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. Vocational agriculture is un
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students across the nation, ac
xording to Dr. David R. McClay,
bead of- the Department of
Agricultural Education at The
Pennsylvania State University.
He says a new image of
agriculture is developing as
young people see agriculture as
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‘New Image ’ Increases Vo-Ag Interest
many fields of work in addition to
fanning.
As vocational programs ex
pand to meet the demands for
agricultural training, more
teachers are needed, Dr. McClay
points out. The situation in
Pennsylvania is typical. With
opportunities expanding, this
year’s class of agricultural
education candidates includes
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both men and women,
The job picture looks excellent
for these teacher candidates, he
reports. While their peers in
other subject areas look forward
to stiff competition for a handful
of teaching openings,
agricultural teachers are in
prime demand. Other states are
writing McClay for news of
available agricultural teachers.
But it looks like Pennsylvania
will have none to spare in the
foreseeable future.
There are now 327 Agricultural
teachers in 212 Pennsylvania
high schools and area vocational
technical schools, according to
Meat Import Quota
Suspension Continued
Secretary of Agriculture Earl
L. Butz announced recently that
meat import quotas, which the
President suspended during the
last half of 1972 and for all of 1973,
will continue to be suspended for
1974. This applies to fresh, frozen
and chilled beef, veal, mutton
and goat meat subject to the 1964
Meat Import Law.
These meats will be able to
move freely into the United
States without restrictions except
for meeting the usual inspection
and health standards and tariff
regulations.
Butz stated that this suspension
of quotas is expected to continue
through 1974. However, as
required by law, the Secretary
will review the situation every
three months. Should marketing
conditions change substantially,
the suspension of quotas will be
reconsidered.
The Secretary said that red
meat production in the U. S
declined in 1972 and 1973 at a time
of vigorous growth in em
ployment and income. This led to
higher consumer meat prices.
The President suspended meat
quotas in June 1972 to moderate
inflationary pressures.
Cattlemen have responded to
the higher price levels of the last
two years by increasing their
breeding herds. Thus, there are
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Dr. McClay. What’s more, a
number of schools plan to expand
or add new programs next year.
What’s the reason for this
sudden boom in agricultural
education? High school
vocational agriculture programs
used to come under the old Smith-
Hughes Act. By definition they
were pretty limited in
curriculum. In fact, they ex
cluded non-farm agriculture.
This restricted view tended to
be shared by vocational coun
selors, educators and the public
in general. As a result, the entire
area of agricultural education
was in danger of being phased out
more cattle to come to market in
the months and years ahead.
Consumer beef prices have
stablized since the end of sum
mer, and farm beef prices have
dropped sharply from summer
levels. However, supplies of beef
are expected to be tight through
the winter, with larger supplies
expected later in 1974.
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Then in 1963 Congress passed a
new vocational education act
which changed all this - making
it possible for students at the high
school level to enroll in any field,
knowledge or skill that was useful
to agriculture. This meant
greater flexibility in curriculum
and opened the field to many
students who otherwise would
have overlooked a career in
agriculture.
At about the same time,
vocational agricultural programs
in the high schools got a shot in
the arm from what McClay calls
“the new image of agriculture.”
“Agriculture is not just farming
anymore in the eye of the
public,” he explains.
Instead, there’s a growing
recognition that the field includes
not only farming but the whole
range of agribusiness - the
processing and marketing of food
and of agricultural products, a
growing industry in ornamental
horticulture, forestry,
agricultural mechanics, the
handling of laboratory animals
for all kinds of research, and a
multitude of other job areas that
call for the special knowledge
and skills 'that can be acquired
through the study of agriculture.
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