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Ridge Administration Announces 2001
Rural Youth Grant Recipients
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Agriculture
Secretary Sam Hayes announced the selection of 24
youth organizations to receive more than $40,000
in agriculture and rural youth development grants.
“Pennsylvania’s youth represent the future of
our agriculture industry. By supporting these or-
ganizations, we help ensure the proud tradition of
Pennsylvania agriculture is passed on to future
generations,” Hayes said.
The grant program allows agricultural youth or
ganizations to apply for grants to fund educational
projects, programs, and seminars. This year’s
grants will support leadership training, agriculture
mentoring programs, forestry, and food-production
projects.
A listing of this year’s recipients follows;
• Pennsylvania Council of Cooperatives, $2,500.
• Lawrence County 4-H and Cooperative Exten
sion, Lawrence County, $2,500.
• Somerset Area FFA, Somerset County, $2,325.
• York County 4-H and Cooperative Extension,
York County, $2,500.
• Greenwood FFA, Perry and Juniata counties,
$2,171.
• Allegheny County 4-H and Cooperative Ex
tension, Allegheny County, $2,500.
• Conrad Weiser FFA, Berks County, $2,275.
• West Snyder FFA Chapter, Snyder County,
$1,945.
• Indiana County 4-H and Cooperative Exten
sion, Indiana County, $2,500.
• Westmoreland County 4-H and Cooperative
Extension, Westmoreland County, $2,500.
• Tulpehocken FFA, Berks County, $1,200.
• Blackhawk FFA, Beaver County, $1,200.
• Shippensburg FFA, Cumberland and Franklin
counties, $1,200.
• Bradford County 4-H and Cooperative Exten
sion, Bradford County, $1,200.
• Forbes Road FFA Chapter, Fulton County
$1,200.
• Lawrence County 4-H and Cooperative Exten
sion, Lawrence County, $1,200.
• United School District FFA, Indiana County,
$1,200.
• Washington County 4-H and Cooperative Ex
tension, Washington County, $1,200.
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• Twin Valley FFA, Berks and Chester counties,
$1,200.
• Manheim FFA, Lancaster County, $1,200.
• Wellsboro High School Agriculture Depart
ment and Grand Canyon FFA, Tioga County,
$1,200.
• Warfordburg/Southem Fulton FFA, Fulton
County, $1,200.
• Kutztown FFA, Berks County, $1,200.
• 4-H Clubs, Delaware County Development
Fund, Delaware County, $1,200.
For more information about the agriculture and
rural youth development grants, contact the Penn
sylvania Department of Agriculture at (717)
787-4737.
Dauphin County
Agriculture And Natural
Resources Center
Building Open House
DAUPHIN (Dauphin Co.) Do you have con
cerns about your environment in Dauphin County?
Are you interested in family living topics? Or,
would you like to know more about the West Nile
Virus?
The agencies who are housed at the Dauphin
County Agriculture and Natural Resources Build
ing just north of Dauphin on Route 225 deal with
these issues everyday. If these topics are of impor
tance and concern to you, please attend an open
house at the center on Sat., March 3 from 10 a.m.
until 2 p.m. The snow date is March 11.
The center houses the following agencies: the
Dauphin County Conservation District, Penn State
Cooperative Extension, and two agencies of the
United States Department of Agriculture the
Farm Service Agency, and the Natural Resource
Conservation Service.
These agencies invite the public to come and tour
recent additions and renovations to the building,
and will be offering presentations and exhibits deal
ing with a variety of public interest topics.
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Toomey Receives Friends Of
Farm Bureau Award
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co.) “1 look forward to continuing
On Wednesday, Feb. 21, Con- to work with the Pennsylvania
gressman Pat Toomey (R-PA) family farmers as Congress seeks
was presented the “Friend of t 0 prov ide our farmers additional
Farm Bureau Award by the Le- .. . .
high County and Northampton/ op to sell the.r prod-
Monroe County Farm Bureau for ts bo * b “J j and across
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ers and farm issues. cited about fighting to reduce the
In accepting the award Too- tax burden that currently harms
mey stated, “It is an honor to re- our family farms by eliminating
ceive the Friend of Farm Bureau the death tax, reducing capital
Award today. Over the past two gains and creating Farm and
years, Lehigh Valley farmers Ranch Risk Management
have given me very helpful ad- (FARRM) Accounts,
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farmers during the drought of P ercent °f their net farm income
1999 or working to open up new * n a tax-deferred account to help
markets overseas for Lehigh Val- them weather the ups and downs
ley products —it was a pleasure °f each crop year. I will continue
working with the members of the to work to keep the family farm
Farm Bureau. a vital part of America.”
Verdoorn Named Y.P., Internationa] And
Dairy Proteins, At Land O’Lakes
ARDEN HILLS, Minn.
Tom Verdoorn has been named
vice president of international
and dairy proteins at Land
O’Lakes, Inc.
Verdoorn most recently served
as vice president of dairy foods
finance and administration at
Land O’Lakes.
Verdoorn has been involved
with the Land O’Lakes Interna
tional Division at several points
during his 20-year career with
Twin Cities-based farmer-owned
cooperative. The cooperative’s
international division has report
ed directly to him since 1999.
Land O’Lakes International
sales revenue totals $4O million,
annually split almost equally be
tween export sales and the coop
erative’s Poland operations. In
addition, the cooperative’s dairy
proteins business generates $5O
million in revenue annually.
Land O’Lakes International
Development Division provides
development and technical as
sistance to farmers and coopera
tive self-help organizations world
wide. The division works to acti
vely engage its international
partners and clients in develop
ing the means to improve their
economic situations.
In his new position, Verdoorn
will also have responsibility for
Land O’Lakes investment in Ad-
vanced Food Products, LLC, the
cooperative’s new joint venture
with Bongrain in aseptic food
processing.
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