A36—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Saptembar 13,1980
Drought assistance available to
HARRISBURG - The
lack of rainfall in Penn
sylvania has caused
production problems for
many farmers this summer,
and Friday State
Agricultural Secretary
Penrose Hallowell reminded
farmers of assistance
programs available to help
offset drought-related
losses.
Hallowell also announced
the Agriculture Department
is working with federal
agencies to secure a disaster
area designation for the
Commonwealth which would
Woodson Farm
Holstein wins show
LANSDALE - Woodson
Rorae Gent Evelyn, a three
year-old cow shown by
Woodson Farm, Pennsburg,
was the champion cow of the
Montgomery County
Holstein Show held recently
at the 4-H Center, Lansdale.
Reserve champion was E-
Bert Complete Story, an
aged cow shown by Fred L.
Seipt, Freddy Hill Farms,
Lansdale.
Junior Champion was
shown by Dameld and
Timothy Alderfer Du Mar
Farm, Harleysviile, and
reserve junior champion
was shown by Woodson
Farm.
A total of eight two-prize
animals were exhibited
before judge Richard
Kauffman, Elizabethtown, a
Lancaster county Holstein
breeder.
Winning class exhibitors
were
Junior calf class - Dameld
and Timothy Alderfer and
Harry C. Wood, HI Penn
sburg.
Intermediate calf class -
Durrell G. Alderfer,
Harleysville and Robert L.
Freed, Sr., Harleysville.
Senior calf class -
Jonathan Keener, Telford
and Nancy Freed,
Harleysville.
Junior Yearling class -
Mary Renee Slemmer,
make emergency loan
programs available to any
fanners who suffer property
or production losses.
Currently, seventeen
counties (Adams, Berks,
Bradford, Bucks, Cum
berland, Dauphin, Franklin,
Juniata, Lebanon, Lehigh,
Lycoming, Mifflin, Nor
thampton, Snyder, Sullivan,
Union and York) have been
designated as disaster
areas.
The Agriculture Secretary
stressed the importance of a
disaster designation.
Lederach and Woodson
Farm.
Senior yearling class -
Roderick W. Wood, Penn
sburg and J. Harold and
Susanne B. Keener, Telford.
Three and Four Year old
Dry Cow class - Jonathan
Keener and Roderick W.
Wood.
Dry Cow Class - Roderick
W. Wood and Fred L. Seipt.
Junior Two year old -
Harry C. Wood H, Penn
sburg and Phillip Derstme,
Souderton.
Senior Two Year Old - J.
Harold and Susan B. Keener
and Woodson Farm.
Three Year Old Cow -
Roderick W. Wood and
Danield and Timothy
Alderfer.
' Four Year Old - Woodson
Farm and Robert L. Freed.
Aged Cow Class - Fred L,
Seipt and Roderick W. Wood.
“Our latest reports show
soil moisture levels to be 90
percent short throughout
central and southern Penn
sylvania. Quality and yield
of our crops have been af
fected, and many farmers
are facing severe losses. We
hope that a declaration from
the Farmers Home Ad
ministration of USDA will be
forthcoming for the entire
state, in order to most ef
fectively and rapidly deal
with the problems facing
farmers due to the drought
conditions,” he said.
Hallowell noted several
programs of assistance are
already available through
the Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service and the
Farmers Home Ad
ministration.
“The ASCS disaster
payment program provides
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farmers with direct
payments for losses in
wheat, com, barley and
other feed grams if their
yields are reduced by 40
percent or more due to
drought,” he said. Payments
under this program are
limited to $lOO,OOO per
person.
The ASCS also has an
emergency feed program
under operation to pay
livestock producers for feed
purchased to replace then*
normal feed grain
production.
“Payments under the
Emergency Feed Program
are limited to 50 percent of
the cost of feed gram
equivalent up to two cents
per pound,” Hallowell said.
The program covers
payment for up to 10 pounds
of feed gram equivalent per
day per animal.
For further information, call the following:
state farmers
The Bucks County farmer
said other assistance was
available through the FmHA
for Lehigh County farmers,
and for other farmers who
qualify. Under farm disaster
emergency loans, farmers
are eligible for loans to cover
actual losses on production
and property, and to
refinance debts, up to
$500,000.
The FmHA can provide a
90 percent guaranteed loan
at current market rates if
the farmer obtains financing
from conventional sources.
Insured loans are available
at five percent interest if
conventional financing is not
available.
Other FmHA loan
programs include economic
emergency loans which are
available in designated
areas when farm credit is
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unavailable due to economic
stress. These loans would
cover production, chattel
and livestock purchases and
debt restructuring.
Farm operating loans are
also available through
FmHA at 10.5 percent in
terest for farmers who are
unable to obtain credit on
reasonable terms.
Hallowell said the Ad
ministration would continue
to monitor farm economic
and production situations
and would continue to seek a
disaster designation for the
Commonwealth in light of
the continuing shortfall of
ram.
Further information on
availability of these ASCS
and FmHA programs can be
obtained through the county
offices of FmHA, ASCS and
at Agricultural Service
Centers.
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