f 335 High School Students To Compete In Penn State Envirothon BEDFORD (Bedford Co.) The 20th Pennsylvania State Enviro thon will take place at Penn State Mont Alto, near Chambersburg, Franklin County, Monday and Tuesday, May 19 and 20. Approximately 335 high school students will compete in the areas of aquatics, forestry, soil and land use, wildlife, and current environ mental issues. The environmental issue for this year’s event is Farm land Preservation and-Conservation. County conservation districts from 67 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are expected to sponsor teams to this year’s competition. The county representatives will qualify for the statewide event by winning local Envirothon events involving over 15,000 youth from nearly 500 high schools across the Commonwealth. Monday, May 19, teams will have the opportunity to participate in an Oral Component event as part of the Pennsylvania State Enviro thon. At this time the oral component is voluntary; therefore, scores from this segment of the event will not be included in the team’s over all score. Separate awards will be given to the top ten oral component teams. The station tests will take place on Tuesday, May 20. The Pennsylvania Envirothon along with its partners The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pa. Fish and Boat Commis sion, Pa. Game Commission, Pa. DCNR Bureau of Forestry and State Parks, the Pa. Department of Environmental Protection, and the Pa. Department of Agriculture assure the continued success of the pro gram. These committed partners provide educational reference mater ials for over 700 participating high school teams as well as technical expertise, knowledge, and manpower at not only the state event but also at 66 county events. Pennsylvania’s sixty-six county conservation districts, the State Conservation Commission and the Pennsylva nia Association of Conservation Districts spon sor the Envirothon program. Special project funding from the State Con servation Commission enabled the program to become established statewide in 1984. Corporate sponsorship continues to allow the Pa. Enviro thon Board of Directors to ensure a quality event for all those who participate. The pro gram’s first corporate sponsor was the Hershey Foods Corporation from 1992-1997. In 1997 the program secured corporate spon sorship from Air Products and Chemicals Inc. and the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Associa tion. In 1999, the Pennsylvania Power and Light (PPL) Company became a sponsor. This year, the Nestle Water North America Inc. has joined the Envirothon as a corporate sponsor. Pennsylvania’s Growing Greener grant pro gram has enabled the Envirothon to upgrade its website, develop and purchase education and outreach resources and tools as well as sustain the program. Sponsors and partners of the program will present awards to the top ten teams. Station awards are also presented to the teams with the highest score in a specific area. The winning team will represent Pennsylva nia at the 2003 Canon Envirothon, which will take place in Emmitsburg, Md., on July 26-Aug. 1, on the campus of Mt. Saint Mary’s College. The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission and the Pennsylvania Game Commission provide grant funding to cover transportation and lodg ing for the five-member team and its advisors Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Asks PMMB for Premium Hearing CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.) The Penn sylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) has petitioned the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board (PMMB) to conduct a hearing regarding the continuation of the over-order premium for Class I (fluid) milk. Currently, the over-order premium is set at $1.55 per hundred pounds of milk. This repre sents a $1.40 premium, along with an extra 15 cents fuel adjustment. The premium is set to ex pire on June 30. “We hope the board will schedule a hearing date in the near future, which would allow them sufficient time to consider and act upon the pricing issue before June 30,” said PFB Presi dent Guy F. Donaldson. “We know farmers continue to experience historically low prices and we would expect the board to consider continuing the premium at some level for the remainder of 2003,” said Don aldson. Since 1988, PMMB has mandated an over order premium be added to federal order prices for Class 1 (fluid) milk produced, processed and sold within Pennsylvania’s borders. caution that most of the variation in Class 111 prices over the last 10 years was as a result of big swings in milk production levels. Demand steadily increased be cause of strong growth in the U.S. economy. That is not the case now, because the economy is much weaker. Hence my conser vative estimates. What the market is looking for is some response in the milk sup ply to low milk prices. This would be a leveling off or reduc tion in the number of cows on farms. I have a number of con tacts in the West who tell me that the month-after-month growth in cow numbers in the western half of the U.S. will begin to slow. Most have maxed out their cow facilities and milk production per cow. Others are facing steep losses, and financing for further expansions just may not be there. UPJk From Left; Kirk, Scott, Joel, Betty & Roy Hetrick Designed and Constructed by Triple H Construction, Ephrata, PA Directions: Take Route 422 to Route 419. Turn north on 419 to the second road on the right which is Bernville/Christmas Village Road. Go the Host Church Road. Go 1/2 mile to the first road right, which is Hetrick Road. Go 1/4 mile to the job site on the left. The farm lane enters at the sharp turn. FEATURING: ■ (2) 94' x 640 4 row fr eestall barns ■ HOPE 2 stage lined lagoon ■ Flush system by Agpro ■ 48 Stall rotary parlor ■ Direct load into milk tankers ■ 64 x 132' parlor & holding area ■ 91' x 224' special needs barn VENDORS: ■ Monsanto ■ Albers Equipment ■ Kathy Barry Nationwide ■ Genex Insurance ■ Land O' Lakes ■ Sturdy Built ■ Willow Creek Veterinary Asso 4BL TRIPLE H Mountain View Supply, P Ynr 717-738-2142 ====== 800-874-7531 • 800-TRIPLE-1 am mno ¥¥ . www.lVipleHConst.com 5104 Old Rt. 22 • Hamburg, PA 19526 430 Springville Road * Ephrata, PA 17522 (SI (I. Aft ft. 1 A2R (wisnwu*) Custom Builders of Dairy, Storage, a Commercial Buildings v “ * V»fiP [sunEti PJ alifirst A Division of Manufacturers and Trade? s Trust Comoanv John W. Risser, Lancaster 717-560-3175 Wayne A. Steinour, Hanover 717-630-4539 Weekly Dairy Market Outlook (Continued from Page Al 6) Another factor that could real ly help is for the economy to show signs of improvement. The recent Coalition successes in Iraq will go a long way to improve - consumer confidence, eradicate some of the terrorist threats that many would-be travelers face, and help Wall Street get back on its feet. Hopefully consumers will feel better about their lives and begin to spend more. A stronger economy will very likely translate into stronger spending on dairy products. So, as you tear open you milk checks and look at the bottom line, remember, things will be im proving. It’s just a matter of how much milk prices will strengthen by the fall. My estimate of a Class Here’s something Lancaster Farming sub- -jSak, scribers have been waiting for: the 2003 Lancaster Farming Fair Guide booklet, sched- Xgpp’ uled to premier May 24. Thousands of our readers count on Lancaster Farming to provide V them with the latest fair news during the summer and fall season. You can look toward the fairs with this exten sive directory, covering an eight-state region. Planned is a list of fairs and fair association news. Will photos of your family turn up in the book from fairs around the region? Check it out! yjjuujj) Leroy Schannauer Plumbing & Heating 1919 Old Lancaster Pike Sinking Springs, PA 19608 610-777-0304 HETRICKDALE FARMS Berks County, Bernville, PA Tuesday, April 29, 2003 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM 900 head Dairy Facility expanded to 1200 head ? v 11l price peak of $ll-$l2 per CWT will be achievable if we have some reduction in cow num bers and a slight improvement m the economic outlook. Next week I'll be reporting to you from Moldova, a tiny coun try sandwiched between Roma nia and Ukraine. I’ll be doing some volunteer work there with a small dairy cooperative through the Citizen's Network for Foreign Affairs. If the technology works, I should be able to update my Website from the capital city of Moldova. t m f i * l3 ; ■'