HARRISBURG - An ad ditional 235 farms with 8,283 acres of highly erodible cropland entered the Conservation Reserve Program during the recent second signup period ended May 16,1986. Acceptable bids were $65 and $6O per acre, the same as the earlier signup, in the two pools set for Pennsylvania. Farmers on 361 farms submitted bids on 13,447 acres. Eugene F. Thompson, state executive director of ASCS, and Jun Olson, state conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, com mended the efforts of the Penn sylvania Game Commission in aggressively publicizing the second signup and encouraging its public asccess cooperators to enter land in the CRP and devote it to a wildlife cover to benefit hunters. “This had to have an impact on the numbers of farms and acres coming into the program this time around,” said Thompson. “Also, farmers coming in this time knew the rates that were accepted earlier and had a better idea of where to set their bids,” he added. “This is a 36 percent increase in the numbers of farms enrolled and a 30 percent increase in acres over Lower cost, less hp per chopped ton ft i e\ Gehi 760 is one forage harvester nit doesnt sacrifice capacity for low price And ’his medium size machine requires even eso horsepower per chopped ton than most of he big harvesters Thnts because the cylinder on the 760 is actually se* mio the blower compartment speeding material flow from the cutterhead into the blower Cylinder momentum and blower suction keep material moving at a fast clip reducing ho r oepower requirements and fuel consumption The result is high capacity at a low cost High performance features A one way shear bolt protection system and the single station cutterbar adjustment are standard Options include an overrunning clutch in head hydraulic knife and cutterbar sharpening system bevel extenders to improve uniformity of cut in dry Contact your Gehl dealer for complete details W-HEIUMO. Quarryville, PA 717-786-3521 LEBANON VALLEY IMPLEMENT CO., INC. Richland, PA 717-866-7518 STOUFFER „ NOS. INC. Chambersburg, PA 717-263-8424 UMKMER’S OF FONTANA Lebanon, PA 717-867-5161 PEOPLE’S SALES I SERVICE Oakland Milla, PA 717-463-2735 Second CRP Signup nets 8,285 Acres the first signup when only 93 farms submitted bids for 2,463 acres,” Olson said. “We think this is significant and we are pleased with the numbers,” Olson added. The 10,748 acres to be taken out of production fell short of the goal for Pennsylvania of 73,900 acres for 1986, but represents an increase ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland’s Governor -Hughes announced recently that $8.5 million from the State bond sale tentatively scheduled for June 25 will go toward funding the Maryland Agricultural Cost-Share Program (MACS). Funding sources for the program had been threatened recently by proposed federal tax legislation. MACS provides farmers with financial assistance to install eligible conservation practices to protect water quality. Proposed federal legislation may restrict the use of tax-exempt State bonds to fund the MACS program and other Bay cleanup programs. MACS helps farmers address a 1983 EPA Chesapeake Bay Study Bsasstt 5 * SEHL. BINKLEY ft HURST BROS. Lititz, PA 717-626-4705 CEO. W. KINSMAN, INC. Honeadale, PA 717-253-3440 HINES EQUIPMENT Cresson, PA 814-886-4183 ECKROTH BROS. FARM EQUIPMENT New Ringiold, PA 717-943-2131 Bellwood 814-742-8171 Maryland Ag Cost-Share To Receive $8.5 Million corn silage without power consuming screens and a haylage water tank to prevent gumming Choice of attachments Built for use with tractors from 60 to 150 hp the 760 can be equipped with a wide variety of attachments from one row and wide or narrow two row corn attachments to high capacity 6 fool and 7 loot hay pickups It you re looking for a solid reliable efficient machine thats also economical see the 760 forage harvester at your Gehl dealer today Gehl Company West Bend Wl 53095 PETERMAN FARM EQUIPMENT, INC. Carlisle, PA 717-249-5338 NICHOLS FARM EQUIPMENT Bloomtburg, PA 717-784-7731 BENNETT MACHINE CO. Milford, DE 302-422-4837 ARNETTS GARAGE Hagerstown, MD 301-733-0515 of 8,285 acres over the first signup. Farmers will have one more op portunity later this year to submit their bids for the 1987 crop year. Annual rental payments to be made to farmers total $592,697 ($110,832 for the first round of successful bidders and $481,865 for the second round). Some payments implicating agriculture as a nonpoint source of pollution. Farmers may receive a maximum of 87.5 percent toward the cost of installing eligible conservation practices. Conservation practices protect water quality by preventing the movement of soil nutrients or pollutants off the farm. The $8.5 million will be im mediately applied to assisting the 755 farmers with pending ap plications and future applicants to MACS. To date, farmers have completed the installation of over 1,650 conservation practices receiving $3.8 million from MACS. Currently over 3,100 applications have been approved as eligible for MILLER EQUIPMENT CO. Bechtelsville, PA 215-845-2911 ELDER SALES t SERVICE, INC. Stoneboro, PA 412-376-3740 EQUIPMENT, INC. Springs, PA 814-662-2222 HR. WALKER ISON Edinboro, PA 814-734-1552 DAYTON EQUIPMENT CO. Dayton, PA 412-783-6990 Blue Ball Gap SPRINGS will be made as early as October of this year. Nationally, 3,000,681 acres of highly erodible cropland on 22,863 farms were entered into the program. USDA officials are pleased with the excellent response from far mers. “With this level of par ticipation ~' r op our way close to $8 million m cost-share tor obtained by contacting Amin the installation of conservation Yazdanian, Cost-Share Ad practices. ministrator, at 841-5864 or the local Information about MACS may be conservation district. Upjohn Recognizes Sales Achievement KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Maryland resident Chris Cochran has been honored by The Upjohn Company for outstanding achievement in sales for 19085. He is one of 17 sales representatives recently named as repeat winners to the company’s Agricultural Division Sales Academy. A sales specialist for Up john/TUCO Animal Products, , T i •• ORDER NOW FOR PROMPT DELIVERY (717)354-4125 (717)442-4148 insure against the jl unexpected tgksat* 00 i Kids and farm animals, both unpredictable. And both can cause accidents on or off your property. That’s why you need the protection of an Old Guard farm insurance policy. jffak Call us today. Old Guard MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 2929 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA 17604 717-569-5361 KECKLER & HEITEFUSS, INC. SAMUEL G. KURTZ, INC 1120 E. Chocolate Avenue 832 Chestnut Street BoxS Lebanon, PA 17042 Hershey, PA 17033 (717) 272-6693 (717 ) 533-2166 KILMER INSURANCE AGENCY Box 337 Wyalusing, PA 18853 (717) 746-1007 to the goal of taking 40-45 million acres of this cropland out of production without the next 5 years. Combined with acreage accepted from the first signup in March, CRP acreage now totals 3.8 million acres,” according to Daniel G. Amstutz, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. Cochran joined the company in 1980. His sales territory en compasses Maryland, Delaware and southeast Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. degree in Animal Science from Cornell University. A native of Harford County, Maryland, Cochran, was selected previously for Sales Academy honors in 1984. He and his wife, Amy, reside in Havre de Grace. The satisfaction that comes from doing a good job of fanning Liming is one of the most important factors in keeping your soil in the highest productive range By raising the pH from a level below 6 0 to 6 5 or higher, you can expect to harvest as much as 5 more bushels of corn per acre with similar increases for all other forage and cash crops Martin UMESTONi THOMAS M. LANDIS R. D. 2 Sugarloaf, PA 18249 (717) 384-4661
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