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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The schedule for meetings is:
• March 10, 1 p.m„ Chau
tauqua County Agricultural
Center, Jamestown, N.Y. Region
10, Wyoming, Livingston, Alle
gany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua,
%ic, Niagara, Orleans, Monroe
and Genesee counties in New
York, Crawford, Erie and Warren
counties in Pennsylvania. Roger
Cardot of Cassadaga, N. Y., is reg
ional director.
• March 11, 1 p.ra., Green
wich Masonic Temple, Green
wich, N.Y. Region 5, Herkimer,
Fulton, Montgomery. Hamilton,
Warren, Saratoga. 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
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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
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tural Land Preservation
Board approved ease
ment purchases for 23
farms in nine counties,
protecting nearly 2,288
acres of prime farmland
from commercial
development
It was the single
largest number of farms
targeted for preserva
tion since the program
was established in
1989. A total of 14,519
acres in 13 counties has
been preserved in the
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counties. Gary Rickard of Hones
dalc. Pa., is regional director.
• March 18,1:30 p.m., Qual
ity Inn, Williamsport, Pa. Reg
ion 13, McKean, Potter, Tioga,
Lycoming, Clinton, Cameron,
Elk, Clearfield and Centre coun
ties. Donn Fetterolf of Aarons
buig. Pa., is regional director.
• March 18, 7:30 p.m., Car
riage Corner Restaurant, Mif
flinburg, Pa. 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
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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
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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