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Bill Would Establish
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
WEST LAWN (Berks Co.)
Produce farmers may have some
thing to smile about if a proposed
bill to set up farmers markets along
the Pennsylvania Turnpike passes.
Rep. Sheila Miller (R-129th)
has introduced legislation, H.B.
Buffalo Valley Produce
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July 19 and 21, 1994
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Report Supplied by Auction
APPLES I.ODI 7.50-11.50 HU.
BLUEBERRIES 85-1 25 PINT.
HUNCH BEETS .35-50 EACH
CUT 81-lffS- 3 50-5.00 '/. HU
BRANS (GREEN); 7.00-9.00 'A HU.
BRANS (YELLOW): 7.00-1000‘/. HU.
CABBAGE 500 50-I.H
CANTELOPES I. ARCH 160-1 80;
MEDIUM 135-150, SMAI.I. 75-90
EACH
CHERRIES (SWEET) 140 QT
SWEET CORN 50-2 (X) DO/..
CUCUMBERS SUPER SELECT
5.00-6 (X), SELECT 3 00-4 00; LARGE
2 00 BU
PEACHES. 12 50 25-LB
PEPPERS EXTRA LARGE
11 (X)-13 00 BU, LARGR 9 00-11.00;
MUDIUM 7 00-8 00; SELECT 6 00
PICKLES 5 00-8 00 V. BU
PLUMS 15 00 V, BU
POIA I OI.S RED Bs 15 00-1800
50 18, RED As 8 00-10 50 50-LB
Will 11-' Bs 900 1100, Will iI- As
9 (X)-14 00,
RASPBERRIES RP.D 180-2 30 PT,
BLACK 1 75 200
SPRING ONIONS 35- 40 BUNCH
SQUASH (YLLLOW) 2 00 5 (X) V. BU
LOCAI lOM A I OILS LARGE
13 00 20 00, MRDIUM 10 00-15 00,
SMALL 8 00 11 (XI 25-LB
WA’JERMEIONS CRIMSON
2 50-3 25. SANGARIAS 3 00-4 00,
SUGAR BABIRS 1 50-2 00, YLLLOW
DOLLS 1 35-1 60, PINK ICRBOX
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ZUCCHINI 2 00-5 00
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2880, into the General Assembly,
to allow for the establishment of
markets on select sites of the Pen
nsylvania Turnpike.
The bill, called the Turnpike
Farmers’ Market Access Act,
referred to the Committee on Agri
culture and Rural Affairs on June
8, would allow Pennsylvania pro-
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Thun, July 21, 1994
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CATTLE: SL. COWS: UTILITY &
COMMERCIAL 43.00-51.25; CUTTER &
BONING UTILITY 40.00-47.50; CAN
NER & LOW. CUTTER 38.00-43.00;
SHELLS 38.00 A DOWN. BULLS:
YIELD GRADE I 15004-1870#
SS.OO-64.00; YIELD GRADE 2
1000#-1400# 48.00-63.00.
FEEDER STEERS: M&L-l 300-500#
70.00- 250-280# 75.00-98.00, M
600-900 55.00-70.00. HEIFERS M IAL-1
300-500# 65.00-82.00; L-l 400-650#
60.00- BULLS M&L-l 300-620#
58.00-
CALVES: VEAL.. PRIME
80.00-110.00; CHOICE 80.00-88.00;
GOOD 60.00-77.00.
FARM CALVES: #1 HOLSTEIN
BULLS 90-120# FEW 85.00-100.00; #2
HOLSTEIN BULLS 83-100# FEW
75.00-100.00; BEEF X
BULL&HFRS./HD. 60.00-110.00.
HOGS: BARROWS & GILTS #l-2
210-255# 40.00-42.50; #2-3 255-280#
35.00- SOWS #l-3 300-500#
28.00-
FEEDER PIGS: 1-3 25-35#
12.00-30.00/HD.
LAMBS: HIGH CHOICE 55-75 LBS.
