_ . -- .**«**-****" m ** :5 ' OIGIT l #*#" V 01.45 No. 43 What a beautiful scenic countryside we have this year. The wonderful crop year is so appreciated after last year’s drought. Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Service Crop Summary reports 97 percent of the state’s soil mois ture is adequate or in surplus. Small grains and vegetable harvesting is well under way. Lancaster County tobacco farmers are into the annual fall harvest, but the lack of a good market has reduced the number of acres planted. Silo filling just started this week, but the com is still very green. Corn state wide was reported at 85 percent tasseled, with conditions variable but mostly Cow Cam: A New Adventure EVERETT NEWSWANGER Editor EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) - As part of Lancaster Farming’s ongoing effort to support the ag ricultural community and bring interesting farm features to our readers, a new adventure is in progress. To help our city and (Turn to Pago A 27) Lauduc Broker Mandy EX-95 2E. Four Sections Industry Officials Want Producers To Vote On Pork Checkoff ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) In-person voting on the pork referendum begins Sept. 19 at your local Farm Service Agency office. The referendum voting ends Sept. 21. The purpose of the referen dum is to allow pork producers and importers to vote on whether to continue the Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 26, 2000 checkoff program administered by the National Pork Board. The referendum will decide whether to continue the current pork checkoff program. It’s important to vote, accord ing to many industry represent atives. “The most important issue is that pork producers need a voice,” said Ken Kephart, Penn State swine specialist. No organ ization is as effective as the Na tional Pork Producers Council in helping producers market their swine and provide a “good, First Clone Offered At World Dairy Expo MADISON, Wis. World Dairy Expo will present another first for the global dairy world this year by offering the first cloned dairy animal ever to be sold at public auction. World Dairy Expo is an international trade and cattle show scheduled Oct. 4-8 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis. A September 2001 heifer calf (Turn to Pago A3l) a very excellent crop in the making. A very good soybean crop is also expected. Haymaking continued to be behind schedule because of frequent rains. How ever, the grazers are having a field day this year with good pasture growth that, along with cool temperatures in August, helped milk production. Apples and peaches are also being harvested with a good crop reported. The fields, stream, and farm in the photo captured the eye of the editor on Monday from the comer of Hess and Musser School roads. Photo by Everett Newswanger, editor objective voice,” he said. “They don’t base their recommenda tions or philosophies or com ments on emotions and hearsay. Ken Kephart, Penn State swine specialist, right, urges all pork producers to vote on the upcoming checkoff refer endum. At left is Robert J. Meinen, new Penn State senior extension associate. Both put the finishing touches on a biofilter demonstration at the recent Ag Progress Days. Photo by Andy Andrews $32.00 Per Year They base it on science and ' logic.” Promotion of pork is also a (Turn to Pago A 27) —6QjLfipr Copy J 'C I
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