A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday,
♦ Farm Calendar ♦
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Beef Quality Assurance Program,
Fayette, Greene, Somerset
counties, Fayette County Fair
grounds, Dunbar, 6:30 p.m.,
(717) 939-7000.
Watershed Allianco of York Fall
Watershed Forum, York
County Annex, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.,
(717) 840-7430.
Thursday, November 6
Maryland Pasture Walk,
Brownsville, Md.
Southeast Pennsylvania poinset
tia and pansy trials with semi
nars, Delaware Valley College,
Doylestown, (610) 690-7676.
Nutrient Management Plan Re
view Workshop, PDA Build
ing, Room 202, 9 a.m.-3:30
p.m.
Berks County Farm-City Ban
quet, Sheraton Reading, 5:45
p.m.
Grain Marketing Meeting, Dutch
Family Restaurant, Mill
ington, Md., 7 a.m., (410)
778-9075.
Franklin County Master Garden
ers Meeting, Penn State Ex
tension Office, Chambersburg,
(717) 263-9226.
Business Skills Seminar, Holiday
Inn Conference Center, Fogel
sville, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., (814)
865-4700.
Pa. Beef Quality Assurance Pro
gram, Cambria, Blair, Indiana
counties, Cambria County ex
tension office, Ebensburg, 6:30
p.m., (717) 939-7000.
N.Y. New Farmer Workshop,
first in series of 8, Crandall
Public Library, Glens Falls,
N.Y., 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Tioga County Ag Banquet, Tioga
Fairgrounds, 7 p.m., .(570)
724-9120.
Mercer County Cooperative Ex
tension Annual Meeting, Firth
Learning Center, Mercer, 7
p.m., (724) 662-3141.
Maryland Ag Education Founda
tion Annual Banquet, Mi
chael’s Bth Avenue, Glen
Bumie, Md., 6 p.m., (410)
939-9030.
(814) 863-0831.
Penn State Dairymen’s Club An
nual meeting, Celebration
Hall, State College, (607)
739-8820.
York County Extension Annual
‘ Meeting, York County 4-H
Center, 6 p.m.
Eastern 4-H Nationals, Louis
ville, Ky., thru Nov. 9.
Nittany Lion Holstein
Fall Classic Sale,
Penn State Ag
Arena, State Col
lege, 11 a.m.
30th Annual North
American Interna
tional Livestock
Expo, Louisville,
Ky., ( 5 0 2 )
367-5000.
National Small Farm
Trade Show and
Conference, Boone
County Fair
grounds, Columbia,
Mo., ( 8 00 )
633-2535.
Lebanon Lancaster
County Watershed
Forum, Acorn
Farms Reception
and Conference
Center, Manheim/
Mount Joy exit of
Rt. 283, (717)
272-3908, ext. 4.
Susquehanna County
Master Gardeners
Classes on Com
posting, 9 a.m. and
Siimiitiiiitii
November 1,2003
11 a.m., County Office Build
ing, 278-1158.
LMA-VACC Sale, Middleburg
Livestock Auction, Middle
burg, (570) 837-2222.
Sunday, November 9
Cornell Executive Dairy Pro
gram, Sheraton Hotel and
Conference Center, Syracuse,
thru Nov. 13, (607) 255-4478.
Monday, November 10
Custom Operators Workshop,
Bradford County Extension
office, Towanda, 10 a.m.-2
p.m., (570) 265-2896.
Poultry Management and Health
Seminar, Kreider’s Restau
rant, Manheim, noon, (814)
865-3411.
Environmental Quality and Agri
culture Conference, Down
town Marriott, De Moines,
lowa, thru Nov. 12.
Tuesday, November 11
N.Y. Workshop Cheese Making
at Sprout Creek Farm, Pough
keepsie, N.Y., thru Nov. 13,
(518) 271-0744.
Woodland Owners of South Alle-
ghenies meeting on deer man
agement issues, Apple Bin
Restaurant, New Paris, 6 p.m.,
(814) 623-7399.
Pa. Association of County Agri
cultural Agents Fall meeting,
Penn State Days Inn, State
College, thru Nov. 12.
