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addressed the audience about
what is happening at the agricul
ture department.
Wolff spoke about his “Har
vest Tour,” which began last
Thursday.
“No matter what part of Penn
sylvania you go to, it becomes
very obvious how important agri
culture is to the state economy,”
said Wolff.
Wolff also touched upon sever
al new initiatives the agriculture
department is working on.
To help increase awareness to
Pennsylvania agriculture prod
ucts, Wolff announced the plans
for “Pennsylvania Preferred,” to
be unveiled at the time of the
2004 Farm Show.
“It is a way that will be brand
ing our products that are pro
duced here in Pennsylvania,”
said Wolff. “So when these prod
ucts go to the marketplace, con
sumers will have the option to
buy locally and support local ag
riculture.”
Wolff continued to say that
this program will include the en
tire cross section of the food sup
ply, landscape and nursery in
dustry, and hardwood industry.
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that are grown, produced, and
processed in Pennsylvania will
have the opportunity to be in this
program,’ said Wolff.
Wolff also reviewed several ed
ucation, dairy industry, agribusi
ness, and environmental initia
tives the agriculture department
has been developing.
“The Department of Agricul
ture is taking a little different
role than it has in previous
years,” said Wolff in regards to
his departmental initiatives.
Wolff also stated Gov. Ed Ren
dell administration’s commit
ment to agriculture and aware
ness of agriculture’s importance
to economic development.
“When you think of every dol
lar of farm revenue turning into
$lO of gross revenue in the state,”
said Wolff, “that’s phenomenal.”
Wolffs comments follow up
Rendell’s address last Friday
where the governor spoke about
several administration priorities
such as property taxes and the
opening of the Small Business
First Loans and Machinery and
Equipment Loan Funds to agri
culture. Additionally, the gover
nor said he opened the First In
dustry Fund to both agriculture
and tourism.
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service director, praised the audi
ence for the excellent response
for the statewide,service project.
This year’s project was a clothing
drive for The Career Wardrobe,
an organization that assists eco
nomically disadvantaged women
trying to transition from welfare
programs to work.
Grange members donated
more than 1,000 items in job-in
terview-appropriate women’s
clothing.
Steele also recognized several
Granges for their outstanding
work in community service for
2003. Winning in the Pomona
Grange category was Montour/
Northumberland/Union Pomona
Grange; in the local grange cat
egory under 75 members, Elk
land Grange; and in the over 75
category, Perry Valley Grange.
Carl Meiss, state public rela
tions and membership director,
commended the local Granges
for an excellent year in new
memberships and thanked them
for their hard work as he pres
ented the membership awards.
Meiss also said that October
brought a record high in monthly
new membership in a recent his
tory and gave special recognition
to Middletown Grange in Berks
County for 47 new members in
October.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 1,2003-A27
PDMP Meeting To Focus
On Improving Forages
UNIVERSITY PARK, (Centre
Co.) “Growing Forages for
Milk and Money” is the topic of
the next Professional Dairy Man
agers of Pennsylvania (PDMP)
membership meeting scheduled
Nov. 13 at Paul Dotterer and
Sons, Inc., in Mill Hall, Clinton
County.
PDMP, along with hosts Larry
and John Dotterer, invite pro
ducers and agribusiness represen
tatives from across the state to
join PDMP members for a day
filled with information and fel
lowship.
Dr. Randy Shaver, professor of
dairy science, University of Wis
cofisin-Madison, will offer the
keynote presentation: “Growing
Forages for Milk and Money.”
Shaver was bom and raised on
a western Pennsylvania dairy
farm. He completed a B.S. degree
in dairy science at Penn State in
1981, received a master’s degree
at the University of Maryland in
1982, and a doctorate degree at
the University of Wisconsin-
Madison in 1986.
Shaver’s research focuses on
applied nutrition of lactating
dairy cattle with emphasis on
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carbohydrates, forages, and B-vi
tamins. He has been a speaker at
numerous dairy conferences
around the world, and has au
thored or coauthored 41 peer-re
view journal publications, 71 sci
entific abstracts, and more than
60 popular-press articles in in
dustry trade magazines. He has
received several awards for re
search and teaching excellence,
including the 1991 Educator of
the Year Award from the Wis
consin Forage Council.
The day will also feature work
shops and tours, including a pre
sentation on feedbunk manage
ment by Dr. Shaver. Sarah Roth
of Dairy Alliance will host a dis
play on Penn State services for
custom operators. Participants
will tour the Dotterers’ special
needs and parlor areas and their
TMR operations.
Meeting sponsors are Ag-
Choice Farm Credit, Land
O’Lakes, Pennfield, Pioneer, and
Purina.
The meeting will begin at 8:45
a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m. Cost
to attend is $lO for PDMP mem
bers, and $5O for non-members.
A catered luncheon is included.
Registration is required in ad
vance. To pre-register, contact
Michele Moyer toll free at (888)
373-7232 or by e-mail at
mcml4@psu.edu.