V 01.46 No. 32
State Dairy Princess Melinda Wolfe, right, and Alter
nate Heidi Miller pick the dairy recipe contest winners
to be announced June 30. Photo by Michelle Ranch
Rural Health Workers
Face Unique Challenges
Program Offered To Farmers With Disabilities
DAVELEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Medical personnel from
across the state gathered here
Monday and Tuesday to share
and leam ways of meeting the
unique challenges of providing
health care to Pennsylvania’s
rural communities.
Sponsored by the Pennsylva
Ridge Directs
$lO Million For
Equine Center
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) On Wednesday, Gov.
Tom Ridge released $lO million
in capital budget public im
provement funds for the con
struction of a Pennsylvania
Equine Center.
The center will be co-located
with the Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg, and will host equine
events and accommodate
vendor exhibits.
“The new equine center
builds upon our unprecedented
commitment to Pennsylvania
agriculture and the state’s
60,000 farm families,” Ridge
said. “Pennsylvania’s equine in
dustry is a $5-billion-a-year in
dustry. We’re home to more
than 200,000 horses. And now,
we’ll have a state-of-the art fa
cility in which to showcase it.
“Pennsylvania makes the best
agricultural products on the
planet. With the new equine fa-
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nia Office of Rural Health, Penn
State Cooperative Extension,
and the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Health, “2001: A Rural
Health Odyssey” featured edu
cational sessions on how to
make health care more accessi
ble to people in rural areas, the
effects of a nursing shortage,
palliative medicine, and a pro
gram-that provides services to
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York County’s dairy promotion team includes, from left front, Dairy Miss Amy Baum
gardner, Little Dairy Miss Katie Baumgardner, Dairy Princess Michelle Walker, Little
Dairy Miss Amber Thoman, and Dairy Miss Caryln Growl. Back, from left, are Dairy Am
bassador Raechel Kilgore, Dairy Maid Amanda Hoover, and Dairy Ambassador April
Daughtery. See page 812 for details. Photo Bupp, York County correspondent
Four Sections
Where Medicine, Agriculture Meet
Lancaster Dairy Vet Gives Glimpse Into Colorful, Varied Job
Parti of 2
MICHELLE RANCK
Lancaster Farming Staff
Editor’s note: This article is
part one of a two-part series ad
dressing the veterinary vocation.
This week’s story introduces
Peter Dippel, DVM, and gives an
overview of the demands, chal
lenges, and rewards of the
animal care profession. Next
To kick off June Dairy Month, Pennsylvania’s dairy promotion organizations arranged
for the creation of a giant sundae on the capitoi steps in Harrisburg. Alexa Stoner,
ADADC Middle Atlantic, holds a ball of cherries which will top the sundae’s 126 gallons
of ice cream, whipped cream, and five gallons each of chopped nuts and chocolate and
caramel syrup. See report on page A 29. Photo by Michelle Ranch
Japanese Group Tours Ephrata Egg Facility
MILLIE BUNTING
Market Staff
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
Food safety is the focus of
Saturday, June 9,2001
week the story will trace a typical
day on the field for the veterinar
ian.
SALUNGA (Lancaster Co.)
They are familiar figures on
farms around the countryside.
Clothed in overalls with the
sleeves chopped off, surrounded
by sterilized tools, carrying a
bucket of soapy water, and
spouting difficult medical
food producers the world over.
Egg safety is the focus of Saud
er’s Quality Eggs, who helped
pioneer the Pennsylvania Egg
$34.00 Per Year
jargon without a second
throught, veterinarians are a
necessary and valued element of
the agriculture industry.
They may spend their day
performing surgery, doing preg
nancy checks, taking milk sam
ples, or diagnosing mysterious
illnesses.
And Peter Dippel, DVM,
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Quality Assurance Program
(PEQAP), the first of its kind in
the U.S.
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Greenhouse
Growers Cut
Pesticide Use
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
CAMP HILL (Cumberland
Co.) Pennsylvania Secretary
of Agriculture Samuel Hayes Jr.
visited Quality Greenhouses
here Wednesday to promote an
integrated pest management
(IPM) program for greenhouse
operations in the state.
With the goal of reducing pes
ticide use while controlling pest
damage to crops, IPM practices
include monitoring for insects
and using biological agents
(living organisms that control
pests) rather than adhering to a
fixed pesticide application pro
gram.
Hayes recognized Quality
Greenhouses for its leadership
in implementing IPM practices,
pointing out economic, safety,
and environmental benefits of
the program.
“Pesticides are not a low cost
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