A2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 23,1982
HERSHEY There will be 50 percent of their storage
plenty of fertilizerfor 1982, BUT... capacities.
This was the message brought to -When farmers go to buy their
the Lime, Fertilizer and Pesticide fertilizer, they’re likely to en-
Conference at the Hershey Con- counter quite strict and tight credit
vention Center on Wednesday by policies.
Ed Wheeler, president of the -Application rates may be 10 to
Fertilizer Institute. 15 percent higher than last year.
And now to some of the buts: -And finally a large unknown on
-While there’s plenty of fer- the immediate horizon is the effect
tilizer, there’s no guarantee that of the deregulation of natural gas,
enough is going to be at each which is expected from President
dealer when fanners want it. Due Reagan about Feb. 10. If
to high interest rates and tight deregulation is complete and not
money, dealers are presently gradual, it could quadruple
maintaining supplies only at about feedstock costs for nitrogen
in charge of program arrangements for annual Lime,
Fertilizer and Pesticide Conference are Winand Hock, left,
Penn State Extension pesticides specialist; and William
Angstadt, vice president, Reading Bone Fertilizer Co.
BUTLER MFG. CO.
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Box 337, Oxford. PA 19363
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Bethlehem
butler
production.
Concerning fertilizer prices,
Wheeler explained he wasn’t
allowed to talk finances, but he
couldn’t see why there should be
much change in dealer costs in the
near future.
In other matter." during the
initial day of the two-day con
ference, Frank Bamef; retired
member of the Penn State
agronomy staff, was honored as
the Pennsylvania Lime, Fertilizer
and Pesticide Society’s “Man of
the Year” at Wednesday night’s
banquet.
In the election of new officers,
Robert Tetrault, of the Penn State
Entomology Department, was
named president; and George
Holton, of Mobay Chemical
Company, vice president.
Outgoing president is Dean
Nelson, of Stauffer Chemical
Company.
Wheeler, head of the fertilizer
industry’s lobbying group in
Washington and the “Henny
Youngman” of the agribusiness
speaking circuit, kept the com
bined audience of academic and
industry members, on the edges of
their seats with a talk laced with a
combination of humorous one
liners and state-of-the-industry
information.
“It’s going to be a tough time for.
agriculture in 1982,” he said, “and
the American fanner is in one heck
of a jam.
“But in the long pull, some of you
young farmers out there even
tually will begin to show some
profit.
“Last year, fanners had about
$2O billion in ag income and spent
half of that on fertilizer.
“We can’t expect that two to one
ratio to continue though.”
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Ed Wheeler, president of The Fertilizer Institute, addresses
Lime, Fertilizer and Pesticide Conference.
Wheeler said that he expects
U.S. ag secretary John Block to
announce a 10 to 15 percent
acreage cutback in the next couple
of weeks.
But history has shown, Wheeler
continued, that even when there
are acreage cutbacks that fanners
use just as much fertilizer.
The Fertilizer Institute head
predicted that nitrogen use would
be down only two or three percent
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from the record 1981 year. But
phosphate and potash use will
continue to be flat, much as it has
been for the past 36 months.
Wheeler cautioned dealers about
extending credit for fertilizer
purchases, if they want to stay in
business. He told them to take a
look at application costs, r which
have risen 10 to 15 percent in the
past year.
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Doug Cope, president
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