A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 11,2001 New Family Events emerging diseases these issues present multifaceted chal lenges, and their solutions will be as complex as the issues themselves. I know, however, that research and education are critical to finding our way through to answers that work not only for those of us who are here, now, but also for our chil dren and their children. “That’s why I’m very proud to share with you some of the work we’re doing in the College of Agricultural Sciences. As you walk through the College Exhib its Building, you’ll see displays featuring research and extension programs that address issues such as land and water pollution while at the same time enhanc ing farm profitability. Turning farm waste products into profit generating energy or utilizing wetlands as buffer zones to trap excess nutrients are good exam ples of this work. Presentations in the theater will address cur rent issues such as foot-and mouth, West Nile, and Lyme diseases. A highway safety workshop for farm equipment operators and a public forum on hot topics in today’s agriculture also are scheduled.” Agriculture Secretaries Endorse Expo (continued from Page A 1) Sept. 23 at the West End Fair grounds, Gilbert. At a morning press confer ence at a livestock farm in Hun terdon County, New Jersey and later at Cherry Valley Vine yards, an award-winning family owned and operated winery of Dominick and Mary Sorrenti near Saylorsburg, the two agri culture secretaries spoke of the importance of small farms in each state’s overall agricultural economy and the need to pre serve agriculture, regardless of the size of the operation. “We must do whatever we can as a society to preserve agri culture,” said Hayes. When speaking of the need to diversify and the possible need for farm ers to change their commodity to succeed and continue, Brown said, “The mix of people in soci ety has changed and their food needs must be met or they will go elsewheic we must keep the market here.” According to Donna Foulk, (Continued from Page A 10) discharge permits, would have responsibilities for the environ mental practices of their Mary land growers, even though these growers are independent farm families who raise chickens for the companies. According to the Maryland Farm Bureau, this co permitting is a threat to the future of family farms in Mary land, not just those that grow chickens, but farms that supply the corn and soybeans used to feed Maryland chickens. Maryland poultry growers working with Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), the trade association for the Delmarva Peninsula broiler chicken indus try, and the Maryland Farm Bureau, the largest farm organi (Continued from Page A 1) Steele’s complete letter is scheduled to be included in this issue. Throughout the show, you’ll find exhibits and displays packed with information to help you and your family. More than $2O million in farm equipment and services are on display, with an equipment manufacturers “show and tell” demonstration featuring the very latest techno logies. Also scheduled are a skid steer rodeo, a special high tunnel production tour, and a variety of field demonstrations. You’ll find information on crops and soils, dairy and livestock production, integrated pest management, farm safety, woodlot management, and lawn, landscape and garden care. Field demonstrations will fea ture hay mowing, baling, bale handling, haylage chopping and bagging, and rakes and tedders. In addition, three specialty line equipment companies will dem onstrate a variety of equipment, such as planters, forage mixers, loaders, bale processors, and forage platforms. Other exhibits, tours, and workshops will feature cutting- regional ICM coordinator with Rutgers Cooperative Extension and chair of the educational committee of the Northeast Small Farm and Rural Living Expo and Trade Show, there is an increase in small farms in the Northeast, often purchased by people who are not coming from an agricultural background. There is a need to link these newcomers with suppliers and support agencies. It is important to provide the current agricul tural community with ways of providing additional income by diversifying to become more profitable, and perhaps the younger generation of the family will remain interested in contin uing the operation. Another goal of the Expo is to educate those that are interested but have no desire to farm, but wish to learn more about agriculture. At the Expo, visitors will be able to choose from 75 educa tional workshops, lectures and demonstrations; participate in organic and traditional small farm workshops; sample locally produced honey, wine, cheese, . *v * , ? S ~ * Farm Forum ❖ < 1 > * «. - * *■ .V j*. zation in the state, have filed protests against the permits on behalf of poultry growers who will be harmed by co-permitting. Each of the poultry companies, Allen Family Foods, Inc., Perdue Farms Inc., and Tyson Foods, Inc. also has filed re quests for a contested case hear ing. Both DPI and the Maryland Farm Bureau have chosen not to join in the appeal so that the focus stays on the illegality of the permits, not on peripheral issues of legal standing of organ izations. Nevertheless, both, working together, recognize the important interest poultry growers have in the permits and their vital role in the process. Maryland Farm Bureau Presi- edge research and information on crops and soils, animal sci ence, dairy and livestock pro duction, integrated pest management, farm safety, con servation practices, and woodlot management. More than 340 commercial and noncommercial exhibitors also will be on hand to display the latest goods and ser vices. Because of concerns over the possible transmission of foot and-mouth disease and other foreign animal diseases, visitors who have been overseas within two weeks of attending Ag Prog ress Days are asked not to visit the event’s live-animal exhibit areas. Ag Progress Days hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 14; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednes day, Aug. IS; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16. Ad