AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 18,1981
State deploys staff to guard against Medfly infiltration
HARRISBURG ' Represen
tatives from all phases ot the
Pennsylvania fruit and produce
industry met here Tuesday to
discuss ways to assure the
Mediterranean fruit fly does not
enter the Commonwealth from
California.
Meeting with State Agriculture
Secretary Penrose Hallowell were
State Representative John Hope
Anderson of York County,
SCS provides emergency stream repair
HARRISBURG Flood damage
streams in two areas ot Penn
sylvania are being restored by a
federal conservation agency
following early summer storms.
Graham T. Munkittnck, state
conservationist, reported that the
USDA, Soil Conservation Service,
in cooperation with county con
servation districts, will spend over
$2 million under Section 216 of the
1950 Federal Flooa Control Act to
Farm Bureau says
‘scrap’ farm
bill proposals
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
American Farm Bureau President
Robert Delano says Congress
should scrap both pending versions
ot a tarm bill and extend current
legislation unless it can come up
with an improved market oriented
farm program.
Delano claims both Senate and
House tarm bills in their present
torm “are the worst since the
introduction ot the Brannan Plan
in 1949.” (Critics ot the “Brannan
Plan” said it involved massive
government control and strict
regimentation of agriculture.)
In an editorial published today in
Farm Bureau News, official AFBF
publication, Delano says the 1981
farm bills are ill-constructed,
poorly balanced and, if passed in
present form, will do serious
damage to the concept ot a market
oriented farm pohcy.
"It is an incongruous, set ot
circumstances that finds a
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representatives ot the Penn
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Association, area tiuit gruweis,
fruit and produce distributors nd
officials from the State Agriculture
Department’s Bureaus of Plant
Industry and Markets.
Hallowell said, "As a first step to
keep the medfly out of Penn
sylvania, inspectors have been
"ert i"od distnb^’-'n
restore ravaged streams that
posed an immediate threat to life
and property.
According to Munkittnck, over
$1.5 million will be used in the six
county area ot Venango, Crawford,
Mercer, Jefferson, Forest, and
Clarion. Federal funds are per
mitting the removal ot 44,000 tons
of debris m streams and flood
plains. About 21,000 tons of rock
riprap and 30 acres ot seeding will
Washington esiaDusiuueni ob
sessed with economic recovery
and deregulation yet willing to
wreak havoc on the tarm economy
by putting the government back
into the tanning business in the
biggest way since the 19505,”
Delano says.
He warns that target price and
loan rate provisions currently
under consideration by the
lawmakers must be changed to
avoid leading major commodities
into an excessive surplus situation
complete with government supply
management, takeover ot com
modity marketing and all that goes
with it.
"It Congress cannot come to its
senses and produce tarm program
legislation that is an improvement
over the current law, the’Food and
Drug Agriculture Act ot 1977—with
some minor modifications—should
be extended until a better proposal
can be developed,” Delano con
cludes.
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"By incidusuig inspections ot
rail and truck shipments ot
California fruit and produce at
those terminals, we will be able to
detect any presence of the pest
when the shipments first arrive in
the state,” he added
The secretary indicated state
stabilize eroding streambanks
damaged in a June storm.
Two weeks later, a sudden storm
hit Clinton County. As a result,
about $0.5 million will be spent by
SCS to remove 7,600 tons ot debris,
place 8,600 tons of rock riprap, and
seed 20 acres to stabilize
streambanks.
“Work on the streams in
northwest Pennsylvania will be
completed by next week July 15,
and the Clinton County jobs will be
finished by August 1,” added
Munkittnck.
Using emergency procedures,
SCS funds hire private contractors
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inspectors will be checking other
shipments ot fruit and produce
received directly at large super
market warehouses throughout the
state to assure the pest is not
present.
He added the department will be
in constant touch with USDA and
surrounding state officials to
coordinate efforts in controlling
the fruit fly.
to do the repair work under SCS
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Munkittnck added all possible
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"Most produce received in
Pennsylvania trom Calitorma does
not normally come trom the in
tested area,” Hallowed said. "The
increased inspections are
precautionary and part ot the
department’s continuing ettort to
provide consumers in the state
w ith only the finest quality
agricultural products. ’ ’
Should California be completely
quarantined, he added, the im
mediate impact on Pennsylvania
consumes would be minimal, due
to the enormous quantity of
produce already in the distribution
system.
Hallowed said, "If a prolonged
quarantine takes place, we would
find shortages of some California
specialty crops, but out own
Pennsylvania produce, which is
coming into season, and produce
from other states should fid the
market needs.”
Pennsylvania grown trait and
produce coming into season within
the next tew weeks include apples,
peaches, nectarines and early
tomatoes.
"1 don’t toresee empty shelves at
the supermarket, but prices could
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