Cargill Animal Nutrition Nutrena To Answer Feed Questions At Farm Show LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) Representatives from Cargill An imal Nutrition Nutrena will be on hand at this year’s Farm Show, Jan. 11-18, to answer questions about the animal feed industry. “We’ll be there the whole week,” said Bill Reed, farm store consultant. “The reason that we go to the Farm Show is because we have the opportunity to see a lot of our customers and prospects that we normally don’t get to see out at the dealership,” he said. The business has had a pres ence at the Farm Show since 1985, when Cargill Animal Nu trition bought Beacon Milling Company, Tioga, N.Y. 4 C With the emphasis put on getting the farmers to come up with the Farmer Days, we’re hoping that we’ll see some of our com mercial customers come back. ? 9 Remaining Three Counties Lifted From Drought Emergency Status HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Gov. Mark Schweiker has lifted the drought emergency for Cumberland, Chester, and Delaware, the last three counties under drought emergency status. It marks the first time since Feb. 12 that none of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are under mandatory water restrictions. The governor also upgraded 15 other counties to drought watch and normal status. Of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, 54 are under normal status. Go to www.plna.com, the Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Associa tion (PLNA) Website, for the latest drought maps and information. The following is a summary of the current drought status in Pennsylvania. Current counts for the drought are as follows: Drought Emer gency-0 counties; Drought Waming-0 counties; Drought Watch-13 counties; and Normal Status -54 counties. Counties whose drought status changed with the recent announcement are in bold print. Drought Watch counties include: Beaver, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Crawford, Dela ware, Erie, Greene, Lancaster, Lawrence, Mer cer, Washington, and York. Normal counties include: Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Dau phin, Elk, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lacka wanna, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Mon tour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Wayne, Westmoreland, and Wyoming. On Dec. 16 Schweiker signed House Bill 2302, statewide water management, into law. The leg islation will provide the Department of Environ mental Protection with accurate information on water use, which will allow the department to make better decisions regarding drought restric tions. PLNA will continue to advocate for water management and consideration of the industry under drought situations with the new Depart ment of Environmental Protection in the coming year. Reed has been representing the company at the Farm Show for the last 13 years. “We get to see people that go to our dealerships and buy feed, so we can meet them and answer any questions that they might have on our products, and we also get prospects for our deal ers.” Besdes giving samples of pet food to passers-by, there will also be a sign-up for a free drawing on a handmade rocking horse at the booth. According to Reed, one of the mill supervisors will be present to answer questions about milling procedures. Also, dealers from the Harrisburg will be coming in Bill Reed Cargill Animal Nutrition Nutrena to help. There will be between two and three people in the booth every day, he said. “Over the last five years we have seen the number of people that were coming to the Farm Show change from the large com mercial customer to the small, family farm or equine person,” Reed said. This has been helpful to the poultry, rabbit, and equine aspects of the business. “Our clientele has changed from a bulk customer to a bag customer. We’re hoping that this year we’ll see the return of the large commercial user with the extended days plus the amount of large equipment that’s going to be demonstrated there,” said Reed. “With the emphasis put on getting the farmers to come up with the Farmer Days, we’re hoping that we’ll see some of our commercial customers come back.” With the return of larger-scale operators, Reed forsees perhaps bringing dairy consultants to the Farm Show to help the commer cial customers. 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