Personnel Changes Occur At State DEP
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) DEP Secretary David E.
Hess this week announced the
appointment of Eric R. Conrad
of Enola, Cumberland County, as
Acting Deputy Secretary for
Field Operations.
“Eric has more than 22 years
of experience with the depa!H
ment, making him a natural
choice to be Acting Deputy,” Sec
retary Hess said. “While serving
at the executive level in DEP’s
Field Operations Deputate, Eric
played a key role in the develop
ment of several important pro
grams, including the depart
ment’s West Nile Virus
Surveillance and Control Pro
gram and the Commonwealth’s
Geographic Information System
based West Nile Virus disease
tracking system.”
Conrad will oversee the Office
of Field Operations, which is re
sponsible for the operation of the
department’s six regional offices.
These offices are responsible for
implementing the Common
wealth’s environ
mental-protection programs in
cluding air, water, oil and gas, ra
diation protection, waste, and
emergency response.
Office activities include: evalu
ating the daily operations of
DBFs environmental programs;
managing the West Nile Virus
Mosquito Surveillance and Black
Fly control programs; and work
ing closely with elected officials,
federal and state agencies, local
Dairy Risk Management
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Milk prices have fallen
significantly in recent weeks be
cause of a weak national econo
my and events surrounding Sept.
11.
Dairy farmers who used the fu
tures markets prior to September
were able to protect their milk
checks against ihese drops. Using
the futures markets to protect
“part" of your milk check is sur
prisingly easy once you know the
basics. Many dairy farmers have
opportunities to forward
contract/hedge milk either
through their cooperatives or
through a broker. The problem is,
many don’t understand the ba
sics.
The purpose training meetings:
1) help dairy farmers understand
their milk checks and the market
where they sell their milk, 2)
learn to lock in good milk prices,
and 3) incorporate risk manage
ment into their business plans.
This training will be very basic
don’t worry if you aren’t a math
genius! This introduction will
also help farmers that want to at
tend USDA’s Dairy Options Pilot
A lesson
well learned...
Lancaster
Farming’s
classified ads
get results!
environmental groups, citizen ac
tivists , agriculture interests, and
watershed associations.
Conrad, a registered geologist,
has served as director of regional
coordination and program evalu
ation in DEP’s Office of Field
Operations since September,
where he provided support to the
deputy secretary. He previously
served as special assistant to the
deputy secretary for Field Opera
tions, and as executive assistant
to the deputy secretary in DEP’s
Office of Mineral Resources Man
agement.
Conrad received a master’s de
gree in regional and urban plan
ning from The Pennsylvania
State University and a bachelor’s
of arts degree in geology from
New England College, Henniker,
N.H. Conrad lives in Enola with
his wife, Vonnie.
In other personnel news, Hess
also announced that DEP Dep
uty Secretary of Air, Recycling
and Radiation Protection Denise
Chamberlain will be leaving the
department later this month.
“During Denise’s tenure the
programs in her deputate had
significant accomplishments in
cluding multi-state coordination
of waste disposal policy and en
forcement, encouraging brown
fields redevelopment through the
PaSiteFinder.com Website and
concluding multi-site cleanup
agreements with the Department
of Defense and BP and assuring
continued professional manage-
Program later in the year.
All worksheets and materials
wifi be provided. The basis of the
training will be a qew Penn State
manual on dairy risk manage
ment. This manual is available
online at http://pubs.cas.
psu.edu/freepubs/ua3s9.html.
Ken Bailey and Sarah Roth,
Penn State, will train. Bailey is
an associate professor of dairy
markets and policy at Penn State.
Roth is an extension associate
with the Dairy Alliance Program.
The program will begin at 9:30
a.m. and end before 4 p.m. There
will be a registration of $lO per
person to cover the cost of the
meal. Training will be limited to
15-20 farmers. Dairy farmers are
encouraged to bring their month
ly milk checks (for 2001), a calcu
lator, and a pen or pencil.
Meeting Times, Locations
• Bradford/Susquehanna,
Bradford County Extension Of
fice, 701 South 4th Street, To
wanda, Lehan Power, Gary Hen
nip, (570) 265-2896, Jan. 28.
• Tioga, Aunt Patties Restau
rant, Middlebury Center, Craig
If you would prefer to be with an independent dairy,
Clover Farms is looking for producers.
Clover Farms is a family owned
independent dairy with:
Contact:
Harold Whitcraft: 610*921 *9lll
or Russell Pclgertj 610*756*3371
• Competitive rates
• Quality bonuses
• Volume bonuses
• No membership fees
• No slop charge
ment of our radiation protection
programs,” Hess said.
