A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 10,2001
(Continued from Page AIO)
a.m.-3 p.m.
Soil Fertility and Productivity
Workshop, Franklin County
extension office, Chambers
burg, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., also
Cumberland County exten
sion, Carlisle, on March 16;
March 23 Lebanon County
extension, Lebanon; and
March 29, York 4-H Center,
Bair.
Innovative Ways For Dairy
Farmers To Make and Save A
Buck, Williamsfield Commu
nity Center, Ashtabula
County, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., and
Country Kitchen, Alliance, 10
a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Western Pa. Potato and Vegeta
ble Meeting, Garden Gate
Restaurant, Prospect, 11:30
a.m.-2 p.m.
Chester County Holstein Club
Tour to Somerset County,
Sam Stoltzfus Farm, Parkes
burg, 7:15 a.m., (610) 495-
7929, or (610) 998-0672, or
(610)857-2780.
Cumberland County Dairy Day,
Penn Township Fire Hall,
Huntsdale, 9 a.m., (717) 240-
6500.
North Central Agricultural Risk
Management For Dairy Oper
ators, Walker Township
Building, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
“Passing On The Farm,” Gap
Diner, 9:30 a.m., (717) 664-
Maryland State Holstein Con
vention. Four Points Shera
ton, Hagerstown, Md., thru
March 17
Hoof Balance Clinic for Profes
sionals, Willowbrook Farm.
Snyder County Holstein Associ-
BUY,
SELL,
TRADE
OR
RENT
THROUGH
THE
CLASSIFIED
ADS
IN
Lancaster
Farming
PHONE
717-626-1164
OR
717-394-3047
FAX
717-733-6058
Mon., Tues.,
Wed., Fri.
8 AM to 5 PM
Thurs.
7 AM to 5 PM
ation annual meeting,
Middleburg Fire Hall, 7 p.m.
4-H Teen Retreat, Hartman
Center, Milroy, 7 p.m., thru
March 18.
Mid-Atlantic Fruit Plant
Growth Regulator School,
Adams County Ag and Natu
ral Resources Center, Gettys
burg.
Tractor Safety Training, Lehigh
County Ag Center, Allen
town, 7 p.m.
Officer Training, Dauphin
County Agricultural and Nat
ural Resources Center, 6:30
p.m.
Crop and Forage Day, Wayne
County, Wayne County Visi
tors’ Center, Honesdale, 10
a.m.-2:30 p.m., (570) 253-
Holiday Inn, Phillipsburg,
N.J.
Farm Family Appreciation Day,
Hamburg Field House, 7 p.m.-
10:30 p.m.
Maintaining the Sound and
User-Friendly Performance
Horse, Inn at Towamencin,
Best Western, Kulpsville, 9
a.m.-4 p.m.
Penn State Gardener Sympo
sium, Farm and Home
Center, Lancaster.
Woody ornamental pesticide
update, The Chadwick, Wex
ford, 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Regional Christmas Tree Semi
nar, Rustic Lodge, Indiana,
8:30 a.m.-3;30 p.m.
Backyard Compost Workshop,
extension office, Towanda, 9
a.m.-noon.
Equine Expo, Diamond 7
Ranch, Dillsburg, 9 a.m.
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Hiring 3,500 New Firefighters
WASHINGTON, D.C. In
response to the severe fire
season of 2000 and recent legis
lation signed by President Clin
ton, the USDA’s Forest Service
will hire approximately 3,500
new firefighters.
“In the wake of this summers
devastating fire season, we are
adding significant new staffing
to improve our nations wildland
fire suppression capabilities and
to reduce fire hazards near pop
ulated areas,” said Agriculture
Secretary Dan Glickman.
The new positions will sup
port the National Fire Plan,
which was developed by the
secretaries of agriculture and in
terior. The plan outlines actions
WASHINGTON, D.C. IN
a hearing recently before the
Senate Agriculture Committee,
National Farmers Union (NFU)
Vice President for Government
Relations Tom Buis told sena
tors that agriculture-based con
servation programs are, for the
most part, sound policy.
