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Offal Composting Meeting
BLOOMSBURG (Columbia
Co.) Small-scale slaughtering
operations and farmers interested
in learning more about compost
ing butchering waste will want to
attend a meeting Tuesday, June
24, at Gensemer’s Processing
near Bloomsburg. The meeting
will begin at 7 p.m.
Gensemer’s Processing has
been using composting as a
means to reduce the amount of
offal that needs to be sent for ren
dering. The composting process
not only reduces the volume of
waste but also creates a usable
product.
Participants will meet at Gen
semer’s for discussion on com
posting and to view the compost
Muck Crops Field Day June 16
CELERYVILLE, Ohio This
year’s Muck Crops Field Day will
be June 26 from 10 a.m. to noon
at the Ohio Agricultural Re
search and Development Cen
ter’s (OARDC) Muck Crops
Branch in Celeryville.
The 15-acre Muck Crops
Branch, two miles south of Will
ard on Rt. 103, lies in the heart of
Ohio’s salad vegetable industry.
There, rich muck soil (with 20
times more organic matter than
typical Ohio soil) yields excellent
produce.
The free field day is an excel
lent opportunity for commercial
vegetable farmers, crop advisers,
home gardeners and other partic
Farm Pasture
KIRKWOOD (Lancaster Co.)
On June 19, 10 a.m. - 1:30
p.m., there will hie a pasture walk
at the farm of Arden and Caro
lyn Landis, located at 667 Pusey
ville Rd, Kirkwood .(two miles
south of the Solanco Fairgrounds
at the junction of Rt. 472 and Pu
seyville Road).
The Landis family manages A
seasonal organic dairy with 90
cows'dn 120 acres. They have
High Pressure Produce Sprayers
Zimmerman’s manufactures several different model sprayers
designed for produce spraying. They are built for the small farmer
that cannot justify a large expensive sprayer. Trailer models are
available with a 200 or 300 gallon tank and 3pt hitch models with
a 110, 150, 200 or 300 gallon tank. The 25’ single sided boom
has 7’ plus clearance and requires a minimal amount of drive rows
because of the wide span. It also has a hydraulic cylinder that
allows the operator to level the boom from the tractor seat. A Hypro
high pressure diaphragm provides up to 290 p.s.i. and non-drip
nozzle bodies keep chemical loss minimal. Stop or call
Zimmerman’s today to see how we can help you with your spraying
needs and improve your profit margin.
Paul B. Zimmerman Inc. • 50 Woodcorner Rd. • Lltitz, PA 17543 • (717) 738-7350
system. Afterward, participants
will go to the nearby office of
Penn State Extension to view a
video from Cornell University re
garding composting of animal
mortality and butchering waste.
To get to Gensemer’s from I
-80, take Exit 236 Bloomsburg/
Lightstreet. Follow Rt. 487 north
for about a mile and turn right
onto Ridge Road. Go about a
quarter mile and Gensemer’s
Processing is on the right.
For more information on the
meeting contact Dave Hartman,
extension agent, at (570)
784-6660 or HYPERLINK
“mailto:dwh2@psu.edu”
dwh2@psu.edu.
ipants to get a taste of what Ohio
State University researchers are
doing to improve vegetable pro
duction in the area, said branch
manager Rick Callendar.
Some of these efforts have to
do with management practices,
such as improving pesticide ap
plication technology for peppers
and collards, studying planting
date effects on red lettuce colora
tion, and determining the right
spacing for optimum yield and
quality of cilantro.
For more information, contact
Rick Callendar at (419) 935-1201
or ca 11 endar .1 @ osu .
edu.
Walk June 19
been grazing for 10 years.
New this year, they are using
shades and have some Italian
ryegrass test plots on the farm.
Everyone interested in learning
more about grazing is invited.'
Please pack a lunch. The Landis'
family will provide drinks. *
For more information, contact
either the Lancaster County ex
tension office at (717) 394-6851
or the Landis family at (717)
529-6644.
Trailer or 3 Pt. Hitch Models
Well Drillers Pull Out Of Dairy Farm
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
Drillers searching for a new mu
nicipal water source on the Paul
B. Zimmerman dairy farm near
Ephrata apparently haven’t
found as much water as they’d
hoped for.
