Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, December 10, 1988, Image 22

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    A22-Lancastf Farming, Saturday, December 10,1988
Wayne Countians To Discuss
Ag Area Security Act
HONESDALE (Wayne) The
Wayne County Cooperative
Extension has scheduled a meet
ing for December 15 at 8:00 p.m.
in the Wayne County Extension
meeting room, basement of the
court house.
Topic to be discussed is the
Agricultural Area Security Act.
The speaker will be Stanford
Lcmbcck, a land-use specialist
from Penn State University. Lem
bcck has considerable knowledge
and experience in assisting land
owners and the local government
to establish Agricultural Security
Areas.
The Agricultural Area Security
Act (Act 43 of 1981) is a tool for
strengthening Pennsylvania agri
cultural by encouraging farm
landowners to form local “Agri
cultural Areas.” By participating
in an agricultural area farmers
would work together to help con
serve and improve agricultural
land for agricultural production.
Participating farmers arc entitled
Lane. Farm
serve Board records, the average
1987 price of a farm in the eastern
part of the county that was sold far
mer to farmer was $5,328 an acre.
The Reiff farm brought 2.5 times a
much.
Kline and Kreider were the auc
tioneers. Randal Kline said the
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to special consideration from local
and state governments.
Key features of an Agricultural
Area; • It is initiated by petition of
farm landowners. • It involves a
minimum of 500 acres. • May
include nonadjaccnt farmland par
cels. • Governing base at the
township or borough level. • Has
a seven year lifetime.
• Participation by landowners is
voluntary. • Participating landow
ners arc entitled to special consid
eration regarding impact of local
laws on farming operation, mod
ification of state agency guide
lines and rules, and condemnation
of farmland by governmental
units.
Interested landowners and
township officials arc encouraged
to attend this important and infor
mative meeting. Any questions
concerning Agricultural Security
Areas or meeting details contact
Wayne County Cooperative
Extension at (1 17) 253-5970 Exln
239.
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seen at a real estate sale during his
21 years in business. Lloyd Kreid
er and Roy Good, Jr., associate
auctioneers took bids. The sale of
the three tracts for nearly $1 mil
lion took just over an hour to
complete.
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