GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
—An official of the Adams Coun
ty Farmers’ Association is calling
for a legislative solution to minim
ize wildlife damage to farm crops.
This announcement was made
recently by Mildred Musselman,
Gettysburg, chairman of the farm
organization committee seeking
the legislative relief. She spoke at
a news media event after viewing
crop damage on the farm of
Everett Weiser.
“Farmers support strong hunt
ing and conservation programs for
the state’s wildlife,” Musselman
told the group, “but the deer herd
must be brought under control.”
News media, state legislators,
county commissioners and others
saw first-hand the damage caused
by grazing deer at the Weiser
Farm.
“An intolerable deer damage
problem and insufficient action by
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Legislation Needed To Stop Wildlife Damage
the Pennsylvania Game Commis
sion has prompted our organiza
tion to seek help from the general
assembly,” said Dave Wenk, pres
ident of the association.
“It’s difficult to place a firm fig
ure on crop damage here in the
county,” said Musselman,
“Because there isn’t any good
reporting system. But what we
saw recently at the Weiser Farm is
not an isolated case and for that
matter it repeats itself thousands
of times across the state.”
The farm organization is calling
for legislation to let farmers bring
in hunters during the growing sea
son to help eliminate deer causing
crop damage.
A 1982 Penn State study put
losses statewide between $l6 mil
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damage estimates have gone much
higher because of the doubling of
the deer herd size, insufficient
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numbers of hunters, increased
residential development,
decreased access to huntable
lands, increased gypsy moth dam
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1992 Crop Wheat Ineligible
LEESPORT (Berks Co.)
Farmers who have 1992 crop
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will not be permitted to place the
crop in the farmer-owned grain
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have only this year begun to show
some sign of success. Commis
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counties are still over the recom-
For Reserve
because we want them to be able
to plan their marketing and price
support activities accordingly,”
Troutman said.
The crop was not authorized for
entry into the reserve because the
90-day average market price for
wheat was not less than 120 per
cent of the price support loan rate.
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wheat stocks-to-use ration is less
than 37.5 percent,” Troutman
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still remains at more than 100,000
over the game commission’s
recommended level.
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