Farm Bureau (continued from Page A 1) legislators include: • Water resource manage ment At least seven water re source management bills have been introduced in the General Ann Mease CREP Outreach Natural Resource Conservation Office Would you like to be making $lOO-$ 160 per acre for the next 10-15 years from your marginal cropland and streamside pas ture, regardless of weather con ditions or market fluctuations? You could be if you enroll your eligible land in the Penn sylvania Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). Available at these servicing dealers Abbottstbwn MESSICK’S 7491 Lincoln Hwy. RU. 30E Abbottstown, FA 17301 717-259-6617 666-2854225 Allentown :HIGH AG EG. INC. 3670 Ruppavilla Rd. 610-398-2553 1-800-779-3616 TRI-BORO CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES 1490 RITNER HWY. 1-600-248-6590 Dallastown TRI-BORO CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES 435 Locust SI 717-246-3095 1-800-632-9018 East. Earl GOODS LAWN & GARDEN CENTER Route 23 717-445-4490 Elizabethtown MESSICK’S 187 Merle Drive (Rheeme exit of Rt 283) 717-367-1319,800-222-3373 Ephrata Assembly. Agriculture in Penn sylvania is highly dependent on water resources. None of the bills proposed so far contain provisions needed to protect farmers from possible unreason- Enrolled In CREP? However, the program has an acreage cap, statewide, and the time to ask for more information or enroll your land is now. CREP is a federal/state part nership with the goal of enroll ing 100,000 acres of highly erodible cropland and stream side pastureland in conservation cover plantings. The program is entirely voluntary and works to reduce soil erosion, improve water quality, improve wildlife habitat, and increase farm income on marginal farmland. SRP M 79Ja Handheld Vacuum/Shredder Gap/Quarryville GAP POWER RENTALS » PLUS Gap: 717-442-8970 Quarryvllle: 717-786-2221 Hummels Wharf HUMMEL’S TEXACO Rt.ll *l5 570-743-7459 ■ititz/Lebam & GARDEN Lltltz: 717-626-3301 Lebanon: 717-272-4155 Oxford DEER CREEK EQUIPMENT, INC. 6600 Limestone Rd 610-932-6658 Palmyra HERR’S repair Hagerstown. MD SHOP EBY’S LAWN & RD 2, Box 115 A GARDEN 717-838-1549 16409 Falrvlew Road 301-733-4158 Palmyra WEAVER’S LAWN & GARDEN 740 W Main St 717-838-5999 :h Bottom A.K. SAW SHOP 214 Peach Bottom Road 35.2 cc, 2.obhp, 9.9 lbs. i 229” Reamstown EAGLE RENTAL CENTER Rt. 272, Reamstown Traffic Light 717-336-3945 A & B SALES & SERVICE 370 Newport Road 2 Miles South of Rl. 23 MARTIN’S EQUIPMENT CO. Rt. 5011 1/2 Miles South of Schaefferstown, PA 717-949-6817 Shippensburg CEDAR GROVE FARM STORE 1120 Rltner Hwy 717-532-7571 lie MD SUBURBAN SALES 10757 York Rd 410-785-2277 DEER CREEK EQUIPMENT, INC. 720 Wheeler School Rd. 301-879-5090 able and severe restrictions in water use. Nor do they give agri culture priority in the event of water shortages. • Illegal or discriminatory local ordinances Numerous townships have passed local or dinances designed to prohibit or What land is eligible for CREP? Any cropland or mar ginal pasture within 180 feet of a stream is eligible. Highly credi ble cropland greater than 180 feet from a stream may also be eligible and buffer strips, grassed waterways, and wet lands may be enrolled on any cropland. How would I bene fit? CREP pays you to place land into conser vation cover. You would be reimbursed for up to 100 percent of the cost of establish ing cover, including the cost of streambank fencing and crossings. Cover may include native warm season grasses, cool season grasses and legume mixtures and, along streams, native trees and shrubs. You would be paid a yearly rental rate between $9B-$ 164 per acre, de pending on soil type and practices imple mented, as well an annual maintenance payment. Depending on the practice, addi tional one-time bonus payments may also be included. How do I enroll or find out more? If the current statewide en rollment rates con tinue, CREP that it will fulfill its al lotment of 100,000 acres by this spring. Don’t wait until it is too late to find out whether the CREP op portunity is right for you. 