Crop insurance hits new high WASHINGTON, D.C. - With the 1976 crop year well under way, about $2 billion that farmers have invested in farm crop production are protected by federal crop insurance, Secretary of Agriculture Earl L Butz announced recently. “Although we are still selling 1976 crop insurance for such crops as citrus,” Secretary Butz reported, “this $2 billion of federal crop insurance protection is already the highest in history.” The acreage and number “This is a cooperative WASHINGTON, D.C. - meats - primarily frozen of crops protected by federal program,” Butz said, Secretary of Agriculture beef - are estimated to equal crop insurance have risen “which helps growers take a Earl L. Butz announced or exceed 110 per cent of an sharply this year. An business-like approach to the recently that 1976 imports adjusted base quantity, estimated 22 million acres problem of protecting their subject to the Meat Import quotas are to be unposed on have now been insured capital investments, their Law are estimated below the the imports of these meats, against production cost credit and their community trigger level for quota un- The adjusted base quantity losses from natural hazards, economic strength. When position under the law. for 1976 is 1,120.9 million Butz said. crop damage hits an area, it Secretary Butz said pounds, and the trigger level The $2 billion of protection hurts everyone for miles agreements m principle is 1,233 million pounds. The is a 25 percent increase over around - merchants, have been reached with secretary said 1976 imports last year. equipment dealers, bankers - major exporting countries probably would exceed the Federal crop insurance every business and which will limit imports to trigger level were it not for now protects fanners in 1,467 profession feels the loss. 1,223 million pounds. Formal the expected arrangements counties in 39 states. Federal Federal crop insurance is agreements with par- with supplying countries, crop insurance is a volun- meant to put money back ticipating countries are The secretary said that tary, self-help service into a community when being concluded. import prospects will be permitting farmers to weather, insects or disease Public Law 88-482 enacted reviewed quarterly. 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CATTLE PANELS La nca ste r Farming, Saturday. July 10,1976 outlook issued HARRISBURG - Har vested acres of corn for gram, hay and tobacco in 1976 are expected to be more than last year in Penn sylvania, but there are fewer acres of oats, winter wheat, barley, rye and soybeans, according to the Crop Reporting Service. These expectations are based on conditions as of June 1. At the U.S. level, acreage fcr harvest is expected to exceed last year for com and rye but be lower for other crops. Expected acres to be harvested in Pennsylvania and changes from 1975 are, corn for grain, 1,600,000 acres, up three per cent; all hay, 1,980,000 acres, up one per cent; tobacco, 12,500 acres, up four per cent; oats, 365,000 acres, down three per cent; winter wheat, 315,000 acres, down nine per cent; barley, 147,000 acres, down Import Law will be made t late in September and an- g m g m m m m m nounced on or before Oct. 1. 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About half the trees cut down throughout the world are burned as fuel with much of the wood first con verted into charcoal (Continued from Page I] too small to have any in fluence and had no money for political contributions. Thanks to 100,000 fellow Americans, we are not small any more. I hope Congress can help the consumer and these farmers.” The sentiments of 100,000 Pennsylvanians was sumed up by Gilbert Thompson of Valley Forge, who has put a large sign on his farm comparing the 1776 war to the 1976 'problems the Federal government had brought to him. Thompson said; “Tyrany was stopped at Valley Forge 200 years ago. We will stop it again if all Americans across this country join with us. We need people in public life who will serve the public and not try to force us to our knees. We are asking people all over America to join with us to help lift the control of bureaucracy over every facet of our lives. We were given a free country. Whether we keep it is up to us.” The petitions ask their elected representatives what they are going to do to help. 100,000 people have asked for a reply. 17 Wood Fuel
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