D24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 19,1981
UNIVERSITY PARK - The 1981
growing and harvesting season
was nearly perfect for grain
producers. The 1981 com crop was
a record 8.10 billion bushels, up 22
percent from the drought reduced
crop of a year ago. The previous
Grange introduces new
health insurance
HARRISBURG - The Penn
sylvania State Grange has in
troduced a new group health in
surance plan for members, State
Master Charles Wismer an
nounced last week during a senes
of local area meetings across the
state.
The new hospital and major
medical plan is designed
specifically for farms and small
businesses and underwritten by a
major insurance company. The
program provides the benefit of
low group rates for all employers,
employees and dependents up to
nine persons. A number of plans,
ranging from a $lOO deductible to
$5OO deductible, can be selected.
“Rising health insurance costs
have really hit hard on the far
mer,” Wismer said. “Our goal in
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Record grain crops but lower prices, reports Lou
record was 7.94 billion bushels
harvested in 1979.
"The fears ol shortage which
existed a year ago have all
evaporated,” says H. Louis Moore,
Penn State Extension agricultural
economist.
setting up this health plan is to
save substantial amounts of money
for many farmers m Penn
sylvania. This new program is
flexible so that groups can choose a
deductible plan to satisfy both
their health needs and financial
capabilities.”
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the Pennsylvania Grange In
surance Agency toll-free at
800/382-1352.
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The increased supplies, plus only
moderate growth in domestic feed
use and exports will result m large
supplies of unused gram when the
current marketing year ends on
September 30, 1982. The projected
carryover of feed grains will ex
ceed this year’s carryover by at
least 40 percent. Corn is the major
feed grain and the volume on hand
next October should total about 1.3
billion bushels.
“With such a large volume of
grain on hand before the harvest of
the 1982 crop, there will not be as
much concern about the 1982 crop
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as there was this year,” notes
Moore.
The burden of the potential
surpluses has taken a heavy toll on
the grain markets, he points out.
Cash prices at major markets are
in the $2.63 to $2.65 per bushel
range. This is nearly 30 percent
below the price received a year
ago and puts severe pressure on>
cash grain producers.
Future prices for most delivery
months are near contract lows.
The burden of the potentially large
carryover keeps prices low despite
occasional reports of increased
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Moore
interest in export markets.
“The strong U.S. dollar relative
to other currencies, coupled with
high interest rates and very poor
livestock feeding margins resulted
in slowing of domestic use and
exports,” explains Moore.
“The continuation of these factors
will combine to keep price
pressure on feed grain prices.”
Moore adds that because of
lower prices of gram, dairy and
livestock fanners will probably,
increase their use of com by about
10 percent during the current
marketing year.