Farming, Saturday, February 5, 1994
SMOKETOWN (Lancaster
Co.) The USDA Soil Conser
vation Service has added the
names of eight individuals to the
list of fertilizer vendors and crop
consultants approved to develop
nutrient management plans for en
vironmental protection in the
Pequea-Mill Creek Project area of
Lancaster County.
In all, 47 agricultural chemical
dealers and private consultants
have completed nutrient manage
ment training and have passed an
examination sponsored by Penn
Slate Cooperative Extension and
the Soil Conservation Service.
These vendors and consultants
are qualified to provide services in
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A list of approved planners is
available from the Pequea-Mill
Creek Project, Lancaster County
ASCS, and the Lancaster County
Conservation District.
This initiative is part of the
USDA-funded Pequea-Mill Creek
Project to improve water quality
in central Lancaster County. Also
included in this voluntary program
Sterling
Cooperator Of Year
CHALFONT (Bucks Co.)
William Sterling of Sterling
Farms was recently honored by
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are incentives to help farmers im
plement best management prac
tices (BMPs) to improve water
quality.
For more information, contact
Jerry Martin ar the Pequea-Mill
Creek Project office, 3078 Air
port Dr., P.O. Box 211, Smoke
town. PA 17576-0211, (717)
396-9423.
Farms
the Bucks County Conservation
District as this year’s “Outstand
ing Conservation Cooperator.”
The award was presented by John Thomas,
district manager, as part of the Bucks-Mont
Crops Day Program.
Thomas said, “I give Sterling Farms a lot of
credit for persevering with their conservation
fanning efforts in the rapidly developing low
er end of Bucks County.”
Sterling Farms consists of approximately
250 acres located at 2186 Twining Road near
Newtown. Sterling grows a wide variety of
crops, including corn, soybeans, vegetables,
small grains, and hay. Vegetables grown in
clude sweet corn, peppers, tomatoes, pota
toes, cucumbers, pumpkins, and squash.
Although labor intensive, growing and
marketing vegetables to many local stands
has allowed Sterling Farms to survive in the
rapidly developing area. Finding enough
farmland to make a living at growing just
grain crops wasn’t feasible due to lack of open
land in the area.
Bill Sterling is a sincere believer in soil
conservation and was one of the founding
directors of the Bucks County Conservation
District. Sterling developed a conservation
plan for this farm in 1968, the year he acquir
ed it. Sterling said, “the original farm was set
tled sometime in the 1700 s, although I never
actually researched it.”
Since 1968, Sterling has installed more
than 58,000 feet of terraces, 9,000 feet of
grassed waterways, and more than 200 acres
of contour fanning. Cover cropping, crop ro
tation, conservation tillage, and crop residue
management are also practiced throughout
the farm.
Many of the terraces and waterways on the
farm were built with Sterling’s own equip
ment, along with some guidance from the
USDA Soil Conservation Service.
Edward Brzostek, district conservationist
for the service, said, “In my 20 years of ser
vice, I have rarely seen a farm with the
amount of well-maintained conservation
practices as that of Sterling Farms. It really
makes you feel good inside seeing a conserva
tion farm like this one.”
Sterling pointed out that he is just one of the
workers on the farm, and that his nephews
Tom and Jim McGowan are now responsible
for a major portion of the operation. He said
he is both glad and proud of the way Tom and
Jim have accepted the growing responsibili
ties on the farm. He credits much of the farm’s
current success to their hard work.
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