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at home.
The group also stopped at
Roman Stoltzfoos’ Spring Wood
Farm.
Stoltzfoos, who has been farm
ing for 18 years, operates a
100-cow dairy and turkeys as the
mainstay of his farm, with chick
ens and hogs in addition. Stoltz-
Ag Leader: Presidential Debates Should Involve More About Trade,Biotech
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
DBS MOINES, lowa No
vember’s election may be the
“most important in a generation
to farmers and the families of
rural America,” said Dean
Kleckner, Truth About Trade
chairman.
Dean Kleckner, former presi
dent of the national American
Farm Bureau Federation, spoke
Keystone International Livestock Expo Presents Arabian Champions
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Fred and Sherry Lutz of
Grantville, won the Arabian
Show PB grand champion stalli
on, showing Dahriel Jahdin at
the Keystone International Live
stock Expo (KILE) here at the
Pennsylvania Farm Show Com
plex Oct. 9.
There wasn’t a PB reserve
grand champion stallion.
PB grand champion mare
went to Samuel Reed and V.
Perez of Lebanon, showing SS
Maramano. And PB reserve
grand champion mare was
awarded to Leah Moyer of
Lewisberry, exhibiting CV Aislin
nebeya.
Barbara-Lou Galante of
Browns MiUs, N.J., won PB
champion gelding with GBA
Lyric. PB reserve champion geld
ing was given to Jolene Kiernan
of Schnecksville, showing SAP
Rho-Meo.
HA champion mare was
awarded to Kerry Maguire of
Wrightstown, N.J., exhibiting
Zoie. HA reserve champion mare
went to Megan Deveney of
Enola, with KGN Desert Image.
Farm Bureau Applauds Move
To Curb Trade Sanctions
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion hailed the action recently by
a House-Senate conference com
mittee to lift the embargo on
food and medicine sales to Cuba,
Iran, Libya, North Korea, and
Sudan.
“This historic action is a wel
come signal to American farmers
and ranchers that our country
will no longer use food as a
weapon,” said AFBF President
Bob Stallman. “It makes sense
from both a humanitarian and
commercial standpoint.”
According to the farm leader,
the five nations included in the
sanctions reform measure import
over $6 billion worth of farm
goods yearly, including wheat,
rice, corn, soybeans, feed grains,
vegetable oils, animal products
and fruit and vegetables. “Unfor
tunately, because of sanctions,
our competitors have been sup
plying these markets,” he said.
‘Farm Fresh’ Impresses Chefs
foos composts all his manure be
fore it is taken to the field, which
he describes as too rocky and
hilly for crops but suited to grass.
“You need to have the right
market, people who appreciate
the food you produce,” Stoltz
foos said of organic farming.
“Farmers realize that there are
people who are interested in the
recently at the Pennsylvania
Farm Bureau offices in Camp
Hill.
Also former president of the
state Farm Bureau in lowa,
Kleckner noted that, while
watching the televised debates
between candidates U.S. Vice
President A 1 Gore and Texas
Gov. George W. Bush the past
several weeks, both skirted
around heavy agricultural issues.
Brian Fasick of Allentown,
took HA champion gelding with
Dark Alley. Tracy Lawrence of
Little Egg Harbor, N.J., won HA
reserve champion gelding with
One O’These Nights.
Following is a list of show
placings.
KILE 2000
ARABIAN SHOW RESULTS
Class 7-PB 4-year-old and older stalli
ons. 1 Fred and Sherry Lutz
Class 8-PB Senior champion stallion
and reserve senior champion stallion:
Champion Fred and Sherry Lutz.
Class 9-PB Grand champion stallion and
reserve grand champion stallion Champi
on Fred and Sherry Lutz.
Class 10-PB Yearling fillies 1 Grace
Dunn
Class 12-PB Junior champion filly and
reserve junior champion filly. Champion;
Grace Dunn.
Class 13-PB 3-year-old mares: 1. Samu
el Reed and V Perez. 2. Leah Moyer 3.
Kerry Maguire
Class 14-PB 4-year-old and older
mares 1 Samuel Reed and V Perez.
Class 15-PB Senior champion mare and
reserve senior champion mare Champion.
Samuel Reed and V. Perez.
Reserve champion- Leah Moyer.
Class 16-PB Grand champion mare and
reserve grand champion mare Champion
Samuel Reed and V. Perez.
