Vol. - 47 No. - 25
Construction Progresses On Brand-New Farm Show Complex
Officials believe the new
Farm Show facility will
bring renewed focus on
production agriculture.
Members of the newly-formed Commercial Agriculture Exhibit Committee recently
gathered to discuss goals and receive a construction update. Standing, from left, is;
Glenn Wenger, president, Wengers of Myerstown; Bob Oberheim, manager, Ag Progress
Days; Bob Weaver, marketing manager, Commercial Agriculture Exhibit Committee; Den
nis Grumbine, Farm Show executive director; Bill Burgess, general manager, Lancaster
Farming ; Don Hoover, sales and marketing, Binkley & Hurst Bros., Inc.; and Tom Yohe,
general manager, Hoober, Inc.
‘Profit Protection’ Topic Of Ag Banker Conference
ANDY ANDREWS
Editor
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Young and beginning
Agricultural lending officers and bank agri-industry represenatives visited Lou
Moore’s “The Barn,” Linden Hall, Tuesday afternoon at a luncheon during the 36th an
nual Pennsylvania Agricultural Bankers Conference. Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
www.lancasterfarming.com
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Construction continues at
the Farm Show Complex amidst
farmers looking for interest as
sistance on loans could benefit
from a proposed program that
could help simplify a somewhat
Five Sections
the events that continue as sched
uled in the building.
Dennis Grumbine, executive
director of the Farm Show, sees
construction and expansion as
cumbersome process, “spread the
wealth, and not let any one bank
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Saturday, April 20, 2002
necessary with the renewed focus
on production agriculture.
As part of this focus, a recent
ly-formed Commercial Agricul
ture Exhibit Committee plans
several innovations for the 2003
Farm Show. These options in
clude a proposed “farm feature”
of three days within the eight
days of the show.
Overall, the broad scope of
.State Dairy Princess Rebecca Mower, right, credits
her younger sister, Abby, with stimulating her interesl
in dairy promotion. Read more on page 82.
Photo by Lou Ann Good, food and family features editor
Country Singer Linda Davis
At Poultry Council’s Banquet
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.)
Linda Davis is performing during
a wonderful evening of cete*
bration and friendship within the
poultry industry at the PennAg
Poultry Council’s 2002 annual
spring banquet.
The event is Monday, April 29
Win one of these “cow prizes” offered to readers who
participate in Lancaster Farming’s June Dairy Month
Drawing. Lou Ann Good, food and family features editor,
displays some of the $5OO worth of prizes. Read more on
page 82. Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
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competition and exhibits combine
to make the event unique and a
one-stop venue for far families.
“Not many places have the di
versity that we have,” said
Grumbine. “That is what makes
our show what it is.” Production
to-plate aspects of agriculture, for
example, are on display at the
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at the Hershey Lodge and Con
vention Center in Hershey, and is
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