“It wasn’t enough to warrant
the cost of developing the well,”
said East Cocalico Water and
Sewer Authority Chairman S.
Eugene Heft. “The geologists call
the shots,” he added, but “it ap
pears there will be no further de
velopment of that well.”
Heft said the Zimmermans
would be reimbursed for damage
to their property.
The proposed well had
sparked controversy since Febru
ary, when the township staked an
alfalfa field on Zimmerman’s
80-acre farm along the Cocalico
Creek. The field was one of three
test drilling sites identified by
Lancaster-based Enviroscan Inc.
Zimmerman, fearing that a
new well would ruin the dairy he
operates with his son, Paul Jr.,
hired a Harrisburg attorney to
fight the project.
Friends and neighbors joined
in the outcry.
The township was hesitant to
seize the land by eminent domain
but argued that it needs to boost
water capacity to meet future
needs and ensure dependable
supplies for current residents.
Zimmerman later decided not
to seek an injunction to stop the
testing just off Garden Spot
Road. “We left them come in,”
he said.
Drillers arrived May 27 and
left June 4, according to Zimmer
man. He said testing revealed a
groundwater flow of 12 gallons
per minute, much less than the
100-gallon range preferred for
municipal use.
Heft said the flow was some
what greater, but not enough to
justify the expense of continuing.
Depending on treatment for ni
trates and water softening, he
noted, it costs $300,000 to
$400,000 to develop a municipal
well.
Dry holes are not unusual,
according to Heft.
“We found more water in the
other two wells,” he noted. The
township is waiting for a labora
Pennsylvania: 9,300
Dairy Families Strong
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.). Proclaiming June as
Dairy Month in the common
wealth, Gov. Ed Rendell early
this month encouraged Pennsyl
vanians to celebrate agriculture
and the dairy industry.
“Pennsylvania is proud of its
dairy industry and the important
contribution it makes to our
economy and the welfare of our
citizens,” Rendell said. “We sa
lute dairy farmers and their fami
lies for the strength and vitality
they bring to rural communities
throughout the commonwealth.”
Agriculture Secretary Dennis
Wolff added, “Today’s dairy
farmers must juggle many chal
lenges in order to succeed in
farming and make it a profitable
business. The lines between farm
ing, the environment, technology,
and science have grown increas
ingly blurred in recent years, and
farmers must understand all of
these things in order succeed at
their trade.
“As a dairy farmer, I under
stand the challenges facing the
industry, and I am happy to say
that Pennsylvania’s dairy farm
ers are meeting these challenges
with success. Our state’s dairy
farmers stand at the forefront of
the dairy industry and of agricul
ture,” Wolff said.
More than 9,300 families oper
ate dairy farms in the common
wealth. These families are stew
ards of 599,000 cows and oversee
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tory to test the quality of the
water before pursuing landowner
negotiations.
“This has been the most con
troversial issue we’ve had,” he
said of the Zimmerman well, but
it seems to have worked out for
both parties.
“Maybe it was meant to be.”
From a June 8 Lancaster
Sunday News report.
the production of 10.8 billion
pounds of milk annually ap
proximately 6.6 percent of the
nation’s mUk supply.
A leading agricultural enter
prise, the dairy industry
generates nearly $1.79 billion in
revenues for the state economy.
Pennsylvania continues to lead
the country in dairy products,
ranking fourth nationally in
milk, butter, and ice cream and
sixth in cheese production.
According to the USDA, each
person consumes an average of
29.8 pounds of cheese, 23.2 gal
lons of milk, and 32 quarts of ice
cream a year in the U.S.
Rich in calcium, potassium,
and nine essential nutrients,
dairy products help to better
manage your weight and reduce
the risk of high blood pressure,
osteoporosis, and certain cancers.
Nutritionists recommend eating
three nutrient-rich dairy foods
per day as part of a healthy diet.
As part of the “3-a-Day” allow
ance, the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture encourages
Pennsylvanians to enjoy our state
beverage milk and other dairy
choices such as cheese, yogurt,
and ice cream.
For more information on
Pennsylvania’s dairy industry,
please contact the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture at
(717)783-8462.
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