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Senator Noah W. Wenger
Room 281 Main Capitol Building
Senate Box 203036
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3036

Farmers First

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

10:45-10:45 The Honorable Dennis Wolff, Secretary
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
 
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
11:30–12:00 Mr. James Clark, Attorney at Law
Tax Planning, Farm Transfers, Like-Kind Exchanged
 
12:00-12:30 Break For Lunch
 
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
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
2:15–2:30 Mr. Dan Heller and Mr. Mike Brubaker
Lancaster County Blue Ribbon Commission 
2:30 Public Comment

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