/ 20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 14,*1978 Ag export bill wins agreement at Capitol WASHINGTON, D.C. - A House-Senate Conference Committee last week reached agreement on legislation to stimulate expanded exports of U.S. agricultural commodities and to open the way for in creased sales to Red China. Senator Herman E. Talmadge, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, termed the legislation a "“significant new initiative” in expanding UJS. agricultural exports, which reached $26 billion in the last fiscal year. The legislation would York-Adams Pomona YORK • The Annual York* Adams Pomona Grange Seventh Degree banquet was held on September 27 in the Biglerville Fire Hall, with Biglerville Grange as host. Members of the Fire Company served the meal to Sixty-two Grangers from Gideon, Red lion, Eureka, Washington, Valley and Biglerville Grange. Special guest at the banquet was Bob Powell, bead of Personnel Relations at Westinghouse, Gettysburg. Powell and Bob Bracker, also with Per sonnel Relations, were guides for a tour of the plant following the evening meal. Arthur Ebbert, Biglerville Grange, president of the Seventh Degree Club, chaired the short business meeting prior to the tour. Bruce Stein, Red Lion Grange, was elected fourth vice president, with William Reicbart, Gideon Grange, becoming the new president. provide_government-backed, intermediate-term credit to finance agricultural exports; authorize short-term credits to private exporters who offer deferred payments to .eligible importing countries, extend existing short-term credits to Red China, upgrade U.S. Department of Agriculture Embassy of ficers in major importing countries, establish U.S. agricultural trade offices abroad; and create a new position of .Under Secretary in the Department of Agriculture to put increased emphasis on farm export programs. Grange meets Anna May Snyder, Valley Grange was retained as secretary. A program planning meeting for York-Adams Pomona Officers, and Subordinate Officers, was' held October 1, at Red Lion Grange. Programs’ and events planned under the Women’s Activity Depart ment are, November 8, Woinen’s Activity Day at Gideon Grange Hall, 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., with Treva Lease, Gideon Grange, Chairman for the day. The Women’s Activity Com mittee will sponsor a Pumpkin Pie Baking contest when Pomona Grange meets November 11, at Red Lion. The Youth Department has planned a Hayride, October 28, with Valley Grange host, beginning at 7 p.m.; A Christmas party and Square Dance at Gideon Grange, December 9; A Square Dance at Biglerville 'Senator'Richard Stone of Florida, chairman of the Foreign Agricultural Policy Subcommittee and vchair - man of the Senate conferees, said the bill is needed to assure that the United States remains competitive with other agricultural nations in the world market. “Even though we are now a strong agricultural ex porting Nation,, we must make every effort to in crease further our sales abroad,” 1 Stone said “Agricultural'exports must continue to grow. This bill will provide added tools to achieve this goal.” Grange, January 19; A Square Dance at Valley Grange, March 10; the Youth Picnic for all Grangers, July 8, at Pinchot State Park; and a Ham Raffle at Valley Grange, April 9. “Visitation Nite” pro grams, under the Lecturer’s Department will be held February 27, March 9, April 21, May 28, June 5, July 6, and July 16, with more in formation on each meeting Jto be published at a later date. Theme for 1979 is, “OPEN DOORS-IN YOUR COUNTY.” Other dates of interest to Grangers are: Legislative Banquet, April 28; Degree Day, May 26; Four-County Picnic, July 28; Special State Grange (6th) Degree Day, September 29. Other meetings and. date will be announced when Pomona meets at Red Lion Grange November 11. The conference bill, wh\ch now goes back to the House and Senate for final ' Congressional action, would authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finance some commercial sales of agricultural commodities on intermediate credit terms of three to ten years. The existing CCC export credit program is limited to three ■years: The new intermediate credit could be used for building grain reserve stocks in foreign countries under ■" any international commodity agreeniept or other stock-building plans acceptable to the U.S. under conditions desgined to protect American fanners against “dumping”. The new credit provisions could also be used to facilitate export sales of breeding livestock; to use local currencies generated by U.S. agricultural exports for establishing transportation, marketing, processing and similar trade facilities; and to meet credit competition of other agricultural exporting couritries. 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