A32—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 29,1982
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Secretary of
Agriculture John Block heads a
distinguished group of agricultural
leaders who will serve on a Blue
Ribbon Panel to help direct a study
of the future of the U.S. soybean
industry over the next 20 years.
A joint project of Elanco
Products Company and the
American Soybean Association,
Screwworms threaten Texas livestock
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The first
case of screwworms in the United
States since May 1981 has been
found in the Rio Grande valley of
south Texas.
John K. Atwell, deputy ad
ministrator of U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, said
that larvae were collected about 15
miles northwest of McCook in
Starr county on May 17 by an in
spector of the Texas Animal
Health Commission.
“Activities to stop this Texas
infestation have already begun,”
Atwell said. “This includes
releasing sterile screwworm flies,
inspecting animals, trapping flies
and distributing a combination
bait-attractant-msecticide known
as SWASS—Screwworm Adult
Suppression System.
“The animals m the affected
herd have been sprayed,” Atwell
continued. “In addition, we have
sprayed a shipment of animals
from the ranch that went through a
sale barn at Alice during the past
week. Another shipment of
animals to Olton is being traced so
it can be sprayed.”
The nearest known infestation is
some 200 miles south near Soto la
Marina m the Mexican state of
Tamaulipas. Inspectors in the
United States as well as in Mexico
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Block to participate in soybean study
the study, “2002: A Blueprint for
Soybeans” will outline alternative
futures for the U.S. soybean in
dustry.
ASA Chief Executive Officer
Kenneth L. Bader who will chair
the Blue Ribbon Panel says, “The
project is designed to bring
together the best thinking in the
soybean industry and other related
are searching for additional
screwworm infestations.
Screwworms are the larval stage
of the screwworm fly, which
deposits its eggs on the edges of
wounds in warm-blooded
animals. As the eggs hatch, the
tiny larvae enter the wound to feed
on living flesh. Odors from the
infested wounds attract other
female flies, which lay more eggs.
Repeated infestations can kill the
host animal.
Screwworms were eradicated
from the United States and much
of northern Mexico by releasing
millions of artifically reared
sexually sterile screwworm flies
that mate with native screwworm
flies, causing them to produce only
infertile eggs
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agricultural interests. Panel
members include decision makers
and thought leaders for all
segments of the industry from
farmers to equipment manufac
turers and processors.
"The results of the 2002 study
will assist soybean farmers in
planning their investments in land
and equipment, help direct future
A cooperative U.S.-Mexican
eradication program is currently
underway to eliminate the pest
from most of Mexico and establish
a permanent barrier zone of sterile
flies at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
in southern Mexico.
“It’s extremely important for all
livestock and pet owners to watch
their animals carefully for signs of
screwworm infestation,” Atwell
said. “They should submit samples
of any worms found in a warm
blooded animal for laboratory
identification. Postage-paid
sample collection kits are
available from county agents,
animal health officials,
veterinarians and feed stores.
“Only in this way can we locate
any additional infestations that
may exist,” Atwell said.
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farm policy and aid in constructing
research and exort promotion
programs to build soybean
profits.”
According to Bader, the first
task of the Blue Ribbon Panel will
be to identify the crucial issues
that will affect the soybean in
dustry over the next 20 years. As
the project nears completion in
June of 1983, the panel will assist in
formulating the final report, in
cluding strategic recom
mendations based on information
gathered during the next 12
months.
“The entire "Project 2002” study
is divided into two segments,”
explains Project Manager Dennis
Sharpe. “The first segment will be
completed this summer and will be
a progress report outlining and the
key issues facing the soybean
industry as identified by the Blue
Ribbon Panel. The report will be
presented at ASA’s SOYBEAN
EXPO m Minneapolis, August 6-
9.”
Clinton farmers say “no”
budgets for the Army and Navy
interchangeable under no cir
cumstances.
The FmHA director had no firm
answer for why the federal
government does not provide a one
percent loan to fanners. “That’s a
question you’d have to ask
Cbngress,” he said. Currently, the
lowest interest rate available to
fanners is seven percent limited
resource loans for farmers who
show they can’t pay the going rate
of 14 percent.
Hawbaker admitted that “more
than twice” the amount of monies
were available for FmHA housing
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“The second part of the project
involves in-depth research on the
key issues and development of
strategic recommendations to
guide industry planning for the
next 20 years,” Sharpe explains.
“This final report will be presented
at ASA’s SOYBEAN EXPO in
Nashville in 1983.”
“The soybean blueprint project
represents an overall, unified
approach to the challenges and
opportunities ahead for soybeans,"
says Elanco Group Vice President
for Agricultural Marketing, Bob
Book. “This approach is superior
to piecemeal studies and complex
industry challenges. Elanco has
supported yield contests and in
ternational market-building
missions over the years. The 2002
project is our way of assuring that
farmers and others in the soybean
industry can capitalize on future
opportunities.”
Elanco, manufacturer of Treflan
and Surflan herbicides, in jointly
sponsoring Project 2002.
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loans than farm loans. In this
year’s farm allocations, Penn
sylvania’s FmHA office received
$46.2 million for farm operating
and ownership loans where
housing and community water and
waste allocations totaled $182.8
million.
Over the years. Congress has
gotten the idea there is an acute
housing shortage in rural areas,
and sends ameliorating funds
through the federal FmHA
channels. But, if Dotterer’s local
survey is an indicator rural
housing needs, such is not the case
in Clinton County.
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