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
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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,
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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
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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,
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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.
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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*
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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-
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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.