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Dairylea Joins With
30 Amish Farms In Project
SYRACUSE, N.Y. In a
commitment to grow dairying in
the Northeast, Dairylea Coopera
tive Inc., the region’s largest milk
marketing cooperative, agreed to
take on the challenge of market
ing milk for an Amish farm com
munity in Montgomery County,
New York. Together, Dairylea
and 30 Amish families con
structed and outfitted nine milk
houses throughout the commu
nity, enabling the farms to begin
shipping Grade A milk through
Dairylea.
The relationship was estab
lished nearly seven months ago
when the Amish farmers, who
were interested in finding a new,
more profitable market for their
milk, approached Dairylea.
“This was a unique project, in
that we needed to work around
the traditional methods of Amish
farming, but meet the necessary
requirements for shipping Grade
A milk,” said Dairylea Regional
Manager Calvin Gates.
Dairylea assisted with the lo
gistics and financing for the con
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BQA Chute-Side Training Dates Set
MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin
Co.) The Pennsylvania Beef
Council announces the Spring
2002 listing for the chute-side
training of the Pennsylvania Beef
Quality Assurance (BQA) pro
gram.
• April 1 Mercer County at
the Bob Rose Farm in Cochran
ton, (814) 425-7063, 7-9 p.m., or
contact Bob Calvert, Mercer
County Extension Office, (724)
662-3141.
• April 3 Fayette County at
the Warren Dick Farm in Smith
field, (724) 569-2353, 7-9 p.m., or
contact Don Fretts, Fayette
County Extension Office, (724)
438-0111.
• April 9 Franklin County
at the Jason Johns Farm in Mer
cersburg, (717) 328-9850, 7-9
Conservation District Seedling Sale
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Annual Tree Seedling Sale
sponsored by the Lancaster
County Conservation District is
in progress. The deadline for
placing orders is Friday, March
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0330 Fonderwhite Road, Lebanon, PA 17042
Call Leonard Martin
p.m„ or contact Jerry Wingert at
the Franklin County Extension
Office, (717)263-9226.
• April 10 Lancaster Coun
ty at B & R Cattle in Marietta,
(717) 426-3258, 7-9 p.m., or con
tact Chet Hughes at the Lancas
ter County Extension Office,
(717) 394-6851.
• April 16 Wyoming Coun
ty at the Walt Dana Farm in
Tunkhannock, (570) 836-1907
residence, (570) 836-2145 office,
7-9 p.m., or contact Wyoming
County Extension Office, (570)
836-3196.
• April 17 Schuylkill Coun
ty at the Zimmerman Farms in
Pitman, (57) 648-2078, 7-9 p.m.,
or contact at the Schuylkill
County Extension Office, (570)
622-4225.
22. All prepaid orders can be
picked up on Friday, April 19 at
the Kiwanis Pavilion in Lancas
ter County Central Park.
Among the sale items this year
are bare-rooted conifer and hard-
• April 18 Cambria County
at the Dan Carney Farm in
Ebensburg, (814) 884-0231, 7-9
p.m., or contact-Ron Nostetter at
the Cambria County Extension
Office, (814) 472-7986.
The chute-side training is the
second part of a two-part pro
gram that enables producers and
others to become BQA certified.
The first part, classroom sessions,
were conducted in February and
March. Training and evaluation
provided by extension and indus
try professionals assist producers
in the necessary steps to insure
safety and quality of beef.
Please confirm your attend
ance at any of the above listed
meetings by calling or e-mailing
the Pennsylvania Beef Council at
(717) 939-7000, e-mail pstoop
s@pabeef.org.
wood seedlings, three types of
groundcover, ornamental flower
ing fruit trees, plus an expanded
assortment of native trees and
shrubs. Flower lovers will be in
terested in the wildflower seed
mix that contains 23 species of
annual and perennial wildflow
ers.
Proceeds from this sale benefit
environmental education activi
ties in the county. To receive an
order form, call (717) 299-5361,
ext. 5.
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In Stock!
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Fax 717-273-5186