A32—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7,1981 Bob Stahl, Foreground, Somerset Farmers Union President and convention delegate; and Dick and Marge Edwards, Oxford, Chester County, were among the Pennsylvania members who attended the 79th annual Farmers Union Convention. NFU (Continued from Page A 26) plained “Seven of them are for mer recipients of Food for Peace aid ” “All of our major customers for nonfat dry milk and grain sorghum are graduates of the Food for Peace program, as well as eight out of 10 of our largest customers for wheat, cotton and rice and seven out of 10 of our largest buyers of soybeans, corn and feed grains. This should be remem bered in planning our food power strategy ” Looking toward the adoption of a 1981 farm bill, Stone said the single most important provision would be a substantial increase in com modity loan levels "Much less net cost to the Treasury is involved in the com modity loan program than in direct payments to farmers,” he argued. 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Kenneth L Motz, treasurer of Farmers Union, said the group experienced its 11th consecutive year of membership growth in 1980 “We gamed 8600 families in 1980, and we’re proud of that increase at a time when our nation is losing farmers every year,” Motz said He said membership increases BRUTE STRENGTH IN A FUEL-SAVING PACKAGE. Bush H0g146 Heavy Duty Offset Disc Harrow Here’s a disc harrow engineered to penetrate the toughest soils in stride This heavy duty model has a 4" x 4" square boxed steel frame, VA" gang bolts and ductile steel gang hangers. And the 146 has more than muscle. It also features a split transport axle which SEE YOUR LOCAL BUSH HOG DEALER BENCE’S FARM EQUIPMENT RO2 Bedford, PA 15522 814 623 8601 CLAPPER FARM EQUIPMENT RDI Alexandria, PA 16611 814-669-4465 IVAN J. ZOOK Belleville, PA 17004 717 935 2948 THOMAS L. 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Stewartstown PA 17363 717 993 2470 CHAPMAN EQUIPMENT CENTER RD2 Wescosville, PA 18106 215 398 2553 organization’s expenditures in a budget of more than $2.2 million. “I am proud to tell you that the budget of the National Farmers Union is used solely to promote the interests of family agriculture and the cooperatives that serve family farmers and ranchers,” Motz said. “Our first consideration in every expenditure is what it wul do for agriculture ” “With threats to the dairy price support program and other farm related programs of the federal government, the work of the National FArmers Union and every one of our members will be extremely important throughout 1981,” Motz said. mers Union member from Chester County T think it will be a great help to the mushroom growers because now we have someone to stand behind us.” Besides limiting imports, the policy position states that imports should meet the same health, sanitation, pesticide and species requirements imposed on domestic producers. 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