While these programs are
good for family farmers and
ranchers, as well as rural com
munities, Congress needs to
work at providing a level of
funding that will sustain long
term success for these initiatives
and more directly target com
pensation to family-sized opera
tions, he told the panel.
In addition, Congress needs to
implement new initiatives to ad~
dress additional conservation*'
and environmental concerns in
rural America.
“Our current conservation
programs have, more than at
any other time, helped preserve
ommercial,
Industrial,
•ches & Farms
We Paint
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USD A’s Forest Service
Farmers Union Asks Congress To
Bolster Successful Conservation Policy
for restoring the landscapes and
helping communities affected by
this year’s severe fires, reducing
future impacts of wildland fires
in the wildland-urban interface,
and ensuring sufficient firefight
ing resources in the future.
Up to 1,000 of the positions
will be permanent. The other
jobs will be temporary or sea
sonal, lastinjg up to six months
per year, with opportunities to
become permanent seasonal em
ployees. Most of the 3,500 jobs
will be forestry aids and techni
cian jobs assigned to firefighting
positions. The deadline for ap
plications has been extended to
Jan. 19,2001.
More than 84,000 fires broke
out across the nation this
America’s soil resources, en
hance wildlife habitat, and ini
prove the quality of both the air
and water,” said Buis. “While
they have done right by the land,
we must also make sure that
they do right by our family
farmer and rancher. We must
aggressively pursue incentives to
preserve our resources. We must
also ensure assistance for
family-sized farms and ranches,
not unneeded subsidies to large,
integrated operations.”
Farmers Union also supports
incentives and technical assist
ance to encourage implementa
tion of carbon sequestration
programs to address growing
problems associated with green
house gasqs. I'astly, an
intermediate-term Sou mhabilp
tation program to restore crop
land recently decimated by
weather, disease, or pests should
be considered.
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ROASTING IS SUPERIOR TO OTHER
METHODS OF HEAT PROCESSED GRAIN
- IT’S ECONOMICAL - The cost to operate a flame roaster is lower than other
types of processing equipment. This makes roasting grain a more efficient method.
- IT PURIFIES - Only a flame roaster can effectively remove molds and reduce
toxins to tolerant levels As the individual grain rotates through the open flame, the
mold dust around it is destroyed.
- IT’S UNIFORM - Having the grain pass through the open flame and properly
steeped, gives it a uniform treatment
- IT’S PROFITABLE - Custom roasting on your farm .
'Gives you the ability to feed your own gram, not someone elses
* Eliminates trucking expenses
* No mill charges shrinkage, storage and handling
• When gram needs to be purchased, you can have it roasted on your farm and
know how it is processed
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416 Union Rd, Lebanon, PA 17046
1 -800-452-4004 (71 7) 865-6611
David N. Groff Rt. #3, Lewisburg, PA 570-568-1420
summer, consuming about 7
million acres of public lands. At
the height of the fire season,
more than 28,000 people were
deployed to combat the flames.
Federal personnel and others
from 48 states, four countries,
and five military battalions bat
tled the fires.
Applications and additional
information regarding the new
firefighting jobs are available on
the Web at
http://www.fs.fed.us/fsjobs. In
dividuals can request applica
tions via an automated, toll-free
telephone number, (877) 813-
3476; by e-mail to
fsjobs@fs.fed.us; or by visiting
their local Forest Service office.
The family farmer and
rancher organization also sup
ports a number of priorities that
will help maintain and improve
existing conservation initiatives
at the federal level. They include
raising the cap on total enroll
ment for the Conservation Re
serve Program (CRP) to at least
40 million acres, reducing the
emphasis on whole-farm CRP
enrollments, expanding the
Wetlands Reserve Program,
adding funding to the Farmland
Protection Program to protect
farmland from development, in
clude endangered species habi
tats as a priority in the Wildlife
Habitat Incentives Program, in
crease funding Environ
mental Quality Incentives
and ensure sufficient
f resources f for Cortservation
Technical Assistance fof farm
ers wanting to adopt con
servation practices. y
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