A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 31,2003 Lebanon County 4-H members, from left, Susan Leed, Meredith Zackey, and Rachael Phillips are presented scholarships by Laura Jean Watson, chairperson of the Lebanon County 4-H board of directors. Penn-Mar Ethanol Picks Plant Site BAINBRIDGE (Lancaster Co.) Planners of a new ethanol facility in southcentral Pennsylvania recently reached a purchase agreement for a 65 acre site adjacent to Lancaster County’s solid waste incinerator in the western part of the county along the Susquehanna River.. The Lancaster County Solid Waste Authority approved a $25,000 pur chase option with Penn-Mar Ethanol, giving the company a year to pur chase the property for $2.7 million. Penn-Mar hopes to break ground early next year for an $BO million fa cility that would convert com into about 50 million gallons of ethanol per year. The Conoy Township site was cho sen after consideration of several lo cations in Adams, Lancaster, and York counties. The site’s proximity to Norfolk Southern Rail lines would allow com from the Midwest to be delivered to the facility by train. Penn-Mar Ethanol includes about 50 farmer and agribusiness investors from Pennsylvania and Maryland. Whether the plant gets built may hinge on whether Conoy Township supervisors rezone the farmland along the Susquehanna River to ac commodate the project. The chairman of the supervisors, Stephen Mohr, has indicated that the township was agreeable. But Mohr USD A Revises Bioenergy Program WASHINGTON, D.C. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman recently an nounced key revisions to the Bioenergy Program to expand industrial consump tion of agricultural commodities by promoting their use in the production of ethanol and biodiesel. n Veneman also announced that sign up for the program was scheduled to begin May 7 and end June 6. Output of both products beginning Oct. 1, 2002 will be eligible for payments this fiscal year. said he first wanted to spend a day at an existing ethanol plant and talk candidly to workers and neighbors. James Warner, executive director of the waste authority, said a trip to a new Madison, Wis., ethanol plant is being arranged for late June. Mohr said he has fielded no con cerns about the project from resi dents and has gotten encouraging comments from several local farmers and farm-business officials. “If this ethanol plant proves to have the same type of community re sponse and awareness, and is as com munity-friendly as the incinerator, there will be no problems,” Mohr said. Scott Welsh, Penn-Mar project manager, said the company would be submitting land-use applications to Conoy Township within days and would begin detailed analysis of the site to make sure it is suitable. The company would like to break ground in early 2004. Construction would take 12-15 months, Welsh said. The authority’s Warner em phasized this morning that the ulti mate say on whether the project be comes a reality is a “local land-use issue” that rests with Conoy supervi sors. Water and electricity generated at the incinerator could be sold to the ethanol plant, Warner said. Under the program, the secretary of agriculture makes payments through the Commodity Credit Corporation to eligi ble producers to encourage increased purchases of eligible commodities (ener gy feedstocks) for the purpose of ex panding production of bioenergy and supporting new production capacity. Payments to eligible producers are based on the increase in quantity of bioenergy they produce during a fiscal year over the quantity they produced during the preceding fiscal year. Some Models Cut and Mix Hay Lebanon County Awards 4-H Scholarships LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) Three Lebanon County 4-H members were awarded $l,OOO scholarships recently by the Leb anon County 4-H board of direc tors. Susan Leed, Rachael Phillips, and Meredith Zackey were select ed based on their 4-H experience, community involvement, and ac ademic achievement. This is the ninth year the scholarships have been awarded. This year’s winners are: • Susan Leed, daughter of Robert and Nancy Leed, Myers town. She will be a freshman at West Virginia University major ing in forensic science. A member of the 4-H Sheep and Swine Clubs, Susan has participated in the 4-H program for the past 10 years. She has exhibited her proj ects at the Lebanon Area Fair, Farm Show, and the Keystone International Livestock Exposi- The ethanol plant would use local and shipped-in com from the Mid west to produce ethanol, which is in growing demand as a gasoline addi tive. The distillation process also would produce carbon dioxide that could be sold to bottling companies and leftover high-quality grain that could be marketed as a premium feed for livestock. The Penn-Mar facility would pro duce 50 million gallons of ethanol a year for eastern markets. Ethanol production has become a boon for strapped com producers and is now the third-largest use of com in the U.S. Once built, the plant would need 30 to 