Long Struggle Over Tax Break for Pennsylvania Farmland
Public hearing at Millersville State College tackles House Bill 1056 offering preferential tax rates for farmland. The House Agriculture Committee, led by Rep. Francis Kennedy, weighs definitions and potential ten year rollback despite farmer group opposition.
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Millersville State College
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Francis Kennedy
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Pennsylvania Farmers Association
FFA
Lancaster
IRS
Japan
Lancaster County FFA Swine Show Sows Top Champion at $1.51 Pound
Barry Wissler’s grand champion FFA hog sold for 32465 to Walter M. Dunlap and Sons after a 195-hog sale at the 12th annual Lancaster County event. Wissler’s 215 pound crossbred earned a net profit of 248 24 after costs, aided by a 746 expense tally. The reserve grand champion from Warwick High School weighed 210 pounds and sold for 81 cents per pound to Lancaster Stock Yards.
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FFA
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Wissler
Walter M. Dunlap
Glenn
Ephrata
Marlin Smoker
Richard Bollinger
Ephrata High School
Mike Grube
Warwick High School
Lancaster Stock Yards
Walter M. Dunlap and Sons, Inc
Ten Year Tax Rollback Favored In Farm Bill Hearing
Francis Kennedy a Butler County dairy farmer and House agriculture chair told LANCASTER FARMING the ten year tax rollback could be included in HB 1056. Supporters argue the plan lets farmland be taxed on agricultural value for ten years in exchange for keeping land in open space with a possible sale penalty if the period ends early. Kennedy and fellow farmers voiced strong support while some critics call the term too long.
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Francis Kennedy
Lancaster Farming
Kennedy
Butler County
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
House Agriculture Committee
Millersville State College
Donald Hershey
Manheim
Lancaster County Farmers Association
Weed Control Field Day at Landisville August 6
The Southeast Research Center in Landisville hosts a Weed Control Field Day Monday August 6 at 130 p m. The event covers No Till and conventional corn soybean and tobacco weed control with experts Dr Nathan Hartwig Dr Richard Cole John Yocum and Dr Bil McClellan leading sessions and Extension weed scientists coordinating. Farmers custom spray operators and salesmen are invited to view numerous plots and learn about pesticides and practices.
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Southeast Research Center
Landisville
Nathan Hartwig
Richard Cole
John Yocum
Bil McClellan
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