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V 01.47 No. 15
Corn, Soybean Conference
Educates, Honors Growers
From left, John Yocum, coordinator of the soybean
awards program, joins several of the Pennsylvania Soy
bean Yield Contest top place winners. They include Eric
Moser, Milton, sixth place; Kyle Henninger, Reinigsville,
second place; and Scott Shoop, Milton, first
place. Photo by Michelle Kunjappu
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming S&ff
GRANTVILLE (Dauphin Co.) The Pennsylvania Corn and
Soybean Conference Tuesday drew more than 125 producers and
industry representatives to a one-day event conducted here at the
Holiday Inn.
The Pennsylvania Corn Growers Association (PCGA), Penn
sylvania Soybean Board, and Penn State Cooperative Extension
sponsored the event.
During the day PCGA members voted on nominations for the
upcoming year’s board of directors. Steve Wenger, James Her
shey, Jim Hoover, and Russell McLucas were elected to fill the
“producer” slots; John Hart, Mifflintown, fdled the “industry”
position; and John Berry, regional ag marketing educator for
Penn State Extension, will serve in the “education” position on
the board.
In other association developments, PCGA has a newly
developed Website and e-mail address, available at www.pa
corngrowers.org.
Quality Assurance Focus
Of Keystone Pork Expo
MILLIE BUNTING
Market Staff
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
Pork Quality Assurance (PQA)
that’s the main focus of
today’s pork production. That
subject was tops on the agenda
at this year’s Keystone Pork
Expo Tuesday here at the Leba
non Valley Expo Center.
Attendance this year was esti
mated at 250, which included
members of the Pennsylvania
Young Farmers Association,
which the Cedar Crest chapter
was hosting nearby. They found
plenty to see and hear at one of
■he largest expo trade shows
featuring 44 exhibitors plus the
“Pork. The Other White Meat
Racing” stock car and trailer.
Ken Kephart, Penn State pro
fessor of animal science, opened
the program with Bob Mikesell,
extension swine specialist, who
led the discussion on Pork Qual
ity Assurance. Mikesell said that
42 producers gained certifica
tion or recertification in PQA.
New PQA program booklets
www.lancasterfarming.com
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compiled by the National Pork
Board were distributed. The
booklets contain all the neces
sary forms and information in
volved in the program in which
certification is required by most
packers who slaughter hogs.
A separate PQA booklet has
been prepared for youth to make
them aware of the program and
the importance of PQA. It was
subject of the winning speech in
the junior division of the speak
ing contest.
Following the PQA certifica
tion session, Dr. Roy Schultz, an
lowan veterinarian, provided
extensive information on his ex
periences with sow mortality in
more than 40 years of practice.
He told about the study on
85,000 sows tested on various
farms in Missouri. Cloistridium
and lameness in sows were dis
cussed as the main reasons for
sow mortality.
Meanwhile, across the road at
the Lebanon County Extension
Center, Linda Spahr from the
York County extension was su-
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Five Sections
Budget Squeezes Agriculture, Food Programs
Proposal To Keep Key Ag Programs In Place
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) With revenue shortages,
homeland security, and educa
tion concerns at the forefront,
funds for Pennsylvania agricul
ture programs will be tight in
2002-2003. .
Pennsylvania Young Farmer Conference award winners. From left, Tim Brown, South
central Region vice president; Brandee, Kaylee, and Bill Vanarsdale, outstanding young
farmers under 30; and Tina and Ed Wilkinson, outstanding community service.
Photo by Dave Lefever
Southcentral Young Farmers Shine At Conference
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
It was a big week for the south
central region of the Pennsylva
nia Young Farmers Association.
At the annual convention here
Tuesday and Wednesday, two
Adams County couples were
awarded for their outstanding
commitment to agriculture and
their community. Two individu
als and a group from the Ship
Four teams with four members each competed in the Keystone Pork Bowl Tuesday at
the Lebanon Valley Expo Center. The first place, Potter County 4-H team, standing, from
left, Annette Miles, coach; Larkin Hayman; Josh Risser; and Paul Risser. Kneeling, from
left, Betsy Risser and Holly Hyde.
Saturday, February 9, 2002
That was message conveyed
by Gov. Mark Schweiker’s $20.9
billion state budget proposal this
week.
Key ag programs will remain
in place, however, according to
Secretary of Agriculture Sam
Hayes Jr.
The $76 million Farm Show
pensburg area were also
recognized.
From the eastern region, Dick
and Carol Kreider, of the Cedar
Crest Young Farmers Chapter,
represented the convention’s
host county of Lebanon by win
ning the outstanding young
farmer over 30 award.
The Kreiders grow crops, feed
out about 150 head of beef, and
run a custom corn planting busi
ness. Their high corn yields have
$34.00 Per Year
Complex expansion, $6 million
construction of a new livestock
evaluation center, and expan
sion of the state’s animal diag
nostic laboratory are “scheduled
to continue without cessation,”
Hayes said in a statement Tues
day.
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been recognized through the
years by the Pennsylvania Corn
Growers Association.
Dick has been a member of
the Cedar Crest Young Farmers
for more than 35 years and has
served as president. He has also
chaired the Lebanon Farm Expo
board of directors and served for
many years on the Lebanon
Farm-City committee.
The outstanding young
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