❖ Farm Calendar ❖
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ing, Montrose County Office
Building, Susquehanna
County Extension, (570) 278-
1158.
Video, Web Drought Confer
ence, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Bradford County Extension,
Dairy Risk Management
Training, extension office,
Towanda. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
[id-Atlantic Fruit and Vegeta
ble Convention, Hershey
Lodge and Convention
Center, Hershey, thru Jan. 31,
(717)694-3596.
Decision 2002: Market Outlook,
Marketing Strategies,
Weather, Days Inn Confer
ence Center, Allentown.
Ohio; Maple Syrup Program,
Trescarawas County, Ohio,
(330)339-2337.
Penn State Wine Grape Section
at the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and
Vegetable Convention, Her
shey Convention Center, 8
a.m.-5 p.m., (717) 394-6851.
Calf Sense Workshop, Lawrence
County; Washington County
on Jan. 30; Indiana County
on Jan. 31,9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Dairy Alliance and Extension
Plan Standard Operating Pro
cedure Workshop, Bart Fire
Hall, Georgetown, 9:30 a.m.-
3:15 p.m.
Pasture Establishment Manage
ment, Elkton Public Library,
6 p.m.-9 p.m., (410) 996-5280.
Cattle Feeder’s Day, Lancaster
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at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center
Lebanon Fairgrounds, Cornwall & Rocherty Roads, Lebanon, PA
★ Producer Seminars ★
Including “Market Outlook” by Lou Moore
VISIT THESE EXHIBITORS:
A & E Enterprises
Aerotech, Inc.
AgChoice Farm Credit
Agra Enzyme Prod.
Agri-King, Inc.
ALD Pit Remedy
Birchwood Genetics, Inc
Boehringer Ingelheim
Sponsors: • Agway, Inc. • Hatfield Quality Meats • Leidy’s Pork Products • Purina Mills
Farm and Home Center, 8:30
a.m., (717) 394-6851.
Winter Crop Meeting, Monroe
County Extension, Polk
Township Fire Co., Kresge
ville, 6:30 p.m.
Tri-State Conservation Tillage
Conference, Radisson Hotel,
West Middlesex, 9 a.m.-4
p.m., (814) 226-8160, ext. 5.
Perry County Extension Annual
Meeting, Highland Presbyte
rian Church, Newport, 7 p.m.,
(717)582-5150.
SOP Workshop Session, Bart
Fire Hall, Georgetown. Ses
sion 2 Jan. 30 at Weaver’s
Market, Adamstown, 9:30
a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Dairy Risk Management Train
ing, Aunt Pattie’s Restaurant,
Middlebury Center, 9:30 a.m.-
4 p.m.
Dairy Alliance and Extension
Plan SOP Workshop, Weaver
Markets, Adamstown, 9:30
a.m.-3:15 p.m.
E. Vet. Historical Society, UP
Veterinary Annual Confer
ence, Adams Mark Hotel,
Philadelphia, (215) 886-1222.
Mount Joy Farmers’ Coopera
tive Meeting, East Fairview
Church of the Brethren, Man
heim, 11:30 a.m., (717) 629-
2581.
2002 Southwest Beef Manage
ment Workshop Series, Belle
Vernon Holiday Inn, 7 p.m.-
9:30 p.m. Also Wednesday,
Feb. 6, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m. and
Tuesday, Feb. 12, (724) 228-
Tuesday, February 5, 2002 - 8 AM to 4 PM
★ Jr. Public Speaking Contest
Commercial Concepts Al Interpak Systems, Inc
\Dyna-Tech Industries Leidy’s, Inc.
Elanco Animal Health
Farmer Boy Ag
Ft. Dodge Animal Health
Grand Valley Fortifiers
Hatfield Quality Meats
Hubbard Feeds, Inc.
★ Pork Bowl
★ Auction
6881.
