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Pennsylvania Preserves Nearly 2,100 Acres of Farmland
By: PR Newswire
Dec. 13, 2012 11:37 AM
More than 470,000 acres now preserved statewide HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's Agricultural Land Preservation Board today safeguarded 2,064 additional acres on 22 farms in 17 counties through the state's nationally renowned farmland preservation program. The board preserved farms in Adams, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Butler, Centre, Chester, Dauphin, Juniata, Luzerne, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Potter, Union, Wayne and Westmoreland counties. Since the program began in 1988, state, county and local governments have invested nearly $1.2 billion to preserve 470,155 acres on 4,364 farms in 57 counties for future agricultural production. To help save the state's farmland, the Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program identifies properties and slows the loss of prime farmland to non-agricultural uses. The program enables state, county and local governments to purchase conservation easements, also called development rights, from owners of quality farmland. In some cases, the federal Farm and Ranchlands Protection Program provides additional assistance. Last fiscal year, Pennsylvania received $6.1 million federal reimbursements, the largest amount ever. For more information, visit www.agriculture.state.pa.us and search "farmland preservation." Media contact: Will Nichols, 717-787-5085 Editor's Note: A list of the farms preserved follows: Adams The Juanita M. Keech farm, a 181.40-acre crop farm The Randall Wolf farm, a 126.13-acre crop farm Berks The Pearl Noll farm #1, a 49.20-acre crop farm The Naomi Mae Stutzman farm #1, a 118.80-acre crop and livestock operation Blair The John B. and Karen K. Morrow farm #2, a 110.15-acre crop farm Bucks The Rosemarie K. McIlwain farm, a 47.19-acre crop farm Butler The Amy, Charles M., Charles H. and Lois Andler farm, a 60.26-acre crop farm Centre The John I. and John R. Deibler farm #1, a 139.21-acre crop and livestock operation Chester The Brown Partnership farm, an 81.08-acre crop farm The John and Barbara Kauffman farm, a 99.74-acre crop and livestock operation Dauphin The Robert Hawkins farm #1, a 108.65-acre crop and livestock operation Juniata The David Stetler farm, a 123.33-acre crop farm Luzerne The Nicholas T. and Brenda Lee Rizzo farm #2, a 52.65-acre crop farm Mifflin The Shade Mt. Farms, Inc. farm, a 116.94-acre crop and livestock operation Monroe The Rena and Bryan Baumgartner farm, a 39.96-acre crop farm The Steven and Tammy Gower farm, a 21.43-acre crop farm The Robert and Tracy Serfass farm, a 20.00-acre crop farm Perry The Fred W. and Kenneth G. Smith farm #1, an 83.70-acre crop and livestock operation Potter The Harold G. and Delia M. McCutcheon farm #1, a 151.51-acre crop and livestock operation Union The Robert and Barbara Koch farm, a 48.07-acre crop farm Wayne The Cord Clarence Meyer farm #1, a 120.61-acre crop and livestock operation Westmoreland The Edward and Nancy Krokosky farm, a 163.76-acre pasture and livestock operation SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Enterprise Open Source Magazine Latest Stories . . .
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