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Vol. 48 No. 37
New FFA President Steps
Into FFA’s ‘Legacy’
CHARLENE M. SHUPP
Special Correspondent
BLOOMSBURG (Columbia
Co.) With only a few weeks
under his belt as the 2003-2004
Pennsylvania State FFA presi
New State FFA President Eric Rubenstein visited the IH Red Power Roundup recently
at the Bioomsburg Fairgrounds. Photo by Charlene Shupp, special correspondent
Summer Ag Ed Conference Draws Instructors From East Coast
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
DOYLESTOWN (Bucks Co.)
Teachers had a chance to be
the students at this week’s Sum
mer Ag Ed Conference, an event
conducted Monday through
Wednesday here at Delaware
Valley College.
Dairy breed junior champion lineup at the Mason-Dixon Fair this week. From left,
Cam Davis, judge; Heather Crawl, Milking Shorthorn; Erin Magness, Holstein (also su
preme champion); Lisa Jones, Brown Swiss; Shawn Gill, Ayrshire; Jamey Kniseiy, Jer
sey; Kelly Vaughan, Guernsey; and Megan Heath, Mason-Dixon Fair queen. See story
pageA2l. Photo by Dave Lefever
www.lancasterfarming.com
dent, Eric Rubenstein is excited
and ready to lead the Pennsylva
nia FFA along with the state offi
cer team.
The son of Doug and Linda
Rubenstein of Bloomsburg, Co
Besides attending in-depth ses
sions to receive lesson plans and
research materials, teachers par
ticipated in activities that in
cluded a trade show and educa
tional exhibits or tours of the
college and areas of interest in
the Doylestown area.
Representatives of state associ
Four Sections
lumbia County, Eric is a gradu
ate of Danville Area High School
and member of the Danville FFA
Chapter. When speaking with
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ations also attended business ses
sions.
The conference was hosted by
Region VI of the National Asso
ciation of Agriculture Educators
(NAAE). Region Six co-hosted
the event with the national or
ganization, which is broken up
into six regions.
Saturday, July 12, 2003
Quality hay production is the focus of this issue of
the Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council’s
Foraging Around newsletter in Lancaster Farming
Section C. Included in the special section: Project
Grass youth contest coverage, conservation updates,
and advice for graziers.
Other state ag education asso
ciations, along with the Pennsyl
vania FFA and Pennsylvania
Young Farmer’s Association, also
participated in the conference.
The conference drew about 300
attendees. Eleven state FFA offi
cers were joined by Del Val stu
dents, who also helped at the
U.S. Court Upholds Ruling;
Beef Act ‘Unconstitutional’
MILLIE BUNTING
Market Staff
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Strike
another blow against the beef
checkoff.
On Tuesday, the Bth Circuit
(for South Dakota) U.S. Court of
Appeals ruled against the Secre
tary of Agriculture, the Cattle
men’s Beef and Research Board,
the Nebraska Cattlemen, Inc.
and a few individuals, declaring
the District Court “did not err in
holding that the Beef Act and the
Beef Order are unconstitutional
and unenforceable.”
The Livestock Marketing Asso
ciation (LMA), the Western Or
ganization of Resource Councils,
and several individual beef pro
ducers had sued and won a deci
sion last June 2002 that the beef
checkoff was unconstitutional on
first amendment grounds.
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conference, in addition to 18 pre
senters. A delegation of 31 county
agents and ag teachers from
North Carolina, who came for a
day to visit Pennsylvania, also
participated in the conference.
One hundred of the attendees
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In the ruling Tuesday, the Ap
peals Court noted that “the gov
ernment’s interest in protecting
the welfare of the beef industry
Inside
The Farmer
✓ Penn State Agronomy-
Industry Field Day page
A 43.
✓ Mason-Dixon Fair
coverage page A2l.
✓ No-Till Field Day
page A3B.
✓ Lancaster DHIA page
818.
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