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VOL. 23 No. 10
Dairy surpluses getting heavier
By DIETER KRIEG
LANCASTER - Snow and
milk have a lot in common
this year, aside from the fact
that both are white.
Everybody is complaining
about there being too much
snow, or at least having
shoveled too much snow this
year. Milk handlers are
saying loudly that they have
more milk than they can
handle profitably. Snow
removal and milk marketing
are.both costing a bundle
this year.
Robert Barry
USD A tightening controls on meat purchases
By JOANNE SPAHR
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
United States Department of
Agriculture is tightening up
its controls on federal
purchases of imported meat.
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland has announced
that beginning February 27
all firms selling meat to the
department for school lunch
and other feeding programs
will have to certify that the
meat originated from
EPA restricts use of 23 pesticide ingredients
WASHINGTON - A new
era in United States
pesticide use has been
ushered in by the restricted
sale and use of some 2000
pesticide products con
taining 23 potentially
hazardous ingredients.
These products will now only
be sold to farmers and
commercial users who have
been certified and shown
competent to use the
products safely.
The products include
agricultural insecticides
used on such crops as cotton,
wheat, soybeans, other
vegetables and fruits;
certain weed killing com
pounds; and pesticides for
the control of rats and mice.
This restriction of
hazardous pesticides to
Government stocks biggest since 1960’s
John York
Promotion won’t do enough
By SALLY BAER
, . Staff Writer
LANCASTER - The
problem ofsuip[us milk and
what to do with it was the’
number one concern of
Lester C. Jones, president of
Inter-state Milk Producers
Cooperative, as he spoke to
the 125 people attending the
annual meeting of District 5
livestock produced in the
United States.
Up to this point, the USDA
has attempted to prevent the
use of imported meat in
purchases by the depart
ment through requiring that
ground beef and other meat
products sold to the
government originate from
animals slaughtered in
federally inspected U.S.
plants.
However, under these
certified users or persons
working under their
supervision is required by
the 1972 Federal pesticides
law.
The 23 ingredients were
restricted because tests or
actual experience showed
that these compounds can
poison people through ex
cessive skin contact or
inhalation or that the
ingredients might harm
birds, fish and other wildlife
if misused.
That list includes acrolein,
acrylonitrile, aldricarb, allyl
alcohol, aluminum
phosphide, azinphos methyl,
calcium cyanide, demeton,
endrin, ethyl parathion,
fluoroacetamide/1081, hyd
rocyanic acid, mcthomyl,.
methyl bromide, methyl
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11,1970
Franklin YVagner
at Meadow Hills Dining
House Thursday. '
“We have tpo much milk,”
. Jones said, “And our
promotion program is not
enough to take care of it.”
Jones said he is a strong
believer in promotion, but
adds “If we increase
consumption by one per cent
a year that’s good - but with
regulations, a plant could
slaughter imported livestock
in the United States and
technically still be in
compliance with the
stipulations.
“That procedure was not
illegal,” stated. Leonard
Condon, chief of meat
procurement, meat quality
division, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. “However,
there has been considerable,
pressure over the past
parathion, mevinphos,
paraquat, picloram, sodium
cyanide, sodium
fluroacetate, strychnine,
sulfotepp, andtepp.
EPA administrator
Douglas M. Costle said the
agency is considering
limiting the use of 16 other
ingredients to trained ap-
Farm calendar 10
Alfalfa grower ' 22
Pampered pigs 24
Horse Expo 25
Poor milking 26
Homestead notes 50
Junior cooking 53
Farm Women calendar 55
Joyce Bupp 57
Ida’s notebook 57
Recipe Swap 58
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production increasing by
seven per cent it’s not
enough. We cmpifdntaina -
healthy market with' the help
of milk promotions, but we
can’t sell everything we’ve
got.” At present in this area,
13 -cents per consumer is
spent on promotional
programs. In California,
Jones notes, the dairy- in
several months and we are
not attempting to'control the
importation of cattle for
immediate slaughter.”
The government has no
way of controlling the
purchase of animals im
ported into the United States
and then raised in U.S.
herds. According to Condon,
a lot of Mexican and
Canadian feeder cattle are
imported, fed out and then
sold as domestic.
plicators and that more
pesticides would be studied
for similar action in the
future. However, he added
that “the vast majority of
pesticides used by backyard
gardeners and homeowners
will continue to be available
under the same conditions
that apply now.”
In this issue
Ladies have you heard 59
Kendy’sKollum 60
Home on the range 62
Classifieds 69
Fertilizer future 103
Pigs replaced 109
Poultry sanitation 110
Czechoslovakia 113
Home gardening 116
Blacksmith 119
Leb. Cg. Ext. banquet - 120 ~
William Johnstone
dustry is .spending 33 cents
per consumer.
In addition to increased
promotion, Jones said other
steps must be'considered to
reduce surplus milk and cut
production. Cutting the price
of milk would help cut
production, he said, “But it
\ “Once they are co
mingled, there is no way to
tell they were imported,” he
stated.
Under the new
requirement announced last
week, the sellers will be
required to certify United
States origin of the cattle,
keep purchase records, and
make those records
available for USDA review.
“We’ll have to run spot
checks to insure compliance
Certification is required
by the 1972 pesticides law.
Most states have been
certifying pesticide ap
plicators for a year or more
under EPA-approved
programs. In fact, to date,
more than one million far
mers and ranchers-or
roughly two-thirds of those
expected to seek cer
tification-have been
trained. More than 80 per
cent of the country’s com
mercial applicators, such as
.household pest controllers
and aerial applicators, have
been certified-or more than
233,000 people.
Under the Federal
pesticides law, EPA
requires that commercial
applicators pass a written
~ exam before being certified.
Henry Geisinger
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f aware
$6.00 Per Year
Unlike the snow situation,
which will go away once
warmer weather sets in, the
surplus milk situation won’t
leave unless dairymen begin
to take some action. Cull cow
prices, which have ap
proached the 40 cents per
pound mark, could help
solve the problem if farmers
take advantage of it. Vir
tually all milk marketing
specialists are urging
dairymen to do just that.
The problem with surplus
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Lester Jones
with the ruling,” stated
Condon. If the government
does find that the meat seller
is marketing imported beef
as American raised, and is
giving false certification,
there are several options
which can be taken. Some of
these include terminating
his contract, buying against
him (reprocuring meat and
assessing the extra costs
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Once certified, fanners and
other users are usually given
wallet-sized cards to present
when purchasing restricted
pesticides.
Makers of the 2000
restricted products have 60
days to submit new product
labels to EPA that include
the phrase “Restricted Use
Pesticide” and other
required wording. These
producers are allowed 120
days to attach the labels or
supplemental labeling to
new restricted products
leaving their plants.
Pesticide dealers and sellers
are given 270 days to relabel
existing stocks.
In cases where a pesticide
has both restricted and
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