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Insurance lobby favors house crop coverage bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The House version of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act
of 1979 is a reasonable
compromise on insurer and
consumer needs should be
enacted, the American In
surance Association said
today.
In a letter sent to Senate
Agriculture Committee
Chairman Herman
Talmadge, AIA President
Larry L. Jones warned that
the Senate version of the bill
“is opposed by the entire
private insurance industry.
The bill does not contain
adequate provision to
protect the private crop
insurers who are currently
providmg a vital market for
the American Farmer. It
would not permit com
petition in the all-risk
market or protect the role of
private agents," he said.
“While not perfect, 'H.R.
4119 is a reasonable com
promise because of the
amendment so carefully
worked out by Represen
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tatives Ed Jones (D-Tenn.)
and Edward Madigan (R
-111.). The amendment has
the support of the Ad
ministration and the Federal
Crop Insurance cor
poration.”
Briefly, the House
amendment does three
things.
It permits farmers to
substitute private hail-fire
coverage under their federal
all-risk policy and allows a
25 per cent reduction in the
federal premium for those
using the option;
It places private insurers
on equal footing with sub
sidized federal coverage and
requires that a federal
reinsurance program be
initiated by 1982.
And it requires the
Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation to offer agents
contracts that meet industry
standards.
Jones said the American
Insurance Association
shares Congress’ concern for
American farmers and
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needs can “best be met by
providmg a healthy, com
on protecting stored grain
WASHINGTON, D C - A
new bulletin for farmers on
protecting stored grain
against insect damage will
be distributed nationally by
the U.S Department of
Agriculture
The insect problem is
expected to be a serious
challenge in 1980 because of
abnormally large amounts
of gram in storage. Space in
grain bins and elevators will
be at a premium as a result
of record crops in 1979 and
the decision by the USDA to
store 13 million metric tons
of grain that may be delayed
in entering export channels
As m past years during
record harvests, some gram
may have to be stored
temporarily on the ground
where it is much more
susceptible to insect in
festation
To aid farmers, USDA will
distribute 200,000 copies of
“Insect Control in Farm-
Stored Gram,” Farmers’
Bulletin 2269, through county
offices of USDA’s
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service
The bulletin, which was
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petitive, private
market... The American
Insurance Association
New bulletin gives
written by scientists of
USDA’s Science and
Education Administration,
will also be available
through county offices of
state Cooperative Extension
Services
Participants in the ASCS
loan program bear the
responsibility for main
taining quality of the grain
against damage by insects,
which can reduce its quality
and value substantially The
farmer must sustain any
losses in the value of grain
which is damaged in
storage, even though it may
be under a price support
loan.
The bulletin, written by
Charles L Storey and Roy D
Speirs at the U.S. Grain
Marketing Research
Laboratory, Manhattan,
Kans , and Lyman S Hen
derson, now retired, tells
how climate, harvest con
ditions, temperature and
moisture effect pest in
festations It also explains
how to prepare grain bins
before storage, how to treat
grain during binding, and
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 29,1980—C35
bebeves that the amended
version of H.R. 4119 will
foster competition” while
how to inspect, fumigate and
aerate grain during storage
A commercial formulation
of Bacillus thunngiensis-a
bacterium that controls
Indianmeal and almond
moths-has been approved
for use in stored grains and
FAIRFIELD - The
Pennsylvania Polled
Hereford Association queen
for 1980 is Jane Sikorski,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Sikorski, Emmaiis,
Lehigh County.
The Sikorski family runs
and operates JEMS Polled
Herefords, a farm of ap
proximately fifty head of
registered cattle.
Jane is a member of her
county 4-H Club, serving as
newsreporter and secretary
and has been showing Polled
Herefords for the past seven
years
She is also a member of
the Lehigh County 4-H
livestock judging team,
ANKENY, la. - The Sod
Conservation Society of
America released a new
educational cartoon booklet
designed to teach young
people about the value of
water as a natural resource.
“Water, the Basis of Life”
explains the importance of
water to plants, animals,
and man; communities;
agriculture; and industry.
Emphasized throughout the
booklet is the protection of
water supplies and water
quality.
The booklets are designed
to help young people m the
ideas
Sikorski is Pa.
P.H.A.
Conservation
comic book
costing the taxpayers
substantially less than the
Senate proposal, he said.
soybeans, according to the
authors
Single copies of FB 2269
are available free upon
postcard request to - Office
of Governmental and Public
Affairs, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington,
DC., 20250
queen
which has entered local and
state-wide contests in the
past few years. Jane is proud
of winning High Junior In
dividual in the Pennsylvania
South Eastern Counties
competition.
The Pa. queen is also
secretary of the Penn
sylvania Junior Polled
Hereford Association and is
serving a two year term as a
director.
Jane’s hobbies include
music, sports and showing
cattle. She is looking for
ward to representing Penn
sylvania at the Junior
National in Columbus, Ohio
and the National Convention
and Show in Denver m 1981.
upper elementary grades
understand the value and
wise use of natural
resources. A teacher’s guide
accompanies each booklet in
the series.
Single copies of “Water,
the Basis of Life” are 35
cents. The accompanying
teacher’s guide is 25 cents a
copy.
The Society is a private,
nonprofit association
dedicated to advancing the
science and art of good land
and water use. It has 15,000
members in the United
States, Canada, and more
than 80 other countries.