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Vol. 47 No. 40
All Major Manufacturers Under One Roof At ‘New’ Farm Show
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) All of the slots on the
Farm Show’s new 175,000-square
Pa. Young Farmers Meet In Tioga County
CAROLYN N. MOYER
Tioga Co. Correspondent
WELLSBORO (Tioga Co.)
The Pennsylvania Young Farm
ers Association (PYFA) con
ducted its annual summer insti
tute in Tioga and Potter counties
recently, bringing about 80 farm
ers from across Pennsylvania to
the Northern Tier.
The agenda for the three-day
summer institute included board
meetings, tours of local farms
and industries, and plenty of time
to renew old friendships and gain
new ones.
“I think this is a wonderful op
portunity for farmers to share
ideas and resources and to learn
from each other and leam what’s
new,” said David Groff, presi
dent elect of the group.
During the meeting, Emily
Grove, spokesperson for agricul
ture representing Pennsylvania,
spoke to the group. In addition to
serving in this capacity, Grove,
Shippensburg, was also recently
elected State FFA secretary. In
this; capacity, Grove represents
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foot commercial exhibit floor
have been spoken for, according
to Dennis Grumbine, Farm Show
executive director.
Dealers for all major product
the group at various conferences.
In December, Grove will travel to
Oklahoma to compete for the na
tional spokesperson for agricul
ture position. She spoke about
the changes in agriculture tied in
with diversity.
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Four Sections
lines including Deere, Case,
New Holland, and Agco will be
represented.
“Our goal was getting the four
major manufacturers represented
Christmas in July: Holly
and Belles aren’t reserv
ed for holidays, as Holly
Miller, Harrisburg, and
Great View Delaware
Christmas Belle won the
4-H and FFA supreme
champion honor at the
Lebanon Fair Tuesday.
In his first county fair
competition, Chris Beh
ney, 16, took home the
overall grand champion
hog honor with his cross
bred animal at Lebanon
Fair Monday. The hog is
out of a gilt he purchased
at the fair last year.
Photos by M. Kunjappu
“I want people to know how
diverse American agriculture re
ally is. It’s not just dairy or just
wheat, but it’s much more than
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here with a sizable presence. I’m
elated that they have taken as
agressive an approach as they
have,” said Grumbine.
“We still have opportunities
for people who want to exhibit, so
we’re not closing the door to po
tential exhibitors,” Grumbine
said.
The Commercial Agriculture
Exhibit Committee knew that
“we had a huge task to fill this
new hall with the kind of exhibits
that we were looking to put in
there,” said Grumbine.
“We thought when we started
this project that it would be a lot
( i We’re going to put some equipment dem
onstrations on in our Large Arena, so that
with our new renovations we will be able to
bring in sprayers, combines, corn planters,
and large no-till drills, and can show people
exactly what they (the equipment) can do in
the arena in the dirt. I don’t think there’s an
other place anywhere that they can do
that. 5 5
Dennis Grumbine
Farm Show executive director
Farm Show Complex Construction Update
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Building For The
Future - On Schedule
Editor's Note: Written by
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secre
tary Samuel E. Hayes Jr. exclu
sively for Lancaster Farming,
this new column provides
monthly updates on the exciting
new construction under way at
the Pennsylvania Farm Show
Complex in Harrisburg. Con
Beef Producers Check Out
Innovative Dairy , Methane Digester
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
About 300 beef producers from
across Pennsylvania had a full
day in the Gettysburg area last
Saturday as part of the 2002 Cat
tlemen’s Summer Field Day.
The event was hosted on the
Eisenhower Historic Site and in
cluded a tour of Mason Dixon
Farms, a 2,300-cow dairy south
of Gettysburg.'
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of heavy lifting for all of us to ac
complish that goal. I am just
amazed and astounded that at
this point in July we have com
mitments for the entire floor. The
ag community and agribusiness
community has embraced what
we’re doing here and come to the
table.
“We have all the major manu
facturers represented with large
blocks of space. I think every
body on the committee is just
elated with what has been done
here.”
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stntLtion is on schedule to he
completed for the 2003 Farm
Show.
It’s difficult to capture in just a
few words the scope and scale of
the construction that is taking
place at the Department of Agri-
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Why a dairy farm tour for a
beef group? Well, consider cow
manure. Whether it comes from
an Angus or a Holstein, that
product can mean power. Tour
guests had a chance to see a
methane digester system generat
ing electricity from cow manure.
Mason Dixon Farms is owned
and managed by Dick Waybright
and his four sons along with
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