THE SPRINGHOUSE BEN K. PETERSHEIM BRYAN YOUNKER YOST BROTHERS LEHMANSTEAD FARMS HERRING FARMS DEANE VARNER JESSE L SPICHER EL WOOD H STITT ROBT &BERNEICE GABEL ROGER+RHODA LENT VERNON R MARTIN AMMON&BRENDA PEIFFER SLICKHILL HOLSTEINS HILCREST DAIRY RICK + LINDA STUCHAL TODD AND LISA WOOMER NOLAN DRUIST WELLER’S DAIRY REULLSIDE DAIRY LIND FARM ROBERT & LISA PEACHEY NORMAN H GRAHAM BUTTERLANE JERSEYS PIGEON COVE FARM NEVIN G RICE O'TOOLE ACRES LARRY HEPLER ELZIE&MARGRETLINDEL# JOE BUNNELL LLEWELLYN MOYER STOVERFARMS GERALD & BERN MCMATH TIMOTHY R PEACHEY JERRY NESBIT TRI NON FARMS Experts Discuss Dangers And Opportunities From Global Warming WASHINGTON, D.C. Falling crop production result ing from extreme weather events, diseases and pest infesta tions increasingly will be fueled by global warming and create an uncertain future for U.S. agri cultural production and the na tion’s food supplies, according to leading experts this week at a Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Envi ronment briefing. The Civil Society Institute, the Energy Foundation and the National Environmental Trust hosted the event which was fol lowed by a congressional staff briefing sponsored by Sen. Harkin (D-IA), Sen. Brownback (R-KS), Sen. Bill Nelson (D-NE) and Sen. Lugar (R-IN). Not all the views from the ex perts were gloomy. Some noted that the impact of global warm ing can be lessened and even turned into a boon for agricul tural producers if farmers take such steps as setting up wind farms, engaging in the pro duction of “biodiesel” and ethanol fuels and participating in carbon sequestration pro grams. ‘ Eric Chivian, director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School said: “Since the Top Pennsylvania Dairy One Herds By Protein For October Continued From Last Week 141.0 35.6 78.0 86.4 106.4 113.2 209.8 32.2 32.7 33.0 53.0 62.7 57.8 57.9 187.0 57.6 49.0 90.0 61.3 36.8 60.9 79.0 36.8 26.0 189.0 106.3 56.1 60.6 84.9 61.6 69.8 169.4 61.5 81.9 80.0 78.4 19705, U.S. agricultural produc tivity has grown, but it has also experienced greater variability that has been, in part, climate related. William Easterling, professor of agronomy and director of the Institutes of the Environment at Penn State University said: ‘Cli mate variability continues to exert large year-to-year swings in U. S. crop yields and produc tion in spite of technology driven gains in crop productivity over the 20th cen tury. Among the big concerns for farmers when it comes to cli mate change: more pests and diseases. X.B. Yang, associate professor of plant pathology at lowa State University said: ‘Cli mate change will greatly impact plant diseases and pests because climate dictates their occur rence. Literature in plant pa thology has shown that pandemics of pests are associ ated with extreme weather events. However, global warming also could work to the advantage of some farmers, according to Charles W. Rice, professor of soil microbiology at Kansas State University. He noted: ‘Ag riculture can help solve (the CO2) problem (through partici- 22809 814 23149 799 22113 841 22183 824 22548 789 21990 880 21779 843 22778 874 21653 761 22426 824 22964 799 21997 813 21792 777 827 22142 732 22028 850 22199 779 22496 21230 807 21851 837 714 21961 811 22967 832 22759 842 23154 859 19003 803 22799 833 22476 849 21832 808 21595 857 22424 829 22747 810 21642 835 22109 829 22022 871 22720 21608 820 21740 715 3.0 688 688 687 687 687 687 687 687 687 687 687 687 686 686 685 685 685 685 685 684 684 684 683 683 683 683 683 683 683 683 682 682 682 682 682 682 pation in carbon sequestration programs. After harvest, the or ganic carbon in residues and roots is deposited in the soil, where- portions can remain for long periods U.S. farms also could serve as a major source of alternative energy supplies, including wind farming and biodiesel produc- Land O’Lakes Provides Grant To CARLISLE (Cumberland Co.) Producers representing Land O’Lakes Foundation pre sented a $5,000 grant to the Pennsylvania Mobile Ag Science Lab, a joint venture between the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and Pennsylvania Friends of Agri culture Foundation, during the lab’s “christening” at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days in Rockspring. The Land O’Lakes Founda tion grant is one of several grants used to help fund teacher curriculums, educational sup plies, lessons plans, and mainte nance for the mobile lab classroom during the the 2003- 2004 school year. “The mobile lab provides a tremendous opportunity for our farmer-owned cooperative to ROBERT&JOHN MELLOTT KEENERS DAIRY DENNIS BROSS CARL R KRESGE GAYLORDR WAGNER# PEN COL 2 ROBERT JOHNSON ONE HILL FARM MOYER BRECKADE FARM JOHN BELT LOST BROOK FARM KULP DAIRY FARM PHIL DON FARM V BELL FARMS MOSEMANN, RICHARD RICHARD O SMITH ROD AND TIM BRUSS MEYERS BROS DAIRY MITCHHILL DAIRYFARM CHRIS LINDELL CIRCLE CREEK HOL. PAUL SMOKER DONALD J BOWMAN MARK VOGEL LITTLE HILL FARM RED MAPLSPRING FARM CLAYTON R GRAYBILL DARE ELAND HIGHLAND FARMS EVAFORD KEVIN VANDERPOEL EDWARD BURNWORTH RAYMOND H GOOD WILSONS DAIRY FARM 'KORE E YODER ELBERT FARMS tion. American Corn Growers Foundation CEO Dan McGuire said: ‘Renewable energy, includ ing wind, ethanol and biodiesel offers the means to improve the environment and make our country more energy independ ent and secure while enhancing the rural and national economy. Pa.’s Ag Mobile Classroom fund something that will proba bly do more to preserve Pennsyl vania agriculture than most any other venture we pursue,” said John R. Hess, president of the Adams County Farm Bureau and a Land O’Lakes member from Gettysburg, who applied for the grant. “It’s money well spent to help get the agricultural story out to children who are four or five times removed from the farm, while at the same time advancing consumers’ percep tion of agriculture.” Plans are to schedule mobile lab visits to schools in Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, and Fulton counties during the 2003- 2004 school year, with addi tional ag lab units added across the state as the first one becomes fully utilized. 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Biodiesel also reduces air pollutants linked to cancer by 80-90 percent vs. pe troleum diesel.” 900 students and involve 30 teachers per week, the mobile classroom will target elementary and middle school-aged stu dents. “Pennsylvania’s mobile class room is modeled after existing mobile labs operating in five states, where they have been very well received,” said Jay anna Kopp, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau communications direc tor. The grant to the Mobile Ag Science Lab is one of several 2003 Land O’Lakes Foundation grants provided through Land O’Lakes Mid-Atlantic grant pro gram. 681 679 679 679 679 678 678 678 678 677 677 677 677 677 676 676 676 676 676 676 676 676 676 675 675 675 675 675 675 675
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