Scheuren Announces Two More Farms Preserved in District

June 17, 2026

HARRISBURG – Rep. Donna Scheuren (R-Montgomery) announced today that two additional farms in the 147th District are being preserved through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Farmland Preservation Program.

The farms preserved are as follows:

• Farm of Perry A. Hoagey, Trustee of the Perry A. Hoagey Revocable Trust, a 16-acre crop and livestock farm, New Hanover Township. A total of $1.1 million was invested for the preservation, with $1 million coming from the state and $11,335 from the county.
• Farm of Marianne P. Landis, a 22-acre crop farm, Franconia Township. A total of $1.6 million was invested for the preservation, with $1.3 million coming from the state, $14,382 from the county and $215,730 from Franconia Township.

“Protecting open spaces across the district continues to be one of my biggest priorities, and I am thrilled to see that additional acreage continues to be preserved,” Scheuren said. “With these farms in New Hanover and Franconia townships now secured, we will soon reach 900 acres that will be forever preserved in the 147th District.”

Through the Farmland Preservation Program, development rights are purchased from willing landowners to ensure preserved farms remain dedicated to agricultural use and are protected from future residential or commercial development.

Pennsylvania's Farmland Preservation Program has protected 6,726 farms and more than 667,000 acres in 58 counties since its creation in 1988. Statewide, nearly $8.8 million was invested to preserve 1,775 acres on 22 farms through the board's latest round of approvals.

Representative Donna Scheuren
147th Legislative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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