74—Lancaster Saturday, April 17, 1976-
GSYF meeting to feature forage Crops
The Garden Spot Young Yocum, director of the
Farmers will sponsor a Pennsylvania State
Forage management University’s Southeast
meeting on Tuesday at 7:45 Penna. Field Research
p.m. in the agriculture Laboratory at Landisville.
classroom of the High The last several years the
School. Areas of study will potato leafhopper, blotcfaleaf
center on disease, insect and minor, and anthracnose
weed control, variety have been particularly,
selection, and harvest damaging to alfalfa. Proper
management. The speaker management can eliminate
for this meeting will be John much of the damage and it is
1976 tobacco program proposed
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture
recently announced a proposed loan program for 1976-
crop tobacco, with loans at higher levels than in 1975 to
reflect increases in the index of prices paid by farmers,
including wage rates, interest and taxes. Under the
proposed program, loans will be made as in the past to
associations under contract with Commodity Credit'
Corporation.
The proposed 1976-crop loan rates and the comparable
1975 rates follow:
Kind of Tobacco
(Cents per pound)
Flu-cured, types 11-14 93.2 106.0
Burley, type 31 96.1 109.3
Virginia fire-cured, type 21 65.2 74.1
Kentucky-Tennessee fire-cured, type 22-23 65.2 74.1
Dark air-cured, types 35-36 58.0 65.9
Virginia sun-cured, type 37 58.0, 65.9
Cigar binder, types 51-52 . . 66.5' 75.6
Cigar filler & binder, types 42-44,53-55
Puerto Rican, type 46
The association to which loans are made will he
authorized to withhoM one cent per pound from the ad
vances to producers to help defray association ad
ministrative expenses.
Under the proposed program, consideration is being
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Larger water backed domes provide extra
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this area of management - is becoming more popular
.that will be explored at this and the knowledge needed to
management -meeting, make high quality hay silage
Several new varieties have will be discussed.' Forage
been developed to help analysis is' revealing iriiidi
combat some of the disease heat damaged protein due to
problems that are becoming, improper stsr a ge
more prevalent'and data will management, as well as
be available on the ef- harvesting practices that
fectiveness and yield can minimize protein loss,
potential of these varieties. With hay prices running
Harvesting hay crop silage close to $lOO.OO per ton for
given to amending the regulations to deleteprovisions
under which tobacco produced on federally owned land is
ineligible for loan.
Comments, suggestions or recommendations regarding
the proposed loan program should be submitted in writing
to tiie director. Tobacco and Peanut Division,
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250,
where they will be available for inspection. Those
received by April 29 will be considered before final action
is taken.
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