County Ag
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tural economic development and
relationships between agriculture
and other industries in the county.
“In the past,” Rutt said, “Lan
caster residents have always been
proud of the fact that the county’s
three-pronged economy--
manufacturing, agriculture and
tourism-has kept our area strong.
The careful balance of our eco
nomy has made the county virtual
ly recession-proof andv as such, the
envy of many communities. Much
of that recession-proof balance is
due to our strong agricultural
sector.”
Rutt said that if the county’s
5,080 farms were combined into
one corporation, the business
would rank in the Fortune SOO with
sales of more than $7OO million.
But the problem has been the
potential loss of economic
balance, specifically the loss of
prime farmland as it relates to both
economic and quality of life issues
within the county.
“We perceive that a lot of other
companies’ waste products are in
fact an ingredient for agriculture,”
Rutt said. “For example, newspap
ers are being recycled for animal
bedding. And organic waste is not
going to be accepted into landfills
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but can be recycled back to agri
culture to enhance the fertility of
the land.”
Thomas Baldrige, managing
director of the Chamber, said the
ag coordinator position will fall
within the economic development
department. He said that the sup
port of the ag coordinator reflected
the chamber’s recognition of agri
culture as a major part of the coun
ty’s economic development.
County Agent Jay Irwin, said
the service had supported the idea
of a county ag cooridinator from
the beginning and said the person
in this position will be able to
implement educational informa
tion available from the extension
service.
“Anything that helps the farmer
helps the whole county,” Irwin
said.
Rutt concured. “We feel the best
way to preserve farms is to make
farming profitable,” Rutt said. “A
lot of farmers do not'want to give
up their land for other uses if they
can make a profit That’s what we
are in business for, and most of us
like what we are doing. We’ll con
tinue to farm as long as it’s
profitable.”
The Chamber’s ag committee
undertook the creation of this new
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county position in November of
1989. Now the funding to the
innovative program has been sec
ured from the county, the agribusi
ness community and other private
sector companies. Resumes are
now being accepted for the
position.
The position of ag coordinator
will be established as a three-year
pilot program under the aegis of
the Chamber’s vice president and
director of economic develop
ment The ag committee will have
direct responsibility for the direc
tion of the program.
The sponsoring organizations
have pledged funding on the basis
of the program’s intention to seek
viable methods for maintaining the
county’s enviable balance of man
ufacturing, agriculture and tour-
ism. Sponsors include: Armstrong
World Industries, Inc.; Pennfield
Corporation; Wenger Feed Mill,
Inc.; Pioneer Seed Co.; Purina
Mills, Inc.; Farm & Home Founda
tion; Monsanto; Lancaster Leaf
Tobacco Co., Inc.; Agway Farm
and Home Stores.
Also, Hamilton Bank; Meridian
Bank; Farmers First Bank; Com
monwealth National Bank; Bank
of Lancaster County; Lancaster
Newspapers, Inc.; Lancaster
Farming; Pennsylvania Dutch
Convention S Visitors Bureau;
Penn Jersey Products,
Inc./Harvestore; Hess Mills; Dow
Chemical and American
Cyanamid.
“Although additional sources
are being sought,” Baldrige said.
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