C 38 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 19,1980 Farmers ask less government meddling ST. LOUIS, Mo. - An overwhelming majority of U.S. growers say they want less government in volvement in fanning ac cording to the results of a Doane Agricultural Service study conducted for the American Soybean Association. “It is clear they continue to oppose government in volvement in their fanning operations,” said ASA President Allan Aves, a soybean grower from Kirkland, Illinois. “The opinion poll asked soybean growers their at titudes toward six different government issues and in each case, the growers said they oppose further government intervention.” Soybean growers have strongly opposed President Carter’s embargo of grain and soybeans to the Soviet , Union. In fact, 73.7 percent of the growers say they favor removing the Soviet em bargo. President Carter’s Soviet embargo marked the first time the U.S. has used food as a diplomatic tool and 57 percent of the soybean farmers say they oppose the use of food as a political weapon. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent in volved in rice sales to Mexico has created con troversy in the farm com munity. Not surprisingly, 79.8 percent of the soybean farmers surveyed say they oppose the U.S. government serving as an export sales agency or national grain board for agncultural commodities. Reaction to the current federal soybean loan program was mixed. While 44 percent of the soybean growers say they support the soybean loan program, 37.2 percent oppose its con tinuation. Of those citing the primary purpose of the soybean loan, 56.9 percent say it should serve as an additional source of credit rather than a guaranteed price. 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Using the same criteria in a more extreme situation, the return per acre ranged anywhere from $274 to $360 per acre as a result of using Roundup alone. Roundup is pbytotoxic to grapevines as well as other plants, Haeseler points out. Principal symptoms parallel those of other broadleaved weeds. Newly formed leaves become mis-shapened and distorted. Tip leaves will cup strongly and gradually become chlorotic. Even tually, they will turn a whitish-yellow at which point leaf tissue will show evidence of death. Distortion principally is in the form of deep pock marks, strong cupping and deep, narrow sinusing ac companied by some parallelling of veins. Serrations, also become narrow, sharp and spaced dose together. Older leaves may exhibit reverse cupping in con junction with a darkening of intervemal tissue which could be confused with lime induced potassium deficiency a disorder known as black leaf. Injury symptoms may be confused with that caused by nutrient disorders, potato leafhopper, late infestations of powdery mildew or even phytoxicity by a phenoxy herbicide. Strong phytotoxic symp toms will usually occur when grape leaves are exposed to Roundup either as a result of drift or direct spray and those leaves have developed Minus Rebate • YOUR COST *3995 "SERVICE IS OUR MOTTO" Sales & Service they don’t want any soybean loan. Two-tL e . ( „ (66.8 percent) say they oppose establishment of a soybean set-aside or acreage program. The majority of to one-fourth their final size or larger. Therefore, vineyards should not be sprayed with Roundup when the majority of grape leaves have attained a size greater than one-quarter of their final size. As far as grapevines are concerned Roundup with enter through leaves, par tially matured green in ternodes and partially matured buds early in the season. Non-entry sites include immature shoots, roots, well-matured canes and trunks. Machinery considerations in the application of Roundup are the use of nozzles with large orifices, and low pressure (20-25 psi). Machinery considerations and spraying when the wind velocity is 5 mph or less will be the most effective ap proach to use in reducing drift. Roundup may be applied on a potential grape site prior to planting if a perennial weed is expected to be problematical, Haeseler adds. Application should be made the year prior to planting. Practically speaking, Roundup can not be applied later than bloom (90 percent cap fall). Also, vines must be three years of age. Consequently, care must be exercised when spraying a vineyard that has a high proportion of suckers or layers. Suckers should be removed prior spraying. It appears as though the most popular use for Roundup m vineyards will be as a spot ipplication to control solated weed problems, oncludes Haeseler. Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 8-8 Wed. 8-5, Sat. 8-2 “A Little Out Of The Way But A Lot Less To Pay” soybean growers (53 per cent) say they oppose a federally-funded soybean reserve program similar to current programs for com and wheat. Asked for the principle reason for op posing the soybean reserve, 55.2 percent say it is because the reserve means more government involvement while 10.9 percent say a reserve would place a ceiling on soybean prices, represent farm interests m Washington. Three-fourths (73.3 per cent) of the soybean growers say they favor the soybean the EXCEPTIONAL MILK CAL is Monitor’s best son. CAL combines exceptional production with fine type. CAL daughters excel in fore udders, udder support, and teat placement. CAL has an exceptional pedigree. His dam is a 2E daughter of Fond Matt and his granddam is a VG-89 Gold Medal Dam. 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They could encourage sales to" developing countries by creating a $5 billion revolving fund for Com modity Credit Corporation export credits. “These programs would involve minimal federal outlays, would save tax payers from expensive price support and reserve boon doggles and would reduce government interferences in individual farming operations. I hope somebody in Washington listens to soybean farmers and takes some action.” he said. 6SOBF + 368 F
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