Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24, 1975
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Parke Buckwalter
Buckwalter
Appointed
Inter-State
Director
Parke L. Buckwalter, 39 of
Watsontown, Pa., has been
elected to the Board of
Directors of Inter-State Milk
Producers’ Cooperative
representing District 14.
Buckwalter is filling the
unexpired term of R. Nor
man Derrick, Unityville,
Pa., who died April 13, 1975.
The Northumberland
County dairyman operates a
150-acre farm, milking 60
registered Holstein cows
with an additional 50 head of
young Holstein stock. He
presently farms mostly com
and alfalfa with abouc 20
acres of small grains.
Buckwalter joined Inter-
State in 1968, when be
operated a smaller dairy
farm near Oxford, Chester
County, Pa. He moved to the
Watsontown area in August
1973, to expand his operation.
The Chester County native
has served as president of
the Oxford Local for Inter-
State. He was also president
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Wheat Loan Rales Announced
County loan rates on 1975- have been adjusted to reflect
crop wheat In major wheat- recent shifts in production
producing areas were an- and marketing patterns,
nounced recently by the U.S. They vary by production
Department of Agriculture area and reflect differences
(USDA). in demand, transportation
costs and In area-to-area
price relationships. As in the
past, protein premiums will
be added to the loan rates,
with higher protein-content
wheat eligible for higher
loan rates.
In computing county loan
Many county loan rates rates, increased tran-
The county rates are baaed
on a national average loan
rate to $1.37 per bushel -
unchanged from the 1974
average loan rate - that was
announced on Nov. 27, 1974
(see USDA press release
3436-74).
Farm Bureau Meets With
Makers Of Swiss Cheese
William J. Kuhfuss,
president of the American
Farm Bureau Federation,
last week said that a meeting
in Washington, D.C. with
agricultural representatives,
from Switzerland provided
“an opportunity to obtain
better understanding of each
other’s views on the question
of subsidized cheese im
ported into the U.S.”
The meeting was held at
the request of Swiss
agricultural leaders con
cerning Farm Bureau’s
September, 1974 letter to the
Treasury Department
asking for an investigation to
determine whether cheese
imports from Switzerland
entering the U.S. are being
subsidized.
Shortly after Farm
Bureau’s request, the
Treasury Department began
an investigation. A report on
the findings is due on or
before July 4.
of the Chester County
Holstein Club and the
Chester County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association.
Buckwalter and his wife,
Mary Ann, have five
children - Mike, 17; Brent,
16; Sharon, 14; Douglas, 12;
and Natalie, 10.
Invoking of countervailing
duties is the responsibility of
the Treasury Department if
an imported product is found
to be subsidized.
“We look forward to ex
panding trade with Swit
zerland on a nonsubsidized
basis as American
agriculture has an important
stake in a high level of
mutually advantageous
trade, " Kuhfuss said.
Attending the meeting
from Switzerland were Dr.
Rene Juri, director, Swiss
Farmers Association; Dr.
Theodor Stocker, deputy
director, Central Association
Swiss Milk Producers; and
Peter Best, director Swiss
Cheese Unions.
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spoliation costs generally
result in a lowering of the
loan rate. Therefore, major
wheat-producing areas that
are far from their markets
will generally see a lowering
of their county loan rates
while those areas close to
markets may see an in
crease.
Specifically, county rates
have been generally reduced
in the Northern Great
Plains, Pacific Southwest
and South and are un
changed or increased in the
Central, Southern Plains,
Pacific Northwest, Corn Belt
and East.
As in the past, premiums
and discounts used to
determine an individual
producer’s support loan rate
will be available. Premiums
are unchanged from the 1974
schedule while discounts for
light Garlicky wheat have
been increased to 10 cents
per bushel and discounts for
Garlicky wheat increased to
20 cents per bushel.
Red Durum and sample
grade wheat, which have
undesirable qualities, will
not be eligible for loans, and
discounts for these have
been discontinued.
Copies of county and state
loan rates, as applicable, on
1975-crop wheat are being
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Division, Agricultural
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