvania.
State forestland comprises mote
than 2.1 million acres, according to
John C. Oliver, secretary, Pennsyl
vania Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources (DCNR).
There are 500,000 private, non
rutal landowners in the state.
State forest products account for
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 29, 1999
Salmonella Enteriddis (SE) and to
assure the quality of Pennsylvania
eggs.
The event is noteworthy
because it marks national recogni
tion of the value of the state’s Pen-
Outstanding Logger of the Year Carroll Kline takes a cut out of a maple during an
opening log-sawing ceremony late last week during Timber ’99 at the Farm Show
Complex in Harrisburg. In background, from left, Rick Rufo, O’Shea Lumber and chair
man of the show and Ron Andrews, chair, Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers Associa
tion of Pennsylvania and president of Deer Park Lumber. On Kline’s left, Sen. William
L Slocum (R-25th); Sam Hayes, Pennsylvania secretary of agriculture; Robert D.
Steele, dean of the Coliege of Agricultural Sciencea, Penn State; and James M. Seif,
secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. Photo By Andy Andrmwa
$31.00 Per Year
nsylvania Egg Quality Assurance
Program (PEQAP).
The memorandum is also, and
perhaps more especially, notewor
thy because it represents a commit
ment by all three organizations to
work collaboratively for food
safety.
Stale Secretary of Agriculture
Samuel R Hayes Jr., state Secret
ary of Health Daniel Hoffman, a
representative from the U.S. Food
ami Drug Administration, and
Walt Peechatka, executive vice
president of PennAg Industries
Association Inc., were expected to
have signed the memorandum dur-
National Dairy Shrine To
Celebrate 50th Anniversary
FORT ATKINSON, Wis.
“A Golden Anniversary is a very
special moment in time. It repre
sents commitment, staying power,
and meaningful service. All these
describe the 50 years of existence
of National Dairy Shrine.”
This quote is taken from the
opening introduction of the just
published book, “National Dairy
Shrine’s First 50 Years.”
This book was written to assist
in the commemoration of National
Dairy Shrine’s 50th Anniversary
Celebration which is to take place
on Saturday, June 12. at the Na-
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ing a press event at the state
Department of Agriculture Build
ing in Harrisburg.
The event was to have bear held
too late for newspaper deadline.
The seven-page memorandum
outlines the responsibilities of
each organization in an attempt to
further cooperation, communica
tions and sharing of information all
in the effort to better ensure the
consuming public’s trust in the
safety of eggs produced and pro
cessed in Pennsylvania.
The term “partnership" is used
to signify the working relationship
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tional Dairy Shrine Visitor’s Cen
ter in Fort Atkinson, Wis. The
Visitor’s Center showcases the
past, present and future of the
dairy industry, while housing the
organization’s extensive collec
tion of dairy artifacts and
memorabilia.
The golden celebration will be
gin with visitation time from
8:30-10 a.m. Following the visita
tion, the official program will start
at 10 a.m. and end at noon for the
anniversary luncheon.
Following the luncheon, from
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