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Governor Thornburgh held his first town farmland preservation, and the on farm production
meeting at Lancaster’s Farm and Home Center on of ethanol were among the agriculture related
Tuesday night. The Governor answered questions issues discussed,
from 21 constituents. The milk security fund,
Governor Thornburgh addresses
farm
BY DEBRA STRICKLER
LANCASTER Governor
Thornburgh held his first
town meeting at Lancaster’s
Farm and Home Center on
Tuesday evening. The
meeting, sponsored by the
League of Women Voters,
was attended by over 250
people.
During the 90 minute town
meeting, Thornburgh an
swered a variety of
questions from 21 con
stituents.
The subject of the
questions ranged from
unemploymet compensation
to Three Mile Island.
The initial question con
cerned the long range plans
for the use of gasohol, and
the development of ethanol
m the Commonwealth
During his answer,
Thornburgh announced his
recent signing of the so
called, “Horst Law.”
This law reduced the fee
for the on farm production of
ethanol to a minimal $25.
Previously there had been a
$2500 fee administered.
The Governor reem
phasized the importance of
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reducing reliance on foreign
oil and cited additional
initiatives the State is taking
to use Pennsylvania’s en
terprises to reduce depen
dence on foreign oil.
For example, a visit was
made last month to an
abandoned brewery near
Pittsburgh. Consideration
has been given to convert the
brewery to a useful ethanol
production plant.
Dan Martin, a Manheim
area dairy farmer,
represented the Inter-State
Milk Producers Cooperative.
In the Governor’s third
question, Martin asked for
an explanation of the
proposed Milk Producer’s
Security Fund.
It was at this point that
Thornburgh called on
Penrose Hallowell, the
Secretary of Agriculture, to
explain the details of the
propsed plan.
Hallowell outlined the
three basic concepts of the
milk security fund proposal.
First, Hallowell em
phasized the importance of
all farmers having an op
portunity to participate and
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be protected by the milk
security fund.
However, the proposal has
left an option for cooperative
participation. There will be a
separate fund established
for the cooperatives. They
are to make their own
decisions regarding the fund
after a membership vote.
The second aspect of the
proposal requires the
dealers to pay one cent per
hundredweight on all milk
purchased in the Com
monwealth.
Hallowell admits that
there has been a debate
between having a two cent
charge levied on the dealers,
and on a one cent proposal
where the dealers and
cooperatives each share the
responsibility, each being
assessed one cent per
hundredweight.
The proposed fund will
cover 90 per cent of any loss
to the farmers; rather than
the total 100 per cent
coverage as expected.
Hallowell emphasized the
need for promotion of
Pennsylvania’s milk
products, thus reducing
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fund.
Thornburgh thanked
Hallowed for his explanation
of the proposed fund, and
assured the those present
that the plan will let no
farmer left holding the bag
for milk that has been
delivered and not paid for
Dan Martm responded to
Hallowell’s proposal.
“At the rate of one cent per
hundredweight, it wid take a
while to accumulate a suf
ficient fund. I sure hope the
bonding law will be kept
enforced to cover until the
fund is built up,” com
mented Martin.
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Thornburgh.
In other agnculi
related questions, J
Wood, a Lancaster Coi
farmer, questioned
Governor concerning
efforts to preserve
family farm.
Thornburgh replied,
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you need to begin
preserving the family
mer.”
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