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A FREE RESOURCE FOR Commerce and Industry has an-
AGRICULTURAL nounced the release of the third
EDUCATION edition of the Lancaster County
The Lancaster Chamber of Farming Facts brochure. This
Lancaster County
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Lancaster County holds the distinction of being
the MOST PRODUCTIVE non-imgated farming
county in the United States.
LANCASTER COUNTY KEY FACTS
• 257,100 total workforce, 10,499
jobs in farming & 51,420 jobs *
(1 in 5) in the agriculture industry M
Every J 1 of products leaving flj
Lancasters farms boosts our 1
economy by J 5 88 a value m
over $4 Billion per year M
Over 99% of Lancaster farms
are family owned
Lancaster s farmland & culture is the primary reason
that 7 million tourists spend $1 3 billion per year
55,000 acres of preserved farmland in Lancaster
(15% of total farmland), ranked #1 in the U S
Between 1994 & 2001 For every 1 acre lost to
development, 2 acres have been preserved
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* Residential services use
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* Commercial services use-
$0.15
* Industnal services use
$O.lO
* Farm services use.
$0.07
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'll9 Million people
* 9 9 Million people
♦ 4 8 Million people
' 1 9 Million people
' 454,000 people
LANCASTER'S VALUE TO PA AGRICULTURE:
Number of farms
Average farm size:...
Total acres of farmland. ..,
%of land in farmland ..,
Value of farmland per acre-
Cash receipts of crops.
Cash receipts of livestock;
Total cash receipts
WORID FOOD m ' | (,RAPH
Food is most affordable in the U S
(% of income spent on food)
United State! 1 o.9*^
United Kingdom 11 .2^
Australia 1 4.9 %
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14 mmco 24.5 %
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Farmland collects 34 Million
gallons of ground water
from rain
Cows & family use f Million
gallons of water
Nearly 33 Million
gallons of ground water
contributed
The housing development
collects at least 1/3 less
ground water from ram
300 families use over 16
Million gallons of water
26 Million fewer
gallons of ground water
contributed
EGGS
MILK
CHICKEN
PORK
Total PA
Agriculture
, .59,000
.131 acres
.7 7 Million
28%
. .$2,720
$1 2 Billion
$2 9 Billion
. $4.1 Bfflion
Lancaster
County
5,910
71 acres..
.421,000
.65%
.$6,1 37 ...
.582 Million
.$644 Million
.$726 Mifflon
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brochure is avail
able free of charge
to the community
to enhance their
awareness and un
derstanding of
Lancaster County
agriculture.
I encourage you
to obtain copies to
become more fa
miliar with our ag
riculture industry
and to use it as a
resource in increas
ing visibility of the
industry to your
nonfarm associ
ates. There have
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Ptorwer* tiraiur stage comtiyfMtfs
deliver all three, whW» means mow
milk potential from every asm. To
help simplify your hybrid seiec
~ Mon process, Ptorteer Offers an
elite proup of hybrids selected especial for
silage. PHD (proven highly digestible) hybrids
offer an outstanding combination of scores
for key silage traits. Reid after /*fT\
held, Pioneer brand hybrids offer | j i ]
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been 40,000 copies of the prior
editions of the brochure distrib
uted, with many success stories.
Here are just a few of the re
sponses from people who have
found this brochure useful:
“The farming facts brochure is
a great resource to convey the im
portance of agriculture as it re
lates to our community and is
very useful when communicating
with local government officials or
the nonfarm public.” Daniel
Heller, Flintrock Farms.
“When speaking to family and
friends that are unfamiliar with
agriculture, this brochure pro
vides the foundation for your
message. Plus, people can take
the brochure home with them.
It’s written in a format that peo
ple can relate to.” Lowell Fry,
Fulton Bank.
“We use the Farm Facts when
groups visit our facility, or con
duct meetings and ensure that all
employees receive a copy which
we refer to at various meetings.
Why? We have discovered that
most individuals have no idea of
the scope and impact of agricul
ture in regards to the economic
contribution, the labor force and
its positive effect on the environ
ment such as ground water re
plenishment.” Jamie Rowley,
Wenger's Feed Mill Inc.
The new edition points out of
our most noted traits as being
Quality forage... Ae complete lineup from Pioneer.
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the most productive nonirrigated
farming county in the U.S. I’m
sure most of us have heard this
many times before, but it is im
portant to remind ourselves of
the important role agriculture
plays in our community, which
should never be underestimated.
In creating the third edition of
the Farm Facts, our goal was to
convey new areas of information
that are becoming important is
sues in Lancaster County or have
a significant value that many
may not realize.
A new feature
on the brochure is
the correlation
between agricul
ture and the tour
ism industry, of
which the success
and growth has
been traditionally
based on the
beauty and cul
ture of our farm
ing community.
A unique study
highlighted on
the brochure is a
gauge of the
amount of farm
land lost to devel
opment vs. the
amount of farm
land preserved.
With the recent
drought and dis-
Cutting after cutting.
/§b\ Pioneer# brand alfalfa varieties
nwm» deliver top tonnage and nutritional
H quality, Winterterdy varieties from
Pioneer are developed to persistently,
consistently stand up against
insect and disease pressures todudtog potato
leafhoppers. Season after season, Pioneer
brand alfalfa varieties offer performance
and value.
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(ao\ . Pioneer offemtwideaiTfyofunique,
ntmta crop-specific inocularrts that help
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“ They're the most tested, most
trusted products in the industry.
Whether storing com siege, alfalfa haylage, alfalfa
hey or higlwnofsture com, there's a Pioneer*
brand inoculant for your crop. Choose between
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cussion of water use, we included
statistics of an average farm’s
contribution to ground water and
then compared that to the same
farm becoming developed into
houses.
Another interesting study
highlighted on the brochure is the
impact of land use, which com
pares agriculture to residential,
commercial and industrial uses
and examines the cost of services
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