PARK RIDGE, IL. - Recent tests conducted by a major fuel refiner indicate older farm engines will suffer extensive damage if run with unleaded gasoline. Tests performed by Phillips Petroleum show the use of unleaded fuel in older engines under moderate load resulted in substantial engine damage (valve seat wear). The Phillips’ study showed that valve system wear accelerated by more than 10 times when unleaded fuel was used in engines without hardened valve seats. Effective July 1, 1985, the En vironmental Protection Agency ordered gas refiners to reduce the amount of lead in regular gasoline from 1.1 grams per gallon to 0.5 grams per gallon. Under the EPA order, the lead content will be further reduced to 0.1 grams by January, 1986 with a complete ban proposed by 1988. ■ The Phillips’ Petroleum tests confirm our worst fears,” said Dennis Stolte, a national affairs director for the American Farm wnriT ggfITT.ABT.E IN PEMMSYIMANIA Cows love Murphy Bru-Mash - and they show lower feed costs and increased u.. it in their production. That’s why dairymen with all for you. . ... ~ kinds of feeding systems want to put Bru-Mash into Murphy's Sennee Consultant will proinde y their feeding urograms. you with personal service on the handling / Bru-Mash is Murphy’s name tor wet brewers and feeding of Bru-Mash for your form. / grains - and a whole lot more. Bru-Mash is not AskyourMurphytonsultantfor S only an excellent source of high quality all-natural full details about Bru-Mash. You II / protein it’s very palatable and digestible as well as see why we say, ✓ being high in energy. 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Until the effectiveness of additives is proven, their use would be a second alternative,” said Stolte. “In conversations with EPA, Farm Bureau has made it clear the problem with older engines will be with us for some time to come,” MURPHY BRU-MASH: AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF ALL-NATURAL PROTEIN, HIGHEST PALATABLE, HTOimr DIGESTIBLE AND HIGH IN ENERGY. said Porterfield. “In our recent survey of our members, one respondent reported owning five tractors and the newest was a 1959 model. He said he planned to use all of them for some time to come. This is just one example of the reliance many of the nation’s farmers have on good older equipment,” Porterfield added. “The EPA lead phase-down order poses both risks and potential benefits for American farmers. On the positive side, a reduction in lead content reduces gasoline octane levels. This has created a tremendous new market for ethanol as an octane enhan cement. New markets for ethanol means new markets for corn and other agricultural commodities. The study by Phillips, however, provides substantial new evidence that fuel for older engines must also contain some amount of lead for valve lubrication. Currently, there are no other additives available which serve this func tion,” said Stolte. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 31,1955-A25 The American Farm Bureau Federation is seeking to delay the ban until a study is conducted to assess the impact on farmers. Legislation has been introduced by Illinois Congressmen Edward Madigan (HR 2795) and South Soybean loan rate set at $5.02 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a preliminary loan and purchase rate for 1985-crop soybeans of $5.02 per bushel, the minimum permitted by law and unchanged from 1984. Everett Rank, administrator of USDA’s Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, said the loan is set by law at 75 percent of the simple average price received by farmers during the past five years, excluding the high and low years. USDA is required by law to issue a preliminary loan and purchase rate not earlier than 30 days before Sept. 1, the beginning of the soybean marketing year. Dakota Senator James Abnor (S. 1393) to require a joint study by EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The legislation has 69 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and 12 co sponsors in the Senate. Rank said USDA will issue a final 1985 soybean loan and pur chase rate no later than Oct. 1, by which time USDA will have figures on prices received by farmers for the 1984 crop. All producers of 1985-crop soybeans will be eligible for loans and purchases since USDA does not require participation in production adjustment programs as a condition of eligibility. 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