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V 01.46 No. 46
Families And Grazing
Avid readers Arden amt Carolyn Landis became staunch believers In rotational
grazing as a way to a more stable financial base and to a less stressful lifestyle. After
five years under their tutelage, the 140-acre farm has been transformed from a con
ventional dairy into rotational grazing and the 84 head dairy is certified organic. The
seasonal dairy is shut down in January. Read more about their work In Foraging
Around, included this Issue. Photo by Lou Ann Good
Lancaster Farming’s Family Farm
Survival Seminar Nov. 13
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) Lancaster Farming has
scheduled an event for the entire
family.
On Tuesday, Nov. 13, Lancas
ter Farming is hosting its first
“Family Farm Survival Semi
nar” at the Farm and Home
Center in Lancaster.
The farm population has
reached an age that retirement
planning is crucial. The USDA
indicates the average farm age is
about 55 years, according to
1997 statistics, up from 50 in
1982.
Bloomsburg Fair: 10,000 Entries, 1,000 Exhibitors
VIRGINIA HECKERT
Northumberland Co.
Correspondent
BLOOMSBURG (Columbia
Co.) What coordinators call
“Pennsylvania’s largest fair”
will exhibit approximately
10,000 entries from about 1,000
exhibitors who hope to earn top
premiums at the 147th
Bloomsburg Fair, Sept. 22-29,
here at the fairgrounds.
www.lancasterfarming.com
“More than ever, farmers
must begin to more fully market
their farm products to stay
alive,” said Andy Andrews,
editor of Lancaster Farming.
“And more importantly, they
must consider strategies to help
turn the operations and owner
ship of the farm over to their
children.”
For this reason, according to
Andrews, Lancaster Farming
believes it is imperative to “edu
cate the older, transitioning
farmer, as well as the vouns
farmer to some of the benefits of
Last week fair officers and di
rectors conducted a press con
ference to highlight this year’s
special features, which include
entertainment, displays, and
plenty of food. Fair President
Frederick Trump said, “It seems
the scene of fairs is changing,
but the Bloomsburg Fair was es
tablished as an agricultural fair
and that is what it will stay.’’
“It is very gratifying to me to
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estate planning. Along with this,
farm operators must understand
the marketplace and what the
future of farming, and product
marketing, will mean.”
Scheduled speakers are Dr.
John Lord, a well-respected and
widely known product market
ing expert from St. Joseph’s
University in Philadelphia. Lord
spoke at the Pennsylvania
Forage and Grassland’s Confer
ence at Grantville in March of
2000 and again at a Berks
County Ag Survival conference
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see that the agriculture depart
ment is busting out at the
seams,” said Agriculture Super
intendent Kent Shelhamer.
“Bloomsburg Fair has the best
herb display on the East Coast
and we do a fantastic job with
the vegetable display.”
Entries are due by Sept. 20 at
10 p.m. and will be judged in the
Agriculture Hall Sept. 21.
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Saturday, September 15,2001
Ag Community Responds
To Terrorist Attacks
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) In the wake of Tuesday’s
terrorist attacks on the U.S., the
nation has joined together in a
tremendous spirit of support for
victims and others involved in
the tragedies.
Across the country, countless
people have lined up to donate
blood and other resources for
the rescue efforts, gathered in
prayer vigils, and expressed
their solidarity in words.
That support is also being
conveyed from other countries
ARDEN HILLS, Minn.
Land O’Lakes, Inc., Maryland
and Virginia Milk Producers
Cooperative Association, Inc.,
Lone Star Milk Producers, Inc.,
and Arkansas Dairy Coopera
tive Association announced late
last week that they have discon
tinued merger discussions. In
August, the boards of the four
cooperatives approved the sign
ing of letters of intent to develop
a merger plan.
At top, the York Fair Breeding Sheep Show grand cham
pions were Billy Leib, left, and John Eaton, with Melissa
Trestle and judge Dr. Robert Herr. Bottom photo, Shane
Miller, 15, Spring Grove, took grand champion honors at
the market steer show, and Tommy Welsh, East Berlin,
won reserve. Chet Hughes, Lancaster County extension
agent, was show judge. See more York Fair coverage
pages ASS and A 37. Photo by Michelle Kunjappu
Boards Discontinue
Merger Discussions
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around the world.
Canadian agricultural jour
nalist Lorraine Stevenson af
firmed this message found
Wednesday wrapped around a
candle at a U.S. embassy in
Europe: “They made you the
target, but all of us have been
hit. You have never been less
alone.”
While the majority of Ameri
cans have returned, in a sense, to
going about their business, they
continue to be absorbed in the
aftermath as rescue efforts con
tinue and our national response
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“While it is essential that co
operatives develop ways to work
together to remain competitive
in today’s rapidly consolidating
dairy industry, those expanding
relationships must be developed
cautiously and with an intense
focus on member concerns,”
Land O’Lakes President and
Chief Executive Officer John E.
Gherty said. “The feedback we
were receiving from Maryland
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