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Lancaster Farming • Section E • Saturday, March 1, 2003
Bmerages, Brazil, Farm Bill
Featured At Grain Conference
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU After the product was de-
Lancaster Farming Staff veloped and tested (a process
GRANTVILLE (Dauphin that took 15 months), it was
Co.) Even though snow still moved on to consumer testing,
has an icy grip on Pennsylva- The university’s football team
nia, producers couldn’t help was picked as the group of
thinking about spring planting consumers to try the product,
and next year’s crop as they After practice, researchers
gathered recently at the Holi- asked the players opinions of
day Inn in Grantville for the the drink, which resembles a
2003 Com and Soybean Con- chocolate milkshake, accord
ference. ing t 0 Bordi. “The players ac-
Top placings in the classes tually developed the drink
are in a related story on this they told us what they liked
P a B e - and didn’t like,” he said.
More than 100 producers By NCAA rules, the drink
and industry representatives could be no more than 30 per
attended the event sponsored cent protein. Pasteurized as
by the Pennsylvania Com Penn States Creamery, it has
Growers Association, the a shelf life of 30-45 days.
Pennsylvania Soybean Board, Besides taste> health bene .
and Penn State Cooperative p lts were a i so an important
Extension. p ar t of the project. Research-
Dr. Peter Bordi, assistant ers ga thered weight data,
professor, School of Hotel, measured dietary intake, and
Restaurant, and Recreation took blood and urine samples.
Management, Penn State, dis- They also asked the players to
cussed a soy recovery drink rate their pain on a numerical
developed on funds from scale
Pennsylvania Soybean Promo
tion Board grant
Five-Acre Corn Club Announces Contest Winners At Annual Conference
Kyle Henninger, left, won the shelled corn no-till
contest with 223.7 bushels per acre. With the win,
Henninger will go to the Commodity Classic in Char
lotte, N.C. Last year Henninger won first place in
both the Pennsylvania and national shelled corn no
till classes. Herman Manbeck, Womelsdorf, had a
third in the shelled corn no-till class.
Photo by Michelle Kunjappu
Light Bars Guide Crop Planting
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU their field equipment.
Lancaster Famine Staff TT . ~ , .... , ,
° •" Using the traditional foam
MILLERSTOWN (Perry mar k er ma y p ro ve to be chal-
Co.) Driving by sight and i en gi n g a t times, said Calvin
relying on disk marks and Eby, assistant service manager
foam will be a thing of the atH ooberlnc.
past for farmers who opt to
use digital technology to guide (Turn to Page E 4)
NCLUD
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rn Growers Association
RE CONTEST WINNERS
LANDISVILLE (Lancaster Co.) PCGA officers and board members gath
ered for a meeting at the Landisville Research Farm last August. Seated,
from left, are Russell McLucas, secretary; Guy Wagner, president; Jeff
Werner, vice president; and Greg Roth, executive secretary. Standing, from
left, are directors John Berry, Dan Wolf, Elwood Kyper, Steve Wenger, Jim
Hershey, Mike Kuhns, John Yocum, and Matt Antos. Photo by Dave Lefever
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
GRANTVILLE (Dauphin
Co.) The recent Pennsylva
nia Com and Soybean Confer
ence drew approximately 125
producers and industry repre
sentatives to a one-day event
conducted here at the Holiday
Inn.
MOVING OUR
INDUSTRY FORWARD
WITH PARTNERSHIPS
I do a lot of traveling
around the region and the
state, and I continue to hear
many producers and industry
folks ask what we need to be
doing to move our com and
grain industry ahead in Penn-
The Pennsylvania Corn
Growers Association (PCGA),
Pennsylvania Soybean Board,
and Penn State Cooperative
Extension sponsored the
event.
Contest results are also a
highlight of the conference.
There were 67 participants in
the Five-Acre Com Club con
NSYLVANIA MASTER
GROWERS ASSOCIATION
etween The Rows
Dr. Greg Roth
Agronomy Associate Professor
sylvania in these trying times.
I think we are starting to
make progress, but it’s diffi
cult to achieve much by work
ing alone.
Many of us believe that just
by working harder each day
we can accomplish our goals,
but I’m finding that by work
ing together in partnerships
tests, according to Greg Roth,
com management research,
and extension, Penn State.
In the three-year average
(2000-2002) classes, awards
went to:
Ear Com Class (3-year av
erage):
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among industry, university,
producers, and government,
we can achieve things that one
group cannot achieve alone.
I’ve seen numerous exam
ples of this starting to happen
in other regions and now
starting to happen in our in
dustry here in Pennsylvania as
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