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Get Back Fuel Tax
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The refund claim forms
for liquid fuel taxes paid by far
mers have been sent out to all
registered claimants, according to
a news release by the Pennsylvania
Board of Finanace and Revenue in
Harrisburg.
Anyone who has paid the P
cents per gallong tax on liquid
fuels used in the actual production
of agricultural products may
receive a refund of those taxes, as
long as a claim is filed on or before
Sept 30.
Famers are exempt from the tax,
however, as the system works, the
tax is paid first and then returned
after the end of the fiscal year in
which the tax was paid.
Filing for a refund is to be done
for fuel taxes paid between July 1,
1995 and June 30,1996, the state’s
fiscal year.
To make a claim, a form avail-
Law Protects Farmers
From Nuisance Suits
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Gov. Tom Ridge recently
signed into law a bill designed to
protect fanners and agricultural
operations from nuisance suits and
ordinances.
Agriculture Secretary Charles
C. Brosius applauded Gov. Ridge
for signing Senate Bill 1371 and
Senate Agriculture and Rural Af-
fairs Committee Chairman Roger
A. Madigan (R-Bradford) for
sponsoring the bill.
‘The new law protects fanners
from nuisance suits by expanding
the definition of normal agricul
tural operations and permitting the
use of equipment necessary to the
daily operation of these business
es,” Brosius said. He noted that
the law also prohibits municipali
ties from enacting local ordin
ances which seek to outlaw gener
ally-accepted agricultural opera
tions.
"With the disappearance of
Pa. Ayrshire Association
To Hold Picnic
TROY (Bradford Co.) The
Pennsylvania Ayrshire Breeders
Association has announced an
open invitation to all interested to
attend its annual summer picnic,
scheduled to be held June 29 at the
Shade Hill Farm in Troy.
The Mark and Mayme Carter
family, owners of Shade Hill
Farm, are serving as host of the
picnic and field day event, and
promise a day full of family fun
and fellowship.
Starting at 10 a.m. with eoffee
and donuts, events are to kick off at
10:30 a.m.
While complete plans were not
yet finished, according to a news
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HAS lEASIIT SELECTIONS!
able from the Board of Finance and
Revenue must be completed and
submitted with a record of the fuel
purchase and tax paid. The record
can either be the actual paid
receipts, copies of the same, or a
statement from the fuel dealer
showing the claimants name,
dates, the number of gallons pur
chased and verification that the
state tax has been paid.
Those requesting forms should
either write to Lynne Vergot,
supervisor, Board of Finance and
Revenue, Room 500 C Finance
Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120;
or call her at (717) 787-6534.
The sooner the claim is submit
ted, the earlier the refund will be
received.
After two years of submitting
claims, the forms will automatical
ly be sent to the claimant in the
years following.
Pennsylvania’s farmland, comes
new development and new home
owners moving to the country,” he
added. “Sometimes the new
neighbors forget that our 50,000
farm families provide us with a
bountiful supply of nutritious
food, along with nearly $44 billion
annually in related economic acti
vity.
“The Ridge Administration be
lieves that farmers must have the
freedom to conduct their opera
tions without the threat of burden
some ordinances and unnecessary
lawsuits.”
Brosius noted that the new law
applies to those farmers with at
least 10 contiguous acres of land
or gross income exceeding
$lO,OOO.
Under the new law, the defini
tion of “customary equipment” in
cludes crop dryers, feed grinders,
saw mills, hammer mills and re
frigeration equipment.
release this week, activities
already scheduled include a
demonstration of a new classifica
tion program being performed by a
well-known artificial insemination
company, a brief association busi
ness meeting, lunch, news from the
national association, updates on
artificial insemination opportuni
ties for Ayrshire breeders, grazing
information, and other related
topics.
The farm is located north of
Troy along Porter Road. For more
information, contact Bonnie
Wentworth, promotion coordina
tor for the association at (717)
548-3896.
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Grain Sign-Up At Halfway
YORK (York Co.) York
County crop producers have
enrolled farms in record numbers
for the Agricultural Marketing
Transition Act (AMTA) Program.
This program provides for Pro
duction Flexibility Contracts
(PFC). The PFC reflects a farm’s
5-year planting history from
acreage reports voluntarily filed in
the county FSA office.
Producers eligible to enroll in
the program are those who have a
risk in producing a crop, and the
farm has a crop acreage base
(CAB) established.
Benefits include guaranteed
cash payments and eligibility for
commodity loans.
Participants must sign-up prior
to July 12, 1996 for a seven-year
contract.
Cropland under contract may be
planted to any crop with some
exceptions on fruit and veget
ables. Acreage reports are option
al, as is crop insurance coverage.
Conservation plans are required
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on all farms whether or not all
farms participate. Advance pay
ments are available upon request
with final payments issued by
Sept 30, 1996.
Once again, county fanners are
reminded that this is die only sign
up period for seven years and ends
July 12, 1996.
Interested producers can con
tact the York County FSA Office
at 120 Pleasant Acres Rd., Mon
day through Friday 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m. at phone number (717)
755-2801.
The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits
discrimination in its programs on
the basis of race, color, national
origin, sex, religion, age, disabili
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Persons with disabilities who
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tape, etc.) should contact the
USDA, Office of Communica
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To file a complaint, write the
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