Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, March 11, 2000, Image 30

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    A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11, 2000
Ridge Administration
Launches ‘Export
For Scholars ’ Program
(Continued from Page A 29)
Scholars’ program, students will
prepare a marketing plan for the
export of Pennsylvania-bred
dairy heifers to Puerto Rico,
Mexico and other Spanish
speaking countries in the west
ern hemisphere.
Students will prepare the
graphics and translation for the
MARTIN’S TIRE & ALIGNMENT
production of a two-language
marketing brochure in Spanish
and English that will promote
Pennsylvania Holsteins.
Through private donations,
students will have the opportu
nity to travel to Puerto Rico for
a “trade mission” in August to
complete their export business
by meeting with livestock pro
fessionals and dairy farmers
who will purchase the bred dairy
heifers.
“We are very excited at this
cooperation with the Pennsylva
nia Department of Agriculture,’
Thomas Scott, principal of W.B.
Saul, said. “This is a wonderful
opportunity for our urban stu
dents to visit Puerto Rico and
operate in international trade.”
In addition to the Pennsylva
nia Department of Agriculture,
the Pennsylvania Holstein Asso
ciation, Delaware Valley Col
lege, and W.B. Saul High
School, the “Export for Schol
ars” partnership includes John
son Livestock Company, Andre
Ruiz of Puerto Rico, Sire Power,
and the Port of Philadelphia.
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From left, Dr. Neil Vincent, vice president, academic af
fairs, Delaware Valley College, Samuel Hayes Jr., Pennsyl
vania secretary of agriculture, and Tom Learner,
president, Delaware Valley College.
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