FSA Reminds Livestock Producers
About Loan Deficiency Payments
POTTSVILLE (Schuylkill
Co.) The Farm Service
Agency is providing livestock
producers’ benefits because of
low crop and pasture produc
tion. The program is available
to owners of cattle, beefalo,
buffalo, sheep, and goats.
The direct payments are
based on the number of head
present on the farm on June 1.
The payment rates range from
$4.50 for sheep and goats to
$31.50 for dairy cows. The
deadline to apply for benefits
through this program is Dec.
13.
Crop producers should be
aware that 2002 crop produc
tion could be eligible for loan
and/or loan deficiency pay-
ments regardless of program
participation status. The regu
lations for this change were
not published until Oct. 8.
This may have caused some
growers to dispose of their
crop without taking benefits.
If you fed or sold 2002 small
grain prior to Oct. 8 you may
still be eligible for this benefit.
Applications must be filed
by Jan. 10, 2003 at the Farm
Service Agency located on the
Gordon Nagle Trail south of
Pottsville. If you have any
questions call the office at
(570) 622-1555, Ext. 2.
Bucks County Conducts 4-H Lamb Roundup
Curt Poorman, New Britain, with his Justin Andress, Ottsville, with his
120-pound grand champion 4-H market 142-pound reserve champion 4-H market
lamb at the Middletown Grange Fair, lamb at the Middletown Grange Fair. The
Curt’s lamb was purchased by Univest lamb was purchased by William Coul In
corporation of Pennsylvania for $BOO. spections for $575.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 30, 2002-A3l
WRIGHTSTOWN
(Bucks Co.) Brett
Poorman of New Brit
ain showed the grand
champion lamb at the
Bucks County 4-H mar
ket lamb roundup con
ducted recently at the
Middletown Grange
Fair. His 120-pound
Suffolk was purchased
at the auction for $BOO
by Univest Corporation
of Pennsylvania. Justin
Andress, Ottsville had
the reserve champion.
William Coul Inspec
tions paid $575 for Jus
tin’s 142-pound Suffolk
lamb.
In all, 21 4-H mem
bers showed and sold
their project lambs. The
sale averaged $350/
head. The judge was
Don Kniffen Jr. of Ash
bury, N.J.
Lamb show results:
Class 1 lambs (80-100
pounds); 1. Mollie Mann. 2.
Jacob Crooks. 3. Carol Loux.
Class 2 lambs (104-108
pounds)' 1. Heather Ste
phenson. 2. Alyssa Rockafel
low. 3. Alyce Simons.
Class 3 lambs (118-128
pounds): 1. Brett Poorman 2
Justin Brown 3. Kelly Frye.
Class 4 lambs (130-144
pounds): 1 Justin Andress. 2
Curt Poorman. 3. Kyle Feld
man.
PMMB Files
Regulations
HARRISBURG
(Dauphin Co.)
The Pennsylvania
Milk Marketing
Board (PMMB)
Nov. 18 submitted
the final form reg
ulation for pooling
45 percent of the
state mandated
over-order premi
um to the senate
committee on ag
riculture and rural
affairs, the house
committee on ag
riculture and rural
affairs, and the in
dependent regula
tory review com
mission.
A copy of the
final form regula
tion can be found
on the PMMB’s
Website at http://
WWW.
nunb.state.pa.us.