RCMA Sets Regional BATAVIA. N.Y, Dairy far mer members of the Regional Cooperative Marketing Agency (RCMA) will meet throughout New York and Pennsylvania to discuss efforts to increase the price farmers receive for their milk. RCMA has been active throughout the year on a variety of projects working to provide eco nomic relief to farmers hit by low milk prices. An RCMA staff member will attend each meeting to update members about activi ties to provide an economic safety net for dairy fanners. During each meeting, indepen dent RCMA members will elect a regional director to serve on RCMA’s board of directors, which meets regularly throughout the year. They will also elect a delegate and alternate delegate to attend the annual meeting in December and represent the reg ion on membership matters. 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Washington, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Scho harie, Albany, Columbia and Greene counties. Paul McGeogh of Argyle, N.Y., is regional director. • March 12, 1:30 p.m., Bain bridge Town Hall, Bainbridge, N.Y. Region 8, Chenango, Broome and Otsego counties. Anne Livingston of Whitney This year don't farm without Meetings Point, N.Y., is regional director. • March 12, 8:30 p.m., Wampsville Fireball, Wamps vllle, N.Y. Region 6, Oswego, Oneida and Madison counties. Bill McCracken of Hamilton, N.Y., is regional director. • March 17, 1:30 p.m., Sha dowbrook Dairy Bar, Tunkhan nock, Pa. Region 12, Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike, Lack awanna, Wyoming, Sullivan, Luzerne, Carbon and Monroe State HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) 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Region IS, Union, Snyder, Northumberland, Mon tour, Columbia. Schuylkill, Leba- Protects 23 program's first three years. “The number of farms that have been purchased shows that more farmers are becoming interested in the program, and. as a result, some very pro ductive farms are parti cipating,” said State Agriculture Secretary and Board Chairman Boyd E. Wolff. The board approved farm purchases in the following counties: Berks, Bucks, Cumber land, Lancaster, Leba non, Lehigh, Montgom- 1-800-322-6301 Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. P.O. Box 357, Kalida, OH 46853 1-800-322-6301 in the U.S. • 419-632-3121 FAX 419-632-2468 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7. 1992-A37 non and Dauphin counties. Carl Brown of Bine Grove, Pa., is reg ional director. • March 19, 1 p.m., Holiday Inn, Carlisle, Pa. Region 14. Cambria. Blair, Huntingdon, Mif flin, Juniata, Perry, Cumberland, Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and Somerset counties. Carl Wen ger of Pleasant Hall, Pa., is region al director. • March 23, 1 p.m., Ham- Farms cry, Schuylkill, and York. A breakdown of the properties by county, owner, township, acreage, and purchase cost follows: • Berks Mary F. Haas. Oley Township, 123 acres, $165,041. • Berks Joseph R. and Joanne L. Ruth, Oley Township, 69 acres. $102,720. • Berks Rodger L. and Dorothy L. Wag ner, Oley Township, 112 acres, $236,445. • Bucks Ella and (Tum to Page ASS) Warren Detweiler, Bed minster Township, 58 acres, $334,595. • Cumberland Robert and Michael Betkheimer #4, Monroe Township, 82 acres, $210,652. • Cumberland Robert and Phyllis Beikheimer#!, Monroe Township, 70 acres, $211,156. • Lancaster Elvin Brenneman, East Donegal Township. 126 acres, $189,200. • Lancaster Dwight, Cheryl and Kathryn Hess. East Donegal Township, 86 acres, $370,701. • Lancaster Dor othy M. Kreider, Stras burg Township, 104 acres, $212,374, • Lancaster Noah Kreider and Sons (Eber sole). East Donegal Township, 161 acres, $248,301. • Lancaster Noah Kreider and Sons, East Donegal Township, 83 acres, $151,380. • Lebanon Ellen M. Bucher, Heidelberg Township, 91 acres, $183,650. • Lebanon Luke I. Patches, South Lebanon Township, 60 acres, $122,175. • Lehigh Martin and Glenda Bennicoff, Lynn Township, 102 acres, $222,242. • Montgomery Gordon L. and Sandra L. Moser, Douglass Township, 79 acres, $328,401. • Montgomery John P. and Jennie M. Virus, Douglass Town ship, 60 acres, $274,195. • Montgomery Charles Wismer, Trappe Township, 164 acres, $2.49 million. • Montgomery Clark Yoder, Douglass Township, 75 acres, $334,070. • Schuylkill Stan ley L. and Larry L. Fid ler, Wayne Township, 248 acres. $250,795. • Schuylkill Bar ron, Rich and Randall Hetherington, Union Township, 35 acres, $36,366. • Schuylkill Ronald T. and Janet L. Radel, Hubley Town ship, 121 acres, $119,189. • York Doris and Paul Curran, Chance ford Township, 120 acres, $216,928. • York Clark and Olga Eveler, East Hopewell Township, 60