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Top Teacher Recognized
At Kutztown Fair
KUTZTOWN (Berks Co.) Celeste Ball, agricultural sci
ence teacher at Kutztown High School, was honored by
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Dennis Wolff
Wednesday evening for winning Disney’s American
Teacher Award Honoree for High School Science and
Math. Ball was one of the 32 out of 180,000 applicants of
the award for her outstanding work with teaching ag sci
ences at Kutztown High School. On hand were many state
and local township officials during the presentation. This
is Ball’s-eighth year at Kutztown, which has 130 students
enrolled in ag education and about 43 at the Kutztown
FFA Chapter. Wolff provided Ball with a commendation
for being a “premier ag science teacher,” Wolff said.
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Wednesday (Aug. 6), USDA Sec
retary Ann Veneman said: “This
program will provide additional
relief to livestock producers who
suffered grazing losses due to
drought, severe weather and re
lated causes, and have limited
safety net and risk management
tools available.”
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by the Agricultural Assistance
Act of 2003 (2003 Act) and $250
million were made available to
livestock producers for grazing
losses that occurred in either
2001 or 2002.
When the sign-up period ends
(Oct. 24, 2003), the total value of
all applications will be de
termined and if in excess of $250
million will be adjusted propor
tionately.
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ing land must be located in a
county that was declared a pri
mary disaster area under a Presi
dential or Secretarial declaration.
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proved after Jan. 1, 2001, and a
designation requested no later
than Feb. 20, 2003, and subse
quently approved. Contiguous
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fered at least a 40 percent grazing
loss for three or more consecutive
months in a calendar year in
order to be eligible for that year.
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2002; however, a producer in that
county may receive a LAP pay
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LAP is a grazing loss program.
However, payments are on a per
head basis of eligible livestock,
including beef and dairy cattle,
buffalo, beefalo, sheep, goats,
swine and certain equine ani
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ments to a producer will be re
duced by the amount of assist
ance received by that producer
under previous Livestock Com
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LCP-II) and the 2002 Cattle Feed
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A producer must possess bene
ficial and financial interests in el
igible livestock that have been
owned or leased for at least three
months.
A $40,000 payment limitation
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