Grangers ask extension of present farm bill
CEDAR RAPIDS, la.
National Grange delegates
representing farmers from
37 states meeting here this
week have called for a one
year extension to the present
farm bill due to expire in
1981.
In telegrams sent to
President-elect Reagan and
members of his Agriculture
Pohcy Advisory Committee,
the Grange leaders stressed
a one-year extension to allow
the new administration tune
to properly evaluate present
farm programs and policies
before recommending any
changes.
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The Grange is the first
general farm organization to
meet following the recent
Presidential election. It is
the only farm group still in
support of the Russian Gram
Embargo. National Master
Ed Andersen said this issue
will be deliberated further.
However, delegates
Tuesday passed a resolution
calling for an amendment to
the Food and Agriculture
Act which would remove the
negative impact of future
embargoes of agricultural
products. The amendment
would stipulate that when
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the President places an
embargo on products such as
gram and soybeans, the
Congress must concur and a
minimum 90 percent of
parity be guaranteed to
fanners during the embargo
and for six months
thereafter.
The Grange is also con
tinuing their strong support
of small family farms by
urging legislation to help
ease the financial burden of
people entering farming.
Specifically, the rural
leaders said that the Far
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Extension Service, and other
USDA programs should
continue to provide in
creased emphasis on part
nerships and other
relationships that would
encourage young people to
enter to stay in farming.
The Grange commended
the U.S. State Department
and USDA for progress
made in limiting textile
imports, and expressed
support of further efforts
which would lead to a per
livestock. Some attention to foundation. Since most of the
farm security at this time leaves are off our frees, it
might avoid serious losses. might be a good idea to clean
out these items before we get
heavier rams, or melting
snow. No doubt many spouts
are full of twigs and leaves,
which means they will clog
and the water will run down
against the foundation walls.
This will help make wet
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manent agreement They
also recommended that the
Defense Department’s
textile procurement pohcy
be structured to supply
present and future fabnc
needs from cotton. They
further urged that all
producer organizations
maintain a loan level that
would encourage the
production of cotton.
ASCS county employees
received particular attention
by Convention delegates.
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The Grange believes these
employees deserve em
ployment benefits equal to
those received by federal
employees such as leave,
retirement, tenure, salary
and insurance when they
might transfer to other non-
USDA federal agencies.
The Grange also endorses
USDA’s efforts to fill
vacancies at the state and
national level with persons
possessing a background in
ASCS county offices.
basements, or could result in
water getting into the
building. This clean-out
process should be repeated
several tunes each year if
the building is under or near
trees. The gutters and spouts
are there for a very good
reason; they should be kept
open in order to function as
planned.