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graduating from Penn State where
he was an outstanding member of
the Dairy Science Club, serving
as president, he went to woik for
Atlantic Breedeis' Cooperative as
an evaluator of daughters of dany
sires He is an outstanding judge
of dairy cattle and placed classes
at many 4-H, FFA, and open class
county and regional shows
Oliver letumed to Penn State
in 1989 as an instructor in dany
science He advises the 4-H dairy
piogram and ovcisees the
Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show
program At the All-American
Dairy show 750 to 800 head are
shown by 600 4-H and FFA
youth. In addition, he teaches and
advises students including the
Penn State dairy |udgmg team,
and the Dairy Science Club
Judging teams individual students
have excelled under his
mstructorship
Oliver received the first
HARRISBURG - On behalf
of Gov. Tom Ridge, Agriculture
Secretary Samuel E. Hayes, Jr.
announced this week that the
first checks have been issued to
drought-stricken farmers under
the Governor’s Hay Assistance
Rebate Program.
“These checks, and the ones
that soon will follow, represent
the first drought-related cash
assistance to reach
Pennsylvania
Secretary Hayes said.
Secretary Hayes presented
checks to Francis R. Mains of
Carlisle, Cumberland County,
Commitment to Agricultural Industry
Stan Michonski
Assistant Vice President
Agricultural Lending
Call (717)581-6020
Outstanding Young Dairyman
Award fiom the Penn State Dairy
Science Club m 1984 In 1989 he
was chosen as the Penn State
Dany Exposition dedicatee He
was named Advisoi Year
by the American Dairy Science
Association Student Affiliate
Division in 1994
He spends much of his time
recruiting, advising, and
mentoring new and cunent Penn
Slate students Ohvei is credited
with woiking directly with "the
most important crop of all-the
young people who will be the
dairy leaders of the future "
The winning 4-H state dairy
judging team was honored with
lifetime membeiships in the
association The team membeis
are Michelle McMichael,
Lebanon County, Thomas
Harwood, Cumberland County,
Stacy Goetz, Fianklm County,
and Joshua Hushon, York County
First Rebates To Drought-Stricken Hay Farmers
$5,325; Royston G. Coale 111 of
Littlestown, Adams County,
$1,140; Wilfred Markey, Jr. of
Dallastown, Dauphin County
$662.
To .date, 82 checks totaling
more than $92,000 have been
mailed to eligible farmers to par
tially reimburse them for the
cost of purchasing hay to feed
their livestock. These will be fol
lowed by rebates to nearly 4,000
eligible farmers, who have
returned the required documen
tation such as receipts, to he
Department of Agriculture,
showing proof of purchase.
farmers,”
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Whether you need financing for buildings, land, livestock or
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look to the bank that is committed to your industry and has been
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The Better Bank.
The honored 4-H dairy judging team members are, Thomas Harwood, Joshua Hushon,
Stacy Goetz, and Michelle McMichael.
On Sept. 10, Gov. Ridge
released $5 million in emer
gency funds to provide direct
relief for Pennsylvania’s
drought-stricken farmers.
Under the Hay Assistance
Rebate Program, farmers are
eligible to receive a $6O rebate
for each ton of hay purchased in
state; a $5O rebate for each ton
of hay purchased out of state;
and a $25-per-ton rebate to help
defray long-distance transporta
tion costs. Hay purchased in
Pennsylvania or in bordering
states and Virginia is not eligi
ble for long-haul transportation
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 18, 1999-A2l
assistance.
Gov. Ridge’s plan also includ
ed more than 350 tons of hay
donated by Wisconsin farmers
and transported and distributed
by the Agriculture Department
to some of Pennsylvania’s most
profoundly stricken farmers.
To be eligible, livestock farm
ers had to certify at least a 30
percent crop loss.
On Monday, Gov. Ridge
signed into law Senate Bill 1135
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- the largest state aid package
for drought-stricken farmers in
the nation this year. The law
makes available $82.6 million in
state funds: $6O million in
grants for eligible farmers; $5.6
million to subsidize crop insur
ance costs for farmers; $2 mil
lion to reimburse commercial
orchard and fruit-tree nursery
owners for losses from the Plum
Pox Virus, and $l5 million for
flood relief
So,
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Mary Henry
Assistant Vice President
Agricultural Lending
Call (717)464-4520
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