B24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 22,1983 Md. districts urge conservation COLLEGE PARK, Md.- With government budgets get ting tighter, soil and water con servation programs will have to be targeted to areas with the most critical problems. That was the message over 150 representatives of Maryland’s 24 soil conservation districts, U.S. Soil Conservation Service and other agencies heard at a meeting Jan. 10-11 in Baltimore. Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Wayne Cawley urged the conservationists to shift to a targeting policy “if it can be done without completely denying the requests from cooperators in other areas.” Cawley also warned that districts would have to take a stronger approach to working on a critical sou erosion and water quality problems. Otherwise, he said, the current voluntary program .might be' perceived as a failure and be taken out of their hands. Fanners who have serious water pollution problems and who refuse to cooperate should be referred to the health department for en- 100th Holstein convention VERGENNES, Vt. - New England Holstein breeders are enthusiastically looking forward to celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America by hosting the 1965 convention in Hartford, Connecticut. The dates of June 23 through June 27 have been con firmed. Plans already are underway to make this a very special and memorable occasion for Holstein breeders and friends. The con vention is expected to attract more than 3,000, many of whom will be representing Holstein breeders from throughout the world. This Holstein Convention, because of its unique significance, anticipates an unusually large delegation of USDA issues Dec. signup report for ’B3 crops WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the current signup for the 1983 farm programs, farmers so far have enrolled 1.5 million base acres under the upland cotton program, 21.4 million under the feed gram program and 24.4 million under the wheat program, according to figures released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Everett Rank, administrator of USDA’s Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, said the signup is required before farmers are eligible for program benefits such as commodity loans, target price protection, land diversion payments and the grain reserve. At the time they sign up, producers may request an advance of 50 percent of their projected deficiency payments and 50 per cent of their land diversion payments. Enrolled base acreage on which advance deficiency payments have been requested, to date, totals 1.1 million acres under the upland cotton program, 14.9 million under the feed grain program and 18.3 million under the wheat program. Enrolled base acreage on which advance diversion payments have been requested total s 15,9 million acres under the feed gram program and 18.6 million under the wheat program. Cotton intended diverted acreage on which ad vance diversion payments have been requested totals 30,890 acres. forcement action, said Cawley. “If we refuse to take action against a violator, then we are in effect protecting him.” He added that he didn’t want to see good farmers hurt by the actions of a few “bad actors.” In laying out strategies for the 1980’s, Cawley said conservation districts should take a more aggressive role in keeping sediment and animal waste from polluting streams. "SoU is literally the base of agriculture," said Cawley. “If we aUow that base to erode away, our loss becomes everyone’s loss.” Graham Munkittrick, assistant chief for the U.S. SoU Conservation Service, told districts that the Northeast states would suffer under a new SCS budgeting policy which emphasizes targeting funds to critical areas. The budgeting formula favors large agricultural states in the Midwest. According to predictions in a recent study, said Munkittrick, “Over the next 50 years, because of erosion of our fragile (Northeast) soils, we are not going to b e able to farm our land It will take 200 Plans underway for foreign visitors. Activities will include two days of Association business, Host Day with special New England ac tivities planned, a President's Reception, a sale of some of the best Holstein cattle in the nation, a Junior Member Mini-Convention, special Ladies’ Day activities, and many other exciting events. Officers have been appointed and committees formed with the following serving as chairpersons: Honorary Chairpersons, Harold Shaw and R. DeWitt Mallary, Vermont; General Chairman, Howard Patch, Lebanon, N.H.; Secretary, Joyce Haggarty, New England Holstein Office, Vergennes, Vt.; Treasurer, Lee Salonen, Agawam, Ma.; Arts & Crafts Contest, Ella Maynard, Farmers who sign up to par ticipate in the upland cotton, feed grain and wheat programs agree to reduce their base acreage of these commodities by at least 20 percent. The acreage taken out of production will be devoted to a conservation use, Rank said. In Pennsylvania, the acreage reduction enrollment report lists the following statistics: Barley - Of the total 4,277 farms with acreage bases, only 156 or 3.65 percent have enrolled. This represents 2,703.6 acres of a possible 39,762.5 acres. Of those farms enrolled, 27.43 percent have signed up under the advance diversion provision and 19.57 percent have signed up for ad vance deficiency. Corn - Of the total 40,681 farms with acreage bases, only 1.837 or 4.52 percent have enrolled. This represents 89,107.8 acres of a possible 1,145,611.5 acres. Of those farms enrolled, 53.16 percent have signed up under the advance diversion provision and 47.30 HI" years before soils m the Midwest will become unproductive.” The SCS operating budget will continue to decrease in Maryland over the next five years, said Munkittrick, unless officials seek special project funding for critical area. MASCO members passed resolutions calling on Maryland’s congressional delegation to sup port new funding for targeting and to seek more funding for SCS technical assistance to districts and landowners. They also voted to support an application to SCS for funding a special critical area project in eight Maryland and 14 Pennsylvania counties called the Mason Dixon Erosion Control Project. In other actions, MASCO members voted to petition SCS to change its wetlands policy to allow drainage of wet soils that have been in agricultural production for decades. They voted to ask Congress to modify cumbersome procedures required by the Corps of Engineers for fanners to obtain dredge and fill permits. Donna Hall, Vt.; Banquet, Hilton Boynton, Ma. and Tom Fairchild, N.H.; Convention Sale, Bill Briggs, Me; Dairy Bar, George Cross, Richard Naczi, M.P.5.1., Windsor, Ct.; Junior Convention, Roger & Elaine Ives, Ct., Bill and Cindy Putnam, N.H.; Ladies Activities, Cindy Whittier, Mass.; Pre convention Program, Bill & Marian Fitzgerald, Mass.; Publicity/Information, Marion Seifert, Ct.; Recep tion/Hospitality, Gary & Jean Darling, Vt.; Registration, Richard Sc Sue Howe, Vt.; Secretary’s Dinner, Joyce Haggarty, Vt.; Souvenir Book, Mary Bnggs, Me; Transportation, Tony Malnati, Mass., and' Director’s Wives Dinner, Jean Patch, N.H., Shirley Keene, Me. percent have signed up for ad vance deficiency. Grain Sorghum - Of the total 366 farms with acreage bases, only 23 or 6.28 percent have enrolled. This represents 935.9 acres of a possible 5,060.4 acres. 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