Farm Programs Offer
Advance Payments
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) Producers may
request an advance portion of the
projected deficiency payment for
wheat and feed grains when they
enroll in the 1994 programs for
these crops, according to Jenifer
Minnich, county executive direc
tor of the Lebanon County Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation Service.
“The programs offer 50 percent
of the estimated total deficiency
payment rates for these crops in
cash,” Minnich raid.
Estimated deficiency payment
rates for the 1994 crops are 85
Sheep And
WEST CHESTER (Chester
Co.) It’s time for the sheep at
Springton Manor Farm to lose
their winter wool, and you are in
vited to the shearing.
Springton’s annual Sheep and
Wool Day is Saturday, April 23,
horn 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The free edu
cational event will feature demon
strations of sheep shearing and
animal care as well as sheep herd
ing by trained border collies.
Spinning and weaving demon
strations by local craftspersons
will be included as well as a spe
cial children’s comer with farm
related activities.
Educational videos provided by
the Chester County Sheep & Wool
Growers Association, the Ameri
can Sheep Industry, and the
American Lamb Council will be
shown. Free educational materials
Grom these organizations on back
yard sheep management, breeds
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cents per bushel for wheat, 40
cents for corn, 46 cents for sorg
hum and 52 cents for barley.
Minnich said acreage devoted
to conserving uses for deficiency
payments under the optional
0-85/92 provisions of the wheat
and feed grains programs will not
be less than these rates.
The advance payment rates are
42.5 cents per bushel for wheat, 20
cents for cram, 23 cents for grain
sorghum.-and 26 cents for barley.
There is no set-aside (ACR)
requirement for wheat, com, grain
sorghum, oats, and barley. Prog
ram applications may be filed
through April 29.
Wool Day
and history will be available as
well as samples of sheep milk
cheese, recipes for mutton and
lamb and wool products.
During your visit, you can ex
plore Springton’s interpretive na
ture trail, antique farm museum,
and historic Manor House. You
can also stroll through the entire
farm complex which houses pigs,
cows, chickens, turkeys, horses
and more. Exhibits of farming and
agriculture are throughout the de
monstration farm.
Since Sheep and Wool Day is a
spring event, it’s also a great op
portunity to see all the newborn
animals including piglets. lambs
and chicks.
Sheep and Wool Day is a free
event Food will be available for
purchase. Springton Manor Farm
is five miles west of Downing
town off Route 322 in Guthries
ville. For information and direc
tions. call (610) 942-2450.
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COOPERSBURG (Lehigh Co.)
The Pennsylvania Voluntary
Scrapie Certification Board has is
sued a survey polling the concerns
of 1,340 Pennsylvania sheep pro
ducers.
The survey, the first of its kind
in the country, seeks to establish
how sheep producers view the
current program and how they feel
the program could be improved to
better serve their needs.
The results of the survey will be
very important to policy forma
tion. The survey is an opportunity
for producers to voice their con
cerns to their state board with pro
posed suggestions for improve
ments.
The survey results will be in
valuable as a way of determining
grass-roots feedback and should
benefit not only producers in this
state but other states as well be
cause the results will be shared
with the Voluntary Scrapie Boards
across the country.
For more information, contact
June M. Reed (610) 346-8219.
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
More than 325,000 Grange
members nationwide will cele
brate Grange Week April 24 - 30.
In recognition of the event. Gover
nor Robert P. Casey has officially
proclaimed that week Pennsylva
nia State Orange Week.
“Since its inception in 1873, the
Grange has been dedicated to im
proving fuming and rural life for
all Pennsylvanians.” Casey said.
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Market Holds
Annual Meeting
CHELTENHAM. Md. The
Southern Maryland Regional Far
mers Market (SMRFM) held its
annual meeting on Match 16.
Five board of director members
were elected. They are John Den
nison, Rod Parker, Patty Ptucha,
Steve Walter, and Fred Walzel.
Chairman Russell Schlagel pre
sented an overview of the perfor
mance of the 1993 market season.
During the 1993 season, the
wholesale auction market sold
more than $391,000 worth of pro
duce, bringing die five-year sales
total to $1.6 million.
According to Shlagel, the mar
ket has seen substantial growth
since its beginning and will con
tinue to grow as more farmers di
versify into alternative agricul
ture.
The 1994 season will open with
a Wholesale Bedding Plant Auc
tion on Friday, April 22 at 11 a.m.
with additional auctions on May 6
and May 20. The regular produce
auctions will begin in June. Once
the supply of produce permits,
auctions will be held on the fol
lowing schedule: Monday and
Thursday at 7 p.m. and Wednes-
Proclaims Grange Week
“It has become part of the fabric of
our society, keeping our com
munities together through good
times and bad. By focusing on
family, service and leadership, the
Grange provides a strong founda
tion for our agricultural communi
ty.”
The Pennsylvania State Grange
will officially celebrate Grange
Week on Monday, April 18 with a
90-minute debate with 10 of the
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According to Shlagel. the
SMRFM, will work to encourage
further alternative crop production
by glowers. He announced a spe
cial pumpkin auction featuring
pumpkins and Halloween decora
tions to be held on a Tuesday in
early October. For this auction on
ly, sales commissions will not be
charged and “no sales" will not be
allowed.
To further encourage grower
participation and alternative crop
production, the SMRFM is offer
ing a bell pepper bonus program
for Maryland growers. A bonus of
$5OO per acre is being offered to
growers producing a minimum of
two acres and a maximum of four
acres of bell peppers.
The SMRFM will use its pack
ing line for grading and packing
the peppers. Growers have to fol
low program guidelines, such as
irrigating the peppers, growing a
3-4 lobed, blocky pepper and fol
lowing best management prac
tices. Growers must also meet a
yield quota of 600 bushels per
acre.
For more information, call
(800) 533-3276.
13 gubernatorial candidates, edu
cational workshops on such topics
as local tax reform, environmental
issues and mental health, and a
legislative reception and banquet
at the Sheraton Inn-East. Hanis
burg. The governor’s debate kicks
off Grange Week activities begin
ning at 1 p.m. with nearly 400
Pennsylvania Grangers attending
the festivities.
MON * TUBS * THURS * FRI.
7:00 AM - 8:00 PM
WED • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SAT. 7:00 AM ■ 3:00 PM