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Shiflet declined to be
specific about what he
thought interest rates might
rise to next year, indicating
only that it was hoped the
increase could be kept at one
per cent or less - possibly %
per cent. “I can’t guarantee
what the percentage rate
will be in the future, but I
can guarantee the lowest
possible rates,” the
executive offered
Noting that all of society
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Lancaster, PA
717-291-1046
ADAMSTOWN
EQUIPMENT INC.
Mohnton RD2, PA 19540
(near Adamstown)
215 484-4391
PIKEVILLE
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Oyster Dale Road
Oley RD2, PA
215-987-6277
Credit
has had. to undergo
significant changes during
he past decade or two,
Shiflet said that farmers
have been no exception.
“Change has become the
rule rather than the ex
ception,” Shiflet declared.
“Agriculture has been
forced to come to grips with
this change merely to sur
vive and remain viable.”
According to Shiflet,
farmers have not on? met
the challenges pres >cd by
changing patterns, but they
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New Holland, PA
717-354-4191
have managed to prosper -
feeding not only this nation,
but multitudes across the
seas as well. He said this is a
significant accomplishment
m the face of changing
technlogies, government
policies, trade balances,
environmental questions,
and weather patterns.
“Credit has had a lot to do
with the fact that farmers
have been able to work with
the changes,” Shiflet
declared, adding that the
Farm Credit System has
also had to weather some
changes. This year the
farmer-owned lending in-
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Zieglerville, PA
215-287-9643
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Bernville, PA
215-488-1510
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stitutions have $46 billion
worth of loans outstanding
across the country. That
amounts to about a third of
the total agricultural debt m
the United States.
The Farm Credit System
has gone through 60 years of
changes, said Shiflet. The
bonds issued by the FCS
command respect among
buyers, including foreign
governments, insurance
companies, and cor
porations. FCS bonds are
considered to be a safe in
vestment by buyers, which is
a reflection of the farmer’s
credibility and productivity,
Shiflet explained.
Serving Lancaster,
Lebanon and Dauphin
Counties, the Lancaster
Farm Credit Service
organization has nearly $llO
million worth of outstanding
M.S.YEARSLEY
&SONS
West Chester, PA
215-696-2990
A6WAY INC.
Chapman Equipment
Center
Chapman, PA
215-398-2553
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 18,1978
loans. More than two thirds
of that total are within the
Federal Land Bank division,
while $42,916,687 are
recorded on the Production
Credit Association books.
In order to meet the
growing needs of the system,
a new office will be serving
the Dauphin County area,
beginning early next year.
The facility, complete with
Grain reserve
nears billion bu •
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
There were 980,326,080
bushels of feed gram and
wheat in the grain reserve as
of Oct. 27, according to Ray
Fitzgerald, administrator of
the Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service (ASCS).
As of that date, the reserve
held 34,435,332 bushels of
barley, 438,500,000 bushels of
com, 38,403,475 bushels of
oats, 65,559,729 bushels of
sorghum and 403,427,544
bushels of wheat.
The figures cited by ad
ministrator Fitzgerald were
based on a telephone survey
byASCS.
The gram reserve takes
grains off the market for a
period of up to three years,
or until market prices reach
stated levels.
At the same tune Fit-
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Amalie Motor Oil & Greases
Refrigeration Compressors
1000 gal. Air Pressure Tank
250 lb. pressure approved
Custom Bilt Liman Katoiight
PTO or Diesel drive alternators
Bodmin Nn-Pulse Milking System
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Star Route, Belleville, PA. 17004
For emergency service needed on
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ample parking space, will be
located in Elizabethville.
In elections held during
the meeting, Elvin Hess of
Strasburg R 1 and Jay
Rohrer of Manheim R 7 were
chosen as directors of the
Lancaster Production Credit
Association. Earl Keefer of
Miller, burg R 1 and Jay
Greider of Mount Joy R 1
were given directorships in
the Federal Land Bank
Association of Lancaster.
zgerald announced the
telephone survey results,
ASCS released its regular
weekly price support loan
activity report. The report
includes figures on grains m
the farmer-owned reserve
and other data. The data in
the weekly report lags
behind the figures reported
today by the administrator
because of the time taken to
mail the data for the weekly
report to Kansas City for
processing.
More information on the
regular weekly report by
state and by farm and
warehouse storage is
available in the north lobby
of USDA’s Kansas City
Commodity office, 2400 West
75th St., Prairie Village,
Kan., and the Production
Adjustment division in
USDA’s South building,
Washington, D.C.
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