Seedmen
(Continued from Pago A 32)
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Another issue that seed develop
ers, marketers, and sales represen
tatives will ultimately have to deal
with is invasive plant species.
Invasive plant species are those
that pose environmental threats to
Pennsylvania ecosystems.
Some of those plants were intro
duced intentionally as landscape
plants, ground cover, or are simply
weeds such as tree of heaven,
ground ivy, vclvctlcaf, bur cucum
ber, honeysuckle, and others.
Mote work needs to be done to
identify and manage the invasive
species and to develop research in
ways to overcome them.
This year’s Atlantic Seedsmen’s
Association (ASA) convention, in
Mystic, Ct., had the issues of inva
sive species, biotechnology, and
arbitration “front and center,”
noted Dr. John E. Baylor, ASA’s
executive director.
ASA, which expects to have a
Web site up and running by the end
of the month, is a regional associa
tion for the Northeast and Mid-
Adantic seed-producing states.
Baylor became involved with
ASA in January 1987 as a way to
encourage seed industry represen
tatives to become more involved
with the issues confronting the
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Baylor noted that the next ASA
convention is scheduled Oct.
15-17, 2000, at Niagara On The
Lake, a town in Ontario, Canada,
about 20 miles north of Niagara
Falls.
Baylor noted two develop
ments. First, the Paste Agricultural
Museum located at the Penn State
Ag Progress Days research farm in
Rockspring is going through some
changes, becoming more indepen
dent and establishing its own
bylaws. It plans to conduct a silent
auction at the 2000 Ag Progress
Days to raise funds for its opera
tion. Baylor encourages donations
from the industry.
The SOth anniversary of the
ASA is in the year 2002.
Baylor, also with the Pennsylva
nia Forage and Grassland Council
(PFGC), noted that the 40th
anniversary of PFGC is in 2000.
There is a special event to comme
morate the 40th anniversary of
PFGC at Wayne Harpster’s farm
on Wednesday, Aug. 16, in the
evening.
Outgoing president Steve Smith
noted that last year’s Ag Progress
Days had a record number of exhi
bitors, at 340. Seven thousand peo
ple went through the com maze at
the site.
Smith also noted that there is a
very good chance that product
sales will be allowed on site at next
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year’s Rockspring event. And
overnight camping for exhibitors
only at this time could be allowed
on a limited basis.
Sue Binger provided an assess
ment of the effect of this summer’s
drought on farm seed. She said that
the past year “was a very trying
year in the Northeast," with most
areas experiencing if not a severe
drought, others at best “dry condi
tions,” Binger said.
Com and soybean crops could
experience some quality problems.
Soybeans have shown quality
problems with seed in tests. The
market will be good cm most alfal
fas. But extremely high prices will
exist for two types of forages,
timothy and reed canatygrass.
Both are in short supply and high
prices should be expected. Howev
er, clovers are abundant and prices
should average about the same as
last year.
Andy Ernst spoke about this
year’s scholarships from the seed
men’s association. Two went to
Penn State students and one to a
student at Delaware Valley
College.
Steven Deßroux, assistant pro
fessor of agronomy and environ
mental sciences at Delaware Val
ley College, spoke about the focus
on several programs. One of those
is a study on ways to reduce the
amount of phosphorus in manure.
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The research is focusing cm mak
ing the feed more digestible with
the fiber, allowing the animal to
extract and utilize more phosphor
us from the feed.
The college also has new green
houses that are stocking new varie
ty trials.
Two new organizations, Baron
brug and Grassland Inc., have
jointed the seedmen’s association.
Earl Haas of the PDA noted that
the governor recently allocated $5
million to help with assistance in
the form of hay to farmers because
of the drought About 350 tons
have been moved from Wisconsin
to Ford Indiantown Gap, distri
buted to about 58 farmers at 5-6
tons per farmer. The balance of the
$5 million will be paid in terms of
rebates to farmers who purchased
hay. About $5O-$6O per ton will be
rebated to the purchase and $4O per
ton to transportation.
The bureau has also been grap-
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) Food safety, high tunnels,
use of compost on vegetables,
insect and disease management,
trickle irrigation and plasticul
ture, and new vegetable vari
eties are just a few of the 14 dif
ferent topics at the 2000 New
Holland Vegetable Day Jan. 17
The meeting is sponsored by the
Eastern Lancaster County
School District and Lancaster
County Cooperative Extension
There wifi be something for
everyone If you are interested
in marketing you won’t want to
miss the grower’s panel dis
cussing their experiences at
“grower’s only” markets or Bob
Rouse’s talk on “Marketing and
Merchandising” Greenhouse
growers will want to attend the
session on “Gieenhou.se Disease
Control” or sit in on the
“Transplant Production Tips”
session by grower Dave Miller
Dr Shelby Fleischer from Penn
State will discuss “New insecti
cides and their use ”
Recent outbreaks of e cob
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pling with the plum pox virus
issue. A two-mile quarantine has
been established in an area of
Adams County, of which it is most
likely, he said, the orchards in the
quarantine would have to be
destroyed.
Experts have arrived from Eur
ope this week to met with the PDA
and USDA to plan strategy for the
control of the plum pox virus,
which harms fhiit quality and
production.
Fred Mohr, incoming president
for the Pennsylvania Seedmen’s
Association, read an outline of
several changes at Penn State.
Four new positions have been
opened and two have been filled so
far.
The positions include a soil
microbial ecologist, a turfgrass
sciences specialist, a soil manage
ment and applied soil physics spe
cialist, and a plant geneticist.
bacteria m vegetables and fruit
and how they can bo prevented
will be the focus of a general ses
sion by Anu Rangarajan from
Cornell University Alan
Mac Nab from Penn State will
lead the other general session
with a discussion of diseases in
vegetables “Field Grown Cut
Flowers” and “Strawberry Insect
Control” round out the program
Pesticide credits will be avail
able at some sessions
The meeting will be Monday,
Jan 17 at Yoder’s Restaurant in
New Holland Yoder’s is located
along Rt 23 at the eastern edge
of new Holland Registration
begins at 9 a m
Cost for the day is $7 per per
son if you preregistei by Jan 12,
or $l2 per person at the door
Lunch is provided
For more information contact
Jeff Stoltzfub at (717) 354-1522
To register send the enclosed
form along with a check for the
appropriate amount to Adult
Farmer Program, 126 Eastern
School Road, New Holland, PA
17557.
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