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Senator Noah W. Wenger
Room 281 Main Capitol Building
Senate Box 203036
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3036
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Senator Michael L. Waugh
Room 9 East Wing
Senate Box 203028
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3028 |
Informational Hearing
Farmland Preservation Initiatives
September 6, 2005
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10:00–10:15 |
Senator Waugh and Senator Wenger Welcome and Introductions
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| 10:45-10:45 |
The Honorable Dennis Wolff, Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
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| 10:45–11:30 |
Panel of County Farmland Preservation
Board Administrators
- Ms. Patricia McCandless, Administrator
York County
Agricultural Land Preservation Board
- Mr. Richard Doenges, Administrator
Lancaster
County Agricultural Land Preservation Board
- Mr. Frank Burggraf, President
Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Association & Bedford
County Ag Preservation Board
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| 11:30–12:00 |
Mr. James Clark, Attorney at Law
Tax Planning, Farm Transfers, Like-Kind Exchanged
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| 12:00-12:30 |
Break For Lunch
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| 12:30–1:30 |
Panel of Land Trust Administrators and Farm
Organizations
- Ms. Karen Martynick, Executive Director
Lancaster Farmland Trust
- Mr. Kevin Schmidt,
Mid-Atlantic Regional Director
American Farmland Trust
- Ms. Jackie Kramer,
Executive Director
Farm & Natural Lands Trust of York County
- Mr. Joel Rotz, State Governmental
Relations Director
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
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| 1:30–2:15 |
Farmer Panel
- Mr. Jeff Heindel,
owner
Heindel Family Farms, Brogue
- Mr. Jere Swarr, owner
Cattle and crop farm, Manheim
- Mr. Dennis Drager, owner
Crop farm, Marietta
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| 2:15–2:30 |
Mr. Dan Heller and Mr. Mike Brubaker
Lancaster County Blue Ribbon Commission |
| 2:30 |
Public Comment |
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