Vol. 47 No. 48 Co-op Leaders Discuss Ways To Help Milk Producers Cope DAVE LEFEVER Lancaster Farming Staff GEORGETOWN (Lancaster Co.) Dairy farmers know that low milk prices and high feed costs add up to tough times. Those are the conditions they face. Especially in times like these, milk cooperative leaders try to assure farmers they are doing all they can to secure the best mar kets and member benefits. One way to offer better security to dairy farmers is by working to gether with other co-ops, accord ing to Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Dairylea leaders speaking to about 70 dairy pro- Farm Aid Brings Music, Message BRIAN SNYDER Centre Co. Correspondent BURGETTSTOWN (Wash ington Co.) When the Farm Aid extravaganza rolls into town, it brings with it much more than just some of the best music in America. While the musical fare did not disappoint last Saturday’s sold out crowd of more than 23,000 fans who showed up at the Post- Gazette Pavilion in Burgettstown (near Pittsburgh) for the eight hour feast of stars, the “real show” was mostly behind the scenes. For a 24-hour period before the concert, the 15th edition of Farm Aid, and a host of local sponsors, presented numerous opportuni Good prices stood In stora for 4-H Uvostock exhibitors at last weak’* Solanco Fair. Grand champion lamb at the Soianco Fair sold for $4.30 a pound to the Llobold family. From loft, Rick, Brtttanie, Aurora, and Mao Lai bold, and at hattar, axhlbltor Miriam Henry. Saa story page A2l. Phty by Aiu& Andrmwa, adMor www.lancasterfarming.com ducers and family members at a meeting here late last week. “We need to keep our eye on the ball and what we can do to gether,” said Jerrel Heatwole, DFA director from Greenwood, Del. DFA, an international milk producers cooperative, and New York-based Dairylea have worked together as Dairy Mar keting Services (DMS) since the fall of 1999. DMS also includes several smaller cooperatives, in cluding Mount Joy Farmer’s Co op, based in Lancaster County. Part of the meeting was spent (Turn to Page A 35) ties for members of the public and the press to be nourished on information and encouragement aimed at bolstering family farms all over Pennsylvania and the rest of the country. Beginning at the Regional His tory Center in downtown Pitts burgh on Friday night, support ers of the Farm Aid message sponsored a program entitled “Challenges and Choices: The Future of Our Food and Farms,” featuring the words and reflec tions of nationally known speak ers as well as three Pennsylvania farmers. Local co-sponsors of the event who intended to underscore the (Turn to Pago A 33) Four Sections Turn to page B 2 to read “A Night To Remember.” The story chronicles the state dairy princess pageant, Sept. 21, where these three contestants were selected to represent Pennsylvania's dairy industry. From left are Second Alternate Ashley Lynn Chapman, Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Raechel Kilgore, and First Alternate Rachel Ebert. Photo by Lou Ann Good, food and family features editor Three States Converge At Small Farm Expo DAVE LEFEVER Lancaster Farming Staff GILBERT (Monroe Co.) People seeking inspiration and support for managing small farms had a chance to gather with like-minded rural enthusi asts at the Northeast Small Farm an 3 Rural Living Expo at the West End Fairgrounds here last weekend. All-American Names Youth Supreme Champion HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) AlfcAmerican Dairy Show named Brothers Three Wiaper, a Brown Swiss Junior’ 2-year-old (S: Bettavue Emory Prelude ET, D: Top Acree Jetway Wisp), exhibited by Jacob Hushon, Airville, youth supreme champion Thursday evening at the All-American. This was the first time the show hosted a youth supreme champion. From lieft, Mark Mclver and Paul Miller, presenting the check; Ashley Chapman, state alternate dairy princees; Raohel Ebert, attomate dairy princess; Hushon; Raechel Kilgore, state dairy princess; and Sam Hayes Jr., state secretary of agriculture. Shoremar S Alicia, the Holstein grand champion, was named supreme champion of the open show. See storiee next issue. Photo by Dmvm L**mvr Saturday, September 28,2002 It was the second annual expo coordinated by the agricultural college extension programs from universities in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania Cor nell, Rutgers, and Penn State, re spectively. “You have three states coming together, forgetting boundaries,” Russell Gunton, regional director with the Pennsylvania Depart $36.00 Per Year ment of Agriculture (PDA), said of the two-day expo. Gunton joined ag representatives from New Jersey and New York for the official event kickoff on Sat urday. Soil health, livestock produc tion, raising flowers for profit, horse handling, and launching $l.OO Per Copy (Turn to Page A 34)
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