ASCS participation urged (Continued from Page i) cent additional land diversion for corn and sorghum and a 20 per cent set-aside for barley. He thought that the feed grain program could present a problem for state and county ASC people. He said that it appears that “we are not offering farmers as good a program, as good a deal as we did last year because the corn acreage diversion payment is not as mgh-10 cents a bushel instead of 20 cents.” He added that critics of the program say that there is less incentive to HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST? First produced in 1975, Tenderfoot was Constant research, development and tested in farrowing pens for I'k years quality control continues at the before being marketed These original Tenderfoot factory and at the nearby floors have been in constant use ever 650-sow operation where the original since Today's Tenderfoot floors have 1975 Tenderfoot floors are still in use 6 advantages over the original pieces 1. 3 times more coating. 2. Tougher vinyl coating. 3. Extra-strength steel. 4. Treated to resist bacteria & fungi growth 5. Improved Perma-Bond processing 6. Strict quality control. T ZHI‘/ rmtlZ I Please*-~sh FREE*sample" P Hoor. j&a. C °tomy |and additional information to: >4Dk j ENTERPRISES tNC Box 151, Freeborn MN 56032 Phone 507/863-2461 participate this year than last and that the program is inadequate. He told his audience that there were several points that the critics overlooked “One is that since the target price has been in creased to $2.20 per bushel for corn, the farmer who fully complies with the program will be guaranteed exactly the same total price as last year~s2.3o per bushel. The diversion payment went down 10 cents a bushel and the target went up 10 cents.” Another thing he men- .‘KOMFY-KOTE . , CONSTRUCTION ® Su P er,or Traction prevents injuries and abrasions. A tough acid-resistant piastisol compound permanently bonded to a rugged steel mesh *An exclusive bonding © Self-cleaning. No holes or process developed by . ? , , Tenderfoot crevices to harbor bacteria. Name | Address | City turned was that there is no restriction on the number of acres to be planted under the additional diversion option as there was the previous year. And this year “we are offering the opportunity to take part in a supply management program, a total package.” In high production years, the excess wheat can be moved off the market into the reserve program, he explained, so prices are not depressed. This is what happened last year, farmers placed more than a billion ® Cushioned comfort reduces stress. How long will a Tenderfoot last 7 No one knows The very first ones pro duced have withstood heavy use since 1975 The floors produced today are 6 ways better than the first ones Try Tenderfoot’s profitable, proven superiority under your hogs Mail coupon today Phone No State bushels of wntai, c«nU grams into the gram reserve. Thus in a year of “shortfall”, market com mitments, both those domestic and foreign, can be met by movmg gram out of that reserve when the market price is right. The reserve is not government gram, it is not owned by CCC. It is farmer-owned, farmer-controlled grain. And that, he said, is the way it is wanted. But, he continued, there is danger in this. “Gram producers cannot rely solely upon the reserve program, and I am afraid maybe they are beginning to do that. The reserve program was slow to start, and many people beheved it would not work-but it did. It was successful. There is just no way that we could have had the com crop that we did, without the market price falling. Instead it rose. The same with wheat.” Red Rose 4-H’ers (Continued from Page 15) participated in both the beef Club or leaving for other sheep projects. In 1976 reasons. he was on the first place Ken Brubaker, Lancaster state 4-H Livestock judging a 10 ir mej - team. That year the Lan- .m were presented February Ist to 4-H’ers in Lancaster County's Red Rose beef and sheep 4-H Club. Standing in the front left is Michelle Dean who showed the reserve County champion steer. Steve Long showed the grand champion steer at the Pa. Farm Show, while Darlene Huyard had the County's champion steer. Back left is Bonnie Frey and Ed Nissley, both youth helped comprise the grand champion beef trio at the Pa. Farm Show. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 3,1979 “But,” he continued, “we cannot continue producing com and wheat for a reserve program. Farmers must use the set-aside and diversion programs to begin balancing supply with demand so that the market will pay a reasonably profitable price. It is important that farmers understand that.” Smith thought that if the nationwide participation was near 50 per cent, and a normal weather situation holds throughout 1979, stocks of com should be reduced by somewhere near 300 million bushels. But if farmers don’t participate, he warned, the acreage will not be reduced, and there could be an increase of ending stocks even though there is a record-high usage. Farmers, he stated, must learn that they can’t look at the program simply in terms of immediate cash in their pockets. The long range effects of their decisions must be weighed. Smith told that nationwide the participation for the pro gram is now around 41 per cent. In the state of Penn sylvania, there is about 20 per cent participation. The purpose for the meeting where Smith spoke was to review the 1979 farm programs and finalize plans for conducting the nation wide sign up for 1979 set aside programs. These will begin February 15 and end April 16. The sign-up period is the tune designated for farmers to file their intentions to participate in the 1979 set aside program with the county ASCS office. Far mers must sign up to be eligible for price support loans and target price and disaster payments for barley, com, gram sorghum and wheat on participating farms and on other normal crop acreage grown on the farm. caster County team place second in the national competition. He was a past winner of the Intell. steer. Ken also placed third in the national junior Angus showmanship competition. (Turn to P— 37) 19
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