Northeast ASCS director pledges USDA’s support
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Staff Correspondent during that same 20 year period, to dri-inn,, «£*
CHAMBERSBURG - “Today the fanner has received a profit of '
agriculture is on the downside, but 38 cents out of every dollar, with a wnoiesome 81
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James McMullen in his opening With this kind of daU before the “ iSISSs
statement at last week’s annual Department of Agriculture and the dense VC
Franklin County Agricultural Secretary of Agriculture, John We^^ore^ortSite
Stabilization and Conservation Block realizes that one thing must
Service banquet. be improved - the farmer's in-
James McMullen is the director come, said the ASCS director. _ !^^f* 00pUn * i UBtthe,oßS
of the Northeast Area ASCS which “And to increase income, we the |W<
covers an area of 19 states Grom farmers have to reduce produe-
Maine to Minnesota and Maryland tion,” said McMullen. Statistics
to Missouri. show that supply of food was up 4V4
McMullen told the group of 200 percent world wide last year which
that “we in Washington in the u record-breaking production.
Department of Agriculture are However, consumption was only cnvro Mnowa
working with you. Many at the up i percent because of the poor OH. vlCCllls SflyS IvlOOl*C
Agriculture employee's have been wor ld economic conditions, he *
farmers and have gone through the reported. UNIVERSITY PARK —ln the
same mud and the same types of .To help in this fight for past U.S. grain exporters
experience. production reduction, Secretary scrambled to sell to Russia for two
“And with that experience, we at Block has implemented the 1981 basic reasons, says H. Louis
Washington can see that the pic- Acreage Reduction Program Moore, Penn State Extension
tore doesn’t look good; farmer stated McMullen. agricultural economist. First,
product prices went down one “Block didn’t like this alter- potentially a market which would
percent last month and at the same native, but It had to be done.” he buy huge quantities of grain. And
time the cost of producing the M id. “The Secretary is asking for second, they paid cash,
goods went up one percent." a 2MO percent participation in the Their cash came from selling
However, said McMullen, there program and so far baa gotten it" gold on the various European gold
is a feeling, of optimism in McMullen added that all fanners markets. However, it bss became
Washington., "ft Is gotagto get trho participate In the acreage more difficult to obtain enoagh
better,” ht predicted. But .he reduction can still iwe this land for cari» by seOing gold, Moore ex
added that It will only get bettor If conservation uses sod can get plrina “Ruaria’s grain needs
everyooewwts togstfasr. which help through the have lacreeesrl sharply indecent
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The banquet was highlighted
with the presentation of awards. J.
Robert Myers and Robert L. Rotz
received the annual service
awards for 10 years of hard work
and participation in the Franklin
County ASCS programs. The Franklin Counter ASCS
D. Merle Baughman, Franklin , received a second-place trophy
County executive director received from the Farm City Week state
a service award for 40 yean of Council for its outstanding Farm
service and dedication to the City activities in 1881.
grain needs on credit Three
successive poor grain harvests
have strained Kussian gold
reserves. Poor harvests have
become commonplace In Russia.
While they blame poor weather
conditions, a major part of the
Mama must be placed on their
economic system, he explains.
“The peasants have little in
centive to .do a good Job on the
communes and state farms,”
remarks Moore. “Itaeeniy place
they have free enterprise la oa the
small family plots.
“those plats ante darignsd to
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percent of the food grown in
Russia.”
Unless the economic system is
changed in Russia, Moore expecta
credit purchases of grain will
increase. Crop failures will
probably continue and good crops
will be more unusual than bad
crops.
Bankers are wary of eatending
credit to the Russians but find it
difficult totum a loan proposal
dm when It will eaaUe one of
tUer natansa ta sell M to fit
million of swrplaa corn to the
Soeists, agn Mssre. Tbs westera
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