Asst. U.S. Ag Secretary talks conservation
BY CURT HAULER
■ LANCASTER John Crowell,
assistant U.S. secretary of
agriculture for forestry and
conservation, was in Pennsylvania
Tuesday to tour the state, meet
conservation leaders, and discuss
farm practices.
While in Lancaster County,
Crowell defended the Reagan
Administration’s budget proposals
for agriculture and conservation.
He told Lancaster Fanning the
Administration sees all areas of
agricultural production as
necessary. But he noted the Ad
ministration is equally concerned
about all areas of the economy.
Crowell said conservation is not
bearing a disproportionate share
of the budget cuts, although most
recent indications are the proposed
conservation budget of $7OO million
will represent cuts of $4O imlhon.
He said Reagan proposes only to
cut $lO million in conservation
operating funds and $3 million in
salary money from the con
servation dollars which originally
were proposed m the Carter
budget.
While pointing out that allows
conservation about the same
appropriation it had last year, he
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admitted the effect of the proposal,
because of inflation, would be
roughly the same as a 10 percent
cut.
Crowell toured Pennsylvania,
starting in the western part of the
Commonwealth and proceeding by
helicopter to Harrisburg for a
conference with state officials,
then coming to Lancaster County.
He stopped at the John King
farm near Mechanic Grove;
Robert Kauffman’s dairy
operation at Peach Bottom; and
Harold Rohrer’s farm, Book Road,
Lancaster.
In addition he saw a PL-566 flood
control dam project in Chester
County.
Farmers as well as ad
ministrators sounded off during
the trip, dairymen noting they
were less than pleased with the
dairy support cuts made a week
ago; and USDA administrators
pointing to empty desks and
noting, ‘ ‘The hiring freeze has done
a number on us.”
Beyond state boundaries, other
groups were questioning policies
being instituted by the new Ad
ministration.
National Farmers Union for one,
has asked Reagan to mcrease ACP
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iron Stauffer, chairman of the Lancaster Timothy Breneisen; District Conservationist
Conservation District, welcomes Asst. U.S. Ag Warren Archibald; and Assistant Conservation
Secretary John Crowell to the County. Looking chief Rich Duesterhaus.
oft, from left, are Resource Conservationist
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 11,1981—A17
John Crowell, left, on a tour of the Farm and Home Center.
The Assistant Ag Secretary was in town briefly to talk and
tour conservation farming.
funds by $l9O million. Crowell said
during the interview m Lancaster
he feels the Reagan funding will be
sufficient.
In tiie area of farm chemicals,
Crowell indicated there may be
some hope for looser regulation of
farm chemicals by the En
vironmental Protection Agency.
This would be in keeping with
Reagan moves earlier in the week
which eliminated some pollution
requirements on cars.
“I believe the prior ad
ministration’s views ignored
utility and benefits of chemicals,”
Crowell said, referring to the
Carter Administration.
Crowell told County Com
missioner James Huber and
County Extension Director Jay
Irwin he feels strongly that land
use planning should be kept local
on a state or county basis.
He said development should be
chaneled into areas that are less
prime for agriculture.
Crowell noted the federal
government could help local
governments, though, by more
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