President Clinton Signs
Farm Spending Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.
President Clinton recently
signed into law the farm spend
ing bill for this fiscal year.
The measure provides ap
proximately $3.5 billion in disas
ter assistance for America’s
farmers and ranchers, who have
been forced to contend with
drought, floods, fires, and low
prices this year, including $1.3
billion for crop loss payments,
$667 million for dairy market
loss payments, $450 million for
livestock assistance, and $l5B
million for apple and cranberry
growers.
“This assistance is sorely
needed and we will be working
hard to distribute it quickly,’’
said U.S. Agriculture Secretary
Dan Glickman. “I know these
funds will help prevent some
small and medium size family
farmers from going out of busi
ness.”
At the same time, Glickman
reiterated his strong desire to see
a major rewrite of the 1996 farm
bill “to provide farmers with a
stronger and more reliable
safety net instead of ad hoc dis
aster payments.”
The appropriations bill also
contains provisions sought by
the Clinton-Gore Administra
tion to help tens of thousands of
the working poor. The measure
relaxes restrictions on car own
ership, so that people can access
reliable transportation to get to
Lehigh County Celebrates
Preservation Oflo,ooo Acres
Of Farmland
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co.)
Agriculture Secretary Samuel
Hayes joined Lehigh County Ex
ecutive Jane S. Baker and mem
bers of the board of
commissioners and Agricultural
Land Preservation Board to
celebrate the preservation of
10,000 acres of Lehigh County
farmland.
“This 10,000-acre celebration
is a huge milestone for Lehigh
County,” Baker said. “As we
continue the Farmland Preser
vation Program, farming will
continue to thrive and benefit
Lehigh County. All residents
will be able to continue to enjoy
the outstanding countryside that
surrounds us for generations to
come.”
The Farmland Preservation
Program protects farmland
from development through the
purchase of perpetual agricul
tural conservation easements
that place permanent legal re
strictions on nonagricultural
land development on farmland.
Funding for this program comes
from both the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and the county of
Lehigh. The program is admin
istered by the nine-member
Lehigh County Agricultural
Preservation Board.
On Sept. 13, Lehigh County
officially preserved its 10,000 th
acre of farmland with agricul
tural conservation easements on
102 farms. Lehigh County is the
fifth county in the common
wealth to achieve this preserva
tion mark. More than 10 percent
of Lehigh County’s remaining
98,500 acres of farmland are
now permanently protected.
The celebration was con
ducted recently at the Harold,
Mildred, Kenneth and Diane
Gehringer farm in New Smith-
work without sacrificing their
food stamp benefits. There is
also additional funding for food
stamps outreach to help ensure
that those eligible for the pro
gram are aware of the nutri
tional benefits available to them.
The bill also includes funds to
assist families using food stamps
with high rent and utility ex
penses,
Glickman remained dismayed
because “Congress has again
failed to honor the President’s
repeated requests to restore food
stamps for legal immigrants,
and to provide funding for farm
land protection efforts.”
The bill fully funds President
Clinton’s Food Safety Initiative,
which has revolutionized inspec
tions and helped significantly
decrease foodborne illnesses,
while continuing to fund ex
panded food safety research.
The measure permits USD A
to greatly expand its already
substantial investment in rural
America, increasing, total rural
development loan and grant
funding by $2 billion to $13.2
billion. It also contains $24 mil
lion in development funding for
Native American communities,
that have not shared in our na
tion’s prosperity.
Glickman expressed his con
cern about a provision which
takes away a USDA under sec
retary’s duties in managing na
tional forests and conservation
programs.
ville. The Weisenberg Township
property includes 167 acres of
farmland.
Diane Matthews-Gehringer is
an owner of the farm and a
member of the Agriculture Pres
ervation Board. “My husband
and mother and father-in-law
join me in feeling very proud to
have the Gehringer farm be a
part of history as Pennsylvania
becomes the national leader in
farmland preservation,”
Matthews-Gehringer said. “As
farmers and Lehigh County resi
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