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. The
protect their crop in- have wiped out the area’s in August 1964 provides that next estimate of 1976 imports
vestment against loss from major source of mcome. if yearly unports of certain of meat subject to the Meat
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centage of insured farmers
in each county, the greater
the protection of the
economic stability of the
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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
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fcr harvest is expected to
exceed last year for com and
rye but be lower for other
crops.
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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
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soybeans for beans, 36,000
acres, down 16 per cent.
Expected acres to be
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changes from 1975 are, com
for gram, 72.4 million acres,
up eight per cent; all hay,
611 million acres, down one
per cent; all tobacco, 1.0
million acres, down six
percent; oats, 13.1 million
acres, down four per cent;
winter wheat, 49.2 million
acres, down five per cent;
barley, 8.4 million acres,
down four per cent; rye,
869,000 acres, up seven per
cent; and soybeans for
beans, 48.2 million acres,
down 10 per cent.
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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.
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