—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 7,1979
110
Northeastern agriculture
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to meet modem production
needs, and noted that
mechanical weed control
was “as efficient as
chemical herbicidal
methods at the Research
Institute. Mechanical and
thermal (burning) weed
control can also be cheaper
than conventional chemical
applications, and much less
energy intensive,” he said.
Vogtman said that the
NALA conference is a good
step which he hoped would
“carry forward the
recommendations that
agricultural research is
needed, especially research
aimed at helping the
average small family far
mer. They need to know how
best to manage their entire
farm system, and research
should be geared for them.”
The challenge to
strengthen agriculture and
rural life in the ten Nor
theastern states was issued
at the Northeastern
Agricultural Leadership
Assembly by Chairman
Frederic Winthrop, Jr.,
Massachusetts Food and
Agriculture Commissioner.
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Northeast a better place In
which to work and live,”
Winthrop said. “This
Assembly is just the
beginning of the process.”
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strength,” he said, noting
the differing philosophies of
the more than 300 farmers,
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fight for those that fall
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Assembly delegates
reviewed background
papers and discussed more
than 200 recommendations
in the areas of government
and finance, land, rural life,
production, energy,
marketing and appropriate
technology.
Echoing the major con
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Dr. M. Rupert Cutler, said
the Northeastern states are
the leaders to date in far
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“Most land-use decisions
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at the local level. It is up to
communities to decide for
themselves what their
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want to do with them.
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farmlands out of agriculture
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were other major problem
areas for farmers. “Far
mers are among the biggest
consumers m our country.
They have been hit as hard,
if not harder than any other
segment of our society.
They have suffered
greatly because of the in
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farm supplies, machinery
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