Reserve champion; Leah Moyer
Class 18-PB 4-year-old and older geld
ings 1 Barbara-Lou Galante. 2 Jolene
Kiernan 3. Jennette Aubert
Class 19-PB Champion gelding and re
serve champion gelding Champion Bar
bara-Lou Galante
Stallman said he is hopeful
that U.S. farmers can capture
sales in some of the previously
off-limits markets. “We have had
significant contacts with Cuban
officials in the last year or so and
we know they are eager to make
substantial purchases of rice and
other commodities,” he said. “It
made no sense to forego sales in
our backyard. Instead of punish
ing the Cuban government, we
just ended up punishing the
Cuban people and our farmers.”
Stallman said the sanctions re
form breakthrough, which is con
tained in the 2001 agriculture
spending bill, was the result of
“dogged determination” by key
members of Congress, including
Reps. George Nethercutt (R-
Wash.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-
Mo.) and Sens. John Ashcroft
(R-Mo.), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)
and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.).
The House and Senate are ex
pected to vote on the conference
committee report soon.
way food is produced.’
‘We’re borrowing our farm
from future generations,” he
said. “If we treat it right it will
be here for the next generations.”
Stoltzfoos is the winner of the
200 Sustainable Ag Leadership
Award from the Pennsylvania
Association for Sustainable Agri
culture (PASA). Stoltzfoos’
For some questions, “both did
a reasonably good job of answer
ing,” said Kleckner. But the is
sues of opening trade with China
and biotechnology and its impact
on American farm production
and food on the table were not
talked about to any great degree.
In the end, Pennsylvania may
prove to be a key state, with
electoral votes still up for grabs.
Pennsylvania joins Ohio and
Reserve champion: Jolene Kieman
Class 21-HA Mares three years and
over. 1. Kerry Maguire. 2 Megan L. Deve
ney. 3. Megan L. Deveney.
Class 22-HA Champion mare and re
serve champion mare: Champion Kerry
Maguire
Reserve champion: Megan L Deveney.
Class 24-HA Geldings three years and
over 1 Brian D Fasick. 2. Tracy Law
rence 3 Lee Seibert Gannutz.
Class 25-HA Champion gelding and re
serve champion gelding- Champion. Bnan
D Fasick
Reserve champion: Tracy Lawrence.
Class 26-Open grooming and showman
ship. 1 Kaitlm Troutner 2. Dawn McCuen.
3. Megan L. Deveney.
Class 41-HA Mounted native costume:
1 Lindsey March. 2 Chnstie Laudenslag
er. 3. Mary Cnsco.
Class 42-PB Country English pleasure
open: 1 Dr. Jim and Jean Popp. 2. Bar
bara-Lou Galante 3 John H. Saltzer.
Class 43-HA Country English pleasure
open- 1 Bnan D. Fasick. 2. Tracy Law
rence 3 Joanne or Karl Reed.
Class 44-PB Country English pleasure-
AOTR: 1 Barbara L. Matthews. 2 Mary
Cnsco. 3. Joy Evans.
Class 45-HA Country English pleasure
championship: 1. Brian D Fasick. 2. Tracy
Lawrence. 3. Lindsey March.
Class 46-PB Country English pleasure
championship: 1 Barbara-Lou Galante. 2
Barbara L Matthews. 3. Dr. Jim and Jean
Popp.
Election Year Brings Ag Leaders To Pa.
STEVENS (Lancaster Co.) Farm issues and the election year were the topics of
conversation early this week here at the Mary Schantz farm, where local politicians,
farmers, and ag leaders from across the nation came to talk. From left, Mike Brubaker,
Brubaker Agronomic Consulting Service; Mary Schantz; Sen. Noah Wenger; Commis
sioner of the Texas Commission of Agriculture Susan Combs; Director of Michigan De
partment of Agriculture Dan Wyant; Director of Illinois Department of Agriculture Joe
Hampton; and Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Jamie Clover Adams were all on hand to
speak of the importance of this election and the future of farming in America.
Photo by Carol Stark, Ephrata Review
200-acre farm, certified organic,
is also grass-based and produces
dairy products and turkeys.
The tour ended at Glenn
Brendle’s Green Meadow Farm,
where Brendle grows greens,
vegetables, and specialty herbs
on a 15-acre farm. He has been
farming organically for at least
18 years. Green Meadow Farm
Michigan that could swing the
outcome of the election.