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Bu 11 d I ngs 1-800-544-9464 202 Orlan Road New Holland, PA 17557 strongly discourage farmers from changing or expanding their operations. These ordi nances exceed and ignore state laws establishing uniformity in the regulation of agriculture in Pennsylvania. Farmers who decide to challenge these ordi nances in court subject them selves to expensive legal fees. Farm Bureau supports S.B. 826, which would require townships to reimburse legal costs to farm ers who successfully challenge their ordinances in court. • Humane society police offi cers The state Supreme Court has ruled that a humane society officer appointed by the court to enforce animal cruelty laws in one county may enforce the laws anywhere in the state. The ruling struck down part of a 1994 law that gave local com munities a way to protect them selves from humane society officers who abused their en forcement authority. Farm Bureau supports S.B. 1302, which would create an inde pendent board within the state Department of Agriculture to regulate private humane society enforcement officers. The board could grant enforcement power to humane society officers or revoke it if misconduct or abuse of power is committed. • Funding for agriculture The governor’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year contains several funding cuts which affect agriculture. Instead of the proposed five percent budget cuts for agriculture research and extension at Penn State and for the School of Veterinary Medi- Northwest Savings Bank To Open sth York County Office YORK (York Co.) North west Savings Bank is opening a new, full-service banking facility at.the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Route 30 in the late spring of this year. Formerly a branch office of Fulton Bank, Northwest Sav ings Bank’s new Roosevelt Avenue Office will be its third office in metropolitan York and its fifth banking location in York County. In making the announcement, Lynn Baker, region manager, said, “It is a real pleasure to say we’re opening this new office to better serve our York customers, both old and new, with the con venience, full-service banking and personal, home town service Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 6, 2002-A25 cine at the University of Penn sylvania, Farm Bureau wants funding increased by about 3.25 percent for these important pro grams. In addition, full funding is needed for a program that helps farmers insure their crops against weather disasters. • Other Issues Farm Bureau supports S.B. 1253, which would provide grants to encourage production of alter native fuels and ethanol in Pennsylvania and would refund state liquid fuels taxes for three years to distributors of ethanol fuel. The bill would also require replacement over a three-year time span of the fuel additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) with ethanol. To help reduce lawsuit abuse, Farm Bureau supports S.B. 406, which would give the defendant in a frivolous lawsuit the right to sue the attorney or law firm rep resenting the plaintiff in the lawsuit. Farm Bureau supports H.B. 236 and H.B. 936, which would reduce the burden of state inheritance taxes on families. Because Act 50 of 1998, in tended to provide for local tax reform, has only been adopted by five of Pennsylvania’s 501 school districts, Farm Bureau is asking lawmakers to come up with new legislation to address the problem of adequately fi nancing school districts without imposing unfair property tax burdens on farmers. Farm Bureau supports H.B. 2398 and S.B. 1045, which would make farmers eligible for low-interest loans under the state’s Small Business First Pro gram. they want and deserve.” Baker explained that the new office, located at 1700 Roosevelt Avenue, will mark another mile stone in Northwest’s service to York County, which, in one form or another, began in 1915. Founded in 1896, Northwest Savings Bank specializes in serving smaller communities in 33 counties in Pennsylvania and Ohio. With $3.9 billion in assets, the company operates 118 com munity banking locations, plus full-service brokerage plus In vestment Management and Trust services. The stock of Northwest Bancorp, Inc., Northwest Savings Bank’s parent company, trades on the Nasdaq system under the symbol “NWSB.”
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