USDA-NRCS Receives AFO Regulation Comments
TOM HOPKINS
Maryland Correspondent
FREDERICK, Md. In a
promising gesture of outreach to
local individual farmers, the U.S.
Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) division of the
USDA conducted six regional
public meetings, called “listening
sessions,” rather than hearings.
The sessions were conducted to
explain the goals and process in
developing new regulations and
guidelines regarding animal feed
ing operations (AFO) and con
centrated animal feeding opera
USDA Names National
Pork Board Members
DES MOINES, lowa The
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has
announced five people to serve
three-year terms on the National
Pork Board. The National Pork
Board is a group of IS people
nominated by pork producers or
importers, elected by the Pork
Act Delegates at the National
Pork Industry Forum and offi
cially appointed by the U.S. Sec
retary of Agriculture.
The National Pork Board
members appointed 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; Bradley
K. Thornton, Eagle, Idaho; and
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The plan Ls to develop and
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Agriculture Department To Offer
47 Boars From Annual Performance Test
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Pennsylvania Agriculture
Secretary Sam Hayes invites all
swine breeders to attend the De
partment’s Annual Performance
Test Boar Sale Aug. 15 at the
Penn State Ag Arena in State
College.
The gavel falls on the auction
block at 6 p.m. Forty-seven boars
will be offered for purchase.
“This sale provides the very
best genetics available from the
Department’s annual perform
ance test,” Hayes said. “The
boars to be offered at the sale
would complement any herd they
enter into.”
The annual Boar Performance
Test, sponsored by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, helps Penn
sylvania’s swine industry stay on
the cutting edge by providing
high quality genetics through the
test. Conducted at the Depart
ment’s Livestock Evaluation
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Christensen, director of animal
husbandry and clean waters divi
sion; Jose Acezdo and Carol Jeff,
associate deputy chiefs of pro
grams; and Lawrence Clark, dep
uty chief for science and technol
ogy, USDA, farmers noted the
officials are not only interested in
the position of farmers, but also
in any innovative management
methods that farmers have ap
plied to the problems of water
quality control (including nutri
ent management).
This attitude of interest and
outreach was most emphatic at
sure genetic traits and perform
ance. At the completion of the
test, the highest-ranking boars
are offered for auction to swine
producers looking for high quali
ty boars.
For a sale catalog or informa-
New Dairy Industry
Relations Manager Hired
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Pennsylvania Dairy
Promotion Program (PDPP) has
welcomed Tom Smith to the
American Dairy Association and
Dairy Council (ADADC) Mid
East as an industry relations
manager for western and north
central Pennsylvania.
Based in Harrisburg, Smith’s
responsibilities include serving as
a spokesperson for PDPP and
ADADC Mid East in the agricul
tural community, working with
the PDPP board, informing dairy
farmers about their checkoff in
vestment, and conducting special
events unique to Pennsylvania.
Before joining PDPP, Smith
was a sire analyst for Atlantic
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international market develop
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the Frederick meeting, where
very few farmers spoke very elo
quently. The meeting adjourned
by 11:30 a.m. rather than the
scheduled 3:30 p.m. Yet, this was
the most highly attended meeting
(more than 120 attended) of the
six sessions.
The other meeting also showed
a sense of confidence and deliv
ery by the farmers that partici
pated. These meetings were in
Davis, Calif.; Raleigh, N.C.; Aus
tin, Texas; Denver, Colo.; and In
dianapolis, Ind. The results will
be summarized in a working doc
ument at a later date.
tion about the boar sale, contact
Glenn Eberly at (814) 238-2527,
or visit the Department of Agri
culture’s homepage through the
PA Power Port at www.sta
te.pa.us or directly at www.pda.s
tate.pa.us.
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reau.
Smith is a graduate of Dela
ware Valley College with a major
in dairy husbandry. During his
college career, Smith received the
Dairy Shrine Award and was on
the 1983 dairy judging team.
Growing up with Guernseys on
his family dairy farm in Palmyra,
Tom is no stranger to the dairy
industry. Smith currently lives in
Palmyra with his wife, Sandi,
and their four children.
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American Dairy Association and
Dairy Council Mid East to imple
ment advertising, marketing,
promotion, and nutrition educa
tion program on behalf of dairy
farmers in 33 counties in western
and north-central Pennsylvania.
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