A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 19,2001
Six $4,000 Scholarships Awarded To Ag, Home Ec Students
LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
College tuition will be eased
for six students who each re
ceived a $4,000 Farm and Home
Foundation scholarship Tuesday
evening here at the Farm and
Home Center.
The Foundation annually se
lects several qualified county
high school seniors pursuing
studies in agriculture or home
economics fields.
Most of the scholarship recipi
ents have already amassed an as
tounding amount of knowledge
in their chosen fields of study.
Although only 18 years old,
Kevin Pfautz, through genetic
breeding, has established a busi
ness with his brother in which
they sell 68 head of show stock
annually in addition to showing
quite a few of his own grand
champions.
Kevin placed first in individu
al nationwide swine judging after
his team (Lancaster County 4-H
Livestock Judging Team) won at
local, regional, and state 4-H
competitions.
So it is not surprising that
Kevin wants to pursue a degree
in animal science.
FARM BILL
OPINIONS COUNT
About 3,500 Pennsylvania
growers are being asked for their
opinions about the 2002 Farm
Bill. This study has historically
been conducted in midwestem
states for the last few Farm Bills.
Penn State and other land
grant universities in the North
east want to offer Congress an
other perspective for the next
Farm Bill. The survey is a coop
erative effort between Penn State
and the Pennsylvania Ag Statis
tics Service.
Opinions are only being asked
on two mailed surveys sent in
early and mid-May. We will not
be calling on the telephone. If
you receive a survey, please send
it back in so we get a good mail
response to properly represent
the views of Pennsylvania and
northeastern operators.
Floriculture
Survey Results
A big “thank you” is due to
the Pennsylvania producers who
helped in this annual effort. The
2000 survey measured many
more specific crops than in
earlier years. The report can be
used by growers to evaluate
crops raised and average prices
in Pennsylvania and surrounding
states.
Pennsylvania is the seventh
largest floriculture state with
$136.5 million in sales in 2000.
This only measures one part of
the greenhouse and nursery in
dustry, which is the third largest
sector of Pennsylvania agricul
ture, after milk and cattle.
Later this summer, a new
nursery production report will be
published to complete the horti
cultural picture.
Crop Acreage,
Livestock Measured
In general, we have seen coot
and wet conditions in early
“I’m most interested in genet
ics and pharmaceutical fields,”
Kevin said of his career goal. He
will study at Penn State’s main
campus.
Kevin is the son of Rich and
Sue Pfautz, Lititz, and is a stu
dent at Warwick High School,
where he was a member of the
football team.
Stephanie Feister has her
sights set on becoming an ag
teacher, after being impacted by
the teaching skills of her ag
teacher at Manheim Central
High School.
Stephanie found FFA so en
joyable and educational that she
wants to influence others about
the importance of agriculture.
She is the Lancaster County FFA
president and has held several
other leadership positions in her
chapter and in the county. She is
contemplating running for a
state FFA office.
Stephanie lives on a horse
farm and helps her parents, Mike
and Diane Feister, with their
many horses.
Stephanie, the Manheim Com
munity Farm Show queen, will
study agriculture sciences and
education at Penn State Berks
Campus.
Amanda Lloyd’s roots also
NASS
Agriculture Counts
By Marc Tosiano
Pa. State Statistician
spring but dry conditions have
been the topic of recent discus
sions. The weather always im
pacts agriculture, so we are
asking for your help to measure
field crop plantings for this year
as part of the annual June Agri
cultural Survey under way from
late May through mid-June. The
survey also measures grain
stocks, livestock, farm numbers,
and land values. The quarterly
hog survey is conducted at the
same time and coordinated to re
duce additional contacts for hog
farmers.
The survey includes different
phases to keeps costs low and
quality high.
Our interviewers will visit 140
areas around the state that are
about one square mile each. They
will contact all operators to draw
operation boundaries on aerial
photographs and account for all
land use within the selected area.
In addition, we’ve sampled about
1,400 crop farmers and 225 hog
growers that will get letters to ex
plain the surveys. They will be
contacted during the survey peri
od to answer acreage and live
stock questions that don’t require
using the more complex aerial
photos.
These USDA surveys are done
at the same time nationwide. So
it is important that Pennsylvania
producers be properly repre
sented among the other states.
Crop statistics provide produc
ers with vital information for
cash crop farmers and current
and potential feed supplies for
milk and livestock producers.
Hog growers can review national
trends to help with production
decisions.
As with all our surveys, by fed
eral law, your name and address
and data about your operation
are completely confidential. The
same law also protects your data
from requests under the Freedom
of Information Act. By law, no
one can gain early access to the
results of any survey.
play a role in her pursuit of land
scape horticulture.
“I grew up on a small farm
and always liked growing
things,” the 17-year-old said. The
daughter of Rus and Esther
Lloyd, Quarryville, will attend
the University of Delaware.
