Grangers outline targets for new farm CEDAR RAPIDS, la. - National Grange delegates meeting in lowa last week at their annual convention outlined specific recom mendations in changes they feel are needed in a new farm program The farm leaders said the Secretary of Agriculture should have the authority to make additional com modities eligible for loans, purchases, target prices, ★ Barn Cleaners, Manure Pumps, Manure Stackers, Silo Unioaders, Bunk Feeders, Feed Conveyors MARVIN J. HORST DAIRY EQUIPMENT 1950 S. sth Avenue, Lebanon, Pa. 17042 Phone: 717-272-0871 i % i i i i jgf me jy /£ | Ov4«n * 1 %y4t ks ji | ( Jf jyf\ , ; J I -**m*>m&f> tu w Ufi THE FARMERS NATIONAL BANK OF QUARRYVILLE Gj[ SMALL ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU LARGE ENOUGH TO SERVE YOU Jjtf TWO CONVENIENT SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY LOCATIONS {ffl. j/P*. ★QUARRYVILLE Ph0ne:(717)786-7337 ★PENN HILL An Equal Opportunity Lender • Member F.D.I.C. • Each Account Insured To $lOO,OOO and reserve programs. A system should be established within farm programs to adjust price supports, loans and target prices in relationship to any rapid increase in the cost of production. They said they feel the benefits of farm programs should be directed to far mers most m need of economic assistance and would prefer to lessen ex- ■‘Vv^ar US MAIL i i Is i pensive federal farm programs and rely more on the market place for farm income. During the next few months, the Grange will be encouraging new legislation which would place increased emphasis on agricultural exports to Third World Countries through a revolving export credit program, market development, and more access to foreign markets. They question the value of bilateral trade agreements. A new farm program should allow flexibility to meet the needs of mixed livestock and gram farmers and provide an exemption from production control programs to small fanners. The Grange suppports the farmer-held reserve program, on-farm storage facility loan program, set asides, paid diversions and a modified normal crop acreage requirement Since demand for dairy products has been on a decline and imitation products are becoming a threat to the dairy industry, the Grange supports the referendum concept for Join Today AND I’LL DELIVER A CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECK TO YOU IN Put yourself on our Christmas list! Open your high interest Christmas Club now...enjoy the extra cash later! dairy farmers to raise funds for advertising research and promotion and the new “real seal” program. The Grange opposes any changes in the regulation of reconstituted milk The original purpose of the Farmers Home Ad ministration was to assist farmers with financial problems Today, according to delegates attending the Grange Convention, this service has extended itself to include not only farm and rural housing financing, but also non-rural housing, municipal loans and recreational loans Grange delegates are urging the return of FmHA to its original purpose of making low interest loans to eligible farmers and assisting young farmers who want to enter farming The Grange is also asking that the agency be adequately staffed with personnel who have farm experience and agricultural training, and that all other business be transferred to another agency within USDA. In other action, the Grange expressed oppositm to any action that would modify the 1981 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 22,1980-Cl3 Capper-Volstead Act and in any way, jeopardize the farmers’ right to organize and maintain cooperatives for the purpose of processing and marketing their products. They further opposed a check-list approach in monitoring co-ops for undue price enhancement or any attempt to develop broad definitions or parallels with non-agncultural situations which would ignore the reality and individuality of various markets The National Grange adopted resolutions calling for unport quotas on dairy products to provide. economic stability for both producers and processors. The Grange also said unported dairy products should be subjected to the same rigid sanitation standards imposed for all U S dairy products. The Grange endorsed quota systems to control amounts of sugar, casern, and mushrooms that are being imported. With an unstable world food picture and a growing number of impoverished people, the National Grange passed resolutions in support of an International Food Reserve Program. The Grange is calling for support of all nations m establishing a formal in ternational food reserve, nationally held, to insure projected world food needs The Grange said all nations should contribute support for research and education which would help food deficit areas meet the needs of their people. The program should include ways to stimulate food production and mcrease capabilities of those areas to BERG HYDRO-MAN MANURE PUMP MAKES MANURE HANDLING MUCH EASIER HYDRO-MAN MANURE RUMP ROVENDALESUPPLY RD2, Watsontown, PA 17777 717 538-5521 CLAIR C. BEATTY RD4, Box 188 A Indiana, Pa 15701 412 465-7368 KEVIN BROWN TRACTOR SALES RD 2 Box 98C Perryopolis Pa 15473 412 326-8812 AARON ZIMMERMAN RD 1 East Earl Pa 17519 215 445-5309 policy import, store and efficiently distribute the food. The program should also encourage international cooperation and multilateral solutions to problems af fecting food production and distribution, so that producers will be assured of adequate returns and stable markets. Modern agriculture is greatly benefited by proper use of chemicals. Grangers said. They challenged the Environmental Protection Agency m its efforts to prevent the use of specific chemicals based on evidence obtained from feeding ex cessive doses of chemicals to animals. The Grange opposes the withdrawal of chemicals because of evidence secured by these methods. Grange delegates, representing 470,000 members from 37 states, are calling for reasonable testing procedures which would be m line with prac tical consumption expected from human use of the product They have also asked that EPA base line its decisions on facts backed by adequate research governing crop production chemicals and prepare economic impact statements taking into consideration economic hardships placed on far mers. they endorsed a national defense policy of peace through strength. The farm leaders expressed opposition to any arms control agreement which would in any way jeopardize the security of the U.S. or any of its allies, or lock the U.S. into (Turn to Page Cl 4) It forces the fresh manure from the barn through an under ground pipe, to the outside storage area away from the barn and you then have OOMBACH EQUIPMENT INC. McAlhsterville. Pa 17049 717 463-2191 ERWIN W. ZIMMERMAN RD 1, Martinsburg, Pa 16662 814-793 3954 R. 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