' A3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 14,1981
Legislative roundup
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the existing Ag Lands Con- supported by 17 co-sponsors and
demnation Approval Board as the Farmers Union
referee in condemnation cases. The measure would change
Participation in an ag area current procedure on voting for
would be available voluntarily to commodity checkoffs, promotions,
landowners within the jurisdiction and similar programs in several
of any governing body. significant ways:
“Addition or deletion of land in First, it would eliminate block
tiie agricultural area shall only voting by cooperatives;
occur after seven years or Second, it would require a two
whenever the agricultural area is thirds majority by number, rather
subject to review by the local than a simple majority, for
governing body,” the bill now passage of a checkoff;
reads. Prior versions provided an
eight year review.
Landowners who wish to with
draw their land from an ag area
“shall notify the local governing
unit of their intent at least 120 days
before the end of the seventh
year,” H 8143 specifies.
The bill now requires individual
written notice be given to all
municipalities in an ag area, the
proposed condemnor, and the
owners of the land proposed to be
condemned, should an agency wish
to take land located in an ag
district.
The bill has the support of the
State Grange, Pennsylvania
Farmers’ Association, and Far
mers Union
On Monday, Rep. David R
Wnght, Clarion, mtroduced an
amendment to the Ag Com
modities Marketing Act which is
Farm Calendar
Ladies Day Out, 9am, Springs
Valley Inn, Avondale
Inter-State District 5 annual
meeting, noon, Willow Valley
Restaurant
Solaneo FFA banquet, 7 p.m., high
school cafeteria
Lehigh Farmers annual meeting,
Host Farm, Lancaster.
Northern Lebanon FFA banquet, 7
p.m , high school cafeteria
Cambna-Somerset Forage Day,
9:30 a.m-3 p.m , Solomon Run
Fire Hall, near Johnstown
Eastern members special
meeting, 1 p.m , Blue Ball Fire
Hall.
Cumberland County Holstein tour
to Maryland Eastern Shore,
7 45a.m
Friday, March 20
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Also, it would reduce the review
period for such programs from five
to three years
Checkoff programs in Penn
sylvania date back to the Apple
Marketing Act of 1961 (Act 179),
amended in 1968 to include all
commodities
Act 63, passed in March 1970,
changed the majority vote
requirement to a two-thirds vote.
The next year Act 102 rolled voting
back to a simple majority, allowed
block voting, and established a five
year lifetime for orders.
While Farmers Union is strongly
behind the measure, the Grange
and some co-ops especially
dairy co-ops can be expected to
oppose Wnght’s bill
Also in the works is specific
language for a multiflora rose bill
Lawmakers expect to have that
completed by April 1.
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meeting, Host Farm Resort,
concludes tomorrow.
Eastern Lancaster County FFA
banquet, 6:45 pm, Blue Ball
Fire Hall
Corn-agronomy production
meeting, 10.30 am-3 pm,
Wysex Presbyterian Church
Manheim Young Farmers
Banquet, 7pm, Mastersonville
Fire Hall
Saturday, March 21
Pa State Ayrshire Club meeting,
Carlisle
Third Blue Halter Guernsey Calf
Sale, followed by 50th An
niversary Sale, 12 30 pm,
Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Bucks County Unit of NFO annual
dinner, Plumsteadville Fire
House, 7 pm.
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Current thinking is to establish a
noxious weed review board, along
the lines of the one defeated last
year
But the new bill would include
language to declare both
multiflora rose and autumn olive
noxious weeds immediately, says
Grange Master Charles Wismer
Still sidelined is SB 151, Clarence
F Manbeck’s Family Farm
Security Bill At present,
lawmakers are looking for a way
around asking $lO million from the
general fund A bond float to
support the Fredericksburg
senator’s program seems to have
the upper hand right now
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Lehigh Valley to meet
ALLENTOWN Bylaw changes New York area where numbers
aimed at insuring'adequate board have own from 43 to m the
representation for increasing past jf months .
numbers of milk shippers will be H Another p roposed change would |
oi°\ S i!^ red A y c ° mmol J require the annual meeting of each r
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Lehigh Valley Farmers at the th rae weeks of November. ~
dairy s annual meeting March 19 c urren tiy the district meetings are .
m Lancaster held just prior to the stockholders’ f
Proposed changes would allow mee ting.
the board of directors discression 6 ‘
in forming new districts and would
allow flexibility in determining the
need for at-large directors.
Initially, the plan would ac
comodate a block of shippers in the
Members also will hear “bottom
line results” of a major restruc
turing of the dairy which took
place at last year’s meeting
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