Chamberlain was appointed
deputy by former Gov. Tom
Ridge in August 1997. Previous
ly, she served as vice president
and associate counsel for Mellon
Bank in Pittsburgh, where she
was involved in environmental,
corporate lending and bankrupt
cy work.
Hess also announced that Rob
ert Barkanic, deputy secretary
for Pollution Prevention and
Compliance Assistance, has been
appointed acting deputy for Air,
Recycling and Radiation Protec
tion.
Bureau of Air Quality Director
James Salvaggio announced this
week that he will retire Jan. 25
after more than 35 years of serv
ice to the Commonwealth.
In a letter to fellow employees,
Salvaggio said, “You have been a
pleasure to work with and our
combined efforts have been be
yond the sum of our individual
accomplishments. We have sig
nificantly improved air quality in
Pennsylvania. Ozone, carbon
monoxide, particulate, toxic and
other pollutant concentrations
have been reduced throughout
the state. Today millions of Penn
sylvanians breathe clean, healthy
air because of your work. Thou
sands of individuals with respira
tory disease have the benefit of
your efforts. You are to be con
gratulated for your accomplish
ments.”
Training Set
Williams, (570) 724-9120,
Jan. 29.
• Centre, lnn,
State College, Terry Mad
dox, (814)* 355.-4897, Feb.
19. &.<■
• Potter, Potter’ County
Extension Office, jQouders
port, Jim Clark, (814)
274-8540 or (814) 887-5613,
Feb. 20.
• Erie/Mercer/Crawford,
Bainbridge Tech Center,
Meadville, George Wilcox,
Dave Dowler, Feb. 21.
• Southeast Pennsylva
nia Country Fare Restau
rant, Myerstown, Galen
Kopp, (717) 270-4391, Feb.
27.
I
Beef Industry Brand Mark
Approved For New Products
DENVER, Colo. Eight new
convenient beef products have
been recognized with the beef in
dustry’s checkoff-funded Mark of
Quality. The Mark of Quality sig
nifies that these products deliver
what consumers expect from
beef: taste, quality and satisfac
tion.
The Mark of Quality is an inte
gral part of the beef industry’s
Brand-Like Initiative, which is
managed for the Cattlemen’s
Beef Board (CBB) by the Nation
al Cattlemen’s Beef Association
(NCBA). It is designed to high
light the industry’s focus on con
sumer needs and wants. Fifty
seven convenient retail beef prod
ucts have been approved to use
the Mark of Quality since the ef
fort began in 1997.
“Manufacturers who want to
display the beef Mark of Quality
on their products face rigorous
qualifications,” said Texas beef
producer James Herring, chair
man of the joint industry Brand-
Like Commission.
“The commission sets out rigid
requirements for product packag-
Greenhouse management and care will be the focus of Grower &
Marketer, scheduled in the January 26 issue of Lancaster
M .id-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable
isue, with maps and schedules, also
to include a feature on mum grow
and other items of interest to the
eastern vegetable, fruit, nursery,
and direct marketing industries.
Give Your Calves a Helping Hand...
Use IMPRO, the all natural product designed to
boost your cows immune system!
No milk with-holding required
Dairy Farmers!
You are invited to attend one of
the following IMPRO meetings.
Tuesday Jan 22,2002 9:30 AM
Yoders Restarant
* 14 S. Tower Rd. New Holland, PA
Wednesday Jan 23,2002 9:30 AM
JIL Carriage Corner Restaurant
Rt. 45
Mifflinburg, PA
9 Thursday Jan 24,2002 9:30 AM
Bart Township Fire Hall
* Georgetown, Pa. Rte. 896 & Furnace Rd,
Speaker:
Dr. Richard Holliday DVM
Impro Products Inc.
Lunch will be served at 12:00 Noon
Reservations required!
Call Before Jan. 18, 2002
AARON GROFF & SON Ray K. Espenshade
103 Clearview Drive Lewisburg, PA
Bphrata, PA. 17522 (570) 524-7566
(800) 468-4909
ing and presentation, including
nutritional values listed on the
label, instructions for cooking
preparation and other guide
lines,” Herring said. “Then the
product has to go through
NCSA’s Culinary Center in Chi
cago, as well as a final test by vol
unteers from the cattle industry
who make up the Brand-Like
Commission.”
Approved products are li
censed to use the Mark of Quality
symbol for one year on packaging
and promotional materials. Prod
ucts must be resubmitted for test
ing if any element in product for
mulation or packaging changes
during the license period.
Herring said the Mark of Qual
ity helps tell consumers that a
beef product has been extensively
analyzed to ensure its quality.
The nine-member Brand-like
Commission, consisting of U.S.
beef producers and industry lead
ers, meets quarterly to review
branded beef products for poten
tial use of the Mark of Quality.
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