At Solanco High School,
Amanda is active in concert,
marching band, color guard, field
hockey, and soccer. She also is
active in community youth soc
cer and her church youth group.
Amy Myers wanted to be a
teacher since she was in fourth
grade. Knowing that she wants
to return to the county and that
Mary I and-Virginia 2000 Member
Returns Top $3O Million
RESTON, Va. In its first
full year of operation after con
solidating with Carolina Virginia
Milk Producers and becoming a
partner with Valley Milk Prod
ucts LLC, Maryland and Virgin
ia Milk Producers returned more
than $3O million in profits and
over-order premiums to mem
bers.
Profits increased $1.2 million
to nearly $6 million, a 24 percent
increase that means about 18.5
cents per hundredweight for its
nearly 1,600 members. Over
order premiums increased $10.7
million to more than $24 million,
a 76 percent increase.
The reports are available to ev
eryone at the PASS Website at
www.nass.usda.gov/pa/. Use the
Search button to find “Acreage”
report, June 29 (8:30 a.m.);
“Crop Production,” July 11 (8:30
a.m.) with potatoes; “Grain
Stocks,” June 29 (8:30 a.m.);
“Quarterly Hogs And Pigs,”
Prevent a Foot and Mouth Catastrophe
Watch for Signs of Foot and Mouth Disease
Clinical signs of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD):
Early Signs may include:
- Fever
- Off feed
- Reluctant to move
- Excessive squealing when forced to move
Followed by blisters;
- Just above the hoof and on the heels
- Between the cloven hoofs
- On the snout
If you suspect Foot and Mouth Disease FMD in your herd:
Do NOT under any circumstances move any animals off the farm
Immediately report suspected case to either the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture (PDA) or the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Contacts:
PDA - Dr. Phil Debok at 717-783-8300
USDA - Dr. Lynne Siegfried at 717-782-3442
A veterinarian especially trained to diagnose foreign animal diseases will
come to your farm to make the diagnosis.
Government programs are in place to reimburse farmers for the value of
their animals sacrificed in the control program.
Provided by the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council
elementary school teaching jobs
are scarce, she considered her op
tions. She realized she really en
joyed classes in family and con
sumer sciences. So she’s off to
Immaculata College, Paoli, to
pursue a degree in home eco
nomics education.
“In that field, I can combine
both teaching and children,”
Amy said of her career choice.
At Manheim Central High
School, Amy is a member of Na
tional Honor Society, section ed
itor of the yearbook, and member
of field hockey and prom and
baccalaureate committees.
Amy is actively involved at
Over-order premiums include
Maryland & Virginia’s 23-year
13th check for its Federal Order
1 producers. Totaling more than
$3.7 million, or 24 cents per hun
dredweight, the distribution is 9
cents higher than last year and 5
cents higher than average.
Federal Order 1 members re
ceived additional over-order pre
miums totaling 33 cents per hun
dredweight, up from 1999’s 15
cents. Members marketing their
milk to Federal Orders 5 and 7
received average over-order pre
miums of 88 cents per hundred
weight, up from 1999’s 59 cents.
These premiums were generated
through pricing organizations in-
June 29 (3 p.m.).; or “Farms and
Land In Farms,” 2/23/01 and 2/
12/02.
If you are contacted personally
or by telephone, please remember
that your response is important
so that we can publish the most
accurate statistics possible. After
all, agriculture counts!
Keep by the Phone
Ruhl’s United Methodist Church
and works part-time at a hard
ware store. Amy is the daughter
of Ron and Linda Myers, Man
heim.
Emily Buehrle, New Holland,
plans to study interior design at
Moore College of Art and De
sign. Emily is the daughter of
Nancy Buehrle and a senior at
Garden Spot High School.
Kristy Rhinier also plans to
study interior design, but at
Pennsylvania School of Art and
Design. The 18-year-old is the
daughter of Susan Rhinier, Lan
caster, and a senior at McCaskey
High School.
eluding Middle Atlantic Cooper
ative Milk Marketing Associa
tion, Dairy Cooperative
Marketing Association, and the
new Northeast Milk Marketing
Agency.
Total sales increased $B7 mil
lion to $713 million. Equity was
distributed to current and former
members nearing $4 million. Re
turn on equity was 20. S percent,
up from 1999’s 17.8 percent.
According to Mike Asbury,
Maryland and Virginia’s chief
financial officer, “Increased reve
nues (as a result of our consolida
tion with Carolina Virginia and
joint venture with Valley Milk)
coupled with better net returns
from market premiums are the
major factors in generating this
year’s profits and premiums.”
General Manager Robert
Shore said, “We’re pleased that
change for Maryland and Virgin
ia has meant increased efficien
cies and increased returns for our
members. That’s our mission and
one that we are constantly fo
cused on.”