Farmers Appeal Lancaster Reassessment
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Six Lancaster County landow
ners firmly believe that the coun
ty’s reassessment values are too
high, and they’re doing something
about it
Early in June, the farmers met at
the farm of county Pennsylvania
Farm Bureau (PFB) president Jane
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Balmer to file a class action appeal
with the county’s reassessment
board.
The appeal lawsuit claims the
county’s Clean and Green value,
set at $1,220 per acre, is too high
and must be corrected to more
accurately reflect the actual value
of cropland.
Also, the first-acre assessment
figure at $40,000 is also unreason
able, according to group spokes
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Per Ton
Rebate
person Earl Newcomer, county
PFB membership chairmaa
The farmers who filed the class
action appeal include:
• Jane Balmer, county PFB
president. Mount Joy. Balmer
manages layers and grows about
100 acres of various crops.
• Earl Newcomer, Manor
Township. Earl grows 80 acres of
various grains and tobacco.
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• John and Abe Bariey, Star
Rock Farms, Conestoga. This
diversified farm operation encom
passes about 3,000 acres.
> Harold G. Rohrer, Lampeter.
This farm includes 140 acres of
general crops and a 50,000 layer
operation.
• Robert K. Rohrer, Quarryvil
le. This operation measures 77
acres.
• David L. Neff, Central Manor.
This 350-sow hog operation mea
sures about 42 acres.
The Clean and Green value “is
too high for what we can grow” on
the land, said Newcomer. He said
that farmers who rent land for
crops would have to charge at least
$l2O per acre, unreasonable in
light of depressed com prices, to
make up for the high figure.
“You don’t always get a good
year for corn,” said the
spokesman.
In addition, com must be rotated
with other crops regularly to
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Lancaster Faming, Saturday, July 8,1998433
Values
ensure good yields under a conser
vation program. As a result, “a
crop tike hay is less profitable than
com,” he said.
Also, using cash com value as a
scale is also unreasonable, consid
ering that other crops such as
wheat, hay, barley, or oats also fall
victim to depressed prices.
“A lot of farmers are dissatis
fied with the Clean and Green
program,” he said. “People are
still suspicious.”
Also, the first-acre figure of
$40,000 is “terribly unreason
able.” said Newcomer.
Jane Balmer, county PFB presi
dent. said that mote farmers should
“get involved.” The group was
told that the hearing before the
board is scheduled next month.
As a result of an appeal to
extend the Clean and Green dead
line, farmers have until Sept. 1 this
year to sign up for the program.
If successful, according to Bal
mer, the county’s Clean and Green
figures will be lowered to more
accurately reflect crop values.
“It’s benefitting every landow
ner,” said Balmer. “Whatever
results we get out of it will help
everybody.”
For more information, contact
Balmer at the farm bureau, (717)
653-5916.
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