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‘Red Rower’ Gears Up For
Huge Tractor Convention
LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
BLOOMSBURG (Columbia
Co.) “Red Power” is gearing
up for what organizers call a
massive three-day event at
Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. June
26-28, may seem like a long time
away, but for Ben Trapani and
Frank Bartlow, the work for the
International Harvester (IH)
Roundup is moving full speed
ahead.
“IH stuff is coming from the
four comers of the U. 5.,” Trapa
ni said.
He expects that proud IH col
lectors will bring more than 1,000
red tractors to show off.
It doesn’t matter that tractors
International and Farmall pedal tractors comprise some
of the collection by Ben Trapani. A tour of a museum with
plenty of “Red Power” is scheduled during the 2003
Roundup, hosted by the International Harvester Collec
tors of Central Pennsylvania Chapter 17 on June 26-28 at
the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds.
COOL Hot Topic
At Cattle Feeder’s Day
MILLIE BUNTING
Market Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
“COOL” was the hot topic at
the Catthi feeder’s Day Tuesday
at the Farm and Home Center.
“What Is Country of Origin
Labeling (COOL)?” was sched
uled as the last topic on program
and it turned out to be the high
light of the day.
Program planners had request
ed a representative from the
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) to speak on COOL
and its relationship to mandatory
livestock identification and how
it will affect cattle feeders in
Pennsylvania. AMS is responsible
for implementing the program
mandated by the 2002 Farm Bill.
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are no longer manufactured
under the IH name. The fierce
competitiveness between devotees
of different colored tractors is in
tense.
Strong emotions persist for fol
lowers of each brand of tractors-,
“Red Power”
claims that red tractofs were far
advanced over Qth«*r Ctofored
brands. ifa* ‘ - '
“Betweca .more
than 400,000
300,000 Farmell M ntOOTs4Nere
sold compared to' orftyf'TOOO
models sold by their nearejrt com
petitor.” Trapani said.
Case IH has roots from 1831,
when Cyrus McCormick invent
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From the outset, (probably
knowing what he was in for),
William T. Sessions, associate
deputy administrator, Livestock
and Seed Program, USDA/AMS,
announced that he was “just the
messenger” and that his depart
ment will implement with full in
tent the Country of Origin Label
ing for the covered commodities
sold by retailers with an annual
invoice of over $250,000.
The covered commodities, Ses
sions noted, are beef (includes
veal), pork, lamb, fish, fresh or
frozen fruits and vegetables, and
peanuts. Excluded from the pro
gram are food service establish
ments, butcher shops, fish mar-
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Convention Recognizes Outstanding Growers
Dave Benner, wife Pam, center, and family of El Vista Orchards, Fairfield, were
honored as the state’s outstanding growers Tuesday evening at the awards ban
quet of the fylid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention in Hershey. See story page
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Temple Grandin Comes To Pa.
To Discuss Animal Handling
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
GRANTVILLE (Dauphin Co.)
Livestock handling expert Dr.
Temple Grandin presented her
thoughts about farm animal wel
fare during a conference this
week in Grantville.
The conference was sponsored
by the PennAg Industries Associ
ation and Pennsylvania Pork
Tulpohocken FFA took homo first place at Tuesday’s Pork Bowl conducted during a
Joint conference lit Qrantvllle. The team includes, from left, Jason Levan, Gwen Powers,
Amber Daub, Holly Myers, and coach Christine Williams. Photo by Mlchoilo Kunjmppu
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Producers Council, and drew 250
people.
The two groups conducted the
Animal HandlingAVelfare Con
ference and Keystone Pork Expo
and Trade Show Tuesday at the
Holiday Inn.
Besides several presenters, the
conference featured a youth Pork
Bowl and speaking contests.
“Animals and people are in a
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symbiotic relationship,” ex
plained Christine Keilett, direc
tor of the Penn State/Dickinson
Agricultural Law Research and
Education Center, Carlisle.
“Because of this symbiotic re
lationship, good care returns it
self in profit,” said Keilett.
“We are not the voting power
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