DOE Schedules Ethanol Workshops In Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) announced two
workshops on ethanol fuel will be
held in Pennsylvania during the
last week in August. Jeff Graef,
Program Administrator for the
Western Regional Biomass Ener
gy Program stated the work
shops will focus on the agricul
tural sector and will explore how
Pennsylvania farmers and agri
cultural businesses can profit
from establishing ethanol plants
in the state.
Target audience for the work
shops includes farmers, ranchers,
ag organizations, agencies that
serve agriculture and businesses
that support rural communities.
Others who are urged to partici
pate include Rural Economic
Development groups, bankers,
local government officials, farm
er owned cooperatives, county
RC&D groups, and state and
local environmental agencies.
The workshops are scheduled
for Tues., Aug. 28 in Cranberry,
north of Pittsburgh, and Thurs.,
Aug. 30, at Grantville, east of
Harrisburg. The agenda is being
developed and will be distributed
Pasture, Grazing, Livestock
Direct Marketing Meetings Set
MIFFLINBURG (Union Co.)
Penn State Cooperative Exten
sion in the Central Susquehanna
Valley Area has scheduled the
first in a series of on-farm meet
ing focusing on pasture and grac
ing management and direct mar
keting of farm commodities. The
meetings are open to all interest
ed individuals.
The first meeting will be Tues
day, May 8, at 7 p. mi* at the farm
of Bill Callahan of Mifflinburg in
Union County. Callahan raises
cattle, broilers, and laying hens.
He direct-markets most of the
We Ship Anywhere in the US & Canada!
Distributors... Dealers
Buy in Volume • Sell in Volume
Flavor-Seal Round Bale Wrap
Quality proven multilayer, white U.V. blown film. Good
strength in transverse directions. A variety of sizes and
thicknesses available. _ .
Bale-Ink <1
Plus I 1
la(*r Twin* | 4
Call also about Net Wrap
Bale Twine, Ag bags. ***^ ?
through the media and the farm
organization newsletters. Watch
the Website at www.ethanolm
t.org for information.
Many crops can be used to
produce ethanol. The workshop
will feature speakers on produc
ing ethanol from grain and other
commodities such as cellulose
from crop residues and forestry
waste. Speakers will explain how
valuable co-products can in
crease the viability of an ethanol
plant. Others will cover the mar
keting of ethanol and the distill
ers grains co-products.
Ethanol Producers And Con
sumers (EPAC) a national non
profit organization involved in
education and promotion about
ethanol, is in charge of the logis
tics for the meeting. EPAC, with
members in 26 states and three
countries, has conducted numer
ous workshops and conferences
since they were organized ten
years ago.
A workshop planning meeting
was held in Harrisburg in March,
with Pennsylvania farm organi
zations and other groups. The at
tendees included Dave Stettler
and Larry Breech with PA Farm-
farm’s production. He haS been
involved at the local level with
efforts to further the direct mar
keting of farm products in the re
gion.
Directions to the farm: take
Centennial Road off of Rt. 192
west of Forest Hill. Follow this
road for 0.8 mile and take the
lane to the left. There will be a
meeting sign at the end of the
lane.
For more information, call
Dave Hartman, extension agent
at (800) 254-6470.
Benco Poly Film
(800)521-4336 • (610)593-1199
Call for your local dealer.
Made in the USA.
ers Union, Charles Dull, with PA
Farm Bureau, Bill Steel, with PA
Grange, and Carol Ann Gregg
with the American AgriWomen.
Others who attended the steer
ing meeting and will help with
planning are Gerald Ely, USDA
Rural Development, Dick Poor
baugh, Penn State Cooperative
Business Education and Re-
Farmers Union Calls For Trade Policy
That Keeps Family Farmers Competitive
WASHINGTON, D.C. In
testimony before the U.S. Senate
Agriculture Committee, Nation
al Farmers Union (NFU) Presi
dent Leland Swenson told panel
members that Congress must
pursue agriculture trade policy
that improves family farm in
come and demand for U.S. com
modities.
