HARRISBURG Farming got
some political help this week in
Harrisburg" to guard against
nuisances of one type or another
that often interfere with
agricultural operations.
Highlights of the abreviated
week on Capital Hill show:
Signing of H. 8.143, the Ag Areas
Bill, by the governor marked the
final step in the enactment of the
legislation sponsored by Rep. Noah
Wenger, of Lancaster County, •
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Ag bills nip nuisances
agricultural areas by local
government to help combat in
terference from nuisance laws.
Wenger and Rep. Joe Pitts, of
Chester County, were co-sponsors
of legislative amendments which
passed both the House and Senate
to help guard against nuisances of
another sort.
The amendments to'the Fire and
Panic Act exclude farm buildings,
occupied by less than 10 em
ployees, from requirements of the
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Wenger explained that the ex
clusion was spelled out in the
amendment after both a Lancaster
County poultryman and a Chester
County mushroom grower had
received visits from inspectors of
the Department of Labor and
Industry.
“Similar buildings with less than
10 employees are excluded from
OSHA requirements and we felt
that the same exclusion should be
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Wenger said.
The exempted farm buildings
with less than 10 employees are
those used for the production or
storage, or both, of agricultural
products or used in the storage of
farm equipment
State agriculture also fared well
in the final passage of the state
budget, which the governor signed
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money in an account which only
payed four and a half percent?”
Jay Irwin provided information
on the Extension service and the
help they offer. As an example, he
said that in one day he received 109
calls on the Gypsy Moth problem.
John Barley offered insights into
the type decisions he as a dairy
farmer must make on his business.
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while Lang and Larry are not far
behind.
In a discussion of winter oats,
little hope was seen for the
development of a totally ac
ceptable crop.
“I don’t think winter oats will
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Along with the scheduled ap
propriations listed in the budget, it
included also a line item of 1200,000
for various research projects and
marketing promotion activities of
the PDA.
Included in the research will be
studies of stray voltage, leaker
eggs, deer damage and shipping
fever.
Ag panel
Damn Boyd explained to the
audience that one farmer produces
enough to feed 68 people, 48
Americans and 20 overseas.
And together as a panel, they
answered and discussed the
questions on agriculture raised by
the audience; except the ever
present unspoken question of what
can fanners do about their
predicament?
Cereal crops
ever be a safe crop,” Marshall
said. .
“It is more productive and it just
depends if the grower wants to
gamble on possibly losing one crop
out of five in an open winter.”
Most states have dropped their
winter wheat research programs.