A26-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, September 23, 2000
Penn State Survey Looks At What It Takes To Support Farming
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Farmers in southeastern
Pennsylvania are getting a
chance to tell state legislators
their views on farmland preser
vation and supporting agribusi
ness as part of a study by re
searchers in Penn State’s College
of Agricultural Sciences.
“The state’s put a lot of time
and energy into preserving farm
USDA To Conduct National Agricultural Transportation Summit
WASHINGTON, D.C. Ag
riculture Secretary Dan Glick
man recently announced that
USDA will host a national sum
mit on Agricultural Transporta
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agriculture,” said Timothy Kel
sey, associate professor of agri
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eastern Pennsylvania, and will
follow with a series of face-to
face interviews with selected ag
ribusiness owners. The data will
help legislators make future deci
sions.
According to Kelsey, the
state’s current initiative to save
farmland is just part of a larger
challenge. “Keeping agriculture
as a viable industry requires a
strength and competitiveness of
American agriculture and our
rural communities,” said Glick
man.
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ervation, agribusiness support,
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community, that makes it hard
for agribusiness to stay in busi
ness. If you lose agribusiness,
that makes it hard for farmers,
because they can’t get supplies
locally. So If you want to keep
agriculture, you have to keep
both of them.”
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The summit is open to the
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materials and meals. A tentative
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