A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 11, 1994
Gov . Casey
VERNON ACHENBACH, JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) State Gov. Robert Casey
has requested aid from U.S. Sec
retary of Agriculture Mike Espy to
help state fruit growers overcome
weather-related production dam
ages which threaten to put some
producers out of business.
At the same time, state Secret
ary of Agriculture Boyd Wolff has
requested that U.S. legislators rep
resenting Pennsylvania support
the passage of U.S. Senate Bill
1614, the Better Nutrition and
Health for Children Act, which
would again permit the use of food
vouchers at farm markets.
In a letter dated June 9. Casey
wrote to Espy, "As governor ... I
need to inform you about the great
jeopardy that Pennsylvania’s fruit
farmers are in and to explain their
plight
“Winter damage from excessive
snowfall and extreme cold temper
atures has destroyed most of this
year’s peach and nectarine crop,
and has also caused millions of
dollars in damage to farm build
ings and machinery.
“Extension agents have reported
a total crop loss in Adams, Frank
lin, and Yotk counties. That is
catastrophic to our growers and a
critical blow to our common
wealth’s economy.
“Ranked number four in the
nation in peach production, Pen
nsylvania’s peach trees produced a
$2O million crop in 1993.”
Further Casey wrote that addi
tional losses occured May 26 with
high winds and hail that ”... devas
tated apple, pear, plum and cherry
crops in Adams and Cumberland
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Requests Supplemental USDA Aid For Fruit Growers
counties.”
He said that while assessments
are complete from that storm,
extension personnel and staff with
the USDA Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Service
have reported “thousands of acres
of orchards were damaged ... and
individual growers have lost hun
dreds of thousand of dollars worth
of fruit. In addition to Pennsylva
nia’s orchard damage, growers
with strawberry crops that were
near harvest have lost 50 to 75 per
cent of their berries.
‘Tragically, many growers will
not survive without substantial
help from the United States
Department of Agriculture.
“Neither state nor local govern
ment in Pennsylvania has any
program available to assist farmers
with natural disaster relief.”
He requested additional federal
aid in addition to the low-interest
Farm Home Administration loans
for which many counties already
qualify.
Futher, Casey states that U.S.
Sen. Harris Wofford and Secretary
Wolff have discussed the matter
and that Wofford is expected con
tact Espy about the matter and to
“explore federal assistance that
may be available to our fanners.
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“I urge you to explore all
avenues of relief so that Pennsyl
vania’s fruit farmers c?n start
rebuilding their crops and their
lives after such a severe disaster.”
Concerning the pending legisla
tion which would again authorize
the Women, Infants and Children
(WIC) Farmer’s Market Nutrition
Program a program that
enables food purchases, using cou
pons. at farm markets by eligible
pregnant and breastfeeding
women Secretary Wolff also
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Martin said.
In addition to taxes, Martin said
OSHA also has issued conditions
under which you can smoke. “I
can’t smoke in my home if I have a
maid or when I hirc a repair person
to Fix my refrigerator,” Martin said.
“I can’t smoke in a hotel or in my
office even if I am in the tobacco
business. When I go make a purch
ase, 1 can’t smoke in the tobacco
shop, and I can’t smoke in my com
pany car even if 1 am alone.
‘They haven’t said if I can
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“WIC/FMNP food dollars this
year will purchase fresh fruits and
vegetables from 514 Pennsylvania
farmers in 239 markets, and in
turn, those fruits and vegetables
will help 68,500 WIC participants
to eat healthier,- nutritous food,”
Wolff said in die letter.
According to the PDA, the
WIC/FMNP last year reimbused
$692,830 to participating farmer
marketers for fresh food purchases
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Martin said facetiously. “I’ll need
to call them about that.
Lancaster County farmers have
reported that they intend to plant
additional 609 cigarette tobacco
this year because of the poor price
on 41 chewing tobacco last year.
But according to Martin, the
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changed and catch farmers unpre
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needed to come from the U.S.
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by eligible WIC participants.
The concept of the program is to
provide fresh, healthy food to
those with limited resources, and
to promote the consumption of loc
ally produced food.
Pennsylvania was one of the
first 11 states to receive funding
under the program started last
year. Five hundred farmers in Pen
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participate, and can be expected to
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of the legislation.
the law, more off-shore tobacco
may be imported and decrease the
demand for local 609 this year.
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and another $25 million to related
service businesses. Taxes on
tobacco products in the state gen
erate $230 million.
“Farms support the backbone of
our economy,” Martin said. “The
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ment regulations and taxes) are fin
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