(Continued from Page AIO) the Farm Bill. There is added in centive for this to happen as a re sult of the House passing the Farm Bill last week on a 280-141 vote. The best part is the 280 votes were almost evenly split be tween the Republicans and the Democrats. As usual, there are several flaws in the Farm Bill, but, final ly, something was done for dairy farmers. While many people deserve credit for the dairy provisions in the Farm Bill, there are a few people who stand out. • Sen. Jeffords. You need to give credit to Sen. Jim Jeffords for leaving his party and going Independent. I know many peo ple are irritated at Jeffords, but we would never have gotten the dairy provisions if Sen. Lott and Sen. Lugar were running the show. • Sen. Leahy. With Jeffords jumping the ship, this meant Sen. Leahy from Vermont was in charge of the dairy provisions in the Senate Farm Bill. Leahy never gave up, both on the Senate floor and as a member of the Conference Committee. Remem ber, Leahy’s first at tempt in the Senate was a bill to increase prices to dairy farmers out of the market place. • Sen. Specter. Even with the efforts of Leahy, they still would not have been successful without the support of several Re publican senators such 10,000 Acres Of Adams County Farmland Preserved GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) “The Adams County Agri cultural Land Preser vation Board is de lighted to announce a celebration in recogni tion of preserving more than 10,000 acres of farmland,” said Ellen Dayhoff, di rector. The celebration will be at the Knud Her mansen and Sons Farm, 6978 Carlisle Pike, Sunday, May 19, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. During the event, all owners of preserved farms within Adams County will be pres ented with a perma nent sign to place at the entrance to their farm. The Hermansen farm is a family-run crop farm, operated by Knud and his sons Kai and Kristian. The farm is located on Rt. 94, nine miles north of Rt. 30. From Route 15, the farm is about 2.5 miles south on Rt. 94. Signs will be posted. For more informa tion, call the ACALPB * Farm Forum ❖ V * * a 5 3 **■ as our own Sen. Arlen Specter. When it comes to dairy farm pricing, Sen. Specter is always with us. • Rep. Holden. Tim Holden (Pennsylvania) is a member of the House Ag Committee and was a member of the Conference Committee. He did a great serv ice to the dairy farmers. • Rep. Sherwood. Ever since Jim Jeffords left the House of Representatives and became a member of the Senate, it just wasn’t the same in the House without him battling for the dairy farmers. However, there is no question we have a new advocate for dairy farmers in the House. It is our own Rep. Don Sherwood. Since arriving in Washington, D.C., Sherwood has stood up for dairy farmers many times. In the fall of 2001 Sherwood made heroic efforts to have dairy compacts become part of the Farm Bill. 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Sherwood’s efforts and helped to obtain a few names. Certainly Sherwood’s letter played an important role in ob taining the dairy provisions in the Farm Bill. The dairy provi sions are not what we wanted the money should come from the marketplace. But maybe we have something to build on for the fu ture. Many people deserve a thank you, but we will never forget the efforts of Sen. Jeffords, Sen. Leahy, Sen. Specter, Rep. Sand ers, Rep. Holden, and especially our own representative and neighbor, Don Sherwood. Arden Tewksbury Manager, Pro-Ag Meshoppen The 5209’s reliable design keeps you mowing and conditioning year after year. With the segmented cutterbar driveshaft, a New Idea innovation, the cutterbar is truly mod ular, which makes for easy maintenance. To see the disc mower conditioner that’ll exceed your expectations not your budget, visit your AGCO® New Idea dealer today. m\ New Idea• BUILT FOR THE BOTTOM LINE Legislators Announce $224,000 For Experiment Station GENEVA, N.Y. 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Assemblyman Bill Magee, chair of the Assembly Agriculture Committee, said, “This invest ment in the Geneva Station is a real shot in the arm for the Fin ger Lakes, definitely, but also for agriculture across New York State.” Jim Hunter, director of the Ex periment Station said, “Without these funds, the station would not be able to continue upgrading equipment needed to carry out field and laboratory research. Modem instruments and ma chines are essential for station scientists to help New York food and agriculture industries, and to retain and attract businesses based on the plant and food sci ences.” The funding secured by the legislators will be used to assist the Experiment Station with up grading equipment and machin ery and to support the wine pro duction training facility. The funding brings New York State’s investment in the Experiment Station to more than $1.5 million since 1995. Call toll-free 1-800-FED-INFO to find out about government pro grams, benefits, and services. 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