A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 12, 2003 Ohio Agriculture Director Orders Egg Farm To Close REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio Ohio Agriculture Director Fred L. Dailey ordered the closure of bams at Buckeye Egg Farm, re voking 12 permits and denying 11 others that allowed the farm to operate. This final action con cludes the proposed administra tive action Dailey initiated on Aug. 19, 2002, the day he began regulating Ohio’s largest live stock and poultry farms under state environmental law. “Today, I have ordered Buck eye Egg Farm to begin closing their bams within 20 business days,” said Dailey. “The pollu tion and nuisance problems caused by this farm during the last decade were intolerable. The sad legacy of mismanagement of Buckeye Egg Farm is rapidly coming to an end.” A hearing officer upheld Dai ley’s proposed action after listen ing to hundreds of hours of testi mony on the issue and researching state law. Dailey ordered Buckeye Egg Farm to begin closing two bams a week starting with the Mar seilles facilities in Wyandot County. The next facility ordered closed is the Croton farms in Licking County, beginning with Layer Site No. 2, followed by Layer Site No. 1, the pullet sites, breeder site, hatchery, and re maining layer sites. The third fa cility ordered closed is the Go Rendell Releases $7.9 Million To Del Val DOYLESTOWN (Bucks Co.) Governor Edward G. Rendell was represented by Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Dennis C. Wolff at Delaware Valley Col lege, where the administration announced a grant of $7.9 million to the college. The grant will be used to com plete a new Biotechnology Re search Center, to be located at the Doylestown campus. The capital for this project was previ ously released by former Gov. Schweiker. “This grant of critical capital development dollars, which will create at least 110 new jobs, is a perfect example of the type of targeted investment we must make as a state if we are going to turn our economy around,'’ said Rendell. “It is absolutely essential that we use the limited funding that we have, especially in the face of a grim fiscal situation, to have the greatest possible impact Sixteen new dairy farms have been chosen as Dairies of Distinction in Pennsylvania this year. Be sure to check out these picturesque and well-managed farmsteads in Lancaster Farming’s Dairy of Distinction issue July 26. Each farm will be shown m full color with a write-up describing the family and dairy operation. Dairy of ■ Distinction shen farm located in Hardin County. The final facility ordered closed is the Mt. Victory bams, also located in Hardin County. The order states all bam clos ings should be complete by June 1, 2004, and all manure must be removed no later than September 1, 2004. Closing barns includes removing all birds; cleaning and removing feed from feed bins and feed conveyor lines; and draining all water lines and shutting off afi water service. Buckeye Egg Farm may appeal Dailey’s final order to the Environmental Review Appeals Commission within 30 days. “I am disappointed that this closure will likely cost jobs and income for maay family farmers and other residents of rural Cen tral Ohio,” Dailey said. “This ex treme action is warranted after nine contempt citations and a history of significant non-compli ance with environmental laws. Most Ohio farmers are good stewards of their land and live stock. Thousands of family farm ers and ag-related businesses de pend on the success of the state’s poultry and livestock farms.” Dailey added: “I am confident this farm’s facilities can be assets to their communities if properly managed. If a prospective new owner provides us with a com plete, comprehensive plan under the new rules, this department on the lives of Pennsylvanians. I am certain that this grant will help accomplish that goal.” The development of the Bio technology Research Center, through a partnership between Delaware Valley College and the Hepatitis B Foundation, will have a significant impact on the local, regional and state econo mies. The center, which will in crease student enrollment and educational opportunities, will work to attract and retain high technology companies and the jobs that accompany such busi ness to Pennsylvania. 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So far, we have permit applications from pro spective new owners for all of the Buckeye Egg Farm facilities, but none are complete under the law.” Dailey promised to continue the advances made by the depart ment’s new program for permit ting large livestock and poultry farms. In nearly one year, ODA’s Livestock Environmental Permit ting Program has issued 17 final permits to install and permits to operate, six draft permits are in or near the public comment phase, and 25 permit applica tions are in the review process. The authority to regulate farms with more than 1,000 ani mal units was given to ODA under S.B. 141, signed into law in December 2000 by Governor Bob Taft. On Aug. 19, 2002, the ODA Livestock Environmental Permit ting Program began implement ing rules governing construction for all new and existing large livestock and poultry farms; all aspects of manure storage, han dling, transportation, and land application by these farms; the farms’ plans for insect and ro dent control; and compliance and enforcement procedures. “We now have one of the most progressive programs in the country for preventing environ mental and nuisance problems while fostering jobs and growth for rural Ohio,” Dailey said. sciences sectors play a major role in the Pennsylvania economy, and the development of this Center will strengthen and en hance the workforce that contributes to these sectors and the economic condi tions of this region and state. On March 25, Gov. Ren dell delivered an historic speech to a joint session of the Pennsylvania Legisla ture in which he outlined his Plan for a New Penn sylvania. The Governor’s Plan calls for the reduction of property taxes in each of our state’s 501 school dis tricts, unprecedented levels of education funding, and an economic stimulus package that will have an economic impact of greater than $5 billion. FFA Dairy Team Places First ALFRED, N.Y. - A team of Mifflinburg FFA mem bers recently traveled to here to compete in the An nual Diary Judging Conference at the Farm Labora tory of the State University of New York in Alfred. The team of Ginger Spangler, Joshua Moser, Alicia Spangler, and Troy Martin earned first-place honors in the FFA Division. During the day, each member judged six classes of milking and young cattle from the Holstein, Ayrshire, and Jersey breeds. Besides class placings, they are also scored on their ability to answer questions about the animals once the ani mals were no longer visible. Following each class, the official judge would give his reasons for the plac ings and answer questions. 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