Farmlands Approved For Preservation Program
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) —Agricultural Secretary
Charles C. Brosius announced the
approval of easement purchases
for seven farms encompassing
1,144 acres of prime farmland.
“The easements approved for
purchase today will preserve qual
ity farmland.” Brosius said. The
purchases were approved by the
Pennsylvania Agricultural Land
Preservation Board, which is
chaired by Brosius.
The Farmland Protection Prog
ram was initiated in 1989 with a
$lOO million bond issue approved
by Pennsylvania voters. The prog
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ram allows the state and counties
to purchase development rights—
referred to as easements —to guar
antee that farms will remain as
agricultural land.
Brosius told the Board that the
monies from the initial bond issue
will soon be depleted, and he will
study ways to get additional
revenue to allow the program to
continue.
“I would like to find funding
that will also allow us to accel
erate the rate at which we save
farmland,” Brosius said.
"We must initiate a review of
the statute and its limitations, and
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recommend changes to the legisla
tion which will improve the prog
ram’s effectiveness.”
With today’s easement purch
ases, 537 farms in 30 counties will
have joined the program or had
easements approved, protecting
67,663 acres of farmland. As of
January 1, easement purchases
have been approved for 6,922
acres on S 3 farms in 18 counties.
The following is a county-by
county listing of those properties
approved, including owner, town
ship, acreage and purchase cost
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$251 560. ’Lehigh—George S. and
•Chester—Elizabeth Powell, Christa K. Iredell, Lower Milford
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acres, $373,343. •Montgomery—Paul and Flor
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The annual meeting
of the Maryland Grain
Producers Association
(MGPA) will have a
"new look” this year.
Slated for Thursday,
July 27. the meeting
will move from its tra
ditional site at the
Queen Anne’s County
4-H and Youth Park to
the University of Mary
land’s Wye Research
and Education Center,
just a few miles to the
south, near Carmichael.
The new location of
fers MGPA officials the
opportunity to expand
the format of the meet
ing to include tours of
University of Maryland
ag research plots there,
offering grain produc
ers a first-hand look at
some of their checkoff
dollars at work.
Tour stops will in
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Mulford, manager of
the Poplar Hill Re
search Farm near Salis
bury, and nutrient re
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Coale, extension soil
specialist. Both projects
are being supported by
grants from the Mary
land Grain Producers
Utilization Board.
MGPA officials indi
cated that their July 27
crops tour would in no
way anticipate or dupli
cate tour stops slated for
the annual Wye Re
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to be held Aug. 17.
The July 27 tours will
be available from 10
a.m. to noon. Lunch
will be available. The
program will get under
way at 1 p.m. and con
clude at 4 p.m. with
MGPA’s traditional
crab feast and chicken
and pork barbecue.
Featured speaker for
the program will be Dr.
Marshal D. McGlam
ery, one of the nation’s
foremost weed control
specialists.
For more informa
tion, call the MGPA of-