Farm Support
(Continued from Pago Al)
t u r a 1 community in
Pennsylvania.”
Amos Funk, who operated the
Amos Funk farm on South Duke
Street in MillersviUe until a recent
retirement, said that “Dick Thorn
burgh is not a promiser. He’s a
doer. His record proves that.”
According to Funk, in the two
years of the governorship of the
state, Thornburgh introduced
“four bills important to agricul
ture.” Those include;
• Act 100, passed in 1979, the
Farmland Condemnation Act,
which makes it much more diffi
cult to condemn farmland in
Pennsylvania.
• Act 179,1980, which exempts
farm corporations from the corpo
rate stock finance tax. This tax,
according to Funk, made it much
more difficult to form farm family
corporations.
• Act 39, 1980, which made it
impossible for aliens or foriegn
countries to purchase more than
100 acres of farmland in
Pennsylvania.
• Act 207,1980, a farmland-use
value act for certain tax purposes.
According to a statement pre
pared by the Thornburgh For
Senate Committee, other programs
initiated by Thornburg include;
• Farmland preservation prog
rams. He signed legislation to keep
the state’s 58,000 family farmers
in business. He reformed the inher
itance tax law to value farm prop
erty at use, rather than market val
ue, and established a $lO million
Family Farm Development Prog
ram to provide loan guarantees and
interest deferrals for family
farmers.
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• Promote ag land. Thornburg
established a Prime Agricultural
Land Policy by Executive Order,
secured a “Right To Farm” law,
established ag districts, and
created an Agricultural Land Con
demnation Board.
• Sales of ag products. Thorn
burg initiated the successful
“We’re Growing Better” and
“Keystone Pride” marketing
campaigns. Thornburgh estab
lished the Farm Market Loan Prog
ram to build or improve more than
60 farmer-owned markets through
the state.
Next generation of farmers.
Thornburgh established a Gover
nor’s School on Agriculture to pro
vide advanced ag training to high
school students, and promoted an
agricultural curriculum in the
public schools. This is program “I
was particularly proud of,” said
Thornburgh.
Addressed animal health prob
lems. The former state governor
established an Animal Health
Advisory Committee to improve
the state’s disease control and ani
mal research programs, and solved
the avian influenza problem.
“In fact, by the time I finished
eight years in office, we had
passed some 65 pieces of legisla
tion that were designed to preserve
prime agricultural land, preserve
the family farm, and promote
growth in our agricultural eco
nomy.” said Thornburgh.
Thornburgh said he was proud
of the fact that, during the two
campaigns, he had such strong
support from the farm community.
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Fred Funk, owner of Funk’s Farm In Millersville, left, hands a special market basket
to former Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh, right, while Amos Funk looks on.
Thornburgh addressed supporters at Funk’s Farm as part of the former governor’s
campaign for the U.S. senate.
He emphasized the importance of “Dick Thornburgh has always sgtrong supporter with a proven
listening and learning in the public been a friend of agriculture,” said record of helping family fanners
service. Funk in the statement “He is a and agribusiness.”
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