mission and parking are free. For more information, call (800) PSU-1010 toll-free from July 9-Aug. 16 or visit the Ag Progress Days Web site at http:// apd.cas.psu.edu. More information about Ag Progress is included this issue. See the index to stories on page 44. maple syrup, and other food products; attend demonstrations of small farm equipment, sup plies, and services; and partici pate in seminars on forest stewardship and natural re source conservation. The Expo has attracted the interest of many local businesses and agencies that have volun teered to serve as sponsors for the event. These sponsors in clude Mid-Atlantic Farm Credit, Rutgers University, Penn State University, Pocono Northeast R.C. & D, Pennsylva nia Department of Agriculture, The Pocono Mountain Vacation Bureaus, Ray Price Ford, PP & L, East Stroudsburg Savings As sociation, Sprint, and Kistler Printing. For more information about the Northeast Regional Small Farm and Rural Living Expo and Trade Show, visit the Web site at www.smallfarmexpo.org or call Rutgers Cooperative Ex tension of Warren County at (908) 475-6503 or Northampton County Extension Service at (610)746-1970. v ’ dint Steve Weber and DPI Pres ident Ken Sterling said, “Co permitting is a serious threat to the future of farm families and the poultry industry in Mary land and both our organizations felt it was necessary to help our growers be represented in the legal process.” The process calls for the Office of Administrative Hear ings to review the requests and schedule a hearing. The hearing might not be held until late this year. While the appeal is pend ing, the permits are not final and the co-permitting requirements in the companies’ permits will not be enforced. Poultry companies and poul try powers are committed to working for improved water quality in Maryland. Co permitting will not result in im proved water quality but will create another level of govern ment regulation beyond what the Maryland General Assembly authorized in 1998. Instead it will divert time and resources* (Continued from Page A 10) Hoss’sToreFFA West, Scotch Valley Country Club, Holli daysburg. Dayton Fair, thru Aug. 18. Kutztown Fair, thru Aug. 18. Lawrence County Fair, thru Aug. 18. Erie County Fair, Wattsburg, thru Aug. 19. Middletown Grange Fair, thru Aug. 19. Southeast District Dairy Show, Lebanon Fairgrounds, thru Aug. 14. Storage Workshop At Cornell Dept, of Horticulture, Ramada Inn, Ithaca, thru AugjMjtfOgmWlOO^^ A^*rogres^ thru Aug. 16. Eastern Va. Agricultural Re search and Extension Center, Warsaw, VA., 8 a.m.-mid afternoon, (804) 333-3485. Processing Sweet Corn and Snap Bean Field Day, N.Y. State Experimental Station, Cornell University, Geneva, l^SOcy^ PasnirelO^H^CTtFine- guerra, North Fork Fence and Water. Ohio State Turfgrass Field Day, Waterman Ag and Natural Resource Lab, Columbus, (614) 501-1100, ext. 3151. Carbon County Fair, thru Aug. 19. Middletown Grange Fair, thru Aug. 19. 4-H Ag Science Day Camp, Dauphin County extension, thru Aug. 17. Cornell Fruit Field Day, Ithaca Campus, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., (607) 255-5439. Huntingdon County Holstein Show, Fairgrounds, Hunting- PVMA^umarSr’^mcM^^ - romua. scientific meet ing, Hershey Lodge and Con vention Center, Hershey, thru Aug. 19. Apple Crop Outlook and Mar keting Conference, Fairmont Hotel, Chicago, thru Aug. 17. Ohio Soil and Water Field Night, Ohio State University Piketon Center, (740) 947- 2121. Wicomico County Fair, Salis bury, Md., thru Aug. 18, (410) that could and should be di rected to legitimate water qual ity initiatives. In their challenges, the poul try grow ers and poultry compa nies will argue that a requirement for a facility’s wastewater discharge permit to regulate the activities at other, independently operated busi nesses that are under different ownership is not authorized under state or federal law. This message was made loud and clear by the nearly 1,400 people who attended early 2001 public hearings to protest co permitting. Maryland farmers and poul- See Lancaster Farming Cow Cam Visit our Website at www.lancasterfarming.com 742-6938. Findlay Township Fair, thru Aug. 18. Mt. Nebo Fair, thru Aug. 18. Ohio Farm Profitability Tour, That Guy’s Family Farm, Clarkesville, 2 p.m. Cambria County extension Family Fun Night, Duman’s Lake County Park, 4 p.m.-9 p.m. Wye Field Day, Wye Research and Education Center, Westmoreland County Fair and CentraniegionarCnampionship Show, Huntingdon County Fairgrounds, Huntingdon, 6 p.m. Crawford County Fair, thru Aug. 25. Botany Summer Short Course: Residential Landscape Design, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Warren County Summer Hol stein Sale, Warren County Fairgrounds, Pittsfield, 11 a.m. Central Pa. Championship Hol stein Show, Huntingdon County Fairgrounds, Hun- tingdon, 6 p.ra. Ohio Farm Profitability Tour, Riggenbach Farm, Wooster, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Northeast District Jersey Show, Tioga County Fairgrounds. 4-H District Dairy Show, Wayne County. North American Strawberry Growers Association Summer Tour, Nova Scotia, Canada, thru Aug. 21. Ephrata Area Young Farmers Social, Woodcrest Retreat, Summer Ag TourTDoiiWes trick’s Potato Farm, Lowmas ter Dairy Farm, Benny David Horse Farm, and John and Kevin Brahnak Greenhouses, all near Carrolltown. Franklin County Fair, thru Aug. 25. Fulton County Fair, thru Aug. McKean County Fair, thru Aug. 25. Somerset County Fair, thru Aug. 25. Williamsburg Community Farm Show, thru Aug. 25. try growers do not want tne poultry companies to be the en vironmental police. The work ing relationship between growers and companies will be seriously disrupted because of this. Additionally, it is a threat to farm families that might not get chicken placements on their farms as poultry companies seek to reduce their potential liabil ity. Violators of the co permitting requirements could face civil fines up to $27,500 per day per violation and criminal, fines of up to $27,500 per day per violation, plus jail time. Information Supplied By Maryland Farm Bureau Randallstown, Md.
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