jve Snyder hooks up equipment to milk his and his brother Tracy’s high
producing Schuylkill County herd.
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they usually get a good hay crop
and com.
The area isn’t getting the over
whelming pressure from residen
tial and commercial development
as compared to other areas of the
slate, although it is picking up
three homes went in over the sum
mer onafum property immediate
ly to the north that was subdivided
by a speculator.
The brothers have made an
attempt to buy aparcel that adjoins
their property, but taw residential
property is being sold to commu
ters, who benefit from cheap fuel,
at prices twice than can be justified
by Cuming.
And although commissioned
real estate agents are quick to pitch
a communty’s “rural aspects and
quiet living” in pushing a sale, the
Snyders never heard of an agent
who would suggest selling a prop
erty at a lower price to a fanner to
maintain those rural aspects and
quiet living.
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At president of the Schuylkill
County DHIA bond of directors
for the put six years, “I’ve teen a
lot of big changes in that time.
“Lancaster (County DHIA)
forced a lot of changes when they
changed to a different processing
center,” he said. The Lancastrians
had forced to die front the issue of
mandatory state association alle
gianoe. when another sale’s asso
ciation could offer a wider assort
ment of services.
Within the put three yean, in
response to a number of Lancaster
County dairymen abandoning the
Pa.DHIA and going to Raliegh for
service with the support of Nation
al DHIA, the Pa.DHIA has
upgraded its services in order to
compete, and, according to Steve,
has allowed its members a better
chance at competition.
The even bigger change was
centralization, which more or less
precipitated the whole Lancaster
County issue.
“Centralization has gone
through,” Steve said, “and for the
most part, it hu been smooth,
except for Lancaster. It all worked
out in the end and I think it’s better
than it wu before. There’s leu red
ape to run through to make a
change in service.”
Furthermore, the county DHIA
hu only lost one herd over the put
year and he said it wu recently
reported to him at a PaDHIA reg
ional meeting that the sate mem
bership is still strong.
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