State Moves to Protect More Farms
By: WTAJ News
Updated: February 15, 2013
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY - The state's land preservation board has issued protection for more than 1,400 acres of farmland.
The area includes 21 farms in ten counties. Since the preservation program began in 1988 more than 470,000 acres has been set aside for future agriculture production.
Armstrong County
The area includes 21 farms in ten counties. Since the preservation program began in 1988 more than 470,000 acres has been set aside for future agriculture production.
Armstrong County
- The George Kepple farm, a 109.39-acre livestock farm
- The James and Cathy Spiker farm #1, an 81.67-acre crop and livestock operation
- The Louis Jr. and Ann Marie Chiesa farm, a 96.20-acre crop farm
- The Edward and Lucy Burkholder farm #1, a 53.50-acre crop and livestock operation
- The Erma Gruber farm #1, a 26-acre crop farm
- The Russell and Carole Heiter farm #1, a 136.10-acre crop and livestock operation
- The Jeremy and Cindy Martin farm #1, a 50.70-acre crop and livestock operation
- The Joseph and April Rosenbaum farm #1, a 113.30-acre crop and livestock operation
- The F. Mark and Kim Weber farm #2, a 40.20-acre crop and livestock operation
- The Titus and Violet Beam farm, a 69.69-acre crop farm
- The Ray, Amy, Dale and Thelma Kennedy farm #1, an 80.83-acre crop and livestock farm
- The Ray, Amy, Dale and Thelma Kennedy farm #2, a 30.83-acre crop and livestock farm
- The Deborah Funk farm #1, a 19.52-acre crop farm
- The Nelson and Susan Sensenig farm, a 50.16-acre crop farm
- The David Borcherding farm, a 43.19-acre crop farm
- The Kenneth and Judith Faust farm #2, a 13.77-acre crop farm
- The Charles and Doris Kull farm, a 39.29-acre crop farm
- The Larry and Clarissa McEwen farm, a 61.91-acre crop and livestock operation
- The John and Mary Ann McIlvaine farm #1, a 135.89-acre crop and livestock operation
- The William Ober farm #1, a 130.90-acre crop and livestock operation
- The Carl and Margaret Shaull farm, a 62.35-acre crop farm
