Junior Livestock Sale MILLPORT (Potter Cp.) . Cory Miles and weighing 203 Recently, the Potter County Junior pounds, was sold for $548.10 to Livestock Sale drew a record Hatfield Quality Meats, crowd, buyers, and average prices At the lamb show, grand champ here at the Potter County ion went to Josh Shelley. The Fairgrounds. lamb, weighing 125 pounds, was In the beef. show, the sold for $562.50 to First National 1, 065-pound grand champion was Bank, Port Allegany. The exhibited by Cory Miles and sold 107-pound reserve, shown by Bar for $1.118.25 to First City Nation- ry Snyder, was sold for $454.75 to al Bank of Genesee and Ulysses. Charles and Associates Realtors. Reserve, weighing 1,155 pounds Total sale, including rabbits, and shown by Kellie Lane, was was $24,250.15. Also sold was a sold for $1,224.30 to Northeastern gallon of supreme champion milk Farm Credit in a hand-painted milk pail by At the swine show, Andy Cross- Debbie Kibbe. The milk went for ley showed the grand champion $5OO to Don Gilman, president of hog, which weighed 218 pounds Middlebury Milk Co-Op. and sold for $741.20 to Jeff Carts, Auctioneers were Jerry Pirrung surveyor. The reserve, shown by and Si Pepperman. % k PonfaMe I=l [ ~ ,, 11 • i' 1 r 1 1 1 : ■! . ! j V;i ■! ,1 , 1 I 'll i Ml ! 1 1 11 I - —^ y^ A / / Ulhat makes our calf condo excel aboue all others? dfau i i Controlled environment - calves healthier.! ALLENSVILLE PLANING MILL 108 E. MAIN STREET ALLENSVILLE PA. mii PHONE: (717) 483-6386 <yC~ ALLEW?ville planing Mit,u (800) 322-1306 -T--r' 1 J Survey Shows Farmers Fear Environmental Litigation WASHINGTON, D.C. According to survey results released by the Farm Progress Companies, 90 percent of farmers and ranchers surveyed fear envir onmental litigation. The level of concern overshadowed responses to questions asked about farming practices and programs, environ mental policies, and social and economic issues. In the nationwide survey, far mers and ranchers were asked to agree or disagree with the state ittfa 1) It’s not just a shelter.Jts a shelter where you reg ulate the air flow to suit the changeable seasons; and you regulate the stalls to suit your calves! 2) Our condo is constructed of top quality, all wood Tl-11 exterior plywood siding which guarantees you many years of continued reliable use. 3) More reasons our calf condo exceis....galvanized steel roofing, easy access feeders, feeder buckets, spouting and paint are all included... they’re not options. *v,v &UI “Daw on- Vic (ext. f 46) fan, adcUUoHol (HfafunatteH and &Uce Sjuateb, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 23,1995-P6 ment: "I am concerned about potential environmental litiga tion.” Of the 2.530 respondents, 90 percent strongly agreed or agreed. Farm Progress Companies mail ed 16,327 questionnaires to far mers and ranchers on August 3 with a IS.S percent response rate. The survey was targeted only to producers who rely on farming as their primary source of income. The results of the Farm Progress Companies survey coincide with the results of a recent poll con ducted by the National Association • Up to 9 stalls 4’ x 6* • Treated Skids • Yellow Pine Floor W/ Rubber Mats • 3” Sloped Floor • Hercullte Ventilation curtain • Wood brisket boards o peeden& u 8 i I B S6elten& of Stale Departments of Agricul ture (NASDA), where 51 percent of fanners and ranchers polled said they fear environmental laws either a great deal or a good amount Only 13 percent felt environmental laws had no impact on their ability to produce. In the NASDA poll, fanhers and ranchers in the states of Indiana, lowa, Kansas and Mississippi clearly supported congressional efforts to include the concept of voluntary agricultural resource management planning (VARMP) in the 1995 Farm Bill. The data, compiled from the results of four separate polls conducted August 28 through September 1, 1995 by the polling company of Washing ton, D.C., showed 74 percent of the farmers and ranchers believed it to be important to include VARMPs in the 1995 farm legislation. In each of the four states, 300 farmers and ranchers were inter viewed by telephone. The margin of error for each state is plus or minus 4.7 percent with a 95 percent confidence level. As proposed for the Farm Bill, VARMPs would set die stage for farmers and ranchers to protect themselves from environmental litigation and regulation, the two things they appear to fear the most The NAS DA poll showed that protection from envir onmental regulation was the most important factor farmers and f ranchers would consider in determining whether to develop and imple ment a voluntary agri cultral resource man agement plan. The House of Rep resentatives over whelmingly voted in favor of the VARMP concept 290 to 122 during consideration of H.R. 961, the reau thorization of the Clean Water Act (CWA). “The survey results clearly show that far mers and ranchers want the protection afforded in H.R. 961. They gen erally agree with House Transportation and Infrastructure Commit tee Chairman Bud Shus ter (R-PA), who said during the House floor debate on the CWA that the VARMP concept in the clean water bill should be defined in the Farm Bill,” said Mark C. Nestlen, NASDA director of legislative and regulatory affairs. “Shuster said, ‘we look to the Committee on Agriculture of this House to define (VARMP) in the farm bill.’ According to the survey results, farmers and ranchers are also looking to the two agti cultre committees to authorize the VARMP concept.” D
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