Financial Aid Expected To
Relieve Farmer Drought Woes
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
A lack of moisture, over an ex
tended period of time, has caused
producers in Lancaster County to
suffer from the effects of severe
drought conditions. Farms expe
riencing severe drought condi
tions may be eligible for cost
share assistance under the Emer
gency Conservation Program
(ECP).
This disaster program is ad
ministered by the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Farm Serv
ice Agency, which provides cost
share assistance if the damage is
so severe that water available for
livestock or orchards and vine
yards has been reduced below
normal to the extent that neither
can survive without additional
water.
A producer qualifying for ECP
assistance may receive cost share
not to exceed 64 percent of the
cost of installing eligible tempo
rary measures. Cost sharing for
permanent measures is based on
SO percent of the total eligible
cost. Cost-share assistance is
limited to $200,000 per person
natural disaster. Approved prac
tices and measures may include:
• Installing pipelines or other
facilities for livestock water or
existing irrigation systems for or
chards and vineyards.
• Constructing and deepening
wells for livestock water.
• Developing springs or seeps
for livestock water.
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enced severe drought conditions
requiring outside assistance to
provide supplemental emergency
livestock water may contact the
Lancaster County FSA Office.
Request for assistance will be ac
cepted at the Lancaster County
FSA from April 15 through June
13.
Normally, to be eligible for cost
share, practices shall not be
started until a request has first
been filed at the FSA office and
an onsite inspection of the prob
lem area has been made by the
County Committee or its repre
sentative. A special extension will
Forest Landowners
Workshop June 28
W. PITTSTON (Luzerne
Co.) Forest landowners are
invited to attend a daylong
workshop entitled “Planning
For Your Forest’s Future: Un
derstanding Forest Ecology,”
June 28.
This hands-on workshop
will focus on forest ecology,
developing a forest steward
ship plan for your land, under
standing how harvesting ef
fects the forest, and how to
find the right resource profes
sional to help you manage
your forest and plan for the
future.
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be considered for those who al
ready implemented these prac
tices, but an approval is not guar
anteed. Post implementation
requests must be made by April
30.
At this time, funding has yet
been received from Washington,
D.C.; therefore, approvals are
contingent upon the availability
of this funding request.
For more information, contact
the Lancaster County Farm Serv
ice Agency located at the Farm
and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia
Rd., Lancaster, or phone (717)
397-6235.
Dr. Jim Finley of the Penn
State School of Forest Re
sources will be leading the
workshop.
The workshop is scheduled
for 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday,
June 28, at Grey Towers,
home of Gifford Pinchot in
Milford. Space is limited to 50
participants and advance reg
istration is required. Call the
Penn State Extension office at
(570) 825-1701 for more in
formation and registration.
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DEP Responds To
Manure Spill Near
Fulton County Stream
CRYSTAL SPRING (Fulton
Co.) DEP responded to a ma
nure spill at Fowler Farms locat
ed here, according to DEP South-
central Regional Director
Michael R. Steiner.
The liquid manure flowed
across the property and into
springs, ending up in an un
named tributary to Brush Creek,
a stream that’s designated a High
Quality stream by DEP.
“We know that the 4-year-old
farm had a current nutrient man
agement plan,” Steiner said.
“However, poor management
practices resulted in the dis
charge of this manure.”
The farm, located on Hanks
Road, raises approximately 2,000
swine. The full impact of the ma
nure release is still being evaluat
ed, but the cleanup contractor
was brought in by DEP under
provisions of state law that apply
to an emergency environmental
cleanup to dig trenches to inter
cept manure flow.
“DEP continues to work with
the State Fish and Boat Commis
sion, the Fulton County Emer
gency Management Agency, and
the Brush Creek Township Sew-
AMS Issues Final Rule
On Lamb Checkoff Program
WASHINGTON, D. C. The
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) has issued the
final rule es
tablishing a
national, in
ti u s t r y -
funded lamb
promotion,
research, and
information
program.
The pro
gram will
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age Enforcement Officer to assess
the environmental damage and
assure a proper cleanup,” Steiner
said.
According to Steiner, the
under-the-floor storage pit is de
signed to hold 770,000 gallons of
manure; however, the manure ex
ceeded this capacity and flowed
into the unnamed tributary.
State regulations require own
ers and operators of manure stor
age pits to keep the manure level
low enough that there is not dan
ger of overflow. The require
ments are one foot for concrete
structures and two feet for earth
en structures. Fowler’s facility is
a concrete structure.
DEP inspectors issued a report
to the Fowlers outlining neces
sary actions to take to prevent
further pollution. DEP and the
Fulton County Conservation Dis
trict will continue to conduct fol
low-up inspections of the facility
until the situation is rectified. En
forcement options are being eval
uated.
For more information, contact
Community Relations Coordina
tor Karen Sitler at (717) 705-4904
or e-mail ksitler@state.pa.us.
provide for an industry board to
carry out promotion, research,
and information programs de
signed to increase the demand for
lamb and lamb products.
Under the program, lamb pro
ducers, seedstock producers,
feeders, and exporters will pay an
assessment of one-half cent
($.005) per pound when live
lambs are sold. The first handler,
primarily packers, will pay an
additional 30 cents per head of
lambs purchased by the first han
dler for slaughter.
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Labor Day
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