Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, December 10, 1988, Image 1
I ii% —> mi jh rot 34 No. 5 Maryland-Leaf Prices Up 1 Percent Over Last Year BY LISA RISSER PARADISE (Lancaster) Brisk leather and brisk bidding greeted tobacco growers and buyers at the teason’s first tobacco auction on donday. The finest quality Maryland-type tobacco went for a tigh of $1.26 per pound with the |2 buyers paying an average of 11.12 per pound. “We had a tremendous sale,” sported Eric Probst, president of ’aradise Tobacco Auction where he sale was held. “Most of the far mers went out of here with a smile on their faces.” The prices auctioneer Mitch Ashby of North Carolina coaxed nit of buyers was about 12 cents lighcr than prices of a year ago. ‘Buyers are energetic about this icar’scrop,” he saicL’“H^dei^i^ A panoramic birds-eye view of the Reiff farm sale north of New Holland. Three prints, cut and pieced together, give full record of the nearly 1000 farmers who attended-one of the largest crowds ever to attend a real estate sale. Lane. BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor NEW HOLLAND - Land zoned iral/agriculture and in the same imily for 127 years sold at a publ ; auction here Tuesday afternoon )r a price that rivals average dcve jpmenl property. The Earl Township farm, for lerly owned by Annie N. Reiff, rought $14,090 an acre from two )cal farmers who plan to keep the md in farming. Ben Hoover, New henetic Progress, BST - Solutions Or Problems BY PAT PURCELL LEBANON Advances in Jnetic development and in search on Bovine Somatotrophin iggest that the dairyman may be nding new solutions to some old ‘oblems. But according to the •esident of the Lebanon County olstein Club, progress in these eas may create more questions Four Sections is high for this crop.” According to Ashby the tobacco that was dumped on die market by the federal government a couple of years ago has been bought up and now there’s a shortage. A few hundred growers and spectators followed the bidding action and about a dozen farmers rejected the top bid for their crop and refused to sell. ‘They decided to holdout in anticipation of higher prices,” explained Probst. About 130,000 pounds of tobac co were sold on Monday with the price range between $1.26 and $.45. Joe Irvin with Ideal Leaf Tobacco Co. of Farmville, Va., was the volume buyer on Monday. Two days later the average selling price was $1.16 with all good- (Turn to Pago A 32) Farm In Ag Zone Sells At Development Prices Holland, paid $690,000 for the 47 acres with two houses, steer and hog bams and other buildings on the east side of Rail Road Avenue. Jacob Reiff, a Lititz area farmer bought the 19 acres of prime farm land on the west side of the road for $240,000. About 1,000 people, many who arrived at the farm on bicycles, horse drawn buggies or cars with bumpers painted black, formed a solid circle, five, ten and fifteen men deep, around the auctioneer’s than answers. Dr. David Vail, veterinarian and registered Holstein breeder has devoted more than 30 years of his young life to the Holstein breed. Vail continues to show and breed, but has some doubts about what is being called progress in genetic development. Also, he believes (Turn to Pag* ASS) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 10,1988 Twelve buyers lined up In the Paradise Tobacco Auction warehouse on Monday to purchase about 150,000 pounds of Maryland type leaf. The average price per pound was $1.12 with the ftnest-quality tobacco bringing $1.26 per pound. stand. The atmosphere riveted many a sporting event at the spectrum. As the price soared to record prices on the separate tracts the prospect to keep all the land together diminished. In the end. National Egg Producers Discuss Supply Management BY LOU ANN GOOD CHICAGO, IL—National rep resentatives met in Chicago Thurs day to review the findings from the nationwide egg producers survey. The survey was sparked from Lan caster egg producers who want to slop the decline in egg consump tion and prices. According to A 1 Wenger of Wenger Feeds, Rhcems, the national opinion showed a strong mandate to pursue the industry’s interest in supply management. Dr. Milt Madison, Penn State professor, reviewed the survey’s findings with the national egg (Turn to Pag* AST) when both farm tracts were offered together, no additional bids were received. So the farm was sold in separate parts. In addition, the Lin den Grove School on the property at the comer of Linden Grove Road and Rail Road Avenue brought an additional $45,000 from Melvin Hoover, New Hol land. Total price for the combined properties was $975,000. When compared to farms that sold in 1987 in the suburban Lan- Lancaster County Production Up DHIA Member Fees To Increase By 3-5 Percent BY PAT PURCELL 8c LISA RISSER LANCASTER An increase in DHIA fees, necessary to pull the organization into the black, will be instated as of January 1, 1989, Clifford Blank told Lancaster County members this week. County DHIA members gathered for their annual meeting 50$ Per Copy caster City growth development area, this land sold for only SI ,600 below the $15,696 average. When compared to agricultural land in the county, the selling price was a record $3,600 per acre above the previous selling farm. This previ ous record came last December on another East Earl Township farm along Route 23 that brought $750,000 or $10,490 per acre. According to Agricultural Pre (Turn to Pag* A 22) and awards banquet at Yoder’s Restaurant of New Holland on Monday and at Willow Valley Convention Center on Tuesday. Farmers who are testing their herds two times per day will be charged an additional $5 with the money going to help pay supervi sors’ salaries. Also, district direc (Turn to Pag* A3O) $lO.OO Per Year