Esch Farm Purchase – Next Generation Farm Loan
Lancaster County
Description
A $680,000 tax-exempt Next Generation Farm Loan to help the Esches buy a 66.4-acre farm for a contracted chicken operation plus corn, soybeans and tobacco.
Impact summary
Keeps a large farm in agricultural production with a new chicken operation; farm is not preserved.
Applicant
- Name
- Reuben Jay and Mary Ann Esch
- Address
- 765 Glenwood Drive, Ephrata, Ephrata Township, PA
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 3
Recorded in the meeting · County Commission
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 28, 2026.
Meeting timeline (3)
County Commissioners Public Meetings - Oct 28, 2026
A $680,000 tax-exempt Next Generation Farm Loan to help the Esches buy a 66.4-acre farm for a contracted chicken operation plus corn, soybeans and tobacco.
County Commissioners Work Sessions - Oct 27, 2026
A 66.4-acre poultry and crop farm purchase with $680,000 in Next Generation Farm Loan financing; action expected at the Oct. 28 meeting.
County Commissioners Work Sessions - Aug 25, 2026
A young farm couple is buying their parents' 67.79-acre grassfed dairy farm in Bird-in-Hand with help from a $657,900 Next Generation Farm Loan through the county industrial development authority. Action comes Wednesday.
Related issues (1)
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