—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 26, 1977 30 Farm Bureau [Continued from Page 1| Avoid formulas which establish loan rates for export crops without regard to our competitive position in world markets. Grant made these ad ditional recommendations to the Congress; -Continuation of the authority for acreage set aside programs and the effective use of this authority, if necessary, to avoid burdensome sur pluses. “Farmers should be encouraged to prarticipate in set-aside programs through per acre payments forperformace.” -The disaster payment provisions of the 1973 Farm Act should be allowed to expire. -“Government-owned st ocks are not necessary for the welfare of either our domestic or our foreign customers, and they are costly in terms of their impact on farm prices and the federal budget. We do not believe that government stocks can be isolated from the market. We know that such stocks are in consistent with the objective of a market-oriented agriculture. “In order to provide op portunity for more orderly marketing and to avoid government-controlled res erves, we favor programs to encourage and assist far mers to increase on-the farm storage. Such programs include loans at favorable interest rates for the construction of new storage capacity, longer term CCC commodity loans, and storage payments for grain that is kept in storage by the producer for more than one year.” Concerning the farm Bill, Grant also recommended: -Extension of P.L. 480, to permit the U.S. to continue to provide food assistance to needy countries. -A one-year extension of the present rice law. -Extension of the present wool program without major changes.. -Transfer of EPA’s ad ministration of agricultural chemicals to USDA. - Expanded agricultural research. Grant said the Farm Bureau’s recommendations were based on an extensive review of government farm programs conducted as a part of the policy develop ment program for the 1977 policies. “Our present policy on government farm programs differs somewhat from the position which we took when the Agriculture and Con sumer Protection Act of 1973 was originally before this Committee,” he said , “but there has not been any change in our basic ob jective. “Government programs to improve farm income 6ARBEB OIL CO. [tEXflCo] Fuel Chief I HEATING OIL] I OH HUIING IOUIPM(NT AIR CONDITIONING MOUNT JOY, PA. Pfa. 853-1821 should be designed and administered to enhance market opportunities to the end that farmers will earn higher incomes in the marketplace and will not be dependent on government payments for a portion of their income.” Ultra Pasteurization A new process called ultra pasteurization” has made extra shelf life pos sible for some cream prod ucts With this technique, dairy products are heated to 280 degrees Farenheit for two seconds, producing an almost sterile product As a result cream and half-and half may be sold m stores for 15 days after the time of pasteurization Don’t let winter put a freeze on your milk production. This year don’t let your dairy cows get into that usual cold weather production slump. Add Mol-Mrx Liquid Feed Supplements to your feeding program. Mol Mix is the quality Liquid Feed Supplement that stays in suspension and won't freeze or become too thick even in the coldest temperatures. 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Bob Mondloch of the Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation Service (ASCS) told the group. “We will, in the months ahead, be reviewing in depth the position we will take as an administration on pollution and conservation questions,” Mondloch said. “We will look for practical solutions that will not burden you as small businessmen and women or our farmers and ranchers with uneconomic answers or burdensome regulations.” The deputy director of ASCS’s Environmental Quality and Land Use Division said the ad ministration would support the Agricultural Con servation Program (ACP) as a “practice vehicle to use” in voluntary soil and water conservation. The ACP provides cost-sharing funds to farmers for furthering conservation in the com munity beyond that which would be accomplished with the farmers’ own resources. The President has sub mitted to Congress an amended budget request of $l9O million for 1978 ACP contract authority. This amount is the same as that authorized for 1977. Mondloch said ACP can meet the test of cost effectiveness “if every in vestment is sound and results in conservation or pollution abatement over and above that which would be done without cost sharing.” Half and Half Half and half is a mixture of milk and cream which contains not less than 10 5 and not more than 18 per cent milkfat, almost always homogenized Dairy Council opens Harrisburg office SOUTHAMPTON, Pa.-In order to extend service in the western area of its operating territory, Dairy Council Inc., Southampton, Pa. has opened a branch office near Harrisburg at 4644 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, Pa. The office, located in the Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeder’s Association building, will be staffed by nutrition consultant Coleen Greedier. Mrs. Greedier holds a masters degree in Nutrition Science from Penn State University. Her activities include presentation of nutrition education LANCASTER SILO CO.. 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