A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 29,2001 Changes, (continued from Page A 1) any other state in the nation. March Media attention prompted packers and processors to take additional steps to establish cer tification programs for their suppliers. USD A announced that in the fall will be a “chicken holiday” of three days in an effort to rid flocks of avian influenza. USDA announced a settle ment with the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and Michigan Pork Producer Associ ation to continue the Pork Checkoff Program. This en sured the separation of the Na tional Pork Board and the NPPC. “Cyagra Z” and “Genesis Z,” two cloned calves owned by the Wiles family of Futuraland 2020 Holsteins, Williamsport, Md., arrived at the farm, the first cloned calves to be returned to the farm. April Industry representatives and lawmakers met at the capitol building to discuss foot and mouth disease. Hayes explained Pennsylvania’s emergency action response, ready in case of outbreak. 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June The Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture distributed thousands of posters to county and community fairs to high light awareness of E. coli and prevent the entry of foot and nouth disease into the common wealth. The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) an nounced that it would, with a grant from the USDA, carry out national producer education as the first part in the effort to eradicate scrapie from the na tion’s sheep and goat herds. USDA released a breeding structure report that stated that larger operations account for nearly three-fourths of the U.S. pig crop. The average number of pigs per year per breeding animal has increased from 10.3 in 1979 to 16.2 in 2000. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced that $3O PANORA ACRES, MANCHESTER, MD Three Row Built by King million would be available through two new programs. This provided additional conserva tion assistance to the nation’s landowners. July The separation of the Na tional Pork Producers Council from the checkoff-funded activi ties of the National Pork Board went into effect. Farm Show Complex an nounced a $66.2 million upgrade to make the facilities “world class.” August Pennsylvania observed its 200,000-acre milestone in August at Ag Progress Days in Rockspring, Centre County. The USD A announced new confidentiality guidelines for the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program which would, accord ing to USDA, increase the number of reports available while protecting the identify of the market participants. September Although the epicenters were in New York, Washington, D.C., and western Pennsylvania, shockwaves reverberated throughout the world on Sep tember 11 as a result of terrorist attacks. Ag trade was among the many victims of the atrocities. The Department of Environ mental Protection (DEP) ex panded Pennsylvania’s drought watch to a total of 45 counties. The five milk cooperatives of Advantage Dairy Group discon tinued merger discussions. Hundreds of people attended a groundbreaking ceremony at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg to celebrate the reno vation and expansion project. 47’ x 180’ Free Stall Barn Construction, Inc. October Four-year-old Holstein Tri- Day Ashlyn ET was named su preme champion at the All- American Dairy Show in Harrisburg. She then went on to be named supreme cow of all breeds at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. Beef and pork production set records during October. Com mercial meat production for the U.S. totaled 4.26 billion pounds in October. November USDA announces that it will visit area dairies in January to conduct the initial survey for Dairy 2002, a national study of health and health management practice at U.S. dairies. December The year finished on a high note in farmland preservation with a record-breaking 309 farms preserved in 2001. The Farmland Preservation Board also approved the addition of Bradford and Huntingdon coun ties into the Pennsylvania Farm land Preservation Program, bringing the total number of counties participating to 53. Since 1989, Pennsylvania has preserved 1,785 farms, totaling 215,243 acres across Pennsylva nia. The Bowersox family, Middleburg, won the National Christmas Tree contest in August to be able to supply the White House with their holiday tree. Lancaster Farming Activities Here at the newspaper, the year brought changes and chal lenges, but also served to help the paper grow and improve. A few of the highlights include: The last issue in February of Lancaster Farming was the final published under the direction of former editor Everett Newswanger. Andy Andrews assumed the editorship of the paper. An drews joined the paper in 1990 as a staff writer after working as a writer and editor for several industries. A 1982 graduate of Temple University in magazine journalism, Andrews was raised in New Holland, where he worked on a farm. Also in February, Lancaster Farming added “NASS: Agri culture Counts,” a new column by Marc Tosiano, Pennsylvania state statistician. Other columns have been added since, includ ing “Focus On Dairy” from the capitol region team, and a new column, “Ag Sustainability,” by Ed Herrmann. “Farm Shelf’ is a book review column also begun this year. In mid-March, Lou Ann Good, who joined the newspaper as a staff writer in 1987, was named food and family features editor. New correspondents working for the paper since March in clude Kristin Russell, Blair County; Deanna Cunfer, Carboni/Schuylkill counties; Vir ginia Heckert, Columbia County; Deb Wilhelm, Arm strong County; Sandra Lepley, Somerset County; Gay Brown lee, new Virginia correspondent; Becca Gregor, Penn State area correspondent; and Dr. Tom Hopkins, Maryland correspond ent. Early this year the paper con ducted a readership survey to serve our subscribers more effec tively. In late March, Millie Bunting joined the editoriai/market sup port staff of Lancaster Farming. A Penn State graduate. Bunting, (Turn to Pago A2l)
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