Open Farms During Farm City Week Invites Lancaster Visitors
The Lancaster County Farmers Association invites the public to visit multiple dairy and beef farms during Farm City Week on Saturday November 18 and Sunday November 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. Highlights include J. R. Wood and Son dairy farm 250 acres with 50 registered Guernsey cows and a new automated barn, plus Wengale Farm 420 acres with 80 Holstein cows. Visitors may watch milking at several locations including Rocoma Farms and Groffdale Farm, with detailed routes provided from Lancaster and nearby towns.
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Lancaster County Farmers’ Association
J. R. Wood and Son Dairy Farm
Lancaster
Little Britain
First
First Farm
Wengdale Farm
Robert Wenger
Third Road
Cardinal Drive
James G. Kreider
Center Road
Tanglewood
Aaron Glick
Maplehose
Quarryville
Groff Brothers
Christiana
Strasburg
Ernest Lefever
Millersville
Farrow
Charles Habecker
Charnelle Manor
Habecker Church Road
Mountville
Felway Farms
J. Arthur Rohrer and Sons
Paradise
Rapp
Esso
Mentzer Homestead
New Holland
New Holland Road
John B. Ranch
Kinzer Ave
Rocoma Farms
Robert F. Book
Hershey Avenue
Leola
Clarence Stauffer and Son
Sunny Craft Farm
Broiler
Ephrata
Weidmansville Road
Lebanon's Harter Tops NACAA Environmental Quality Honors
Donald A. Harter of Lebanon and team members were named first place national winners, North East regional winners and Pennsylvania state winners in Class V for Environmental Quality Recognition by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents at its 57th annual meeting in Atlanta.
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South East Pennsylvania
Donald A. Harter
Lebanon
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Atlanta
Harter
Pennsylvania
NACAA
Celanese Corporation
Chester N. McGrew
Mansfield
Ohio
Tom Addison
Celanese Chemical Division
Changes Ahead In Marketing Of Meat Says Expert
Pope argues Americans pay 16 percent of disposable income for food and notes a communications gap between producers and consumers. Middlemen are necessary for quality, while housewives notice price changes and blame middlemen, not farmers. Agriculture will concentrate, with closer scrutiny and more government controls, as demand shifts to convenient, year round, healthier foods.
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Pope
University of Illinois
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