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Frederick County Farm
Family Of Year To Be
Named During GFF
FREDERICK, Md. The
Great Frederick Fair (GFF)
will once again kick off with a
ceremony to honor the 2002
Frederick County Farm Fami
ly of the Year. Presenting the
award will be the 2001 recipi
ents, Michael, Cathy, and
Josh Strite of Middletown.
This year’s Farm Family of
the Year award will be pres-
SCC Approves Nutrient Management
Advisory Board Appointments
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) At its recent meeting, the
Pennsylvania State Conservation
Commission (SCC) approved the
reappointment of four members
to the Act 6 Nutrient Manage
ment Advisory Board (NMAB)
and the appointment of one
member.
The 15-member NMAB re
views and makes recommenda
tions to the commission on pro
posed regulations to carry out
Pennsylvania’s Act 6 Nutrient
Management Act (Act 6). Mem
bers serve three-year terms. Ap
pointments are staggered so that
Montgomery County
Hosts No-Till Demo
ELROY (Montgom
ery Co.) Crop and
vegetable farmers
from the southeast re
gion of Pennsylvania
gathered between rain
showers Wednesday,
June 12th to take a
look at various no-till
equipment.
The group was able
to watch pumpkins
being planted into a
rye cover crop that
was killed and rolled
prior to planting.
Also, pumpkins that
were direct seeded
with a four-row com
planter with no-till at
tachments 10 days
prior to the event were
emerging through the
thick blanket of rye.
For the crop farm
ers. a six-row zone-till
torn planter was dem
mstrated that has
hree coulters per row
o till a six-inch band
nto which the seed is
placed. Pumpkin
slants were also trans
ilanted with a no-till
ransplanter at the
ime of the meeting.
By no-tilling pump
cins into a rye cover a
producer can lower
reduction costs, pro
luce cleaner pump
tins, reduce compac
ion, promote moisture
onservation, control
rosion, improve soil
ilth, improve harvest
onditions, and in
rease soil organic
latter without sacri-
ented Friday,
front of the grandstand in
conjunction with the naming
of the 2002-2003 Frederick
County 4-H Royalty. Admis
sion to this event is free and
open to the public and is set to
begin at 7 p.m. The contest is
sponsored in part by the fair,
the Frederick County Agricul
tural Business Council and
local businesses and individu
als.
“The Farm Family of the
every year, a third of the board
has completed a term.
Appointed to serve was Robert
Jones of AgChoice Farm Credit,
ACA, as the agricultural lender
representative to the NMAB.
Four who were approved for
reappointment include Jerry Og
line of Franklin County as a pub
lic representative; Dr. James Fer
guson. University of
Pennsylvania New Bolton Cen
ter, as a veterinary nutrition spe
cialist; A. Carville Foster, York
County, as a local government
representative; and James Skin
ficing yield, maturity,
quality, and size.
To help encourage
the use of this new ag
ricultural technology,
the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Resource
Conservation Develop
ment Council has pur
chased two, one row
No-till Transplanters
and is making them
available to local farm
ers. Call SEPA RC&D
at 215-541-7930 for
more details.
Fabricators of Galvanized Barn Equipment
13,
Sept,
Year recipients are role-mod
els and represent the best of
Frederick County and Mary
land agriculture,” said Eliza
beth Miller, ag industry spe
cialist for Frederick County.
“We are pleased to once again
be able to recognize family
farms and their importance to
our community during The
Great Frederick Fair.”
The 2002 Farm Family of
the Year will represent Fred
erick County agriculture
throughout fairweek and at
agricultural events during the
coming year. All contestants
competing for the award will
be showcased in a special dis
play during fairweek.
For a copy of the Farm
Family of the Year applica
tion, visit the fair’s Website at
www.thegreatfrederick
fair.com, or call (301)
663-5895. The application
deadline is Aug. 15.
ner. Union County, to serve as a
meat/poultry producer.
The NMAB has been reviewing
regulations for possible change,
as required by law. Its next
scheduled meeting is 9 a.m., Aug.
13, in Room 309 of the
state Agriculture Building,
Harrisburg.
For more information,
contact Douglas Good
lander, director of the SCC
Nutrient Manage
ment Program, at (717)
705-3895.
Rohrer Named Senior
Relationship Manager
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
First Union announced that
Roger M. Rohrer, a vice presi
dent in First Union’s
Pennsylvania/Delaware agri-fi
nance department, was named a
senior relationship manager.
As senior relationship manag
er, Rohrer serves the financial
needs of about 300 farm and ag
ribusiness clients located
throughout south central Penn
sylvania and northern Maryland.
“I am pleased to announce this
promotion,” said Darvin Boyd,
senior vice president and director
of agri-finance. “Roger Rohrer’s
leadership has been vital to First
Union’s commitment and success
with the agricultural industry
over the past 16 years.”
In 1986, Rohrer joined the
agri-finance department of Ham
ilton Bank (a First Union prede
cessor bank) as a lending officer.
Over the ensuing years, his port
folio of customers grew rapidly,
and his accomplishments were
recognized through promotions
to assistant vice president and to
vice president and relationship
manager.
Rohrer serves as member and
past chairman of the Lancaster
Chamber of Commerce and in
dustry agricultural committee,
and volunteers on various com-
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Roger M. Rohrer
mittees and memberships relat
ing to agricultural issues. He re
cently served as the stewardship
commission chairperson for the
Neffsville Mennonite Church,
and is past treasurer and board
member of the Lancaster County
Cooperative Extension Associa
tion.
Bom in Lancaster County,
Rohrer is a graduate of Pequea
Valley High School and attended
Penn State University. With his
son, Todd, he operates a 125-acre
crop and poultry farm in Stras
burg Township where he resides
with his wife and three children.
In 1994, the Rohrer family was
the recipient of the Pennsylvania
Century Farm Award.
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