35 workers to operate it. The complex would have about 20 acres of buildings. The grain storage tanks and elevator would be the tall est structures, at 150 to 175 feet. The agreement gives the authority the option of re-purchasing the prop erty if an ethanol plant is not built. The authority also could refuse to sell the property if it is determined that air emissions from the ethanol plant would preclude the authority under state and federal pollution limits from expanding the inciner ator some day. Warner stressed that he did not think the plant’s emissions would im pact the incinerator. From a Lancaster New Era re- port. m o - 0 0^ stationary Building T.M.R. Mixers wxers S/nce 1981 4tSSk -R/SSLER } m MIXERS & FEEDERS "* 800-436-5623 717-484-0551 Producers wishing to enroll in the program should obtain a Bioenergy Pro gram Agreement, Form CCC 850, (Agreement), a Bioenergy Program An nual Production Information Form CCC-850 Supplement, and related in structions from either the Kansas City Commodity Office, Contract Reconcilia tion Division, P.O. Box 419205, STOP 8758, Kansas City, MO 64141 6205, tele phone (816) 926-6525; or via the Intern et at www.fsa.usda.gov/daco/. Addition al terms and conditions are available in the applicable regulations. Models from 55 to 490 cu. ft. mixing capacity ... • PROVEN RUGGED • PROVEN EFFICIENT • PROVEN ECONOMICAL tion. A senior at Elco High School, Susan is a member of the National Honor Society, Elco FFA, Girl Scouts, and her church youth group. • Rachael Phillips, daughter of Terry and Kathy Phillips, Palmyra. She will be a freshman at Penn State University major ing in science. A member of the Hoof and Homs 4-H Club, Ra chael has been an active 4-H member for 10 years holding sev eral offices and serving on nu merous committees in her club. Rachael has excelled in the 4-H horse project area and partici pated in many club community service projects. A senior at Palmyra Area High School, Ra chael is a member of the National Honor Society, Envirothon Team and Tri-M Music Honors Society. • Meredith Zackey, daughter of Leslie and Catherine Zackey, Lebanon. She will be a freshman at Haverford University majoring Pork Checkoff To Showcase Activities At World Pork Expo DES MOINES, lowa The Pork Checkoff will showcase ac tivities at World Pork Expo, scheduled June 5-7 at the lowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. “Pork producers will want to visit the Pork Checkoff Showcase to leant more about programs funded through the Pork Check off, sample free food, and register for prizes,” said Hugh Dorminy, a pork producer from Russel lville, Ark., president of the Na tional Pork Board. Every 45 minutes, pork pro ducers can enter the Pork Check offs air-conditioned theater, where they can view a video of the Pork Checkoff in action on the big screen, then proceed to the open-air Checkoff Cafe where they can sample pork pro vided by a co-marketing partner in foodservice promotions. In the past, Culver’s has provided sam ples of their pork tenderloin product. Within the Pork Checkoff Showcase, pork producers can learn more about activities funded by the Pork Checkoff, in cluding: • Demand-enhancing pro grams, including Celebrated in liberal arts. A member of the 4-H Friends Club, Meredith has been an active 4-H member for six years participating in numer ous community service projects with her club and completing 4-H projects in clothing and textiles, quilting, cross-stitch, ceramics, and foods and nutrition. A senior at Cedar Crest High School, Meredith is a member of the Na tional Honor Society, Varsity Quiz Bowl Team, French Club, the music program and Hershey Symphony Orchestra. Each 4-H member received a $l,OOO check and a certificate from the Lebanon County 4-H Trust Fund. Youth between the ages of 8 and 18 are eligible to be come members of the 4-H pro gram. 4-H offers a wide variety of “leam-by-doing” projects and ac tivities. For more information, contact the Lebanon County Co operative Extension Office at (717) 270-4391. Chefs, foreign market develop ment, food service marketing, re tail marketing, advertising and consumer information programs of the Pork Information Bureau. • Environment information programs, including Comprehen sive Nutrient Management Pro gram (CNMP) video and pic tures, Environmental Stewards video and pictures, and results of Checkoff-funded research. • Producer communications research and information pro grams. • Science-based research and programs, including swine health, animal welfare, and pork safety as well as a demonstration of a hoop building. In addition to the Showcase, the Pork Checkoff is sponsoring other events at World Pork Expo, including the Big Grill, the Great Pork BarbeQlossal™ contest and Educational Seminars. Also, the Pork Checkoff will provide the Producers Opportunity for Reve nue and Knowledge (PORK) Academy June 4. For more information, contact World Pork Expo; P.O. Box 10383, Des Moines, IA 50306, (847) 838-6772. 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