A2B Lancaster Farming Saturday December 27, 2003*
Finally, A State Budget
(Continued from Page A 1)
million for the Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture. Also,
Penn State extension sees its
funding restored to last year's
levels.
Rendell signed a package ot
bills to implement a balanced
state budget with new revenue
that will stabilize the state’s fi
nances during the next fiscal
year.
The budget provides a down
payment of $258 million in edu
cation funding for proven pro
grams that will increase
achievement statewide and strat
■gies that help all students com
ply with federal No Child Left
Behind standards.
The Basic Education. Voca
tional Education and Special Ed
ucation subsidies are all in
creased by at least 2.9 percent,
totaling about SI 50 million in ad
ditional core operating funds for
-.chool districts. The legislation
also allocates $4.6 million to help
pay school districts for the finan
cial impact of the delayed state
payment for education.
In addition, the budget in
cludes funds to restore or avoid
many of the budget cuts enacted
Dauphin County Holstein
Meeting Set
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Dauphin County
Holstein Club will conduct its an
nual meeting Jan. 10 at 11 a.m.
at Geo's Family Restaurant, 6290
Allentown Blvd., Harrisburg.
Joel Krall, a Penn State dairy
science student, will show slides
and talk about his recent trip to
Argentina and Brazil.
The buffet-style
meal will be served at
noon followed by door
prizes
New Scholarships
For Outstanding
Dairy Students At
2-YearAg Schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio
A generous gift to
National Dairy Shrine
from Charles and Judy
lager, Maple Lawn
harms, Inc., Fulton,
Md. will make it possi
ble to offer one or more
scholarships, starting in
2004 to outstanding
dairy students in their
second year of study at
two-year agricultural
schools. The name of
the scholarship will be
The National Dairy
Shrine/lager Dairy
Scholarship.
The lager Family
owns an outstanding
herd of registered Hol
steins in Maryland. All
of their family members
have been active in 4-H,
judging, and National
Dairy Shrine activities.
The entire family would
like to offer financial
assistance to outstand
ing dairy students that
plan a career in the in
dustry.
Eligible students
should contact National
Dairy Shrine for appli
cations at 1224 Alton
Darby Creek Road, Co
-lumbu s , OH
43228-9792, (614)
878-5333, or e-mail
shrine@cobaselcct.com
or download an appli
cation from the NDS
Website www.dairy shri
ne.org.
in March and to protect access to
health care by relieving physi
cians of extraordinary medical
malpractice insurance costs.
Bills signed to implement the
budget are House Bills 44, 172,
200, 1133 and 1589 and Senate
Bill 80.
Agriculture Secretary Dennis
Wolff is happy about the out
come.
“I am pleased with the final
budget for the Department of Ag
riculture. We have been allocated
more than $2lO million to im
prove and develop our programs
m an effort to support the agri
culture community. Included m
the total are federal monies in the
amount of $27,403,000.” Wolff
said.
Highlights of the 2003-04 agri
cutlure budget include an addi
tional $1 million to supplement
essential crop insurance pro
grams, Penn State Cooperative
Extension funding restored to
last year’s funding levels, $1 mil
lion to be transferred from the
department s farm operations ac
count to the State Farm Show
Products Show Fund, and the in
crease in plum pox virus pro
grams of $788,000 for a total of
$1 million for the year.
Tickets are available from Ray
Kennedy, Jay Kopp, Mike Miller,
Dave Feidt, Grant Campbell, Joe
Bush, or Bob Schaffer. For adults
$7; ages 5-10 $4.50; and 4 and
under free. All dairy families are
invited.
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Boyd To Deliver Keynote Presentation
At Crops Conferences
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co.)
Learning from Yesterday,
Dealing With Today, Planning
For Tomorrow will be the key
note address for the Third Annu
al Southeast Pennsylvania Crops
Conferences, scheduled Feb. 3-6.
In his presentation, Boyd will
reflect upon the many years of
his professional experience in the
banking industry. He is the re
tired president of the agricultural
division of the former First
Union Bank.
Both daytime and evening ses
sions are scheduled at convenient
locations throughout southeast
Pennsylvania, including Feb. 3,
Allentown Days Inn, Lehigh
County (daytime and eve
ning); Feb. 4, East Brandy
wine Fire Hall, Chester
County (daytime); Feb. 5,
Montgomery County 4-H
Center, Montgomery County
(daytime and evening); and Feb.
6, Leesport Farmers Market,
Berks County (daytime).
Highlights of the conferences
are listed below. (Please note that
not all workshop topics will be
available to attendees at every
conference location.
• Is it possible to successfully
grow pumpkins?
• Growing and marketing
sweet corn
• Providing what consumers
demand is direct marketing in
>our future?
• Don’t outlive your income
• Soil compaction what
does this past wet year mean?
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Carlisle
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East Earl
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• Mechanical and chemical
drying techniques for haymaking
• Soil biology.
Attendees at the Lehigh and
Montgomery County locations
will have an opportunity to de
sign their own schedules. Both
core and category pesticide recer
tification credits will be awarded.
Remember to bring your pesticide
license to the meeting.
For a complete registration
brochure, contact the Lehigh
County Cooperative Extension
Office at (610) 391-9840. If you
have any questions, call your
county cooperative extension of
fice.
Gap/Quarrvville
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Quarryville: 717-786-2221
Hummels Wharf
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Rt. 11 & 15
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Palmyra
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RD 2, Box 115 A
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Peach Bottom
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Pequea
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Shippensbun
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Waynesboro
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