vote encouraged, views on government role exposed
Y PARK -
to be a most
producers of
ranis and the
i time, those
who have
have the
vote for or
'-help Beef
and
Program,” says
Extension
ledalist at The
a' State
if approved
of those
;oting, will cost
producers three-tenths of
per cent (0.3 per cent) of
vilue added to the
mil sold.
would be administered
i beef board of 68 beef
Sneers. Pennsylvania
Id have one member on
board.
■e has been some
. that this is just
r government
i to control agri-
Morgan points out.
not a government
- it will be ad
ictly by people
luce beef. The best
as to how this type
is handled is to
took at other
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agricultural commodities
that have been operating
similar programs in recent
years.
The following is what the
managers of three such
programs have to say about
government interference
with their programs:
Ed Gillespie, Manager,
Cotton Board; “Since 1968,
we have operated under
three secretaries - Freeman,
Hardin, Butz - and they
never have failed to approve
our recommendations...the
Secretary’s representatives
have, on occasion,
questioned some things we
were doing, but they were
legitimate questions.”
(Collections of $1 per bale by
the Cotton Board have
amounted to $6-$l4 million
per year. Under a new
assessment rate of $1 plus 0.3
per cent of sales value,
which as approved by 67.14
per cent of those voting in a
December referendum, the
1977 total is expected to
exceed |2O million.)
Bob Mercer, Executive
Vice-President, Potato
Board: “The Secretary only
has a legal concern that we
operate within the law. We
send the USDA our annual
budget, plans and minutes of
Board meetings. They never
TRACTOR
have vetoed a proposed - it
works beautifully for us.”
(Since 1972, with an
assessment of 1 cent per
hundredweight of potatoes
sold, the Potato Board has
collected $2.0-$2.3 million per
year.)
Dick Blglin, Executive
Director, American Sheep
Producers Council: “We
Sheep group will organize
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - On
July 13, at 8 p.m., the Adams
County Extension Service
Office, there will be the first
meeting of the newly formed
Adams County Sheep
Producers Group. The
agenda for the meeting in
dudes an dection of officers,
distribution of adopted by
BINKLEY & HURST BROS.
133 RothsriHe Station Rd.
have to supply budgets,
plans and follow-up reports
to the livestock Division,
AMS-USDA. On •> each
project, we submit a
paragraph or so on what we
expect to accomplish. They
make suggestions, but
rarely change anything and
have never vetoed a project.
If we we have a mid-year
laws and the fellowship of
sharing ideas with others
interested in sheep
production.
If someone is interested in
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change in plans, we advise
them.” (The ASPC has been
operating since 1956 with
annual collections, based on
Wz cents per pound of shorn
wool and 7% cents per
hundredweight of lambs, of
about $2 million per year.)
“Keep in mind as you vote
that this is a self-help
the sheep producers group,
but unable to attend the
meeting, he should contact
the Extension office for
further information.
lititz, PA 17543 Phone (717) 62M70S
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Saturday. Jul
program, financed by beef
producers and administered
by beef producers,” Morgan
said. “It is designed to in
crease the knowledge of the
importance of beef
production in our economy,
point out the value of beef
protein in our diets, and
assist in developing better
markets.”