Farm Accepts Ag Plastics For Recycling
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
LEOLA (Lancaster Co.) If
you’re looking for a way to dis
pose of agriculture plastic, Dan
Zook, located here, may have a
solution.
Zook is accepting polyethylene
plastic at his farm on 183 South
Farmersville Road. Plastic is
being shipped to a company,
Trex Manufacturing, located in
Winchester, Va. The company
mixes the plastic with sawdust to
make materials for decking.
The company wants the plas
tic as clean as possible, noted Jeff
Stoltzfus, Eastern Lancaster
Jeff Stoltzfus, Eastern Lancaster County Young Farm
er Program adviser, next to the baler at the Zook Farm.
Dan Zook accepts ag plastics for recycling.
County School District Young
Fanner Program adviser.
Stoltzfus noted the company
can handle some soil and mois
ture contamination in their pro
cesses. There is a $25 per ton
charge to take the plastic.
Zook can accept plastic mulch,
ag bag plastic, bale wrap, silage
covers, greenhouse covers, and
shrink wrap.
Zook can’t accept plastic
twine, Remay row covers, mold
ed plastic (greenhouse pots and
trays), milk or water jugs, or pes
ticide or other containers.
Drip tape and ag mulch
should be baled separately,
Stoltzfus noted. Scales are avail
able at the farm to weigh each
load.
Zook will accept plastic during
the day Wednesdays throughout
the winter.
The plastic is baled using a
cardboard baler that presses
bales into an area 30 inches thick
by five feet long, according to
Zook. The plastic is shipped to
the company by trailer load.
Zook can be reached at his an
swering service at (717)
656-4422. He is located on South
Farmersville Road about one
mile off Rt. 23. From Rt. 23, he’s
the third farm on the right.
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York FSA Reminds County Farmers
Of Three Announced Programs
YORK (York Co.) County
producers of oilseeds, wool, and
mohair may obtain price support
coverage under three programs
created under recent legislation.
• Oilseeds Soybean produc
ers who grew a 2000 crop may
apply for a market loss payment
between Oct. 16, 2000 and Jan.
12, 2001. Established producers
receive payments based on the
highest of 1997, 1998, or 1999
acreage. New producers receive
payments based on their share of
the 2000 planted acreage. The
higher of the actual yield from
1997, 1998, 1999, or the county
average is used in the calculation
process.
• Wool And Mohair Market
Loss Assistance Program Be
cause of re-occurring low market
prices for wool products, county
producers can apply for this one
time payment. Support is avail
able to wool and mohair produc
ers who sheared wool or mohair
from Jan. 1, 1999 through Dec.
31,1999. The payment rate is 20
cents per pound for wool and 40
cents per pound for mohair. Eli
gible wool must have documen
tation for poundage certified that
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was produced from stock owned
for 30 days at time of shearing in
1999 and shorn in the U.S. The
sign-up period is Oct. 10, 2000
through Dec. 29,2000.
• Lamb Meat Adjustment As
sistance Program Feeder and
slaughter lambs marketed be
tween Aug. 1, 2000 and July 31,
2002 may receive $3 and $S per
head respectively on lambs raised
for slaughter and owned for 30
calendar days continuously.
Slaughter lambs must meet
USDA requirements of Quality
Grade Choice or Prime, Yield
Grade 2, score average choice on
muscling confirmation score, and
have a hot carcass weight of 55
to 75 pounds. These lambs must
be evaluated and certified by an
AMS agent or representative.
Producers can self-certify the
eligibility requirements by utiliz
ing a notification system devel
oped by USDA and obtaining
feeder lamb ear tags.
County producers interested in
any of these programs can con
tact the York County Farm Serv
ice Agency at 120 Pleasant Acres
Road. Call (717) 755-2966 x-2.
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