Brecknock farmers reaffirm opposition to zoning changes
BY BICK ANGLESTEIN
FIVEPOINTVILLE - Op
position to proposed changes in
agricultural zoning regulations
was reaffirmed Monday night in a
meeting of Brecknock Township
farmers in the Fivepomtville Fire
Hall.
The proposed change receiving
the most opposition is a restriction
that would require a minimum of
25 acres for poultry operations of
more than 5,000 birds, hog
operations of more than 25 sows or
other livestock operations of 50
head
After considerable discussion of
the 25-acre restriction, including a
suggestion to reduce the minimum
to 10 acres, many of the 115 at
tending farmers favored the
elimination of acreage
requirements from the zoning
ordinance entirely.
Elimination of the acreage
requirement was just one of a
number of concerns expressed by
the farmers at the crowded session
that lasted for more than two hours
in the basement of the fire hall
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Among other items of opposition
and concern that the farmers
expressed to Harold Shank,
township supervisor attending the
meeting, were. ’
A regulation that would require
the plowing down of liquid manure
within 10 days of application was a
concern of a number of farmers. In
addition to weather limitations
involving such a regulation, there
was a-considerable difference of
opinion concerning tne definition of
liquid manure under the proposed
changes in the zoning ordinance.
It was felt that setback
requirements proposed for certain
agricultural operations were
discriminatory
Several times farmers
questioned why the ordinance
should restrict the construction of
a hog barn within 500 feet of a
dwelling and no similar setback
requirement is placed on the
construction of a dwelling in the
vicinity of a hog barn
Among other sections of the
proposed zoning changes opposed
by farmers were an abandonment
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clause involving agricultural
operations that may be tem
porarily suspended, restrictions on
the future operation, particularly
expansion, of farms considered
non-conforming uses in other
zoning districts and whether
general nuisance restrictions
might conflict with “Right to
Farm” protection in the
agricultural district.
Another of the major comments
made by the farmers was the need
to hold another public hearing to
review the proposed zoning
changes and any additional
revisions that may be made as the
result of opposition that has been
expressed
Unofficial chairman of the in
formal meeting was Robert
Schnader, steer farmer from R 2
, Remholds.
Supervisor Shank explained that
the board, the planning com
mission and solicitor were
scheduled to meet in a private
session to discuss any revisions to
the zoning changes
He explained that no action
would be taken at the private
meeting and formal action on the
ordinance would take place at one
of the board’s regularly scheduled
meetings on the first and third
Tuesday of the month.
Notification would be for-
incaster Farming, Saturday, February 7,1981—A27
thconung when any action is pressed of the effect of an in
planned, he said creasing number of regulations on
In addition to the proposed the future of farming,
zoning changes, a number of other From the township, certain
topics were touched upon at the agricultural practices were cited,
meeting. such as damage to roads by the
From the farmers, several turning of steel-wheeled tractors
questions centered on whether and the plowing of ground to the
such regulations are needed to be edge of roads which causes the
updated. Concerns were also ex- washing of topsoil onto the roads.
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and sizes and the proportion of
income produced by each. Also
provided is a summary of expenses
and receipts for that field as well
as the net income.
The process is repeated for each
picking on each field so the grower
has a continuing account of how
well or how poorly each is per
forming m relation to others on the
same farm Evaluations are made
immediately on yields, pack out,
quality, size and price to deter
mine where changes are needed to
unprove income while there is still
time to make adjustments
After the crop is sold the grower
is provided a summary of all the
information obtained from the
farm during the marketing season.
This is sorted by fields and
varieties so the grower has
complete and accurate in
formation for evaluation.
In addition, summary in
formation on varieties is compiled
from all the growers to use for
variety selection for the following
year. Growers participating m the
program are numbered to provide
anonymity in the summary
reports.
During 1980, there were 628 acres
of tomatoes included in the
program.
Further information, including
examples of the “Tomato
Marketing Analysis Program”
print outs as well as variety
summary information, is available
from the Lackawanna County
Cooperative Extension Service, 200
Adams Avenue, Scranton 18503.
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