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
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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. The college
expects that the center will di
rectly create 110 new, high-quali
ty jobs, and approximately 300
jobs including the impact of the
center on the local economy. Ad
ditionally, the center estimates
that the project will generate
$14.0 million in state tax revenue
over a five-year period.
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will consider it. 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.
Individually, Ginger Spangler placed second, Josh
Moser fourth, Alicia Spangler eighth, and Troy Martin
10th.
| From left, Ginger Spangler, Troy Martin, Joshua
Miser, and Alicia Spangler, f’ 1 ;
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