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Open Communications Key To Passing Down Farm
JAYNE SEBRIGHT
Lancaster Farming Staff
BETHEL TOWNSHIP (Leba
non Co.) Jim and Billy Hill
wanted to see their children,
Rich, Terry, and Terry’s hus
band Kevin Shuey, stay in farm
ing. So they made the transition
from one generation to the next
as smooth as possible. ~
Some farmers take 20 to 30
years to do what the Hills did in
just five years. In fact, some
farms are sold before the parents
and children can agree.
In 1995, when Jim and Billy
purchased a country store in
town, Kevin, Terry, and Rich
co-purchased the cows. At that
Barbara Wland, new PPPC president from Mlfflinburg,
succeeds former PPPC president David Reinecker, York
Springs. Wland operatasWl«nd Enterprises, a 300-sow
farrew-to-flnieh herd In Union County. Wland, with help
fronifrtwband Qienn and sonsduatln, 7, and Michael, 6, in
addition to two full-time emptpyees, produce about 7,000
feeder pigs per year.
New PPPC President:
While Pork Prices Recover,
New Programs On "The Way
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancasttr Farming Staff
MIFFLINBURG (Union Co.)
Pork producers could see
some exciting programs in the"
months ahead, as prices improfr
and new marketing strategpi
are explored, according to" snfc
Four Sections
point, Jim and Billy left the
younger generation in charge of
milking the cows and managing
the farm. Then, this January,
the children purchased the land
and buildings from their par
ents.
“Since the kids took full re
sponsibility of the farm during
the transition years and were
doing such a good job, we de
cided to turn over the farm
sooner than we planned to give
them chance to really have
something,” said Jim.
Both Jim and Billy, who are
in their mid fifties, wanted to
give their children every oppor-
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new Pennsylvania Pork Produc
ers Council (PPPC) president.
And even If producers decide
: to eliminate the national pork
' checkoff, programs such as the
Keystone Pork Expo, conducted
each winter in Lebanon, will
(Turn to Pag* A2S)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 29, 2000—.
tnl#* generations work together on Little Hill Farms in Lebanon County. Parents Billy
and Jim Hill recently passed down the farm to children, KeVin and Terry Shuey and Rich
Hilt. Kevin and Terry’s children Kyle and Ailison'also enjoy helping on the farm. Photo by
Jayno Sebright
JANET WILLIAMS
Adams Co. Correspondent
BONNEAUVILLE (Adams
Co.>A Littlestown fanner who
has been involved with the beef
producers association for almost
IS years received special recog
nition last week from the Adams
County Beef Producers Associa
The OigtotKlng, Howard Helmut, was In Lancaster Tuesday evening to show con
sumer soienos teacher how to prepare eggs. The event was sponsored by the Lancaster
County Poultry Association. See story page 86. Photo by Lou Ann Good
Hilbert Receives Recognition
From Beef Producers
tion at their annual meeting in
Bonneauville.
Harry Hilbert of Littlestown
in Mount Joy Township has a
long history of raising beef
cattle. He currently has five
Angus on the farm, and has a
hog operation. Hilbert »said he
was surprised to be recognized
aaSWi
by his fellow farmers. “It makes
it all worthwhile,’’ he said,
“given all the hours you put into
it.”
He said he was most active
with the association when his
two children were in 4-H and
(Turn to Pago A 23)
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