USDA seeks public comment on 1985 grain program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S.
Department of Agriculture is
seeking public comment on some
aspects of the 1965 feed grain
program prior to making a
decision on the program, a USDA
official said recently.
Everett Rank, administrator of
USDA’s Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service, said
USDA will study the public’s
recommendations along with
current data on U.S. and world
crop conditions and crop supply
and demand before announcing the
1985 program.
Specifically, Rank said, USDA
would like to receive comments
on:
the loan and purchase level;
the established target price;
the national program
acreage;
whether there should be a
voluntary reduction percentage
and, if so, what percentage;
whether there should be an
acreage reduction program and, if
so, what percentage and how to
establish the acreage bases for the
acreage reduction program;
whether a set-aside
requirement is necessary and, if
so, what percentage;
whether there should be a
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land diversion program and, if so,
the extent of such diversion and the
level of payment;
whether barley should be
eligible for payment purposes
under the feed grain program;
whether malting barley
should be exempt from any
acreage reduction program;
if an acreage reduction or set
aside program is necessary,
whether to allow haying and
grazing of acreage conservation
reserve acreage;
provisions of the farmer
owned reserve:
whether to require offsetting
compliance if an acreage reduc
tion program is established;
whether non-recourse loans
and purchases should be made
available to producers who cut
their com crop for silage; and
whether contracts that
producers sign to participate in the
program should be binding after
the signup period.
Rank said current law stipulates
that if USDA estimates the
quantity of corn on hand in the
United States on Sept. 30,1985, will
exceed 1.1 billion bushels, a cash
land diversion program of not less
than 5 percent must be provided
and an acreage reduction program
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USDA celebrates Dairy Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Angie
was the first cow to attend classes
at the Van Ness Elementary
School here.
The 1,000-pound Holstein was
there as a teacher. Her subject, of
course, was milk - from its source
to the many nutritious and tasty
products made from it.
The occasion - an event in a
nationwide celebration of “June is
Dairy Month” - brought to the
school as special guests, the 36
members of the National Dairy
Promotion and Research Board
and top officials of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Sharing the spotlight with Angie
were Secretary of Agriculture
John R. Block, his wife Sue, and
Essex Finney, acting associate
area director of the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture’s research
center at Beltsville, MD., where
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animals.
After Van Ness principal James
Harris welcomed and introduced
the guests, Finney introduced
Angie to the 300 students, their
faculty and guests. He explained
some details of Angie’s life style,
talked about the dairy industry and
displayed an array of dairy
products.
The students received ice cream
from the Ice Cream Manufac
turers Association and gifts from
the Mid-Atlantic Milk Marketing
Area.
Mrs. Block described many
delicious dairy products and
distributed samples to the
students.
After signing a declaration of
ficially making June “Dairy
Month,” Block shared some of his
experiences growing up on a farm,
where milking cows was one of his
chores. He stressed the im
portance of the dairy industry in
everyone’s life, and invited the
students to share in his ap
preciation of dairy farmers for
their hard work and dedication in
providing wholesome, nutritious
food.
Angie, who waited patiently
through all the speeches, became
the center of attention as student
volunteers, with a demonstration
and instructions from Block, tried
their hand at milking.
Van Ness Elementary, site of the
USDA-sponsored event, was
“adopted” by USDA under the
national partnership-in-education
program announced last year by
President Reagan. Through this
volunteer program, the private
sector and federal agencies
cooperate to promote and improve
education in local communities.
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