Farm WASHINGTON, D.C. - 'arm Bureau Tuesday :aUed for tougher sanctions igainst the Soviet Union than those already imposed r President Carter. Glenn Tussey, a Glen Rock GLEN ROCK - The Glen nock 4-H Club held it’s meeting at TjJ: Susquehannock High School. % A business meeting was held during which the standing committees were appointed. jjt All officers were reminded of the Officers Training V -A i ■' v y"' Bergland reaffirms commitment f 4® to science, education council WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland and Robert Clodius, president of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges last Friday signed an agreement extending their sponsorship of the , I International Science and k Education Council for '•£ another two years. 4- In signing the agreement, Bergland said, “We are ; hopeful that through the 1 Council we can have better „i, planning and closer c00r ,4 dmation of the scientific £ expertise in the U.S. r* Department of Agriculture 5 and U.S. universities for I carrying out international f development programs.” f 10% I DISCOUNT | ALL Parts | I & Machinery I | PAID in CASH | | at time | of sale! -Jl Bureau wants tougher sanctions against USSR spokesman for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said that if the security of the United States is threatened sufficiently to require an embargo on gram, then the threat is sufficient to justify 4-H meets Workshop on January 19. It was reported that the following projects were being started: quilling, crewel, ceramics, tractor and handyman. For more information about these projects call 235-2404. The Club then began work on it’s health project. The ISEC was established in 1974 as a means of sharing responsibility for public supported international agricultural development and education efforts. One of its major goals is to en courage jomt participation between the federal government and par ticipating universities m development projects abroad. 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WONSIDLER BROS. additional measures to suspend business and cultural relationships in order to “send a stronger signal.” Tussey, assistant director of AFBF’s national affairs division, testified before the Subcommittee on In ternational Finance of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. “Farm Bureau stresses that an embargo on gram and high technology items and restrictions on fishing rights appear to be an in sufficient response to the threat to our national technologies to the in ternational agricultural community and the general public. The new agreement reaffirms USDA’s and the participating universities’ commitment to these goals and also calls for the development of annual work plans and budgets for jomt projects. Plans also call for more communciation between participating groups so that the ISEC can serve as a forum for the analysis of programs with emphasis on project planning and ef fective mobilization of manpower and other resources. 13NE WIDE A^ security,” Tussey said. “We therefore call for a broadening of U.S. actions to increase the effectiveness of those already taken to counter - Soviet ex pansionism.” Pointing out that it is impossible to isolate the embargoed 17 million metric tons of gram from the market system to avoid hurting farm pnces and income, Tussey suggested the quickest way to move the on labelling regs called for CHICAGO, n. - USDA, FTC and FDA will propose regulations as part of a nearly two-year-old joint labeling revision plan following the public com ment period which ends March 20. According to USDA’s Carol Foreman, proposed regulations of interest to meat products include: labels to show specific sources of fat and oils for foods with more then 10% fat open date labeling for perishable and semi perishable processed products like bacon, frankfurters, sliced lun cheon meats and sausage; nutrition labeling for meat products about which nutrition claims are made or to which nutrients are added definitions of the terms “low cholesterol,” "reduced r Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 2,1980—C27 embargoed gram to other markets would be to restore or increase funds taken from the Commodity Credit Corporation’s export credit sales program. “This would help meet unfilled requests for financing from a dozen or more trading partners who would like CCC funds to finance more than one billion dollars worth of U.S. farm commodities not already Public comments cholesterol,” “cholesterol-free” and standardized serving sizes for meat products. As yet, USDA and FDA do not have positions on labeling of imitation and The Mid-January broiler numbers still climbing HARRISBURG - Placements of broiler chicks m the Commonwealth during the week ending January 19 were 2,176,000, according to the Crop Reporting Service. The placements were eight percent above the previous week and four percent above the corresponding week a year earlier. Average placements during the past nine weeks were four per cent above a year earlier. Placements m the 21 key poultry producing states Lawn & Garden-Tractors & Equipment covered by lines of credit,” Tussey said. He added that CCC financing of exports is not a subsidy as such credit is extended at regular com mercial rates. CCC export credit funds were halved to $BOO million for fiscal year 1980. Farm Bureau would like to see those funds restored to the full $1.6 billion or, preferably, increased to $2 billion, Tussey said. substitute foods, format for nutrition labeling, and what information should be required on nutrition labels. Foreman expects the two agencies to take positions on these issues by June 1. and were 77,371,000, one percent below the previous week but five percent above the same week a year ago. Average placements during the past nine weeks were four percent above the same period in 1979. Broiler-fryers slaughtered in Pennsylvania under federal inspection during the week ending January 9 totaled 2,038,000, with an average hveweight of 4.09 pounds. | ★ Machinery | ★ Films I - X _■ ★ Special Evening | PRESENTATION | I ★ Refreshments | I Served ( KOSHKINS
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