LYCIPPUS (Westmoreland
Co.) —diaries Brosius, Pennsyl
vania’s agriculture secretary, vis
ited Monday in Lycippus with
Thomas Hunt and Stephen Whit
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FORAGE BOXES
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AGRI
COMMODITIES
1585 Granite Station
Gettysburg, PA
BINKLEY & HURST
BROS., INC
133 Rothsville Station Rd.
Lititz, PA
DUNKLE & GREIB,
INC.
RD #1
Mill Hall, PA
ERB & HENRY
EQUIP. INC.
22-26 Henry Ave.
New Berlinville, PA
HISTAND’S FARM
& HOME
RD 1, Box 231
Rome, PA
ICKES FARM
SUPPLY
Route 869 West
Osteburg, PA
INCH EQUIPMENT
Box 247, E. Main St.
McAlisterville, PA
Farm Link Helps Forge First Connection
ling, the fint retiring and begin
ning farmer to be linked in the
state’s newest program designed
to help promote and rustain family
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Mifflinburg, PA
ENFIELD
EQUIPMENT
720 Wheeler School Rd.
Whiteford, MD
GEORGE V. SEIPE
& SON
1521 Van Buren Road
Easton, PA
farming, Pennsylvania Farm Link.
Presenting the new fanner, Ste
ven Whitling, with a Holstein
dairy calf Brosius said, ’lt is a
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BEN VAN DUSEN
MACHINERY
RD #2, Box 400
Sayre, PA
. e WALTEMYER’S
LONE MAPLE SALES
SALES & SERVICE & SERVICE, INC.
Route 869 West RD #3, Box 43-B
Osterburg, PA Red Lion, PA
special pleasure to be here today
to participate in this historic occa
sion that marks the beginning of a
new way to ensure the long term
viability of Pennsylvania agricul
ture."
Wishing them both the best of
success in keeping the Cum profit
able and productive, Brosius said
Hunt and Whitling were true pion
eers in an effort that is vital to our
future.
Whitling met Hunt at a Farm
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SANDY LAKE
IMPLEMENT CO., INC.
RD 3
Sandy Lake, PA
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 1,
Link workshop in Greensburg in
March and after several fpMo
gethers forged a deal to gradually
transfer the Hunt term.
Hunt's arthritis is so bad he had
been looking for yean (9 find
someone to lake over hit dairy
term. Under the agreement, Which
the men plan to renew annually,
Whitling provides most of the la
bor to run the 100-acre term in
Westmoreland County, while
Hunt offers expertise and housing.
Whitling will spend the next two yean {wild
ing up his dairy herd, and then if all goes well,
he will begin to buy machinery from Hunt. Once
the machinery is paid off, Whitling will have
first option to buy the farm.
An initiative of the Center for Rural Pennsyl
vania, Farm Link received over 400 inquiry
from people interested in starting to farm and
over 75 from people, who want to retire from
agriculture since its inception last summer. Hunt
and Whitling are the first to make a deal to trans
fer ownership.
Although the Center’s Director, Jeffrey
Soule, was unable to be present, he said. u We
are fortunate to have such people in rural Penn
sylvania to make this possible. Without trust and
the willingness to pass knowledge from one
generation to the next where would we be?”
Farm Link Coordinator, Marion Bowlan
hopes this is the beginning of a trend. She aM,
“I would like to sec more farmers in Pennsylva
nia’s future, not less. Hunt and Whitling’s com
mitment to work together toward that goal is a
good start”
Farm Credit the Pennsylvania Association
for Sustainable Agriculture, the Rodale Insti
tute, and the Center for Rural Pennsylvania,
some of the original sponsors of the Farm i-inir
program, donated the money to purchase the
calf for Whitling.
ROHRER BRAND SOYBEANS
• True line variety which matures similar to
Williams 82 but has more yield punch.
• Very good emerger that gets off to a fast
start
• Good standability
• Tolerance to phytophthora root rot
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type that grows to a good height.
High yielding pure line variety in the early
group IV maturity class
Rohrer 4010 is a medium bush type
soybean grows to medium height, and has
excellent standability
Has very good disease resistance
Goes well in either drilled or wide rows.
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