Ag Council to conduct
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A
nationwide effort, coor
dinated by the Agriculture
Council of America, will be
conducted the week of June
30 to July 4 to present the
nation’s news media with
facts about the current farm
economic situation.
The project is “Press
Call” and hundreds of in
dividual farmers, ranchers
and local farm-related
businessmen will serve as
spokesmen in personal
meetings with editors and
broadcasters all across the
country, according to ACA
Chairman Clifton Meador.
“When you fit all the
pieces together, it’s no great
puzzle: this country has been
following a cheap food policy
and it does not work,” said
Meador, a soybean, cotton,
rice and wheat farmer from
Dumas, Arkansas.
“The cheap food approach
will end up costing con
sumers much more in the
long run. We need to get this
message across to the media
particularly the media in
urban areas.”
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special package of materials
including facts, figures and
useful information to
demonstrate the realitites of
agriculture’s economic
situation. These materials
emphasize points like:
In the past year, food
prices have gone up only six
percent which is less than
half the general rate of in
flation.
Farm productivity is
double the rate for non-farm
industries, yet farmers are
getting a return on their
investment about one-third
of what manufacturing in
dustries get.
The farmer is receiving a
smaller share of the retail
dollar spent for food. On the
average, the farmer today
receives only 32 cents of
each dollar spent for
domestically produced
foods; the remaining 68
cents pays for processing,
transporting, packaging and
selling.
“I think a big part of our
problem is psychological,”
commented meador. “We
need to turn the farm
markets around by Fall, and
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I think we have to make our
needs known.”
Meador noted the ccst
prioe squeeze in agriculture
is so severe that the pur
chasing power of income
earned from farming is
likely to fall to its lowest
level in 20 years.
“I don’t think there’s a
better time to dramatize our
message than the week
ending on July 4th. Our
nation’s freedom is based on
a strong and independent
agricultural system. This
system today faces a very
serious economic threat
which should be a matter of
concern for every
American,” added Meador.
“Press Call” is being
featured as part of a com
prehensive ACA program to
help people at the com
munity level communicate
the facts effectively about
agriculture. Special
materials are offered on a
quarterly basis to present
agriculture’s views on major
issue areas like inflation,
trade, energy and govern
ment regulation.
Nationwide participation
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media call-in program
m “Press Call” will be
tracked and coordinated by
ACA’s Washington office to
make the best possible use of
manpower and resources
and avoid duplication of
effort. Anyone interested in
participating in the project
should write: ACA, Box
23421, Washington, D.C.
20024.
Management tips given
LITITZ —Alfalfa, just like
any other crop, requires top
management practices to
produce maximum yields.
After harvesting the first
alfalfa crop of the season,
several management
practices must be put into
effect in order to maintain a
high level of production for
the rest of the year and for
several more.
Soil fertility is of utmost
importance to high yielding
alfalfa. Is the soil pH bet
ween 6.5 and 7.5? Is the soil
capable of supplying
adequate amounts of im
portant nutrients like
phosphorus, potassium,
sulfur, magnesium and
boron?
Each ton of alfalfa that’s
harvested at the one-tenth
bloom stage removes 12
pounds of phosphate, 60
pounds of potash, six pounds
of sulfur, eight pounds of
magnesium and 30 pounds of
calcium. If the alfalfa yield
goal is eight tons/acre/year,
then the soil must supply at
least eight times the above
rates. Part of this may come
from soil reserves, but part
will need to be supplied as
fertilizer.
Based on soil test results
and recommendations,
applying one-half of the
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“This is a very tangible
way we can all have real
impact,” concluded Meador.
“We invite the participation
of all people concerned about
telling agriculture’s story to
the American people. The
more people involved the
greated the unpact will be.”
The Agriculture Council of
recommended rate of fer
tilizer after the first cutting
and the other half after the
last cutting will aid in
achieving high yields and
winter-hardiness.
Two important alfalfa
insect pests requiring timely
management decisions are
the alfalfa weevil and the
potato leafhopper. The main
concern for damage by
alfalfa weevil is during the
first cutting, but the fresh,
small regrowth may be
particularly prone to
damage. If the effects of
harvest, including exposure
to sun and removal of food
supply, don’t substantially
reduce weevil larvae
numbers, their feeding on
regrowth will be much more
damaging than on 10 to 20-
inch alfalfa.
Potato leafhopper is
generally most damaging to
Cedar Crest FFA
participates in Food
for America contest
LEBANON - The Cedar
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Fanners of America held its
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The Williamsport Area Community College
America, formed in 1973, is
made up of individual far
mers and ranchers, general
farm and commodity
organizations, and
businesses serving the
agricultural community. Its
purpose is to communicate
what modem agriculture
means to modem America.
for alfalfa
the second and third cuttings
of alfalfa. Unfortunately, the
effect of potato leafhopper is
sometimes mistaken for
drought stress stunted,
yellow plants.. However,
these plants won’t bounce
back after a rain if potato
leafhopper is the culprit. If
wedge-shaped yellowing of
the leaf-tips are noticed, that
is evidence of the potato
leafhopper and immediate
action should be taken to
control them before the
population builds up. One
adult per sweep with a net
would indicate control
measures should be taken.
To maintain alfalfa stand
and yields in future years,
don’t harvest during the last
five or six weeks before the
average date of a killing
frost Six to eight inches of
top growth is needed to build
food reserves before winter.
first annual Food for
America Program at each of
the Cornwall-Lebanon
Elementary Schools.
Hie program consists of
FFA members explaining
where food comes from. A
movie entitled “Food From
Farm to You” was shown.
All of the students were
urged to participate in a
coloring book contest The
placings were as follows:
Ebenezer Elementary 1.
Scott Carrol, 2. Julie Tulli
and 3. Roxanne Melton;
Cornwall Elementary 1.
Darrah Grubb, 2. Jan
Winters and 3. Kattie
Middlebrook; South
Lebanon Elementary 1.
Cathy Jo Yiengst, 2. Jesse
Beare and 3. Timothy
Pantelich.
All participants received a
lollipop and the top ten
finishers at each school
received a pack of crayons.
Students
admitted for
Fall & Spring
Semesters
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