58.00- CHOICE 90-105#
55.00- FEEDER LAMBS GOOD
54.00- SHEEP 15.00-38.00.
GOATS: LARGE 50.00-95.00/HD.;
MEDIUM 25.00-50.00/HD.; SMALL
10.00-40.00/HD.
HORSES: 40.00-62.00, PONIES
20.00-45.00.
l, 1994
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Pa. Turnpike Farmers’
duce fanners to tap into an “extra
ordinary amount of interstate traff
ic on Pennsylvania’s turnpike,' ’
according to a release from Mill
er’s office.
In a telephone interview with
Lancaster Farming, Miller said
she received a lot of support for the
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Thursday, July 21, 1994
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BEEF: HEIFERS GOOD 67.75,
MEDIUM 64.00-67.00, COMMON
60.00- STEERS: GOOD 68.75,
MEDIUM 65.00-67.00, COMMON
62.00- COWS; GOOD 50.00-56.50,
MEDIUM 41.00-47.00, COMMON
35.00-
BULLS: BUTCHER 58.74, BOLOGNA
55.00-57.00.
FEEDERS: GOOD 600 LB.
70.00- MEDIUM 400-500 LB
60.00- COMMON 60.00 DOWN.
CALVES: 85-115 LB. (BULLS)
95.00- 85-115 LBS. (HFRS)
140.00- 80 LB. UNDER 70.00
DOWN, 120 LBS. OVER VEAL 250
95.00-
LAMBS: GOOD 78.00, MEDIUM
65.00- COMMON SHEEP
30.00-
HOGS: NO. 1 200-240 LBS.
42.00-42.30; 245 LBS UP 38.00-41.00.
SOWS 30.00-34.50, BOARS: 0.
LITTLE PIGS: 10.00-25.00 PER HEAD:
GOATS: 10.00-20.00 PER HEAD.
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bill from the state’s turnpike
commission.
The bill would provide an agree
ment between the commission and
the Pa. Dept of Agriculture to pro
vide for the operation of markets at
turnpike service areas, tollbooth
areas, and other areas along the
turnpike “deemed safe and feasi
ble by the commission, by persons
who have received a permit from
the department, with the approval
of the commission, to operate a
turnpike farmers’ market on a
dairy or seasonal basis for the term
of the permit” The agreements
shall be for terms “of not more
than five years and may be
renewed for terms of not more than
five years.”
The commission would have to
establish a fee for the permit.
Plans would be made for far
mers to select sites through a pass
system, as service agencies
receive, for access to the turnpike.
Prices of items would be estab
lished by the sellers.
Bill Troxell, executive secretary
of the Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association, said grow
ers might be interested in becom
ing involved with the produce
markets, but more information
needs to be available.
Troxell said that he had seen a
farmer’s market stand at one time
near an exit of a major highway in
New Jersey which was successful.
Miller said the program was
Markets
modeled after the New Yoik state
system, in which several inter
states allow fanners’ markets.
“We just came up with the idea
and molded it for Pennsylvania,”
she said.
If the bill passes. Miller’s plan is
to have at least two markets up and
running in 1995. One of them
would be on the exit beyond the
western tunnels and the other, near
Philadelphia, possibly somewhere
along the northeast extension.
Miller has met with the state
farm bureau and the Grange to
obtain input from farmers on the
proposed bill.
Farmers could benefit in a big
way from the turnpike markets,
according to Jonda Crosby, core
team member of the Regional
Infrastructure For Sustaining Agri
culture (RISA).
“Will it fulfill a purpose?” said
Crosby. “It has a potential. The
question is, will people stop and
purchase produce on the turnpike?
' ‘Even if it is just 20 people (that
the markets teach), that’s 20 peo
ple who haven’t had an outlet for
produce,” she said.
Crosby indicated that RISA, a
pamership involving Rodale, Penn
State, and other agencies and insti
tutions, would be interested in
promoting the legislation.
The bill has until Nov. 30 this
year to be considered. Miller said
she would reintroduce legislation
in January if necessary.
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