*l2—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 22,1983
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Lebanon Bologna in the recent
Farm Show edition of Lancaster
Farming.
We had a lot of compliments
pertaining to your article and also
requests for our product from
people as far as Cortland, New
York, who receive your newspaper
Milk production controls
The 50-cent per hundredweight
proposed pseudo-tax to be
deducted from dairy farmer in
come is an intolerable imposition
to be levied on dairymen at any
time, but especially now when net
farm returns are at a poverty
level. A temporary over
production problem must not be
solved by such extreme measures,
which will have long-range effects
extending well beyond the present
temporary emergency. Once a tax
is imposed, it is seldom rescinded.
Apparently all the dairy experts
in the country together were
unable to come to agreement on a
solution acceptable to both
legislators and the Administration.
The Administration and Secretary
Block continue to insist on granting
the Secretary of Agriculture the
authority to set support levels at
zero, if necessary, giving him total
discretionary power over the in
come of every dairyman in the
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I must also let you know, my
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called me about the article, so you
know your paper does get around
the country.
Thanks again for a well written
article. _
U.S.; while on his own farm be
continues to market pork and hogs.
The Department has been
consistent in demanding the zero
support option. Their shallow
attempts to get advice and in
formation from the dairy industry
have been obviously insincere.
At a dairy industry symposium
held in Kansas City on March 22
and 23, the problem was described
by a number of USDA officials. A
number of solutions were
suggested by the various dairy
leaders in attendance. Many were
in support of National Milk
Producers Federation’s two-price
plan. At the closing, USDA’s Chief
Economist William Lesher stated:
“I want to compliment the in
dustry for the good suggestions -
the Department came in good faith
seeking advice and suggestions.
The Administration does not want
to decimate the dairy industry.”
In spite of all that time and ef-
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fort, the Administration has
completely ignored all suggestions
because none of them agreed with
the Administration’s proposal-
It seems to be an over
simplification to expect to solve
high production levels of dairy
products by maneuvering milk
prices alone. Our present
production levels were created by
a number of factors: Low beef
prices, relatively low grain prices,
unemployment and dairy support
levels that may have been high in
comparison to those other factors.
Lowering prices to 'dairymen will
not solve the unemployment
problem, but may in fact add to it;
will not solve the cheap grain
problem, may even in fact
multiply it by switching some
dairymen to grain production;
won’t solve the low beef prices now
in affect and might even compound
the problem by lowering beef
prices even further as dairymen go
out of business, thus sending cows
to the beef pens.
We don’t intend to hide our heads
ostrich style; the dairy industry
does have a problem. As long as
the Administration remains
adamant on what it alone thinks is
the solution, the problem will
continue to escalate as products
build up in warehouses and
dairymen increase production in
their efforts to meet debt
payments.
We’d better get on with the job,
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come to agreement on a com
promise solution acceptable to all
parts of the country and get it
implemented before we drown in a
sea of our own production. In the
past, production controls have
never been viewed with much
Farm Calendar [J
York County Sheep Producers
annual banquet, 7 p.m.,
Blymires Church, Dallastown.
Monday, Jan. U
Second Annual Keystone Cor
nucopia, 6:30 p.m., Penn Harris
Motor Inn, Camp Hill.
Pa. Vegetable Growers Con
ference, continues through
Wednesday, Hershey Con
vention Center.
Adams County Goat Producers
meeting, 7:30 p.m., Extension
Office, Gettysburg.
Chester County Beef Feeders
meeting, 7-9:30 p.m.. Central
Chester Vo-Tech.
Fayette County Farm Finance
meeting, 9:15 a.m.-3 p.m.,
Holiday Inn, Et. 40W, Union
town, continues on Jan. 27.
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favor by dairymen. Times and
conditions change, however.
Maybe a new, thoughtful con
sideration of such a plan would be
timely.
Now is
the Time
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supply in our office, as do other
Extension Offices. They are also
available from the Internal
Revenue Service. I would highly
recommend using the Tax Guide
when filing your return. The filing
date of March 1 for farmers rolls
around rather rapidly.
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