!—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 21,1981
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Pork producers gather in
WASHINGTON, D.C - More
than 200 pork producers gathered
m Washington, D C. last week to
discuss major pork issues, visit
legislators and present pork
position papers to their home state
Representative and Senators
Highlighting the National Pork
Producers Council’s Washington
Seminar, was a reception and
banquet last Wednesday evening,
attended by nearly 400 people.
More than 100 were Represen
tatives, Senators and
Congressional aides
The purpose of the annual
seminar is to communicate with
legislators and keep them in
formed on issues of concern to the
pork industry. Pork issue papers
developed by NPPC’s Legislative
Committee and staff dealt with
research funding, food safety,
nitrites, animal welfare, sulfas,
African Swine Fever, investment
tax credit and nutrition.
U S. Department of Agriculture
official Roger Gernts was
presented a plaque in recognition
of meritorious service to the pork
industry by NPPC President Bill
Buller. Gernts is National
Research Program Leader for
Swine Production and Swine
Diseases for USDA’s Science and
Education Administration
Orville Sweet, NPPC’s
Executive Vice President, also
spoke at the banquet. Addressing
the topic, ‘ Agenda for the 80's,”
Sweet spoke about “the ticking
tune bomb” of world hunger.
He issued a plea for all present to
join him in alerting the public and
Congress of the impending world
food shortage threatening the
decade of the 80’s. Representative
Ike Skelton, Missouri, is having the
speech placed in the Congressional
Record
The annual Clout Award was
given ta the Illinois Pork
Producers Association The award
winner’s selection is based on
having the highest percentage of
Congressmen m attendance at the
banquet, visiting the highest
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three days visiting with home state
Representatives, Senators and
their respective staffs Special
mention was given to pork
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Tulaie, Culift • ’ *
SCS says
tillage
total answer
HARRISBURG
sylvania farmers are
overestimating the value of con
servation tillage as a solution to
their soil and water management
program,” states Graham T
Munkittnck, State Con
servationist, USDA, Soil Con
servation Service.
According to Munkittnck, too
many farmers are looking to no-till
or minimum tillage as the solution
to their soil and water con
servation program. These prac
tices are effective in reducing soil
erosion but are only part of a total
conservation cropping system, he
said. However, other factors must
be considered.
While conservation tillage
practices can reduce erosion up to
95 percent under perfect
management on ideal soils, under
these same circumstances, runoff
is reduced only naif.
“Even a well dramed soil can
only absorb rainfall at a rate of 3/4
to 1 inch per hour What happens
when a summer shower exceeds
this rate’” Munkittnck asked.
“What happens when the ground
becomes saturated with water as
often occurs in the spring 9 What
happens when the ground is frozen
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most legislator the husband and
wife team visited 31 of 43
California Representatives and
both Senators.
Seminars and brainstorming
sessions also were included in this
year’s Washington Seminar
reduced
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and water cannot soak into the
soil’”
Penn-
The answer, according to
Munkttnck, is runoff occurs
A surface water management
system should be planned as a part
of a conservation cropping system
along with conservation tillage, he
recommended SCS con
servationists can assist farmers in
planning terraces and/or water
ways to effectively control surface
runoff.
Suitability of the soils for con
servation tillage is another con
sideration Soils with drainage
problems may require un
derground drams to permit the
best utilization in a conservation
tillage program. Cropping
sequence must also be evaluated
All of these practices are part of a
total conservation cropping
system
The USD A Soil Conservation
Service, working through county
conservation districts, can help
plan a total conservation cropping
system They can assist those who
want more information before
making a change in their farming
operations. For more information
contact the local SCS office
See your nearest
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