Agnes Plays Havoc With County Crops
The article notes storm damage figures are not yet assessed and cleanup will start immediately with help from friends and neighbors. County agriculture agent Jay Irwin discusses area crops, saying barley is flat and hardest hit as it ripens, wheat may recover, and corn is leaning badly.
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Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture
Irwin
FFA Activities Week Draws Lancaster County Contestants
About 119 FFA members from Lancaster County will join roughly 1,500 members statewide as they compete in regional and national agricultural skill contests. Henry E. Givler, a vocational consultant, notes quotas are set at one contestant per eight.
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FFA
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Henry E. Givler
In This Issue Farm Contest Highlights And Storm Impact
In this issue members in local chapters discuss contests in public speaking parliamentary procedure dairy cattle judging dairy product judging livestock judging meat judging poultry judging land judging agronomy salesmanship and landscape design. Storm Agnes caused widespread flooding with standing tobacco debris in hayfields and damaged barns and crops. farmers will face long term financial effects.
Mobile milk truck could reshape jugging in dairy industry
Dutch Farm Dairies of Manheim operates a fully mobile milk processor mounted in a 40-foot trailer. The single unit serves accounts in Waynesboro, Greencastle, Shippensburg, Reading and Lititz, with a second unit near completion and plans for more.
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Lancaster County
Dutch Farm Dairies
Manheim
California
Dutch Farms Group
Waynesboro
Greencastle
Shippensburg
Reading
Lititz
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Agnes
DHSA
Lancaster Farming
Richard E. Warner