Land Prices Major Block For MD
How well do Maryland farmers
compete with their counterparts
throughout the United States?
Quite well, according to a study
conducted by Dr. Bruce L. Gard
ner, professor of agricultural and
resource economics at the Univer
sity of Maryland.
The study shows that, despite
the inroads made by urban growth,
Maryland farmers today account
for a larger share of total U.S.
farm income than their fathers did
in 1950.
Dr. Gardner presented results of
his study at a morning workshop
as the first-ever Governor’s Con
ference on the Future of Maryland
Agriculture got underway Thurs
day (Nov. 10) for a two-day run at
the Omni Hotel in Baltimore.
Gardner noted that the down
ward trend in farm numbers has
been less severe in Maryland than
in the nation as a whole, and the
state now claims a larger fraction
Theres more than
HIGH FEED VALUE IN STORE
WITH CFS WAXY HYBRIDS.
CFS waxy corn users have experienced
high feed value for years And that’s not
all CFS waxy hybrids offer high yield,
too High yield combined with high feed
value and 100% Amylopectm starch, pro
duces more meat and milk with increased
butterfat, for every bushel fed.
Prove it to yourself with these out
standing numbers.
W 2051
86-90 days Rapid emergence under cool
conditions. Performs best with high fer
tility management Excellent root system,
fast drying, high shelling percentage, 16-
18 kernel rows.
George B. Steele
Manheim, PA
717/665-6931
The Agronomy
Center
Thompsontown, PA
717/535-5151
Mark A. Bange
Washington Boro, PA
717/872-6601
Donald A. Kramer
Newville, PA
717/776-6645
of U.S. farms than at any time
since World War 11.
Surprisingly, farm labor wages
in Maryland have not risen faster
during the past 35 years than in
other parts of die country.
But booming land prices are the
major economic factor making it
difficult for Maryland farmers to
compete with their counterparts in
other regions of the United States.
In 1950, Maryland farmland
sold for a little more than twice the
U.S. average price per acre. But
Maryland farmland is now valued
at more than three times the
national average. The sharp
decline in farmland prices else
where -- including the Midwest ~
during the early 1980 s was hardly
noticed on the Maryland farm real
sstate scene.
High land prices mean high
zosts for producing many kinds of
agricultural products. But certain
kinds of goods and services can
Lindsey K. Hale
Pottstown, PA
215/326-8638
James keiper
Saylorsburg, PA
717/992-2862
W 5753
103-107 days. Yielded 155 bu/ac m
District 11, lowa State University Yield
Trials; 199 bu/ac. in Minnesota Elite
Hybrid Corn Performance Trial Excel
lent standabihty, fast drying, short shank
for better ear retention, combines easily,
tolerates high populations
W 6253
108-112 days. Yielded 157 bu/ac in
District II lowa State University Corn
Yield Tests. Healthy, vigorous
hybrid for maximum yield V .
potential. Upright leaf for \
maximum light pene- \ V \
tration, excellent gram \ | r «a^\
quality. Semi-loose husks \
extending beyond ear.
Custom Farm Seed
I For More Information About Custom Farm Seed
I Products, Or For Name Of Your Nearest
, . Dealer Write Or Call:
Titus B. Stoner Custom Farm Seed
Sons RD #l, Box 127, Manheim, PA 17545
LandisviUe, PA 717/665-6931 Collect
Charles W. Rassau 717/898-8370 (
Sarver, PA |
412/353-9681 Richard Heston I * m *
Pylesville, MD I Address
301/452-8605 I Clty State Zip
I Phone Number
Louis E. Luckey
East Smithfield, PA
717/596-2907
D. Elwood Ritchey
New Enteiprise, PA
814/766-2987
still be produced if there is a
strong local demand, even though
they are costly to transport.
Included in this category are
golf courses, recreational horse
and hunting operations, landscap
ing, and nursery and greenhouse
products.
High land prices and a virtual
halt in the upward trend of crop
yields seem to have placed Mary
land grain farmers at a compara-
Agway Elects New Officers
SYRACUSE, NY Ralph H.
Heffner of Pine Grove, PA, and
Richard C. Call of Batavia, NY,
have been re-elected chairman and
vice chairman, respectively, of the
Agway board of directors. They
were named at a board meeting
immediately following the close
of the Agway 24th Annual Meet
ing, October 28, in Syracuse.
W 7551
111-115 days Very vigorous growth
characteristics, good stay-green capa
bility Excellent yield potential, good
stalk quality, excellent diy down
Depend on CFS waxy com hybrids.
For more information, including
waxy yield and feeding trial results
- or a copy of the CFS Seed Note
book, see your CFS Representative.
Or call George Steele collect at
717/665-6931. Do it today.
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Lancaalar Farming, Saturday, Novambar 12,1988-A27
Farmers To Compete
live disadvantage with their Mid
west counteiparts. But the conti
nuing importance of livestock -
especially dairy cattle - and the
broiler industry have kept Mary
land com prices at approximately
an eight-cent premium over U.S.
average prices for the past 35
years.
Intensive crop production, with
its attendant heavy use of fertiliz
ers and pesticides, does exact a
William A. Hiller of Fayette
ville, NY, was re-elected president
and general manager of the
102,000-member farm coopera
tive, headquartered in DeWitt,
NY.
Heffner, who operates a dairy
and fruit farm, was first elected to
the Agway board in 1973 and
became chairman in 1987. He is a
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cost in environmental issues such
as reduced water quality in
groundwater, rivers and the Che
sapeake Bay.
But farmers in lowa- and prob
ably other Midwest states- are
facing even more severe prob
lems, as far as groundwater is con
cerned. So, on a relative scale, the
environmental arena appears to
give Maryland farmers a slight
comparative advantage.
graduate of The Pennsylvania
State University and earned a
master’s degree in agricultural
economics from the University of
Delaware.
Call was elected to the Agway
board in 1973 and vice chairman
in 1987. He is a graduate of Cor
nell University and operates a
large farm in partnership with his
brother, raising processing vege
tables and small grains.
Hiller earned a master’s degree
from The Pennsylvania State Uni
versity. He has served as presi
dent, chief executive officer, and
general manager of the farm
cooperative since 1981.
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