Rural Life Expert Loomis to Speak on Agriculture Change
Dr. Charles P. Loomis, Anderson Professor of Sociology, will present a public affairs lecture and seminar on Agriculture and Social Change. The event takes place Thursday June 14 at 7 45 p.m. at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center. Sponsored by the Farm and Home Foundation, the talk is free and open to the public.
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Charles P. Loomis
Lancaster Farm and Home Center
Farm and Home Foundation
Loomis
Anderson
University of Houston
Houston
Texas
Colorado
Michigan State University
USDA
Division of
Bureau of Agricultural Ecunonics
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Costa Rica
India
Ford Foundation
Unesco
United Nations
Tanzania
Iran
U.S. Public Health Service
President’s Commission
Plowing Contest Set With Field Day Plans In Lancaster
Lancaster County Conservation District announces a plowing contest slated for Tuesday July 24 to align with the annual conservation field day. State contest entry funds for local winners. Hershey hosts the August Agricultural Progress Days during the week of August 27.
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Lancaster County Conservation District Board of Directors
Hershey
U.S
Lancaster
Hilton Hotel
Hearings Set for Farm Tax Issue in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lawmakers push HB 1056 to aid farmers with tax relief. Public hearings begin June 28 in Harrisburg with additional sessions planned in Lancaster County and western Pennsylvania. The plan links tax breaks to a ten year land use contract and a minimum five acre threshold.
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Pennsylvania
Francis Kennedy
Pennsylvania House Agriculture Committee
Lancaster Farming
Kennedy
Harrisburg
Lancaster County
Butler County
Elam Bollinger Builds a 90 Holstein Herd Over 25 Years
Elam Bollinger reflects on nearly three decades of Holstein dairying in Clay Township. He and wife Mrs. Bollinger have grown from eight cows in 1945 to over 90 registered animals, with 45 milking daily. He serves as Lan caster County Holstein Association president and notes typical milking of 100 pounds or more. The operation is a family effort with 17-year-old Darryl helping.
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Elam Bollinger
Bollinger
Clay Township
Lancaster County Holstein Association
Bollinger Farm