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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1976
Page
1
This page lists contents such as calendar items editorials letters to the editor notes and features across sections like junior cooking edition arts feature and classifieds with public sales register sale reports and county ads including dairy and beef listings
Lancaster County Farmers' Association showcased farm life at a major shopping mall drawing favorable reactions. Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Raymond Kerstetter and State Senator Kenneth Brandt visited, with Kerstetter praising local farmers and noting possible marketing shifts for Pennsylvania agriculture.
Joanne Spahr reports on a farm promotion sponsored by the state and local women's committees at Park City mall. From Monday to Saturday displays, craft demonstrations, and partnerships with husbands drew consumer attention despite mall noise.
Notice announces a change in layout for classified advertising and Mail Box Market, shifting them from the rear of the first section to the rear of the second section due to production scheduling and mailing deadlines.
In Quarryville Lancaster County a land use meeting drew few farmers at Solanco High School cafeteria. Extension Director Max Smith complained that low turnout risks others drafting regulations and urged active farmer participation.
Dairymen in the Middle Atlantic Milk Marketing Order will see a two cent rise in their advertising and promotion revenues starting Jan 1 1977. The change was approved by two thirds of voting dairymen and signed by USDA official Richard Feltner. The rate increases from five to seven cents per hundredweight and refunds may be requested for the first quarter of 1977 between Dec 1 and Dec 15.
Acting Secretary of Agriculture John A. Knebel announces higher loan rates for 1977 crop wheat, feed grains and soybeans and states these rates apply immediately to the 1976 crops. Wheat loan moves from 1.50 to 2.25 per bushel and feed grains from 1.25 to 1.50.
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