Pa. White-Tailed Deer, Brad
ford-Sullivan Forest Land
owners’ Association, Wysox
Fire Hall, 7 p.m., (570)
746-1814.
Wednesday, November 12
Power Expo 2003, Landscape and
Turf Nursery Power Equip
ment, Farm Show Complex,
Harrisburg, thru Nov. 13,
(610) 544-5775.
Lancaster Farmland Trust Annu
al Dinner, Quality Inn and
Suites, Oregon Pike, Lancas
ter, 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., (717)
293-0707.
N.Y. Level Agricultural Entre
preneur Training, 10-week
course in Maryland, Carroll
County Community College,
Westminster, Md., 6:30 p.m.-
9:30 p.m., (410) 313-6500. Also
Nov. 19, Dec. 3, Dec. 10, Dec.
17.
Woodland Owners of Centre
County, Foxdale Village Meet
ing Room, State College, (814)
625-2741.
Advanced Kiln Drying of Lum
ber Workshop, (814) 865-7544.
Setting Up Your Tree Farm Op
eration, Southwest Pa. Wood
land Owners Association,
Courthouse Square Building,
Washington, 7 p.m., (724)
627-6624.
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Carroll County Maryland Master
Gardeners Program on Rose
Care, Ag Center, Westminster,
7:30 p.m„ (410) 386-2760.
Thursday, November 13
PDMP “Growing Forages for
Milk Money,” Paul Dotterer
and Sons, Mill Hall, 8:45 a.m.-
3 p.m., (717) 375-2639.
Ag Issues Forum Breakfast,
Kreider’s Restaurant, Man
heim, (717) 627-0440.
Hydroponic and Organic Grow
ers’ Conference, Tucson, Ariz.,
thru Nov. 15, (800) 321-5656.
Somerset County Extension An
nual meeting, Masonic Tem
ple, Somerset, 6 p.m., (814)
445-8911.
Fayette County Annual Holstein
meeting, Holiday Inn, Union
town, 7 p.m.
Snyder County Extension and
4-H Leaders’ Joint Annual
meeting, Freeburg Washing
ton Community Center, Free
burg, 7 p.m., (570) 837-4252.
Selling Timber Workshop, Allen
Trop Hall, Marysville, Ohio, 7
p.m.-9 p.m., (614) 688-3421.
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ESPENSHADE
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
As American agriculture con
tinues to change and reflect the
times we live in, agriculture or
ganizations and businesses are
trying to keep pace with those
changes and see where they are
going.
The idea of the changing face
of agriculture facilitated the
roundtable discussion late last
week at Agriculture Issues
Forum at the Armstrong Manor,
Lancaster.
More than 20 agri-industry
representatives were on hand to
help develop ideas on where the
agriculture industry of today is
heading.
“I think it is important to sit
down and look at these trends
with a diverse group of people,”
said Jan Jarret, director of out
reach of Penn Future. “It gives it
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say that is what they are and
we’re going to ride the tail of the
trend? Or do you try and sit
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make some decisions on how you
want Pennsylvania agriculture to
look?”
Issues discussed ranged from
agriculture consolidation, govern
ment, and globalization to niche
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influence.
Although several drafts still re
main, hopes are that this final
document will prove helpful to
agriculture organizations in the
decision-making on their plan of
work.
For Don Robinson, Lancaster
County Conservation District
manager, it is important to start
identifying agriculture trends.
“(Trends) drive how businesses
respond to agriculture; drive edu
cation dealing with agriculture;
and hopefully awaken or focus
governmental officials on some of
the concerns these trends repre
sent. It can form the basis of a lot
of long-term decision making.”
Mike Brubaker noted that this
roundtable discussion was devel
oped from the membership look
ing for outside input on where
agriculture in Pennsylvania and
the U.S. was going.
The discussion will be continu
ing among members as they pro
ceed to finalize their views on
where agricultural trends lie. The
resulting document will be a tool
for future discussions in other ag
ricultural organization meetings.
“I think that the document
that is produced will help differ
ent forums start the conversa
tion,” said Jarrett. “It’s an im
portant one that needs to
happen.”