A3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 16,1981
HARRISBURG - The Livestock
Dealers and Brokers License of
cattle dealer J. Richard Zim
merman of Plainfield, Cum
berland County has been revoked
from the period of April 17, 1981
through April 16,1982, according to
Study
farm
taxes
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Farm real estate tax
increases have been
limited in recent years
by efforts of a
significant number of
states to control
property taxes reports
the Economics and
Statistics Service, U.S.
Department of
Agriculture.
Differential assess
ment laws, circuit
breaker tax credits, or
property tax relief
measures (such as
California’s Proposition
13) have been im
plemented in every
state but Georgia and
Mississippi.
In 1977, farm real
estate taxes totaled an
estimated $3,038.7
million, a tax per acre
value of $3.34. However,
mainly as a result of
California’s massive
property tax reductions,
total U.S. farm real
estate taxes declined
over $l7 million to an
estimated $3,021.6
million, a tax per acre
value of $3.33.
Farmland taxes
climbed agam in 1979 to
an estimated $3,232.5
million, a tax per acre
value of $3.57. This
seven-percent increased
was partly because
many localities were
required by their state
legislature to reassess
land values. Increases
in state and local
property taxes are
usually due to higher
assessed values rather
than to higher nominal
tax rates.
Although differential
assessment laws have
helped to lower the
assessed values on farm
real estate, increased
demand for farmland
has kept real property
market values high and
thus increased assessed
values.
Farmland market
values have consistently
grown at a faster rate
than taxes on farmland.
This explains the drop in
the average effective
tax rate for farmland
from $0.70 per $lOO
market value in 1977, to
$0.64 per $lOO market
value in 1978, and to
$0.60 per $lOO market
value in 1979.
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Cattle dealer’s license revoked
State Agriculture
Penrose Hallowed.
Hallowed said the decision was
based on the Finding of Fact and
Conclusion of Law reported by a
State Hearing Examiner. By law,
Zimmerman was allowed 30 days
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Date: Thursday, May 21,1981
Time: 10 AM to 3 PM
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717-738-1121
to submit exceptions to the hearing
examiner's report.
Secretary
“Through revocation of his
livestock dealers license,”
Hallowed said, Zimmerman has
been ordered to stop buying,
receiving, selling, exchanging.
Financing By;
HAMILTON
BANK
Richland, Pa.
717-866-5786
Mix Ration Feeding By;
AGWAY FARM
& HOME
CENTER
Lebanon, Pa.
717-273-2621
negotiating or soliciting the sale or
resale of any annuals during the
suspension period.”
In the fact finding summary,
Zimmerman was found to have
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717-949-6892
transported cattle without
required interstate health cer
tificates, removed cattle from the
Zimmerman farm which had been
posted for quarantine, and sold
cattle before test results were
completed.
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Excavating By:
HASSLER BROS.
149 E. Main St.
Richland, Pa.
717-866-4394
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