—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 2,1979 52 Bergland CROOKSTON, Minn. - U.S. agricultural exports are likely to hit a record $32 billion this fiscal year, a gain of almost $5 billion over last year, Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland said recently. “That’s over five times what our farm exports were 10 years ago,” Bergland said. “It will mean added farm income, more jobs producing and exporting form products, and another hefty contribution to this nation’s balance of trade.” He said the Department’s quarterly export outlook, issued May 18, forecasts agricultural exports of $32 billion and imports of $l6 billion in the current fiscal Cowtown Rodeo lists winners COWTOWN, N. J. - At the Cowtown Rodeo, on May 26, in the first event of the evening, Stanley Thomas, a cowboy from Woodstown, New Jersey took first place on a horse named “Crasher” among ten bareback bronc riders with a score of sixty one. Jay Stover rode a bronc called “Toma” for second place while Buck Howard riding “Stoney” chalked up number three position. Fourth place was split for ground money. Bill Wilds, a roper from Connecticut, took honors for first place with an eighteen and two tenths second timing in the calf roping contest. A Philadelphia cowboy named Charles Markee put his notch in for second place with twenty-one seconds and Bob Roberto with 21.1 and Clay Clement with a 30.5 finalized the third and fourth place positions in this event. MGS TRAILERS ‘A&BN i-rm i k \ \ \\ vE^hßKSshl^ W V. ■warßJ T-S*&k NEED ATRAILER? 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Dan Aurand. out of Lewistown, Pa. riding a horse called “Tumbleweed” placed, while David West on “Rainbow” took the money for the show position. Out of eleven contestants in the Steer Roping contest, the four money winners were: Chris Gerhardt from Sicklerville, New Jersey, 12.3 seconds; Jim Hoehn from Little Silver, New Jersey, 16.5 seconds, second place; Charles Bueti, a cowboy from Staten Island, third place with 17.7 seconds; and Stanley Thomas from Woodstown, New Jersey in fourth, with 19.3 seconds. Twenty-one cowboys tried *heir hand at Bull Riding pegs 1979 farm at $32 billion 'S •V major commodities, in cluding soybeans, feed grains, rice and tobacco. Wheat volume is expected to be down slightly, but value should be up. Export volume of major bulk commodities is forecast to rise by about four per cent from last year’s 122 million metric tons. Bergland said it «: agricultural exports will top $3O billion for the first time in the year that also marks the completion of the Tokyo Round of in ternational trade negotiations. “The agreements reached in the Tokyo round, which will go to Congress this month for approval, will with only five contestants managing to stay on for the required eight seconds during the entire evening. Jimmy Lee Walker stayed with a mean critter called “Everready” for the eight second whistle and the judges gave him a 66 rating making him the first place winner. Chester Lloyd scored a sixty to put him in second place. Stanley Thomas took the show position for riding a bull called “C-l”. 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Daily Saturdays till Noon - Evenings by Appointment reduce trade barriers and improve trading rules for agriculture,” Bergland said. “That will help us to build toward $4O billion in annual exports, and this might come sooner than we think; when I was elected to Congress in 1970 the goal for agriculture was to hit $lO billion a year in exports by 1980 ” The Department’s report forecast that U.S. agricultural exports to the Soviet Union would increase slightly to about $2 billion and that China would become a bilhon-dollar customer for the first time. China bought $368 million worth of U.S. farm products last fiscal year. die worth” racking up a 54 point rating earning. In the girl’s Barrel Racing competition, Lorraine Alexander placed first for running the clover-leaf pattern in 18.18 seconds. Following were Diane Sleeter with a tune of 18.83; Judy Clement with 18.95 and Debbie Shienberg chalking up a 19.06. 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