Al6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 30,1911 Elevator task force reports tentative findings WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ten tative findings of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s elevator task force executive committee were presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 18 by Ray Lett, executive WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation’s winter wheat crop is expected to be another bin buster. The USDA’s Crop Reporting Board puts the expected harvest at just above 2 billion bushels. The anticipated harvest of 2.08 Catalogs available (or Expo LOUISVILLE, Ky. Orders for 1981 Premium Catalogs for the North American International Livestock Exposition are now being taken. The announcement was made by Harold Workman, Manager of the Expo. Premium catalogs will be mailed beginning July 1. When making the an nouncement, Workman noted that early placement of premium catalog orders will assure early delivery to those interested. 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Lett, who chairs the committee formed last February, said the approach to problems of gram elevator bankruptcies should in Winter wheat crop is bin buster billion bushels would be 10 percent higher than last year’s crop and up some 30 percent from the total harvested in 1979. It would be a record high crop for the second straight year. book is the only comprehensive volume which will be available prior to the exposition this fall. During events of November 7-20, supplemental breed catalogs will be made available. Premium catalogs may be ob tained ’by contacting: North American International Livestock Exposition, Box 36367, Louisville, KY, 40233, Phone: 502/588-3166. The Mississippi River is sues from a two-foot-deep stream in Northwestern Minnesota. RD #2, BOX 21 NEW HOLLAND, PA 17557 SALES & SERVICE FOR: LISe, PERKINS & DEUTZ DIESELS Jester) 2 Cyl. F2L-912 For lower cost per hour power, rely on DIESEL POWER volve efforts by both the federal and state governments. He ruled out establishing a new federal agency and also said revision of federal bankruptcy laws would not be a total answer. Two reasons are accounting for the expected bumper harvest, according to the USDA. The total of harvested acreage is higher and the yields per acre are seen at near-record levels. Winter wheat acreage is set at 57.8 million, a sizable increase from the 51.5 million acres har vested last year and a substantial jump from the 43.4 million acres cut in 1979. The 57.8 million acres for 1981 is RMomtf in the soil For More Effective Control Ridomil controls blue mold and black shank in your tobacco. But for Ridomil to do its best work, it should be applied to the soil before transplanting. Ridomil destroys diseases present in the soil. Then it is absorbed by the roots and moved systemically throughout the plant to protect your tobacco as it grows. For the best two-way action against blue mold and black shank, follow your label directions —use Ridomil in the soil. Ridomil 1 trademark of Ciba-Geigy for metalaxyl -> '-J, “These laws are aimed .at solving the problem after it hap pens,” he said. “We’re con centrating more on preventing it in the first place.” Options being considered are: —more active USDA in- the largest number of acres in winter wheat since records started being kept back in 1929. The yields per acre are expected to range from 20 bushels in the arid sections of New Mexico to 76 bushels in the irrigated areas of Arizona and California. The national average is expected to be 36 bushels per acre. At that level, it would be the third highest on record, below only the 36.9 bushel average of 1979 and last year’s average of 36.8 bushels. P.L ROHRER & BRO., INC. SMOKETOWN, PA volvement when bankruptcies are threatened; —amending the Commodity Credit Corporation’s standards of approval for warehouses to require submission of an unqualified financial statement prepared by an independent certified public accountant; —increasing net worth and performance bond requirements; —requiring warehouses to be licensed under the U.S. Warehouse Act provisions or by a state which has laws and regulations com parable to the Act, as determined by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service; and —focusing USDA attention on areas where inadequate state legislation or enforcement exists. Lett said some options could be handled administratively, while other options would require new legislation. PH: 717-299-2571
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