Fulton and Lebanon Valley
Farmers Bank luncheon semi-
nar, Lebanon Valley Expo
Center, Fairgrounds, Leba
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in Pa., H.E.
Heindel Farms and Brown
Cow Dairy Store, Brogue,
(888)472-0261.
Tioga County Dairy Day, Tioga
County Fairgrounds, Whit
ney ville, 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Producing and Marketing Mary
land Type 32 Tobacco, Cal
vert Grange Hall, Calvert,
Md., 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Ohio State Extension USDA
program, Ross County Exten-
sion office, Chillicothe, (740)
335-1150.
Farm Show Scholarship Foun
dation Benefit, National Civil
War Museum, Harrisburg, 7
p.m.
Beef Meeting, Wesley Grange,
Barkeyville, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Also Feb. 7 and 13.
Pa. Holstein South Central
Show and Sale Meeting, Old
Country Buffet, Harrisburg,
11 a.m.
Virginia Biological Farming
Conference 4-H Trade Show,
Northern Virginia 4-H Edu-
cation Center, Front Royal,
(540)463-6363.
Ohio Farm Financial Manage
ment Workshop, North West
District Ohio Extension,
Findlay, Ohio, (419) 422-
6106.
Alfalfa Grower’s Workshop,
Farm Show Building, Wil
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cation, Lebanon Ag Center,
also Feb. 3.
Farmer-to-Farmer Workshop,
Ballston Spa near Saratoga
Springs, N.Y., also Feb. 3.
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FREE ADMISSION
Monoflo
National Pork Board
Northeast Agri Systems
PACMA
PA Ag Statistics Service
Pfizer Animal Health
ride for dairy farmers will never
cease until milk is priced a dif
ferent way.
Many dairy farmers had
hoped that the new Farm Bill
would change the method in
which the value of milk at the
farm would be determined.
When the representatives
passed their version of the Farm
Bill in late 2001, we found the
bill contained nothing really
new to dairy farmers. Repre
sentative Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
introduced legislation to amend
the Farm Bill. However, when
Representative Sanders’ amend
ment failed by 27 votes, many
members of the House voted
against the House’s Farm Bill,
including many from the North
east. The expensive Farm Bill
did pass, again without any real
improvement to dairy farmers.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D
-VT) made sincere efforts to
amend the Senate’s Farm Bill.
Leahy’s amendments would
have improved the prices to
dairy farmers across the U.S.
The best part of Leahy’s plan
was that the extra money would
have come from the market
place, not the Federal Treasury.
However, only 40 senators
pledged their support to the
Leahy amendments. Conse-
See The #46 Championship
Race Car at Keystone Pork Expo
Sponsored in part by National Pork Board
Driven by ARCA Series Points Champion Frank Kimmel
Pig Improvement Co
Prime Tech USA
Purina Mills, Inc.
Ralco Mix Products Inc
Progressive Pressure Systems
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quently, this lead Leahy and
other senators to try another
plan to help dairy farmers.
However, Leahy’s plan was
objected to by the majority of
Republican senators (but not
all). These same Republican sen
ators tried to implement amend
ments to the farm bill that would
not have done anything for
dairy farmers. Fortunately,
these amendments did not pass.
As the senate adjourned prior
to Christmas, Leahy’s dairy
amendments were still very
much alive. Unfortunately,
those who opposed the amend
ments continued to filibuster the
dairy plan.
In order to shut off a filibus
ter, 60 senators have to vote to
close off debate. However, when
only 55 senators voted to stop
the filibuster, Senator Daschle
decided to go no further with the
Farm Bill until January.
I wonder why Pennsylvania’s
two senators, one more time,
were on opposite sides. Senator
Specter was supporting Leahy’s
amendments, while Senator
Santorum failed to support a
partial realistic solution to dairy
farmer pricing inequities.
Arden Tewksbury
Progressive Ag Organization
Meshoppen
Raytec Manufacturing
Schick Enterprises
Tech Mix Inc.
White Oak Mills