Vol. 47 No. 33
Berks Group Tours Taylor Excel Plant In Wyalusing
This group of beef producers and industry representatives toured Taylor Excel Pack
ing Plant in Wyalusing Monday. Photo by Michelle Kunjappu
As Fair Season Approaches, Carbon Teen Wins Karakul Sheep
DEANNA CONFER
Carbon Co. Correspondent
WEATHERLY (Carbon Co.)
Driving long distances to attend
sheep and wool festivals or compete
at show has become a common oc
currence lor Laura Mazur, 13, of Too
Busy Acres.
So when one of the stipulations to
a contest Laura was considering en
tering was to show the prize lamb in
at least two shows in the next year,
Laura didn’t have to think very long
before she completed and mailed the
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cluded are features from farmers in New York and Virgin
ia, improving the dairy’s bottom line, increasing produc
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necessary paperwork.
The essay garnered Laura a lamb.
The Youth Conservationist Pro
gram is administered by The Ameri
can Livestock Breeds Conservancy, a
nonprofit membership organization
founded in 1977 that works to pro
tect more than 100 breeds of cattle,
goats, horses, sheep, pigs, and poul
try from extinction.
For each of the past five years, the
Youth Conservationist Program gave
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Four Sections
Laura Mazur, 13, of Too Busy Acres near Weatherly
holds Twilight’s Fancy Feet, her purebred Karakul ewe
lamb. Laura won the lamb with an essay submitted to the
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.
Photo by Deanna Confer, Carbon Co. Correspondent.
At left Emily Martin, 4, Ephrata, and Natalie Young, 3, Ephrata, enter into the spirit of
Family Farm Days sponsored by the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and hosted by Or
egon Dairy. The three-day event conducted this week drew thousands of attendees who
were treated to a wagon ride tour of the farm, agricultural exhibits, and ice cream and
milk samples. Photo by Michelle Kunjappu
Saturday, June 15, 2002
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
WYALUSING (Bradford Co.)
Members of the Berks South
east Cattlemen’s Association and
other representatives of the beef
Forum Speakers: Ag And
Food Security Are Critical
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Agriculture and our food
supply lie at the “critical cutting
edge of homeland security,”
according to an officer and teach
er at the Strategic Studies Insti
tute of the U.S. Army War Col
lege.
Colonel Peter Menk was one of
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industry took the opportunity to
see a different facet of beef pro
duction when they visited the
Taylor Excel packing plant Mon
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five speakers, including an assist
ant U.S. attorney and a USD A
medical intelligence agent, who
spoke on topics related to agro
terrorism in University Park this
week. The program was part of a
three-day Great Lakes Forum on
Agriculture hosted by Pennsylva
nia Ag Secretary Sam Hayes.
Agriculture and food are “un
deniably vulnerable” to terrorist
attacks, Menk told a diverse
group that included representa
tives of the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food and ag de
partments from various states in
the Great Lakes region.“ You're
going to start seeing a tremen
dous amount of attention to ag
security in the U. 5.,” he said.
Menk listed field crops, farm
animals, food in all stages of pro
cessing and distribution, food
storage and transportation ele
ments, and ag research facilities
as potential targets.
The high rate of effiency in our
food system tends to make it vul
nerable, according to Menk. He
noted that New York City gener
ally has enough food to last about
two days one example of a
“just in time and just enough”
approach to food distribution in
this country.
“Food production and delivery
in the U.S. is taken for granted,”
Menk said.
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