Illinois could already be won
by Gore, Kleckner noted.
Kleckner said that the cam
paign managers for both parties
have agreed to keep the answers
too simple. Both candidates are
knowledgeable and Kleckner
agrees that he would like to see
more depth, and more articula
tion, about where both stand on
the controversial issues.
Class 47-Saddle seat equitation-JTR (17
and under) (no premiums); 1. Lonann Salt
zer Weller.
Class 49-PB Mounted native costume:
1. Dr. Jim and Jean Popp. 2. Mary Crisco.
3. Pamela Sue Klonans.
Class 50-HA English show hack-open: 1.
Megan L. Deveney. 2 Tammy Sue Wood.
3. Dawn McCuen.
Class 51-PB Hunter pleasure-open- 1.
Alista Bealer. 2. Shirley L. Craig. 3. Fred
and Sherry Lutz.
Class 52-HA Hunter pleasure-JTR (17
and under)- 1. Megan L. Deveney. 2.
Megan L. Deveney. 3. Oawi i McCuen
Class 53-PB Hunter pleasure-LIMIT: 1.
Barbara-Lou Galante. 2 Seth Shuman. 3.
Pamela Sue Klonaris.
Class 54-HA Hunter pleasure-open. 1.
Megan L. Deveney. 2. Tammy Sue Wood.
3. Tina Marie Cole.
Class 55-PB English show hack-open: 1.
Fred and Sherry Lutz. 2. Seth Shuman 3.
Shirley L. Craig.
Class 56-PB Hunter pleasure-JTR (17
and under): 1. Barbara-Lou Galante. 2. Al
ista Bealer. 3. Seth Shuman.
Class 57-PB Hunter pleasure-AOTR: 1.
Alista Bealer. 2. Shirley L. Craig. 3. Chnsti
Scott.
Class 58-HA Hunter pleasure-champion
ship: 1. Megan L Deveney. 2. Tammy Sue
Wood. 3. Tina Mane Cole.
Class 59-PB Hunter pleasure-champion
ship: 1. Alista Bealer. 2. Seth Shuman 3.
Barbara-Lou Galante.
Class 60-Hunt seat equitation not to
now lies under cover crops, in
cluding Canola, one of Brendle’s
favorite cover crops.
Truth About Trade, based in
Des Moines, lowa, is a nonparti
san protrade group, conducting
an issue advocacy project called
Farm Vote 2000. Kleckner has
traveled widely recently to
promote the advocacy project to
several states.
Truth About Trade includes
about 300 members, including
producers and agri-industry pro
fessionals from 35 states.
jump-JTR (17 and under) (no premiums) 1.
Megan L. Deveney. 2. Dawn McCuen. 3.
Ed and Terry Frank.
Class 61-lAHA Hunt seat medal not to
jump-JTR (17 and under) (no premiums)' 1
Ahsta Bealer. 2. Ed and Teiry Frank 3.
Megan L. Deveney.
Class 62-PB Western pleasure-open. 1.
Samuel Reed and V. Perez. 2. Jennette Au
bert. 3. Shirley L. Craig.
Class 63-HA Western pleasure-JTR (17
and under): 1. Dawn McCuen
Class 64-PB Western pleasure-AOTR. 1
Samuel Reed and V. Perez. 2. Jennette Au
bert. 3 Shirley L. Craig.
Class 65-HA Western pleasure-open' 1.
Tina Mane Cole. 2. Dawn McCuen. 3.
Joanne or Kan Reed.
Class 66-PB Western pleasure-LIMIT: 1.
Pamela Sue Klonans 2. Samuel Reed and
V. Perez. 3. Greta Dreisbach.
Class 67-PB Western pleasure-JTR (17
and under): 1. Lindsay Wilson. 2. Rebecca
Moran. 3. Greta Dreisbach.
Class 68-HA Western pleasure-champi
onship- 1. Tina Marie Cole. 2. Dawn
McCuen. 3. Lee Seibert Gannutz.
Class 69-PB Western pleasure-champi
onship: 1. Jennette Aubert. 2 Samuel
Reed and V. Perez 3. Pamela Sue Klona
ns.
Class 70-Stock seat equitation-JTR (17
and under) (no premiums); 1. Lindsay Wil
son. 2. Dawn McCuen 3 Rebecca Moran
Class 71-lAHA Stock seat medal-JTR
(17 and under) (no premiums): 1. Rebecca
Moran