Farm Bureau Opposes Proposed Animal Farm Regulations
CAMP HILL (Cumberland
Co.) Farm Bureau has told the
Environmental Protection Agen
cy that its proposed increased
regulation of animal feeding op
erations is neither needed nor
justified.
Both American Farm Bureau
MDIA 2001 Meeting Set
WESTMINSTER, Md. The
Maryland Dairy Industry Associ
ation (MDIA) announced that it
will outline a dairy production
management plan at its 2001 an
nual meeting here on Nov. 29.
The plan will be designed to as
sure dairy producers of “Thriving
in 2002 and Beyond,” theme of
the 2001 annual meeting, accord
ing to MDIA President Myron L.
Wilhide of Detour, Maryland.
More than 150 dairy producers
and industry representatives are
expected to participate in the
2001 annual meeting at Wil
helm’s Conference Center in this
Carroll County seat.
Veteran dairy veterinarian Dr.
Jerome K. Harness will keynote
the program, outlining
guidelines for maxi-
mizing economic re
turns in the modem
dairy operation. He
sets the stage for an
all-day program that
includes Penn State
University Specialist
Richard Stup to dis-
USDA Names
Pork Board
Members
DBS MOINES,
lowa ■ — The U.S. Sec
retary of Agriculture
has announced five
people to serve three
year terms on the Na
tional Pork Board. The
National Pork Board is
a group of 15 people
nominated by pork
producers or import
ers, elected by the Pork
Act Delegates at the
National Pork Indus
try Forum and offi
cially appointed by the
U.S. Secretary of Agri
culture.
The National Pork
Board members ap
pointed to serve from
2001 to 2004 are John
Q. Adams, Snow Hill,
N.C.; Danita S. Rodi
baugh, Rensselaer,
Ind.; Thomas J. Floy,
Thornton, Iowa; Brad
ley K. Thornton,
Eagle, Idaho; and Wil
liam Scott Long, Man
teca, Calif.
The National Pork
Board members will
meet in San Francisco,
Calif., Aug. 7-9, to
conduct business, in
cluding electing new
officers. Continuing
National Pork Board
members are: John
Kellogg, Yorkville, 111.;
Hugh Dorminy, Rus
sellville, Ark.; Richard
Alig, Okarche, Okla.;
Michael Bayes, Orient,
Ohio; Craig Christen
sen, Bouton, Iowa;
David Culbertson,
Geneseo, 111.; Chet
McManus, Fulton,
S.D.; Sharon Getting,
Concordia, Mo.; Mar
lin Pankratz, Mt. Lake,
Minn.; and Mark Red
ing, Howardstown, Ky.
and Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
strongly opposed EPA’s proposed
regulations for Concentrated An
imal Feeding Operations
(CAFOs) in comments recently
submitted to the agency.
EPA’s proposal, announced in
January, could drastically in
cuss a farm labor management
plan, dairy management consul
tant Brad Hilty to draft a farm
investment management guide,
Virginia Tech dairy specialist Dr.
Ray Nebel to outline a reproduc
tion plan and timetable, and
Agway veterinarian Dr. Charles
Gardner to review bio-security
measures to protect and maintain
dairy herd health.
MDIA’s dairy experts will then
assemble in a panel to complete a
practical dairy management
guide designed to assist dairy
producers in meeting the chal
lenges of 2002 and beyond.
Also in the planning stage is a
pre-conference seminar at the
SITE EXCAVATION
installation of H.D.P.E. Liner Systems for:
crease the number of livestock
operations required to get federal
Clean Water permits. The agency
claims nearly 40 percent of U.S.
waters are too polluted for swim
ming or fishing, mostly due to ag
ricultural runoff. Farm Bureau
has refuted that claim as “incor
rect and unsupported” by facts.
Carroll Community College
Annex compute lab on “Data-
Mining,” to provide dairy pro
ducers with hands-on experience
using PC Dart management soft
ware. The seminar is being
planned for 8 a.m. on Thursday,
Nov. 29, ahead of MDIA’s 2001
annual meeting.
The 2001 MDIA annual meet
ing will also feature exhibits on
latest dairy technology and serv
ices, University of Maryland
dairy extension reports, associa
tion business reports, and election
of directors and officers.
“Farm Bureau believes the
current effort to expand the
scope of regulation goes well be
yond congressional intent and, as
a matter of policy, we believe the
non-point source issues of animal
feeding operations are best ad
dressed through incentive-based
programs,” said American Farm
Bureau President Bob Stallman.
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
further emphasized the need
lessness of regulations in its com
ments, pointing out that, “Water
quality data, both nationally and
within Pennsylvania, shows that
the impact on watersheds by
feedlots and agriculture is a prob
lem in a few localized areas. Data
does not suggest that the solution
to such problems justify a re
vamping of existing EPA regula
tions.”
A U.S. Department of Agricul
ture study shows only 160 of the
nation’s 3,100 counties have
county-level excess phosphorus
and just 73 have excess nitrogen
from manure.
In Pennsylvania, less than
seven percent of 45,234 miles of
streams assessed so far by the De
partment of Environmental Pro
tection (DEP) had their water
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and industrial facilities are
among the major culprits there.
Farmers are also frustrated,
PFB said, by EPA’s continuing
efforts to increase regulation of
agriculture while other environ
mental issues remain unresolved.
For example, Pennsylvania leads
the nation in combined sewer
overflows, which dump raw sew
age and storm water directly into
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