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(Continued from Pago A2S)
Through management, the
Brackmam are trying to re
establish oak, maple, ash, and pop
lar in the area.
“We*ve had a lot of competing
species that are coming in that are
basically weeds, so we’re in a non
stop battle with them,” he said.
Another tour opportunity was to
travel south of Canton to Earl
RidalTs veal bam, and to a con
structed wetland adjacent to a veal
Cattlemen's Princess Krista Byars, left, and Pa. Beef
Council Intern Kevin Brightbill offered beef and veal to
Farm-City Day visitors. The two planned on serving about
1,000 people before the day was over.
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’The veal bam tour was very
well received and we’re going to
concentrate more on that next year
because a lot of farmers had never
loured a veal farm before,” said
Bertrand. “So were the tours to the
reconstructed wetland that they’re
using to filter the veal water run
off.”
People also enjoyed seeing
emus and llamas up close as well
as watching the sheep shearing
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demonstrations.
"This year we had more exhibi
tors and more variety of exhibi
tors,” said Bertrand.
As with each Farm-City Day
event, the goal is to reach die non
farm population, giving them a
chance to learn about fuming up
close. In the past, attendance at die
event has been about 75 percent
non-farm and 25 percent farm.
This year, the committee estimates
that fewer non-farm people
attended the event
“Even though it drizzled all day.
we got a lot more farmers than we
figured. This year attendance was
about 50-50 non-farm to farm,”
said Bertrand. “Our goal is to get
the non-farm people out”
Although next year’s plans are
uncertain, committee members
strongly believe that the event will
be held because of the increasing
Acreage
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
Farmers were reminded that their
crop insurance and certain U.S.
Department of Agriculture bene
fits are in jeopardy if they fail to
file their planted acreage reports
on time.
The reminder, from Jenifer
Hershey, acting county executive
director of the Consolidated Farm
Service Agency, said that crop in
surance acreage reports must be
signed by the insured or a desig
nated agent by the required dead
line, which differs by crop and lo-
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Members of the first class of Master Gardeners in Brad
ford County put their knowledge to the test as they
answered Farm-City Day visitors’ questions. Pictured are
Master Gardeners Donna Brink and Aurora Hulslander as
they examine five different varieties of Thyme.
support solid program for Bradford Coun-
“Even more people contributed
this year than last year, we think
that the Farm-City program is a
Reports
Than Ever
cality.
Acreage reports for farm pro
gram purposes must still be Bled
at the CFS A office; however, crop
insurance acreage reports must
also be filed with the insurance
provider. If insured through a pri
vate crop insurance agent, the crop
insurance acreage report must be
submitted to that agent If farmers
purchased the basic, catastrophic
insurance coverage (CAT)
through the CFS A office, they can
sign their crop insurance acreage
reports at the same time they re
port acreage for farm program
purposes, Hershey said.
The other major risk manage
ment program, termed the Nonin
sured Crop Disaster Assistance
Program (NAP), applies only to
those crops for which insurance is
not available. NAP provides a
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Before
Acreage reporting dates for
crop insurance and NAP in Leb
anon County are oats - May 31
(exception: can be reported July
15 if reported with one of the fol
lowing crops): Com, grain sor
ghum, soybeans, sweet com, to
bacco - July 15 and uninsured
(NAP) crops - July 15.
ty. After going through it three
times, we hope it to be a yearly
tradition now,” said Bertrand.
comparable level of benefits as
that offered under CAT, but no
premiums are charged. Planned
acreage of NAP-covered crops
must be reported on time to the
CFSA office, or no NAP benefits
will be paid, if a crop loss occurs.
The CAT and NAP coverages
replace the ad hoc crop disaster
programs of past years. Unlike
previous disaster programs, how
ever, they require timely repotls of
planted acreage to receive bene
fits.
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