C34—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, September 27,1980
EPA withdraws
proposal for crop
buffer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In
a surprise move, the En
vironmental Protection
Agency has withdrawn its
proposal for pesticide ap
plication “buffer zones. ”
The EPA announcement
follows a meeting last week
between American Farm
Bureau Federation
President Robert B. Delano
and EPA Administrator
Douglas Costle at which
Delano declared the
proposal ‘-“an economic,
environmental and policical
disaster.”
The EPA proposal would
have required states to
enforce “buffer zones”
betirafen cotton fields and
“sensitive areas” such as
houses and roads.
The buffer zones, areas
where pesticide applications
could not be made, would
have become “nonfanning”
zones, where insects and
weeds could thrive to
reinfest adjacent crop lands.
EPA first advanced the
Montgomeiy 4-H livestock team
tops at Allentown
ALLENTOWN - Mem
bers from Montgomery
County 4-H Livestock Club
participated in a livestock
judging competition at the
Allentown Fair.
Members were asked to
rank cattle and sheep on the
basis of quality. The ten
highest scores received
award ribbons. There were
three classes of beef cattle
and three classes of sheep.
In the 4-H livestock
judging, Steve McMahon of
Montgomery County 4-H
Club placed first, Phil
McMahon, placed fourth and
Jim Roth placed tenth. The
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proposal in early August “to
be effective upon release.”
Later, the agency said it
would publish the proposal in
the Federal Register for
public input.
Agency officials bad
recently implied that
following the cotton action
the buffer zone idea would be
extended to other crops.
Delano,'in commenting on
EPA’s withdrawal of the
proposal, said, “Farmers
and r anchers recognize their
responsibility to protect
neighbors and the en
vironment from pesticide
drift. However, the -EPA
proposal was not a con
structive step towards
achieving that goal, and we
support the agency’s
decision to withdraw it.”
, Delano pledged continued
Farm Bureau support of
workable pesticide ap
plication programs intended
to protect farm and non
farm needs.
combined scores enabled the
Montgomery County 4-H
team to score tops in the
livestock judging and
received a trophy for this
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Bradford lamb
ATHENS The second
Annual Bradford County 4-H
Livestock Sale was held
recently at the Valley
Stockyard, Lie., Athens.
According to Orville
Yoder, County Agent, 17
buyers paid a total of
$4,612.08 for 19 market
animals.
Auctioneer for the sale
was Roy Hottle of Hottles
Auction Service, Wysoi.
A record price of $3.80 per
pound was paid for the
Grand' Champion Lamb
owned by Melissa Horton,
Ulster, and was'purchased
by Leona Meat Plant, Troy.
The Reserve Grand
Champion Lamb owned by
Robert Moore, Jr.,' Nichols,
New York, was bought by
First Bank of Troy, Troy for
$2.40 per pound.
Third place lamb, owned
by Jennifer Price, Hollen
back 4-H, was bought by
Troy Sales Co-op. for $2.20
per pound.
Fourth place lamb, owned
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Fifth place lamb, owned
by Rebecca Price, Hollen
back 4-H, went to Wyalusing
Livestock .for $2.20 per
pound. ;
The 204 pound Grand
Champion market hog,
owned by Marie Urevich,
Wyalusing, was purchased
by Judson’s Agway,
Columbia Crossroads, for $2
per pound.
Michele Urevich,
Wyalusing, sold her Reserve
Grand Champion Market
hog to Norm Shores Tractor
Sales, R 5 Towanda for $1.25
per pound.
Third place hog owned by
Tammy Schrader, Win
dham, sold to Hottles
Auction Sales, R 2 Wysox,
and fourth place hog owned
by Rebecca Price, Hollen
back 4-H, went to Nichols
Brothers Farms, East
Smithfield, for $1.21 a pound.
Fifth place hog owned by
Jennifer Price, Hollenback
4-H, was purchased by
Scott’s Holsteins, Troy for
$1.20 per pound.
The champion market beef
animal was a blue ribbon
heifer owned by Keith Ayres,
Troy Ag 4-H. It weighed 710
pounds and was purchased
by Richard Burgess,
Meshoppen.
The sale average for nine
market lambs was $2.11 per
pound; average for nine
market hogs was $l.lB per
pound.
Melissa Horton’s Grand Champion Market Lamb;
sold to buyer Chas. Debach, Leona Meat Plant for
Mark Urevich, Wyalusing, sold his Grand Champ
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