A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 27, 2002
Franklin County FFA Chapter Wins International Dairy Judging Contest
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
MERCERSBURG (Franklin
Co.) The Conococheague
FFA of James Buchanan High
School here won this year’s
Hoard’s Dairyman Cow
Judging Contest.
Nine students from the chap
ter tallied an average score that
topped 412 participating FFA
chapters from across the U.S.
Contestants judged five
major breeds of dairy cattle
from photographs featured on
the covers of Hoard’s Dairyman
magazine from January
Rural Medicine Symposium Set For May 2
MARSHFIELD, Wis. John
J. May, M.D., has researched ag
ricultural health and safety issues
for two decades, and he believes
it’s time to focus on proven pre
vention efforts.
“We have spent lots of time on
education and it’s not clear that
education is helping very much,”
said May, who will speak May 2
in Marshfield as part of Stueland
Symposium 2002, “Timely Top
ics in Rural Medicine.”
May said it is easier to impart
education than to change equip
ment or attitudes, which is why
those methods haven’t been as
fully pursued. “But it is those
strategies that are more likely to
show positive results,” he said.
For his contributions to agri-
Land O’Lakes
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V.P. To Board
ARDEN HILLS,
Minn. Land
O’Lakes, Inc. recently
announced the ap
pointment of Bobby D.
Moser, Ph.D., as an
advisory member to
the national food and
agricultural coopera
tive’s board of direc
tors. Moser is the vice
president for agricul
tural administration
and university out
reach, as well as the
executive dean for the
College of Food, Agri
cultural, and Environ
mental Sciences at
Ohio State University.
As head of Ohio
State University Ex
tension, the Ohio Agri
cultural Research and
Develop
ment Center, and the
Agricultural Technical
Institute in Wooster,
Moser oversees 2,200
faculty and staff with
an operating budget of
$l3O million.
Moser earned a
Ph.D. in animal nutri
tion from the Univer
sity of Nebraska and
received his masters
and bachelor’s degrees
in animal nutrition
and animal science, re
spectively, from Okla
homa State Universi
ty. He lives with his
wife, Pat, in Dublin,
Ohio.
Land O’Lakes is a
national, farmer
owned food and agri
cultural cooperative
that does business in
all 50 states and more
than SO countries.
through early March.
Members of the winning team
pictured on the front row of the
photo on page one are, from
left, Aaron Horst, John Fisher,
Sheena Wingert, Greta Moyer,
Micah Myers, Alecia Martin,
Meagan Myers, and Shaina
Martin. Eric Myers, sixth from
right in the back row, was also a
contestant. Lisa Shaw, Conoco
cheague FFA adviser and dairy
judging coach, is pictured in the
back row, far left.
According to Shaw, the entire
FFA chapter deserves credit for
supporting the dairy judging
cultural health and safety, May
has been named the 2002 Stue
land Scholar. The Stueland
Scholar presentation, including
May’s keynote talk, is scheduled
for 5:15-6:30 p.m. Thursday, May
2, at Froehlke Conference Cen
ter, located on the campus of
Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield,
Wis. The Stueland Scholar event
is open to the community.
May is a specialist in pulmo
nary medicine and internal med
icine at Mary Imogene Bassett
Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y.
He also is a professor of clinical
medicine at Columbia University.
Since 1993 he has directed the
New York Center for Agricultur
al Medicine and Health in Coo
perstown, and the Northeast
Center for Agricultural and Oc-
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team. One way other members
help is by filling in with ag de
partment responsibilities while
the team is away at judging
events, she said.
Although the Conococheague
chapter previously won honor
able mention in the 72-year old
contest, this marks a first in tak
ing the top placing, Shaw said.
The winning team will be fea
tured in the May 10 issue of
Hoard’s Dairyman, according to
contest coordinator Karen Kutz.
The team also receives a
plaque and a $lOO dollar cash
prize.
cupational Health, funded by the
National Institute for Occupa
tional Safety and Health
(NIOSH). He also serves on the
Steering Committee of the Na
tional Children’s Center for
Rural and Agricultural Health
and Safety, Marshfield.
May grew up in the suburbs of
south Connecticut. He became
interested in agricultural issues in
the early 1980 s after moving to
upstate New York and seeing a
number of farmers with dust-re
lated illnesses.
“As we learned more about the
agricultural community, we dis
covered there were issues in safe
ty, hearing loss, chemical use,
and other areas of concern,” May
said.
May’s published work features
more than 40 peer-reviewed arti
In addition to the FFA divi
sion of the judging contest, Kutz
said that 591 4-H clubs partici
pated this year, as well as stu
dents and families from 12
countries including Australia,
Belize, Denmark, Germany,
Honduras, Japan, Malta, Mexi
co, Netherlands, South Africa,
and South Korea.
The 86-member Conocochea
gue FFA is a three-star chapter
with a strong career develop
ment emphasis in addition to
the top dairy judging team. This
year the chapter was selected as
cles. Topics include respiratory
health problems caused by work
ing with silage, farm tractors and
the use of seatbelts and rollover
protective structures, hearing loss
in farmers, a safety survey of
auctioned farm equipment, and
injuries among dairy workers.
Current studies focus on the
occupational safety environment
of farm workers in the northeast
ern U.S. He is looking at new
methods of injury surveillance,
and examining more specifically
the ergonomics issues that work
ers face in orchard and vegetable
farm settings.
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FFA students in the middle
row of the cover photo are, from
left, Meleah Brumbaugh, Aimee
Heckman, Allison Holland, Alli
son Heckman, Ryan Mummert,
Mary Ann Dale, Megan Angle,
Matt Reed, and Joni Stanton. In
the back row, from left, Shaw,
Jessica Landis, Landry Beck,
Amber Oberholtzer, Matt Haw
baker, Robert Sanders, Eric
Meyers, Eugene Divebliss, Andy
Stoner, Dawn Goshom, Chassi
dy Myers, and Nichole Soler.
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Co.) The Chester County Agri
cultural Development Council is
planning to distribute a Produce
Guide which lists farm markets
and stands, farmers’ markets,
and Community Supported Agri
culture (CSA) operations that re
tail to the public in Chester
County.
The Council is requesting that
growers in Chester County who
wish to be included in the listing
call the office (610) 344-6285 to
request a produce guide question
naire. The form has questions
such as location, type of produce,
and hours of operation for the
market.
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