Al6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 13,1984
Leesport Livestock
Leesport, Pa.
Thursday, October 11,1984
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 305. Compared with
last Wednesday’s market,
slaughter steers about steady.
Slaughter cows steady $2.00 lower.
Few Choice 24 1050-1275 lbs. 62.50-
64.50, Good 58.00-62.75, Few Good &
Choice Holstems 53.25-58.85,
Standard 46.25-52.25. Few Choice
Slaughter Heifers 58.00-61.25, Few
Good 52.50-57.35, Few Standard
46.0049.50, Breaking Utility &
Commercial Slaughter Cows 36.75-
40.00, Few Beef Breeds 43.00,
Cutter & Boning Utility 34.00-38.25
Couple 41.50, Canner & Low Cutter
30.50-34.50, Shells down to 24.75.
Few Choice Slaughter Bullocks
55.35-57.25, Few Good 52.00-54.75.
Yield Grade No. 1 1100-1925 lbs.
slaughter bulls, 43.50-51.10, one at
53.60.
FEEDER CATTLE; Steers
Large and Medium Frame #1 400-
700 lbs. 50.00-59.00, Few Large
Frame #2 500-700 lbs. 40.0047.00.
Bulls Medium Frame #1 400-650
lbs. 44.00-50.00.
CALVES 173. Two Prime
Vealers 91.00 and 102.00, Few
Choice 77.00-83.00, Good 60.00-70.00,
Standard & Good 75-110 lbs. 48.00-
58.00, Utility 55-85 lbs. 40.0046.00.
FARM CALVES. Holstein bulls
90-125 lbs. 60.00-88.00, mostly 70.00-
85.00.
HOGS 269. Barrows & gilts
steady to weak. US No. 1-2 215-245
lbs. barrows & gilts 47.25-48.35,
Couple Lots to 48.75, No. 1-3 205-265
lbs. 46.50-47.60. Sows. US No. 1-3
295-765 lbs. sows 39.00-42.50,
Medium 225-400 lbs. 32.00-38.50.
Boars 29.00-35.00.
FEEDER PIGS 387. US No. 1-3
25-50 lbs. feeder pigs 82.00-94.00 per
hundredweight, No. 1-3 55-87 lbs.
60.0047.00 per hundredweight
SHEEP 60. Choice 65-125 Ibe.
53.00- Couple 65.00, Few Gm#
50-70 lbs. 37.00-45.00. Slaughter
ewes 9.50-12.00. GOATS 38: Large
18.00- Medium 9.00-19.00.
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HARRISBURG “Preserving
the family farm in Pennsylvania is
one of the most important jobs we
have here in the legislature,” state
Sen. Noah W. Wenger, in an
nouncing the passage of two bills
he authored that would provide tax
relief to family farms.
The legislation, Senate Bill 1005
and House Bill 1872, amended by
Wenger in the Senate, would
change the state’s Tax Reform
Code and the Local Tax Enabling
Act, respectively. The changes
would exempt family farms from
having to pay a realty transfer tax
when the farm is transferred from
a sole proprietor family member to
a family farm corporation.
“Currently,” Wenger noted,
“the law requires a 2 percent state
and local realty transfer tax be
paid when an owner of a farm
forms a family farm corporation.”
To ensure that the legislation is
used for the purpose intended, the
senator said a requirement has
been built in that specifically
states that none of the family farm
corporation’s stock can be sold to a
non-family member.
“If that ever happens within a
period of ten years from the time
the farm is incorporated, the tax
exemption status is lost and the
corporation will have to pay the
Farm tax relief passed
transfer fee,” reported Wenger.
According to Wenger, Senate Bill
1005, recently passed by the
Senate, now goes to the House for
further consideration. The local
tax change legislation, amended
into House Bill 1872, has passed
both the Senate and the House and
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
USDA Advisory Committee on
Foreign Animal and Poultry
Diseases has recommended the
U.S. Department of Agriculture be
given authority, in an ex
traordinary emergency, to enforce
quarantines in multi-premise
areas within states with disease
outbreaks to contain their spread,
according to C.W. McMillan,
assistant secretary of agriculture
for marketing and inspection
services.
At present, federal quarantines
may be enforced only on boun
daries of single premises or at
state borders.
The committee also recom
mended USDA be given additional
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now awaits gubernatorial
proval.
“I am confident,” Wenger
concluded, “that these bills will
soon become law and that we will
be able to offer the family farm a
much deserved break in the
payment of taxes.
authority for the safe disposal of
carcasses in foreign disease
emergencies. In addition, it
recommended that pesticide
treatment by required on aircraft
arriving from countries with pests
not present in the United States.
“Foreign diseases and pests
present an extremely serious
threat to U.S. livestock and
poultry,” said McMillan, who
chairs the committee. “The
department values the advice we
get from this committee on how to
keep out these diseases and pests
or suppress and eradicate them if
they enter the country. ’ ’
McMillen said the need for a
broad-based committee on foreign
animal and poultry disease
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“With such a vast quantity of
food being produced on Penn
sylvania’s many family farms, it is
essential that we in the legislature
ensure their stability so that all
residents of the Commonwealth
can benefit from their future
prosperity.”
originated in the 1940’s when the
United States helped Mexico fight
an outbreak of foot-and-mouth
disease. Members represent a
broad spectrum of livestock and
poultry production and marketing
interests, and disease specialties.
The committee includes farmers,
ranchers, veterinarians, industry
leaders, and teachers and
researchers in the animal health
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