Fertilizer Shortages Hit Farms as Prices Set to Rise
Farm leaders report ongoing fertilizer allocation problems with dealers restricting supply. Penn State agronomist James Eakin urges Lebanon County farmers to buy next year’s fertilizer now before price ceilings lift after January 1. Dairy sector sees more exits as costs outpace milk prices, while Pennsylvania weighs foreign dried milk powder for ice cream to preserve production. Poultry and eggs remain strong with rising broiler and turkey output and egg production forecast to grow but lag last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Eakin
Penn State Extension Agronomist
Lebanon County
USDA
Pennsylvania
Jane Alexander
Lancaster County
Canada
Clean Streams Law meetings scheduled in Lancaster County
Meetings to discuss the farmer role under the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law will be held at multiple Lancaster County sites with speakers from the PA Department of Environmental Resources and Soil Conservation Service. The current law requires an erosion and sedimentation control plan by July 1, 1977.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Max Smith
Smith
Henry Hackman
Lancaster County Conservation District
Orval Bass
Soil Conservation Service
Pennsylvania Department of Enviromental Resources
Penn State Extension Service
Longenecker Receives 40 Year 4-H Service Pin
Victor Longenecker, 73, accepted a gold diamond studded pin from county agent Max Smith at the Farm and Home Center banquet, honoring 40 years of 4-H leadership. Dorothy Fry and several others were cited for long service, with 20 year recognitions for several leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Longenecker
Max Smith
Farm and Home Center
Smith
Elizabethtown
Longenecker
Dorothy Fry
Stevens
Fry
Lewis Bixler
Marietta
Milton Brubaker
Lititz
Roy W. Martin
New Holland
Local 4-H Leaders Honored At Elizabethtown Banquet
The issue lists 15 year service awards for Hoxie Thomas Manheim and Lester Weaver along with Elvin Hess Jr and others. Ten year leadership awards went to several spouses and leaders, while five year youth leaders include Barbara Myer 17 of Elizabethtown RD3. Page 24 continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoxie Thomas
Manheim
Lester Weaver
New Holland
Elvin Hess Jr
Strasburg
Charles B. Hooker
Banks
Richard Buckwalter
Barbara Denlinger
Peggy Easton
Miriam Farlow
Gerald Frost
John Glick
Ethel Goretzke
John R. Groff
J. Harold Gruber
Clair Hollinger
Luke Horst
Arthur Hostetter
Earl Huber
Martha Leser
James Martin
Mary Martin
Ruth Mentzer
Donald Myer
Gerald Myer
Farm Calendar Beekeepers and Grange Meetings Agenda
Lancaster County Beekeepers meeting and 4 H Beekeepers Roundup at the Farm and Home Center 7 30 p.m. Fulton Grange Officers and Committee meetings 8 p.m. at Master Charles McSparran's home Ephrata Young Farmers meeting 8 p.m. at Cocalico Water continuation on page 15
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Beekeepers
Fulton Grange
Charles McSparran
Ephrata Young Farmers Meeting
Cocalico
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dick Warner
Clean Streams Law
Arcadia Road
Lancaster
Aston Schadel
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
Mount Joy
Vo. Tech
George Parks
Garden Spot
Solanco High School
Quarryville
Peter E. Bronner
Warwick High School
Afton Schadel
Pequea Valley High School
Kinzers
James Brandl
Hinkletown
Sale Register Farmers Almanac
Homestead
Lebanon Co
Fulton Grange Officers
State Grange Meeting
Pa. Secretary of Agriculture
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