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V 01.45 No. 47
One of these county dairy princesses will be crowned Pennsylvania
state princess tonight at the annual pageant. They are, front row, from
left, Corinne Snare, Huntingdon; Elveita Kuhn, Adams; Holly Deeter,
Clarion/Venango; Misty Claypooie, Armstrong; Emily Cloninger,
Centre; Elizabeth Young, Lancaster; Lori Connelly, Pa. Princess;
Veronica Miles, Tioga; Jessica Lashinsky, Indiana; Heather Crowi,
York; Tracy Anderson, Wyoming/Lackawanna; and Susan Hartman,
Franklin. Second row, from left, Marsha Curry, Clearfield; Sarah Krall,
Lebanon; Stephanie Carson, Washington; Laura Dougherty, Erie;
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Editor
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Pennsylvania’s Samuel
Hayes Jr., secretary of agricul
ture, said the All-American
dairy show set to start today and
run through next Thursday is
the best ever.
And he has these facts to
prove it. Animal entries are up
26 percent to 2,900 head. Indi
vidual exhibitor numbers are up
40 percent. The number of states
represented is 21, up SO percent
from last year. And the total
MMB Schedules Emergency Hearing To
Consider Increase In Over-Order Premium
! HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Milk Marketing
.Board (MMB) will conduct a
I public hearing for Milk Market
ing Areas 1,2, 3,4, 5, and 6 on
Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. here in Room
202 of the Agriculture Building,
2301 North Cameron Street.
Dairylea Cooperative Inc.
and Dairy Farmers of America’s
Northeast Council petitioned
the MMB for this emergency
Four Sections
All-American Dairy Show: Best Ever
premiums to be paid out are now
$146,000, up 82 percent.
This was all made clear at a
press conference in the Farm
Show building Tuesday morn
ing. And along with these glow
ing reports of big increases,
Hayes unveiled the Pennsylva
nia Department of Agriculture’s
(PDA’s) new bulk milk tank cal
ibration program.
A bright new tractor trailer
truck was on display that takes
this free service from PDA and
the Pennsylvania Milk Market
ing Board to independent farm
hearing based on current market
conditions. According to the pe
tition, there is an unusual tight
ness in the milk supply, thus
encouraging other states to offer
Pennsylvania dairy farmers as
much as a $1.50 per hun
dredweight premium to pur
chase their milk for out-of
state sales which could hurt
the Pennsylvania market.
The current Pennsylvania
over-order premium of $1.25 per
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 23, 2000
ers or other dairymen who want
to be sure they are receiving
proper milk weights from their
bulk milk tanks. A previous,
similar service was abandoned
by PDA in 1990 because of a
hundredweight (this included
$.25 per hundredweight for fuel
adjustment) is scheduled to
expire Dec. 31,2000.
The purpose of the hearing is
to receive testimony and exhibits
concerning the level of the over
order premium paid to Pennsyl
vania dairy farmers (for Class I
milk that is produced, pro
cessed, and sold in Pennsylva
nia) for the months of November
and December 2000.
Diana Bigelow, Blair; Holly Manross, Crawford; Desarai Oshop, Law
rence; Sherry Plummer, Jefferson; Melinda Wolfe, SUN; Lucinda Bray,
Berks; Angela Harbach, Clinton; Melissa Burdick, Potter; and Alicean
Mignery, Wayne, Back row, from left, Heidi Miller, Dauphin; Kelly Diaz,
Susquehanna; Samantha Snyder, Schuylkill; Amy Zembauer, Bedford;
Amy Schliffka, Beaver, Beaver; Kathryn Nailor, Perry; Shannon Lina
men, Butler; Samantha Barrett, Bradford; Marsha Croskey, Mercer;
Bobbi Jo Dressier, Juniata; and Tiffany Gilkinson, Warren.
lack of funds. The new test unit
required an investment of
$149,125 by PDA.
Tanks of water on-board are
run into the farm bulk tank
through a computer calibration
system from the mobile test unit.
Guidelines set by the state gov
Keith, Dennis, and Bob Loyjcnow firsthand the havoc
cancer can play in the lives of loved ones. For this reason
the Loy family planned a community event to raise $lO,OOO
for cancer research. Turn to page 818 to read more about
the event and the Loy Farms in Schuylkill County. Photo by
Lou Ann Good
$32.00 Per Year
ernment’s division of weights
and measures are used as stan
dard. The Pennsylvania Milk
Marketing Board provides the
operator.
An All-American event sched
ule and other related stories can
be found elsewhere in this issue.
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