Jarolimek Named NPPC President
DES MOINES, lowa-Craig
Jarolimek of Forest River, N.D.,
is the new president of the Na
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(NPPC). He was selected to lead
the organization during the Na
tional Pork Industry Forum
March 2-4 in Kansas City, Mo.
Jarolimek is owner and man-
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ager of his family’s 5,000-head
finishing operation in partner
ship with his wife, Dawn. They
also raise wheat, barley, sugar
beets, corn, and soybeans.
Barb Campbell Determan is
the new president elect. Deter
man of Early, lowa, runs Home
Run Farm with her husband,
Steve. The 300-sow farrow-to
finish operation markets 6,000
hogs annually. They also raise
corn and soybeans.
Dave Roper of Kimberly,
Idaho, is the new vice president.
Roper is owner and manager of
Magic Valley Pork. The family
farm consists of a 140-sow far
row-to-fmish operation that
markets 2,400 hogs annually.
The farm includes cattle, hay,
dry beans, beets, potatoes, and
corn on 300 acres.
Five producers were elected to
three-year terms on the NPPC
board of directors durin'g the
annual meeting of the NPPC
Delegate Body: Determan of
Early, Iowa; Roper of Kimberly,
Idaho; Max Schmidt of Elma,
Iowa; Keith Berry of Greencas
tle, Ind.; Roy Henry of Long
ford, Kan. One producer was
elected to serve a one-year term
on the board: Richard Brauer of
Oakford, 111.
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Topics: ★ How Maryland got to where they are today
with their markets.
How they maintain their markets.
★ We will TRY to answer questions about
marketing tobacco in Maryland.
★ To address what we (PA Tobacco Farmers)
need to do to grow tobacco that tests closer
to Maryland tobacco.
★ Alternative crops to replace tobacco.
Speakers: Jane Balmer, Bob Anderson, possibly additional speaker(s)
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Thomas Vincent of Perry,
lowa, was selected to the associ
ate member seat on the NPPC
Board of Directors representing
Allied Industry. He will serve a
two-year term. Vincent is presi
dent of Agri-Access, a division
of Brenton Bank.
The Pork Industry Nominat
ing Committee is responsible for
selecting, interviewing, and re
commending candidates for na
tional leadership positions.
Producers elected to the nomi
nating committee were Dean
Vantiger of Mt. Union, lowa
(producer-at-large seat); John
Adams of Snow Hill, N.C. (Fed
eration Council seat); and Jim
Quackenbush of Chokio, Minn,
(state president seat).
Farmland Preservation
Application
Deadline March 31
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh
Co.)-The Lehigh County Agri
cultural Land Preservation
Board is accepting applications
until March 31 from Lehigh
County farmland owners with
an interest in preserving their
farmland through the sale of de
velopment rights.
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The following are results of a
producer survey taken during
the 2000 National Pork Industry
Forum.
The survey had 162 producer
responses. The average age of
delegates was 47 years old.
There were 44 state associations
in attendance.
Hogs marketed (percent of
delegates):
36 percent less than 2,000 per
year
32 percent 2,000 to 10,000
32 percent more than 10,000
Sows owned (percent of dele
gates):
51 percent less than 200 sows
27 percent 200 to 1,000 sows
22 percent more than 1,000
sows
Through this program, quali
fied farmland owners can apply
to sell agricultural conservation
easements to the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and/or the
county of Lehigh. Agricultural
conservation easements preserve
farmland by permanently limit
ing all forms of nonagricultural
development on eased farm
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In return for giving
up development
rights, landowners
receive cash payments
up to the difference
between the fair
market value and the
agricultural value of
their properties.
Applications may be
picked up in Room
102 of the Lehigh
County Agricultural
Center, 4184 Dorney
Park Road in South
Whitehall. The dead
line for submitting an
application is Friday,
March 31.
Call Jeff Zehr at
(610) 391-9583 for
more information.
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