Dairy Day Program Set for March 6 at Farm and Home Center
Lancaster County Dairy Day is scheduled for Tuesday March 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Farm and Home Center. The program includes exhibits inspection film sessions talks on dairy herd management milk marketing quality in milk and dairy cattle health plus a panel discussion with Penn State extension specialists and local herd representatives.
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Lancaster County
Farm and Home Center
Donald
Guernsey
J. Rohrer Witmer
High County
Masonic Homes
Ayrshire
Donald L. Ace
Penn State
Sidney E. Barnard
Samuel Guss
Farm & Home Center
Official Foresees Agriculture of Family and Large-Scale Farms
Dr Don Paarlberg of the US Department of Agriculture told the 1973 National Agricultural Outlook Conference that agriculture will include both family farms and large scale units in the coming decade. He calls the family farm a durable institution and outlines conditions for its continued role, including flexibility, research, credit, cooperatives, market access, and public goodwill.
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Don Paarlberg
US Department of Agriculture
Paarlberg
Dr Paarlberg
United States
Royster Plant Starts Production in Lancaster County
The Royster Company begins operation of a $1 million highly automated fertilizer plant on a 15 acre site in East Hempfield Township Lancaster County. The 50 000 square foot facility handles bulk and bagged fertilizer with a daily load out capacity of 1 000 tons. Carroll Kirby notes test runs completed and readiness to fill orders. The plant serves Pennsylvania New York and northern West Virginia dealers and ships bagged products elsewhere. Royster distributes fertilizers chemicals seeds and other agricultural products across 23 eastern states.
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Royster Company
Lancaster County
East Hempfield
Carroll Kirby
Royster
Lancaster
Willl
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Norfolk
Wheat program enrollments rise in first signup days
The first USDA enrollment report for the 1973 wheat program shows 111,065 farms signed with 1,971 in Pennsylvania. By Feb 16, 1,917,394 acres are in wheat allotments, 10 percent of the national 18.7 million acre allotment, with 97,651 farms no set aside and 13,414 choosing set aside totaling 502,842 acres.
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Pennsylvania
U.S Department of Agriculture
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Young Bros. Nursette Sales and Service
Peach Bottom
R.D.1
Lancaster County Dairy Day
Earl L. Umble
Central Lancaster Co
Cassel C. Mummau
Western Lancaster Co
Ray Brechbill
Eastern Lancaster Co
Young's
Young's, Inc
Roaring Spring PA
Rst
Keystone
Steel
Robert M. Stoltzfus
Frey Bros
Philip Leezester
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