.in mi liinil II Vol. 41 NO. 11 Records, Business Acumen Key To Securing Ag Loan VERNON ACHENBACH, JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) Farmers wanting to better their chances of securing loans now and in the future should be aware of the guiding considera tions made by banks and loan officers. According to speakers at a Thursday breakfast meeting of the Agricultural Issues Forum at Kreiders Restaurant in Manheim, the best way to secure a loan is to make a good impression and pre sentation to the lender. During the semiformal break? First Test-Tube Horse Developed In U.S. FORT COLLINS. Co.—A research team at Colorado Stale University, using methods derived from human and equine sciences, has produced the first in vitro fer tilized or “test-tube” hone in this Barns Collapse, Cattle Killed By Blizzard Of Hie Century 14PTO *f ■*, " W ,-L . . m * * dl . I I • *» . _ • • a . a . a ja.aaa a a a. JOYCE BUPP York Co. Correspondent FREDERICK COUNTY (Maryland) As the blizzard of January 7 and 8 raged across the Mid-Atlantic area, many farmers woke to a nightmare-come-true. “It’s an eerie feeling to go in the bam, with all the lights out and know your cattle are dying” ob served Glenn Eaves, whose Oak Bluff Farms at Woods boro contin ued to dig out earlier this week from the havoc wreaked by the two-day snowstorm. A 108 x 600-foot frees tall bam collapsed at the height of the Tha Taylor-Whay dairy hard aacapad injury whan ona-thlrd of tha fraaatall bam roof collapaad undar an accumulation of anow drifting ovar tha paak of tha apan. Roof matarlala fall on tha bunk faadar and aquipmant, forcing whaalbamrariaading of ail* agaa until tha aquipmant could ba rapairad. 604 Per Copy fast forum, the five speakers were John E. Moose, vice president and agricultural loan officer for Fulton Bank in Lancaster, Stanley P. Michonski, assistant vice presi dent of agricultural lending at Bank of Lancaster County, N.A.; Roger Rohrer, vice president in the National Sheep Assessment Referendum Scheduled WASHINGTON, D.C. The Agriculture Department will con duct a nationwide sheep referen dum on February 6 to determine whether sheep producers, sheep feeders and importers of sheep country. The newly developed technique has the potential to help obtain pregnancies from mares with reproductive problems and a (Turn tc Pag* A 33) storm, Mealing death and devasta tion among the 2600-head milking herd of one of the region’s largest dairy operations. "The night shift called us at 11 p.m. Sunday night when one end went in, and the other end went at 2 a.m.,” related Eaves, this past Tuesday morning. “There are 96 cows dead that we know of. We’re getting ready to dig through more piled snow where we think there may be more. We’ve hauled 78 to market due to injuries and now a lot of additional problems are emerging.” Among those problems are Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 2b, me Agri-Finance Department of Core States Hamilton Bank in Lan caster, Bruce Miller, vice presi dent of credit operations of Key stone Farm Credit ACA, in Lan caster, and George Lewis, a vice president of Fanners First Bank, a Susquehanna Banc, in Lititz. and sheep products approve the sheep and wool promotion, research, education and informa tion order. If the order is approved by those producers, feeders and importers voting in the referen dum. the order would become effective, and assessments would be collected on domestic and imported sheep and sheep products. USDA’s Agricultural Market ing Service will conduct the referendum in cooperation with the Extension Service and the Farm Service Agency. Registration mid voting wifi be held at Extension Service County broken riba, foot injuries from cows stepping in the nails from the mass of roofing debris that went down, and head injuries to cows that were in the feeding headlocks when the collapse occurred. “Just about anything you can imagine, we’re seeing,” added a weary Eaves. “Yesterday a cow came through that had a puncture on her side, with manure seeping from it” With most of the rubble pushed out of the bam, some cows were back in area of the collapse. How ever, with only about 60 feet of the roof still standing, where no In general, it was recommended that farmers consider the amount of money needed to finance a pro ject, the competitive advantage of the project, collateral, the asset value of the resultant project, the payment schedule, cash flow, environmental concerns, permit- Offices. Absentee ballots will be available from January 16 through January 26,1996. A request for an absentee ballot must be made in writing from the County Exten sion Office serving the County in which the voting entity is located. FSA will determine eligibility of challenged voters, count ballots and report referendum results. All producers, feeders and importers who certify that they were engaged in sheep produc tion, sheep feeding or importation of sheep or sheep products between January 1, 1994 and December 31,1994 will be eligi ble to vote in the referendum. snow had accumulated, the facili ty offered little protection to these cows accustomed to shelter from the fierce weather. Some cows Barbara Taylor can smile with gratitude that the dairy hard waa aparad injury In her bam collapse. Farmera-deal ing with the storm's aftermath of property damages find the snow and wind-caused disaster to be physically and emo tionally tiring. Four Sections ting concern, legal and possible social objections, liability issues, market demand of product, real world projected profitability of the project, and the burden and amount of risk involved before asking for a loan. (Turn to Pago *24) The order may be approved by either a simple majority of those voting or by voters who account for two-thirds of the number of sheep represented by those voting. The initial domestic assessment rate would be 1 ccnt-per-pound on live sheep sold and 2 cents-per pound on greasy wool sold. The assessment vote on imported sheep or sheep equavalenls would' be 1 ccnt-per-pound with a 2 cents-per-pound assessment on degreased wool or wool products except that imported raw wool is exempt from assessment (Turn to Pag* AM) have also been moved to other barns in the farm’s complex. According to Eaves, the col (Turn to Pago A 22) $25.00 Par Year
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