Dit-Umastof F«n,ir t , s.tu>d.,, lyaMjii Wheat eligible for immediate entr WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 23, President Ronald Reagan signed into law legislation repealing an interest waiver on 1981-crop wheat placed into the farmer-owned grain reserve, according to Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block. The bill also extends the date for conducting the 1982-crop wheat referendum from August 1 until October 15, Block said. “As I have said previously, USDA revises policy (or identifying problem meat plants NEW YORK, N.Y. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer designate federally inspected meat and poultry plants as “problem” or “chronic problem,” according to Donald L. Houston, administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Ser vice. Houston said USDA is taking this action because there are other enforcement actions available that are sufficient to enforce inspection regulations. The other actions include regular reviews by federal meat and poultry inspectors and withdrawing inspection service “USDA will continue to un dertake legal proceedings in those few instances where normal controls cannot achieve com pliance with inspection regulations,” Houston said Primary responsibility for in plant enforcement lies with the inspector regularly assigned to each of the 7,000 meat and poultry plants. “In addition, USDA compliance officers conduct nationwide reviews which will continue under the policy change,” Houston said. ■ • They are designed to measure the likelihood of individual plants distributing adultered or misbranded products and assess LEBANON AREA FAIR August 10 thru August 15 SCORPION SNOWMOBILE SPECIALS Prices Good Till ',t3l New Sting 440 Para Slide $« aa Li5t52,149.00 SALE I r 4/O*UU New Scorpion 440 Whip Para Rail List $2,069.00 New Scorpion TK44O Para Rail List $2,269.00 New Scorpion TK34O Para Hail List $2,049.00 LEBANON VALLEY IMPLEMENT CO. INC. Richland, PA President signs repeal of interest waiver repeal of the interest waiver clears the way for immediate entry of 1981-crop wheat into the reserve," Block said. “Therefore, farmers who place their 1981-crop wheat under Commodity Credit Cor poration loan may enter the wheat immediately into the reserve. ’ ’ Producers placing wheat in the reserve will receive annual storage payments of 26% cents per bushel, payable in advance, Block said. While interest on the loan will the overall effectiveness and uniformity ot inspection programs nationwide.” A notice concerning the revised procedures was published in the July 28 Federal Register, available in many public libraries. Livestock and outdoor exhibits are only a small part of the sights to be seen at the Lebanon Fair. Clothing, afghans, quilts and other handicrafts will be on display in the buildings located on the fairgrounds. See Us At The Lebanon Fair SALE *1,375.00 SALE *1,650.00 SALE $ 1 ,350*00 Ph. 717-866-7518 BO tIIIOiOIIIMI be charged during the first year the wheat is in the reserve, interest will be waived during the second and subsequent years of the reserve loan program, Block said. The current CCC loan interest rate is 14% percent. Under this program, farmers agree to keep their wheat in reserve until the national 5-day moving average market price for wheat is at or above the reserve trigger release level of $4.65 per bushel, or until the 3-year reserve loan matures. When the release level is triggered, farmers may Westfalia introduces die New “Time Saver" Crowd Gate “Effectively cuts Milking Time by 10%” Lightweight and with Practical Design Built-in practicality with all permanent com ponents, mounted separate from the gate, the “Time Saver” Crowd Gate can be econ omically installed in any cow holding area with side or rear access. 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If the market price continues above the trigger release level after the initial release period (the remainder of the month in which release is triggered plus one ad ditional month), farmers will stop earning storage payments. In terest charges, if previously stopped, will resume. Although the call level for 1981- crop wheat is also $4.65 per bushel, Block said that only under an “extreme emergency” would he require farmers to take their gram SUMMER STORMS CAN STRIKE ANY HOUR, BUT YOU CAN KEEP GOING WITH MAXI-POWER Generators ★ 1-1000 KW ★ Manual or Automatic ★ Switch Gear ★ Parts ★ Service POWER OTHER EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE • Show Ease Stalls • Cow Mats • Zimmerman Ven tilating Fans & Controls • Vacuum Pumps out of the reserve when the call level is reached. Earlier crop wheat now in other farmer-held reserves may be transferred into this new wheat reserve. Block said. Wheat in these older loans may not be held in the reserve for more than five years from the date the commodity was first placed in reserve, he said. Current legislation provides that the maximum number of bushels of wheat in all farmer-held reserve at any one time is 700 million bushels. As of July 1, reserve wheat totaled 360 million bushels. MAXI-POWER GENERATOR SYSTEMS 330 Fonderwhite Road, Lebanon, PA 17042 PH: 717-274-1483 Division of Leonard Martin Company • Automatic Take Offs • Manure Scrapers for • Motorized Feed Poultry A Free Carts Stall Operations • Hand Feed Carts • Manure Augers, both • Liquid Manure power takeoff Spreaders & motor driven AUTHORIZED BODMIN DEALER FOR DAUPHIN. LEBANON A BERKS COUNTIES »*e* ■ ~ "Verf , ~X <&+. v