Beef To Be Included In
Export Sales Reports
WASHINGTON, D.C. Be
ginning Dec. 13, the USDA’s
Foreign Agricultural Service
(FAS) will report information on
U.S. export sales of fresh, chilled,
and frozen muscle cuts of beef in
its weekly U.S. Export Sales re
port.
The U.S., Export Sales report
already includes certain-grains,
soybeans and products, wheat
products, rice, flaxseed, linseed
oil, cotton and cottonseed prod*
ucts, and cattle hides and skins.
Beginning this month, U.S. ex*
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CHAMBERSBURG DIVISION
December 19th & 20th 9 AM-4 PM
At Chambersburg Warehouse
5455 Bikle Road - Between Mt. Alto Rd. & Rt. 997, just South of Rt. 30
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Lunch Will Be Provided - Prize Drawing! Choose One;
• Registered Holstein Cow - !WWh%f|ef -Washer Control fr
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Tickets from the Open House will be combined with those from last
week’s open house at Newßtitefprise, and One ticket will be drawnfbr the Grand Prize
One Touch Milk Meters - Stall Barn, Stall Barn Detachers, Parlor Automation, Variable Speed Vacuum
Pump Controls, Air Pumps, Van Speed Milk Pump Controls, Pipeline Washers, Pulsation &■ Milkers.
Stop to see a representative for all your equipment needs.
We now stock square inflations from Conewango and will be showing a whole new line of inflations from
Meltec, called First Choice. Available in many different styles - vented &■ non-vented. See how they can
replace your current style.
WESTFAUA
porters of beef also will report
their export sales volumes and
destinations to FAS. The data
will be aggregated and pubUgbad
weekly to provide livestoCßpro
ducers, ranchers, and others with
up-to-date information and data
for analyzing foreign market con
ditions and consumer demand.
Producers will be able to use the
data in making economic fore
casts and decisions on the flow of
beef into both domestic and ex
port markets.
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UHEE
State Ends West Nile Virus Surveillance
HARRISBURG (Dauphin standing water on their proper-
Co.) The state has ended for ties and hi their communities,
this year its surveillance efforts and for reporting dead birds
for West Nile virus in mosqui- through the 1-877-PA-HEALTH
toes, birds, horses and people. toll-free hotline. We would not
“Temperatures now are cold have been able to find as many
enough across the state that mos- positive birds, target remediation
quit© activity has dropped off,” and 21611 the community about
Health Secretary Robert S. Zim- the presence of the virus without
merman Jr. said. “Since mosqui- their help.”
toes transmit the virus to birds So far in 2001, West Nile virus
and other animals, there is no has been detected in 357 birds, 43
need to continue collecting sam- mosquito samples, 6 horses and
pies until mosquitoes reappear in three people in 17 counties. There
the spring. have been no human, fatalities
“I want to thank residents for due to the virus in Pennsylvania,
taking action to limit mosquito- “The county West Nile coordi
breeding areas by preventing nators were tremendous in help-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15,2001-A25
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ing us track the virus and find
mosquitoes this summer,” Envi
ronmental Protection Secretary
David E. Hess said.
“With their help we captured
more than 700,000 mosquitoes,
and sent more than 12,232 sam
ples for testing. Most important
ly, we now have a better under
standing of where mosquitoes
breed and where we need to tar
get our control efforts.”
Spanish For Dairymen
Program Set
GETTYSBURG
(Adams Co.) and
LANCASTER (Lan
caster Co.) Many
dairy farms across the
Northeast have begun
hiring Hispanic work
ers to meet their labor
requirements. This ap
proach has helped
many farms deal with
the challenge of main
taining a well-trained
workforce on their
farms.
However, bringing
Hispanic workers on
to the farm has pre
sented another whole
set of challenges, espe
cially with the lan
guage barrier between
the Hispanic workers
and owners, mana
gers, and employees.
The Capitol Region
Dairy Team has orga
nized a “Spanish for
Dairymen’’ course
that will be offered at
the Lancaster County
Farm and Home
Center in Lancaster
and at the Adams
County Agriculture
and Natural Resource
Center in Gettysburg.
The courses will
begin on Monday, Jan.
14, from noon to 4:30
p.m. at each location
and run for 13 consec
utive Mondays. Dairy
farm owners, mana
gers, and employees
who work with
Hispanic farm work
ers or who are consid
ering this alternative
will greatly benefit
from the program.
Cost of the entire 13-
week program, includ
ing all books,
materials, cassette
tapes, and instruction
is $525.
To register for or to
request more informa
tion about the Spanish
for Dairymen pro
grams, please contact
Vinton Smith at (888)
472-0261, ext. 312 or
by e-mail to
vsmith@psu.edu no
later than Jan. 4.