AFBF favors aggressive
DES PLAINES, 111. -
Farm Bureau will take an
aggressive attitude in an
effort to see that farm
producers get adequate
prices for their commodities
in order to compete with
other industries and still
make a fair profit.
That was the gist of
recommendations that came
out of the resolutions
committee of the American
Farm Bureau Federation
meeting here recently. The
recommendations will be
considered by the voting
delegates at the AFBF
annual convention in
Houston, January 8-12.
“We support the principle
of keeping farmer to con
sumer channels open and
will continue to oppose the
efforts of any group which,
by force or intimidation,
denies buyers the freedom of
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Washington Boro, PA
717-285-4844
S. JOHNSON HURFF
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Monroeville, NJ
609-358-2565 or
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Chambersburg, PA
717-263-8424
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Rt. 9 Box 125
Hagerstown, MD
301-733-0515
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Chester Springs, PA
215-827-7414
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717-867-5161
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717-786-3521
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choice in the market place ”
the resolutions committee
said.
The committee recom
mended that Farm Bureau
take aggressive steps to
solve marketing problems
through the expansion of
existing marketing projects
and the development and
implementation - either
directly or through affiliates
- of new Farm Bureau
owned, managed or con
trolled programs.
In other action, the
committee recommended
that Farm Bureau make
every effort to prevent the
new farm bill from being
administered in ways that
would make farmers
dependent on government
payments on a continuing
basis or establish a gover
nment controlled stockpile of
agricultural commodities.
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N. G. HERSHEY & SON
Manheim, PA
717-665-2271
AGWAY, INC.
Chapman Equip. Center
Chapman, PA
215-398-2553
CHAS. J. McCOMSEY
&SONS
Hickory Hill, PA
215-932-2615
WERTZ GARAGE
Lineboro, MD
301-374-2672
LEBANON VALIEV
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Richland, PA
717-866-7518
CLAIR J. MYERS
Lake Road R 1
Thomas vi lie, PA
717-259-0453
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R D #2
Felton, PA
717-244-9787
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FARM EQUIPMENT
19 W. South St
Carlisle, PA
717-249-2239
“We favor a market
oriented agriculture because
we believe farmers will fare
better under the market
system, than under any type
of government managed
system,” the committee
said.
Ethel McGarvey, corresponding secretary for
the Lancaster County Poultry Association for over
20 years, retired recently from their service. In
honor of her work, LCPA president Harold S.
Musselman presented her with a plaque and $lOO.
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Itie committee added that
a sound national farm policy
should assure farmers
unrestricted access to
domestic and world markets
and programs to help far
mers obtain needed crop and
market information.
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marketing
Any support programs, if
needed to avoid disaster,
should be carefully designed
and implemented to avoid
conditions that are self
perpetuating to protect our
competitive position in world
markets to avoid undue
interferences with market
directed adjustments in
production and marketing,
the committee recom
mended.
The committee is com-
HARRISBURG - Based on
acreage, utilization, and
production data, Penn
sylvania produced more
wheat and potatoes but less
rye, oats, and barley than
the revised 1976 crops ac
cording to the Crop
Reporting Service.
Potato acres harvested at
23,500 are down 2,500 while
yield is off five hun
dredweight (cwt.) The result
is an 11 per cent cut in
production to 6.4 million cwt.
Wheat acres harvested
were off 10 per cent to 270,000
but a yield increase partially
offset this, giving a one per
cent production drop to 8.9
million bushels.
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Oats acres harvested were
off 5000 to 350,000 while yield
rose two bushels to 53.
Production near 18.6 million
bushels is up two per cent.
Harvested acres of barley
and rye were unchanged at
125,000 and 12.000
respectively. Barley yield
rose seven bushels to 50
placing production up nearly
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HARRISBURG -As the
result of increased interest
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crops
Hereford meeting set
posed of presidents of state
Farm Bureaus, Women’s
chairman and Young Far
mer and Rancher chairman,
and is chaired by Robert B.
Delano, Warsaw, Va.,
president of the Virginia
Farm Bureau and vice
president of AFBF.
The voting delegates at the
Houston meeting in January
can accept, amend or reject
any of the recommendations
submitted by the committee.
fluctuate
one-sixth to 6.3 million
bushels. Rye yield rose five
bushels to 31 pushing
production up nearly one
fifth to 372,000 bushels.
At the United States level
Fall potato production is
estimated at 304.4 million
cwt., one per cent less than
last year’s record setting
crop of 307.4 million cwt.
U.S. production of Winter
wheat is down two per cent
to 1.5 million bushels, while
all wheat output is off five
per cent to 2.0 billion, both
due primarily to less acres
harvested.
Reduced rye acres har
vested were more than offset
by a yield increase with a
resultant 14 per cent rise in
production to near 17 million
bushels. As both harvested
acres and yield are up the
U.S. oats crop rose 37 per
cent to 748 million bushels.
An increase in acres har
vested offset a yield
decrease in barley resulting
in a 12 per cent production
increase to near 416 million
bushels.
in Hereford cattle in Penn
sylvania, a meeting for the
purpose of re-organizing the
Pennsylvania Hereford
Association has been set.
The meeting will be held in
Room B of the Pennsylvania
State Farm Show,
Harrisburg, January 11,1978
at 1:00 p.m. The meeting
follows the Hereford
breeding cattle show which
commences at 8:00 a.m. the
same day.
All Hereford breeders and
interested parties are in
vited to attend. For further
details contact Glen
Flickinger, Route 2, Nor
thumberland, Penn.
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