~ I ff E 01.43 No. 35 Tulpehocken Watershed Receives Conservation Funding ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff STOUCHSBURG (Berks Co.) When people hear the saying, ‘it was a real gully-washer,” they :ould be referring to an area of a 125-acre dairy farm operated here by Richard and Nelson Troutman. When it stormed, rains would cause such a flood of stormwater down the stone farm lane that, almost every time, the owners would have to haul stone and repair it, according to Richard Troutman. But with the help of the conser vation district and a 319 Water Quality Grant, in March last year a clean water collection system, including six collection boxes and 1,500 feet of pipe, was installed at a cost of $6,900. Gone were the problems of lane loss to water. The outlet system would drain into a stream that feeds into the Tulpehocken Creek. Now the farm managers could con centrate on their feed and dairy work and less on farm lane erosion. Similar farm improvement pro jects could be getting a new boost for farm owners in the Tulpehock en Creek watershed area. Areas of Berks and Lebanon counties, through Public Law 566, will have access to cost-share funds from a multi-agency prog ram to install a wide array of con servation practices on farms. ] FARMER On this Independence Day, July 4,1998, we the staff at Lancaster Fanning commend the farmers and agribusiness Industry for your help to make America strong. Without you the nation perishes. Farmers Should Be Prepared For Local Farm Tag Checks VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff LANDISVILLE (Lancaster Co.) A recent legal incident involving a hay producer using a farm license tag on a rig to deliver a load for sale in Lancaster County has left that producer uncertain about what is expected of a farmer these days. While the incident isn’t com pletely over, the producer this week had to give up a day’s work to travel fours hours one-way to attend a rescheduled (at court’s convenience, with a three-day notice) hearing in a Lancaster County locality. As a result of the district justice hearing, all but two of the charges Four Sections There are several major compo nents to the $8.9 million program. Evaluation units include agricul tural waste management, cropland treatment, riparian area treatment, wetland and floodplain conserva In the spring of 1997, grass waterways were Installed to separate two corn fields where Richard Troutman stands. That Is one of many programs the new watershed program can provide to farmers. Troutman said that the limestone, clay-bottom ground holds water In a dry year. Last year, despite a persistent drought, the farm harvested 150 bushels per acre of corn. Photo by Andy Andrews have been dismissed. The last two one each for the same thing against the producer and his driver arc to be dismissed if the producer sends to the district jus tice, through certified mail, a notarized statement giving evi dence of the leasing of the farm land from which the hay came. Though willing to be identified, it seems that the specific identity of the individuals involved aren’t necessarily important. What seems most important is whether the incident is isolated or if it is a common incident According to the producer involved, in his discussions with other producers, there have been (Turn to Pago A 24) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 4, 1998 tion easements, and aquatic habitat improvement. The Tulpehocken project allows up to $lOO,OOO per farm in a 10-year period at 75 percent cost share to participate, indicated How About A Pasteurized, Whole Egg? ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Milk is pasteurized. Why not the same for whole shell eggs? One business has learned to do “Weedy Retreat Mallards,” an original painting by FFA member Greg Yoder, will go to the highest bidder at the auction held following the annual Fore FFA Golf Tourna ment to be held July 20. The proceeds will benefit the Pennsylvania FFA Foundation. _ Limited edition prints of the painting are also available through special orders. For' more Information, read the article about Greg and the upcoming benefit auction on page B 6. Photo and atory by Lou Ann Good. $29.50 Per Year Charles W. Wertz, Lebanon Coun ty Conservation District manager. According to Wertz, projects include waste management struc tures, barnyard runoff manage ment, soil erosion control, stream just that Pasteurized Eggs, LJP., a New Hampshire-based food technology company, demonstrated Big Pete, its egg pasteurizer, late last week. The demonstration was held 600 Per Copy bank fencing and crossings, ripa rian forest and buffer filters, and other projects. Wertz noted the flexibility of the program. Farm managers can adopt aspects of the program to the farm. The government pays 75 percent of the total cost. “If somebody has a serious sink hole problem, the program could do sinkhole repair,” Wertz said. (Turn to Pag* A2O) Dairy Options Program In Your Mailbox GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) Within the next four to six weeks, dairy producers in Berks, Bradford, Crawford, Chester, Franklin, and Lancaster counties should be carefully watching their mail. Producers in these counties will be receiving information about the Dairy Options Pilot Pro gram that is being introduced by the Federal Risk Management Agency. **Thc Dairy Options Pilot Pro gratji (DOPP) is an educational#*-* forty authorized by USDA, that provides financial assistance to producers in selected counties who want to begin using BFP milk options to limit their downside price risk. Six counties in each of (Turn to Pag* A 32) before more than two dozen egg agri-industry representatives at the manufacturing facilities of Food Processing Systems in Greenfield Industrial Park. (Turn to Pag* A 34)
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