Governor's Agriculture Conference Opens with Farm and Business Panel
The Governor's Conference on Agriculture in Harrisburg on April 7 features an afternoon panel of agribusiness leaders. Panelists include Alan Warerem of Hanover Canning, Sam Dunn of East Petersburg, Walter Walmarth of Harford, and Siegfried Wels of Weis Markets. Dr. Russell Laison of Penn State will moderate the session.
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Harrisburg
Alan Warerem
Hanover Canning Company
Hanover
Sam Dunn
East Petersburg
Walter Walmarth
Harferd
Siegfried Wels
Weis Markets
Sunbury
Russell Laison
College of Agriculture
Penn State University
Weather forecast shows cooler period with below normal temps
Five day period from Saturday to Wednesday is expected to average below normal. Highs near 54 and lows around 34 degrees. Precipitation totals about 141 inch, with rain through early Saturday and again Monday.
Pennsylvania Egg Market and Population Outlook
Pennsylvania ranks third in U S population and, with 314 eggs per person, sustains about 10 million cases of annual egg consumption. The key for marketers is population distribution, especially in 12 metropolitan areas with 100 000 plus residents that drive urban economic systems.
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Pennsylvania
Farmers Hear Profit Link In Soil Conservation Meet
Farmers in Lancaster County learned that understanding soil conservation boosts earnings by guiding crop choices based on soil type moisture climate and field conditions. Wayne Maresch county conservationist from the USS Soil Conservation Service used slides to show benefits and noted use of the Lancaster County Soil Survey Report.
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Wayne F Maresch
USS Soil Conservation Service
Maresch
Lancaster County Soil Survey
Fertilizer Key to Corn Profit in Dry Years in Delaware
University of Delaware tests in 1962 1963 and 1964 show fertilizer use kept corn yields near 100 bushels per acre even in the driest year. Proper soil conditions combined with heavy fertilizer applications produced high yields despite extreme drought.
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Delaware
University of Delaware
Free Stall Housing Eases Daily Cow Handling Costs
Dairymen report on free stall housing as a system for 40 cows. Jacob Houser Jr outlines the setup with 42 stalls in a 50 by 6 building, a manure pit, and daily scraping and mixing of liquid manure using an agitator driven by a tractor. He notes cows adapt in two weeks and that longer milking times are the main exception.
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Jacob Houser, JR
Houser
L. F
Jacob Houser Jr
Lampeter
Lampete
Jacob
Heifeis
Stroud
Poultry Short Course Set For April 6 and 7
Penn State University announces the annual Poultry Sales and Service Short Course on campus April 6 and 7. Topics include The Pennsylvania Started Pallet Program Sanitation the Key Light Control Regimes Housing Equipment Ventilation A Vaccination Schedule to Live With A Pallet Feeding Program Coccidiosis and more.
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Penn State University
Pennsylvania
Farm Calendar Multiple Meetings At Lancaster Area
A series of farm events includes a Young Farmer Meeting at Lancaster Stockyards on March 29 at 1 30 pm with a session on what livestock to buy. A Cattle Feeder meeting at Brecht School on Lititz Pike at 7 30 pm features Penn State experts Lester Bur dette and Dr. Samuel Guss on automation labor saving and disease and insect control. An 7 30 pm Ephrata Young Adult farm welding class continues with Welding farm equipment Part II.
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Lancaster Stockyards
Brecht School
Lititz Pike
Lancaster
Penn State
Lester Burdette
Samuel Guss
Ephrata
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Edmund Fallon
Agway, Inc
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Bennett Schapple, Jr
United States Steel Corporation
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