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2002 PFGC SUMMER NEWSLETTER
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BETHEL (Berks Col
Eleven years ago changes
taking place in the p»
turesofPapaP ftrm .
When Brian Mohn began
his pasture-based program
u was hard to find tnfornu
non on rotational gritting.
i,e sard. “I read J jncasier
tar,„nf articles airf *«
ideas lhat migmted from
Lancaster * ,
Mohn along with his wife
EUcen. and daughters Bev
crlv U, Carolyn 10 am
judv, 8. hove mdnagtd thi
farm for 11 years for a PM*’
dclphjrf businessman
His investigation mtogra;
l 0 (» came because of a coi
*,ero for good us«t,c ot ti
ground tic said ' I want
to get the most out or cl
nioder i»eh pinducti
around.
\ lot o» it wn < - ,n * l
error imhailv he si
Counts agen + « helped m
education bj pi
rule walk? and grader -
uwswms that helped
educate Mohn
In the mm d davs I u
eled to I ancasttr tor past
information to learn at
water qualm projects,
said Beside? adding strt
bank lencing Mohn has pm _ at -
in his oaa concrete stream ~^e . ~c h „„ an the l.rm'.-rotatlonal p
“sJlf'n gel a profitable O t’/ ’/' Cl ItlSt (I V C * secretary
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S? he said Bec.useo dauber, UTOJ _ Richard Hann k„o»s the .nd acl.n, 1U chief
smaller-framed animal, aith , turt management people ... Ha""' .long with
improved fences - and J ucn „ s ,s ,„d «<««»« „ d
carefully-maintained pa»* ,- cms ’he said We weie vh.anges * nl that
,urcs lhat the a,amols do no * ell the opportunityto hnvToeeurre? through Ihe
have to be fed supplemental *. lhe ,„ c hets fuel have oeeuneu
hav or rail. tm "*? oanted more Information to ' Tr. formed ra 1960 as the
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Pennsylvania Spokesman diver® tion Ha?
istr-s ssacsis TsK=--~
...j councils conference in p ‘j7, changed to rerowTi**'
Springdale, , Ark.ns.r ® « sp«ch address* STIW rev
Pennsylvania s .pokesmim ™,l"e its role In the Male <
forage/bveslock industry
Pr John Bavlor then a
uenn State Extension I orage
Spec .Ist nos Ihe < nunil s
urn president and Char o
Wolccmuth general nine
twf , j Mdtim Hcrshev Parma
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