DOVER, Del. An intensive one
day seminar on exporting
agricultural and food products in
Delaware is being planned for Aug.
1 in Wilmington, Del.
The Delaware Department of
Agriculture is cooperating with the
University of Delaware College of
Flood money available
LANCASTER A flash flood on
July 1 caused severe damage in the
southern portion of Lancaster
County. Farms suffering severe
damage may be eligible for
assistance under the Emergency
Conservation Program (ECP)
administered by the county
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service (ASCS) if the
damage:
1. Will be so costly to rehabilitate
that Federal assistance is or will
be required to return the land to
productive agricultural use.
2. Is unusual and is not the type
that would recur frequently.
3. Materially affects the
productive capacity of the far
mland.
4. If not treated, will impair or
endanger the land.
A fanner qualifying for ECP
assistance may receive cost-share
levels not to exceed 50 percent of
the eligible cost of restoring the
Del. plans ag
Agricultural Sciences, the
Delaware Development Office, the
U.S. Department of Commerce
and the Delaware State Chamber
of Commerce to give
agribusinessmen, food processors,
and others information on how to
increase their exports or break
loss. The following types of
measures may be eligible:
1. Removing debris from far
mland.
2. Grading, shaping, or
releveling severely damaged
farmland.
3. Restoring permanent fences.
4. Restoring conservation
structures and other similar in
stallations.
Farmers who feel the damage is
sufficiently severe and their
capabilities are such that
assistance is necessary to correct
the problem should contact the
county ASCS office and request
assistance by not later than Aug.
31, 1984, the deadline for filing
requests.
Practices should not be started
until an “on-site” inspection of the
damaged area has been made by
the COC or its representative. The
COC will review this inspection
when considering the request for
cost-share assistance.
export seminar on Aug. 1
into the export market
Attendees will hear two current
Delaware food exporters tliscuss
their experiences in export
marketing. Also scheduled to
appear are officials from the
Foreign Agriculture Service of the
USDA, a representative from the
Eastern U.S. Agriculture and Food
Export Council, and a spokesman
for the Inter-American
Development Bank.
Agribusinessmen will learn how
to identify potential markets,
make contacts, and take ad
vantage of the various state and
government support programs.
“With exports accounting for
every 2 out of 5 acres planted in the
United States, it’s easy to see how
important foreign markets are to
agriculture” says Donald J.
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Secretary.
“For every $1 billion in exports of
our value-added agricultural
products, nearly 35,000 jobs are
created and an estimated $1 billion
in additional U.S. economic ac
tivity is created. It’s time we
started marketing out products,
our technology, or quality in these
World markets.”
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U.S. dollar, the Soviet grain em
bargo and other factors have sent
U.S. farm export earnings
plunging from 1981’s $43.8 billion to
$34.8 billion for 1983 according to
USDA figures.
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turn back around,” Lynch said.
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proximately 30 Delaware
agribusiness or food companies
that currently, or have at one time
exported. We’ve also identified
about 60 companies who said they
would like to leam how to begin
exporting, or would like in
formation on trade shows and
export workshops.
They now have that opportunity
and I hope they take advantage of
it.”
The workshop is scheduled for
Aug. 1 at the Wilcastle Center in
Wilmington. There is a $lO.OO
registration fee, which includes
lunch.
Interested persons should
contact Don Tilmon, University of
Delaware at 451-2511 for
registration information and other
details.
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