Agricultural trade situation exposed By DIETER KRIEG ''-WASHINGTON, D.C. - thirty editors of American Agricultural journalism lie re given a brief glimpse of mie status of world wgricultural trade last week lihen they met with Carter administration officials on slept. 30. Represented in the Hroup were Lancaster Hanning’s editor, Dieter Hneg, and Mildred Bunting, managing editor of the- Kancaster Livestock Reporter. The occasion was ■ 6-hour series of meetings pith government ad ministrators, including president Carter himself. I On the one hand it was revealed that beef imports Ivill contmue to be a “safety waive” to the Administration If domestic production Teaches a point where meat JJSjces are thought to be too gjigh. “If beef prices start rising, they may be coun lered with imports,” stated Puhus Katz, assistant secretary of state for Economic and business af fairs When challenged on [that statement with the [message that American cattlemen can produce enough beef to meet con sumers needs - especially in County agents from area win natl, recognition HARTFORD, Conn. - Nearly 300 county Extension agents were honored here Tuesday, as “America’s best agricultural com municators.” r They are state, regional, and national winners in the 1977 Public Information Awards Program of the National Association of Farm equipment manufacturers crystalbaU 1978 HOT SPRINGS, Va. - The farm equipment industry expects to feel the impact of depressed wheat and com Prices on its overall business ln the coming year, even though some segments of agriculture will be in a strong position in 1978. Outlook statements from Pennfield introduces computerized feed mill By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER Grinding has come a long, long |Way f rom th e jays w hen I a small boy in Germany, 1 can still vividly recollect standing beneath the heavy timber arms of a windmill aa d watching them turn with wind. They seemed Southeastern PennsyfvaniaAre&S - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware VOL. 22 No. 48" view of the current low feed prices - Katz countered that the criterion for beef imports is price. If the price goes beyond what the Ad ministration considers to be reasonable, then imports Meeting with some of the nation's farm editors a day after he signed the 1977 Farm Bill, President Carter expressed general satisfaction with the County Agricultural Agents (NACAA). Included were several from southeastern- southcentral Pennsylvania and neighboring areas. John Kirch, director of marketing, and Dan Chisholm, manager of trade relations, Amchem Products, Inc., Ambler, Penn., presented certificates industry leaders at the 84th annual convention of the Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute held here at The Homestead last week anticipate weak com and wheat prices might result in overall lower farm equipment sales m the year ahead. awesomely powerful and creaked under the strain, The wind provided easy power, but you could tell from the groaning of timbers mid cogs that the work was tough. And inside this winddriven mill were men who labored just as hard. It " "'’fascinating to watch. Carter expresses desire to help farmers may very well come into play. Reluctant to predict more imports, Katz acknowledged “there is that possiblityinthelaw.” On the other hand, American tobacco growers and cash awards ranging froms2s t 05350. The awards banquet Oct. 4 was a part of NACAA’s 62nd annual meeting here. Winning county agents were cl t ec * f° r “excellence in the use of mass media in publicizing important programs for the betterment The industry has ex perienced generally strong demand for most of its major products in recent years, but Robert E. Kidder, president of White Farm Equipment Company, said “the days of ‘is it available?” are gone.” “Even though total farm cash receipts in the United Now, 25 years later, I find myself marveling at how a modem mill operates. The perfect example of modem milling can be found right here in Lancaster County, Specifically, it’s the recently completed Pennfield Mill in the Hempfield Industrial Park, east of Lancaster. It’s Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8,1977 will likely be shut out of the world tobacco market. The simple reason is that American tobacco is possibly priced too high for the world market, Katz explained. measure, saying he had no reluctance about signing it. of the agricultural com- munity.” The information program was started under Am- chem’s sponsorship in 1968 with only 665 entries. Par- ticipation was up to 1,796 this year - a record. State, regional and national judges have examined and critiqued 12,176 com- States are likely to increase another three per cent in 1978, the low prices for important crops such as wheat and com are exerting cost-price pressures on many farmers,” Chairman William A. Hewitt of Deere & Company said. “As a result we anticipate a sight to behold, both inside and out. Yesterday evening, and again today, Pennfield Corporation introduced the highly advanced mill to its employees, customers, and invited guests. What they saw was one of the largest and progressive milling Another revelation which came out of the government . . . ~ . ... wn 1 Room and the Old Executive Office Building, was that “it munications efforts by county agents during the program’s ten-year history, Virgil Adams, Extension news editor at the University of Georgia and 1977 chair- man of NACAA’s Public Information Committee, announced national winners in seven classes: radio program, photo news that industry sales of farm equipment may be lower in the coming year. This means our industry is gomg to be even more competitive than at any tune since the early 1970’s and the performance of individual companies more dependent than ever on operations in the country, Standing 170 feet tall, the mill features computerized mixing, storage and transfer systems. Although one might catch a good stiff breeze atop the 170-foot structure on some days, this mill doesn’t depend on the wind for any of $6.00 Per Year is not practical to look for certainties.” That statement was made by Richard R. Wyrough, from the Office of Panamanian Affairs. He was part of the program and addressed himself to con- (Continued on Page 14) In this issue Editorial comments 10 Medicine &Mgmt. 16 Electronic pregnancy testing 18 Youth feature 21 Lebanon Holstein dinner 24 Life on the farm 34 FFA’er visits Norway 36 Homestead Notes 42 Ida’s Notebook 44 Jr. Cooking Edition 45 Kendy’s Kolumn 46 Ladies Have You Heard 47 Home on the Range 48 Farm Women Calendar 54 Joyce Bupp 55 Classifieds 61 Elizabethtown Fair 90 My Thoughts 92 YorkDHIA 100 Lampeter Dairy Show 102 Field work progress 107 IF YE feature 108 Farm home tour 114 National Holstein Show 119 Sale Reports 126 stories, senes of colored slides, feature stories, direct mail pieces, newsletters and personal columns, National winners from Pennsylvania and neigh boring states included: John Z. Shearer, Cham bersburg, first place with a . ' ontmueaonPagez. ) their ability to market in this competitive climate.” Ben H. Warren, president of International Harvester’s agricultural equipment group, said depressed commodiuy prices will continue into 1978 and “we (Continued on Page 28) its power. Instead, electric motors with 2000 combined horsepower do the work. The mill hums with activity, churning out more than 1000 tons of feed per day. At that rate, the operation consumes 20,000 bushels of com and ' onmuedon age
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