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Pa. farm preservation program slows with economy Pa. farm preservation program slows with economy Originally appeared on "wfmj.com" March 14, 2010 LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Three decades after it began, a central Pennsylvania county's model farmland preservation program is seeing a slowing of county and private contributions amid the down economy. Since Lancaster County began its program 30 years ago this spring, it has saved nearly 1,100 farms and about 85,300 acres. That is more than any other county in the nation. But, preservationists argue, that is only one-fifth of the county's total agricultural acreage and not enough to ensure that farming will remain viable. And, according to a Lancaster Newspapers analysis, the program is changing in ways that may imperil its future. For one thing, the recession has meant a significant reduction in the amount of money the county government is borrowing to preserve farms. County commissioners are also promoting a pay-as-you-go approach that may limit future funding. And the private Lancaster Farmland Trust, amid declining corporate and foundation support, is reducing the acreage it preserves each year so that it can concentrate on monitoring farms already saved.
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University of Illinois

Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Extension Specialist, Farm Management
Gary Schnitkey
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Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Extension Specialist, Farm Management
Dale Lattz
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Iowa State University

Michael Duffy
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http://www.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/duffy/landnew.html

Kansas State University

Kevin Dhuyvetter
Professor and Extension Specialist, Farm Management
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Terry Kastens
Professor and Extension Specialist, Farm Management
tkastens@agecon.ksu.edu

Michigan State University

Stephen Harsh
Professor and Extension Specialist in Agricultural Economics
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Eric Wittenberg
Outreach Specialist
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University of Minnesota

Philip Raup
Professor Emeritus
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David Bau
Agricultural Business Management, Agricultural Business Management
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