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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
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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*
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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
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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.
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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
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have also been moved to other
barns in the farm’s complex.
According to Eaves, the col
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$25.00 Par Year