ASCS Provides Premeasurement Service LEESPORT (Berks Co.) Richard Troutman, chairman of the Berks County Stabilization and Conservation Service, said premeasurement and other land measurement services are avail able to assure producers that they are in compliance with the 1993 farm program requirements and eligible for program benefits. 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ASCS will measure, stake, and re ference any type of acreage, or portions thereof, prior to planting. “We can also advise producers of fields which already have an of ficial acreage,” Troutman said. Only those acres premeasured by ASCS will be guaranteed for 13 Pleasant ValleyDd. Ephrata, PA 17522 (717) 733-3890 (717) 738-3146 FAX HERNIA? No hernia is unrepairable, even after sev eral previous failed attempts. We special ize in oupatient hernia repairs, and most patients are able to return to full work with in several days. PLEASE CALL COLLECT OR WRITE FOR MORE INFORMATION MID ATLANTIC SURGICAL SERVICES 217 Harrisburg Ave., Suite 201 Lancaster, PA 17603 (717) 295-5454 MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED For All Your Concrete Walls And Construction Needs * V < ~ CONTACT STEVE PETERSHEIM 717-355-0726 the 1993 program year, he said. Fees vary, based on the type of service rendered. To be certain that program re quirements are met, producers must plant within the stakes that are placed when the land is pre mcasured, and also report their crop acreage to ASCS after plant ed. Wolff Urges Yes Vote On Vegetable Referendum HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) State Agriculture Secretary Boyd E. Wolff urged Pennsylva nia vegetable producers to vote yes to renew their marketing and research program in a March re ferendum. The Department of Agriculture will be conducting the review re ferendum of the Pennsylvania Ve getable Marketing and Research v f ■■> ■' hi* Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 20, 1993-Cll The 1993 farm program sign-up begins March 1. To qualify for tar get price protection and price sup port loans, producers must reduce their acreage bases by 10 percent for com and five percent for grain sorghum. There is zero acreage re duction for wheat, oats, and bar ley. “Premeasurement is important Program. The referendum will give vegetable producers an op portunity to vote on the continua tion of the Program for an addi tional five years. Secretary Wolff expressed his support of the Program’s efforts. “Our vegetable fanners have re lied on the Vegetable Marketing and Research Program for health ier crops and better sales for years,” Wolff said. “ A vote in fa vor of this referendum is a vote for the continued success of vegetable farming in Pennsylvania.” All vegetable producers who use one or more acres of farmland. SHIRK EXCAVATING, INC. Fleetwood, Pa. (215) 944-0940 Agricultural Commercial Residential Conservation Work Site Preparations Septic Systems Land Clearing Parking Lots Driveways Ponds Streets Basements Manure Storage Storm Sewers Top Soil Building Excavations Trucking Final Grading MFG. 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Farmers interested in using pre measurement service, or in obtain ing information on other producer services, should contact Donna Kline at the local ASCS office. or 1,000 square feet or more of greenhouse area, to grow vegeta bles for sale in Pennsylvania are eligible to vote on the referendum. The referendum period will be gin on March 22,1993, and end on April 9,1993. Counting of the bal lots will begin at 10 a.m. Wednes day, April 14, 1993, in the State Agriculture Building in Harris burg, PA. For more information about the review referendum, contact Bren da Beleski Briggs, Bureau of Mar ket Development, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 2301 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg, PA 17110.
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