A36-limcaster Parmfng, Saturday, Mfarcli 23, 1985 HARRISBURG - Members of the Pennsylvania Fanners Union will join Fanners Union members from ten other states in Washington, D.C. on March 25 and 26. This massive two-day lobbying effort will focus on the 1985 farm bill through the lens of Farmers Union policy. Key points include: • TTiis farm bill should be a long term law, rather than only 4 years. • The wide discretionary authorities provided to the Secretary of Agriculture should be drastically limited. * Minimum price support protection must be established at cost of production levels. * Reserve programs must insure an adequate supply to meet domestic needs and export com mitments. • The role of the Commodity Credit Corporation should be expanded to include negotiation of long-term agreements with im porting nations. * Congress should establish the base programs for commodities and the discretionary authority of the Secretary should extend only to the necessary ranges to allow effective adjustment of supply management programs to meet domestic and international demand. * Deficiency payments should be made to producers in an amount We Offer Preventive Maintenance And Immediate Emergency Service To All Brands And Sizes of Generator Sets!! * Cummins * Detroit * Katolight * Kohler * Maxi Power * Onan * Winco * Many Others It Would Be Our Pleasure To Add Your Facility To Our List m INDUSTRIAL • COMMERCIAL • AGRICULTURAL • RESIDENTIAL • COMPLETE STANDBY SYSTEMS SPECIALIZING IN ENGINE GENERATOR SETS P 0 BOX 35, LANCASTER AVENUE, MARTINDALE, PENNSYLVANIA 17549 TELEPHONE (215)445-4585 TELEX 522372 IP A-HOWD Attn MM State Farmers Union joins two-day lobbying effort representing the difference bet ween the full parity price and the average market price. Payments should be made on a de-escalating scale, so as to direct the most financial aid to family farmers. * Realistic limitations on payments must be enacted to provide effective production and preference to the family farmer and the family-farm system of agriculture. * Cross compliance should be required for producers to be eligible for benefits of any single commodity program whenever supplies of one commodity are out Northumberland no-till meeting SUNBURY - The Nor- Chemical Corporation; Vernon thumberland County Conservation Brose, Northumberland County District will hold its second annual agent; Norman Conrad, Union no-till conference March 29th at County agent; and George the Fanners Best Restaurant, Phillips, Northumberland County East Lewisburg. The workshop is farm planner, being co-sponsored by the District, Topics include aspects of no-till Cooperative Extension Service, planting, no-till equipment, weed and the Soil Conservation Service, and insect control, no-till plot The session runs from 10:00 a.m. demonstrations, as well as other to 3:30 p.m. and will cover a topics. Highlighting the conference variety of no-till topics will be a panel discussion featuring Guest speakers will include Lynn several of Northumberland Hoffman, superintendent, Penn County’s most experienced no-till State Rock Spring Agronomy farmers. Farm; Dr. W. Thomas Lamm, As 3 registration fee for the extension agronomy specialist workshop includes lunch. Tickets from Penn State: John Spitzer, may be purchased by sending a Pennsylvania state agronomist for check to the Northumberland the USDA Soil Conservation Countgy Conservation District, R. 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