Swenson also called on Con
gress to address the impacts of
exchange rates on trade, bolster
trade pact compliance, reform
trade dispute resolution pro
cesses, and ensure compatible
labor and environmental stan
dards for other competing na
tions.
Highlights From Mid-West Animal Science Meetings
Pigs consume less water from a
wet-dry feeder compared to those
on conventional feeders or wet
dry feeders used as a dry feeder.
The wet-dry feeder has a nipple
waterer mounted in the trough.
In the first experiment, pigs
gained nearly seven percent fast
er on the wet-dry feeder and con
sumed 23 percent less water. No
differences in digestibility, or the
' incidence of ulcers were found
among the different feeding sys
tems.
In the second experiment, no
differences were observed in
ullsHw
search Program, Mary Anne
Daniel, Pennsylvania office of
the US Department of Energy,
Bob Moreau, of USDA Ag Re
search Service, and David Binga
man, PA Dept, of Agriculture.
The DOE Regional Biomass
Program was represented by Ann
Hegnauer, Washington, DC,
Rick Handley, New York, and
“Farmers Union recognizes
the importance of trade to Ameri
ca’s farmers, ranchers and rural
communities,” Swenson said.
“However, as we pursue agricul
ture policy, we must examine the
impact initiatives have on farm
income and future economic op
portunity.”
Farmers Unions primary trade
policy objectives include 1)
strengthening our capacity to
monitor compliance, particularly
in the case of new agreements or
the expansion of agreements to
additional countries; 2) reforming
the dispute resolution process in
both the WTO and regional
agreements; and 3) ensuring that
growth rate, but pigs on the wet
dry feeders gained more efficient
ly and consumed 58 percent less
water.
Growth performance is similar
in pigs grouped 10, 20, 40, or 80
animals per pen. Growth rate
and feed intake dropped only
slightly as group size increased,
but the values were not statisti
cally different.
Furthermore, there were no
differences in injuries or disease
among the various group sizes.
The research indicates that pigs
may perform normally in large
group sizes, as long as floor space
and feeder access are increased
proportionately.
The phosphorus contained in
both corn and soybeans is rela
tively unavailable, because it is in
the form of phytate.
~~
% *
MU
MJk AGRI-INC. Th c , t p f ,
Jm “nil The Construction Professionals
Designing and Building Quality Facilities for More Than 33 Years
10 Parkview Heights Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522
WWW.AGRIINC COM e-mail. buildings@agrnnc com
717-721-3535 • 800-717-2474
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 28,2001-A35
Jeff Graef, Nebraska. EPAC was
represented by Shirley Ball, Na
shua, MT, Executive Director of
the organization.
For further information about
the workshop or to register call
EPAC at (406) 785-3722, the
PDA at (717) 772-5208 or email
to shirley@ethanolmt.org.
comparable health, safety, labor
and environmental standards
that apply to U.S. producers are
implemented and enforced by our
trading partners.
Other components of agricul
tural trade policy should include
resolving the trade-distorting ef
fects of exchange rate fluctuation,
long term domestic and global
food security, marketing to coun
tries opposing genetically modi
fied crops, strengthening enforce
ment of antidumping and tariff
regulations, especially with re
gard to milk protein concentrate,
and maintaining the U.S. com
mitment to international food
aid, specifically the international
school lunch program.
New low phytate of corn and
soybean varieties, which will be
commercially available in three
to five years, have similar
amounts of total phosphorus, but
the availability of phosphorus is
much higher.
In fact, pigs fed diets formulat
ed with low-phytate com, low
phytate soybean meal, and no
supplemental phosphorus have
normal growth performance and
bone strength. In addition, phos
phorus excretion is reduced by
more than 50 percent.
This technology shows promise
for the emerging concern regard
ing elevated phosphate concen
trations found in soils subjected
to repeated manure application.
Kenneth B. Kephart
Penn State Extension
Designs
to Meet Your Needs
W!tDKUSrOOOW
H s
FOOD PROCESSING FACILITY
• Horse Stall Barns and Riding Arenas
• Ag Workshop/Machinery Storage
• Commercial • Industrial
• Churches • Retail • Offices
Usa-
IniSyttßTt*