Farm Bill passed by House
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with “blended credit” export
programs. The bill also broadens
the purposes for which an existing
intermediate (three-to-10-year)
export credit program can be used
and directs the Secretary to make
direct and guaranteed in
termediate loans of at least $5OO
million a year, 25 percent of which
would be direct loans. A
previously-authorized export
credit revolving fund is
reauthorized under the bill with
new provisions under which the
fund would be financed by allowing
it to collect repayments from
direct export credit loans made by
the USDA in earlier years. Also,
the Agriculture Department would
be directed to operate a one-year
pilot test of barter programs.
To expand overseas food aid and
trade promotion programs, the
legislation extends the Food for
Peace program and provides a
$2OO million annual increase in the
authorization for commodity
shipments under the donation
phase of that program. Further,
the bill expands aid operations
under a related program which
provides surplus commodities for
needy people abroad. A brief
section on cargo preference
regulations states that nothing m
the farm bill shall be construed to
grant cargo preference exemp
tions to USDA export programs
which had not been exempted prior
to Sept. 13,1985 by the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978. Trade-related
studies required by the bill include
one to -determine the impact on
U.S. agriculture of imports of
Brazilian ethanol, and another on
specific unfair trade practices by
other countries which affect
American exports.
CONSERVATION
The conservation section in
cludes new programs to protect
fragile soils and wetlands for
future generations and move a
substantial amount of erodible
land into less intensive use.
- For highly erodible land which
has not been cultivated since 1980,
the bill provides a “sodbuster”
program to discourage plowing up
fragile soils. If a farmer planted a
crop on fragile land in violation of
the terms of the bill, he would lose
price supports and other farm
benefits for all of his crops. Highly
erodible land which was used for
crops between 1981 and 1985 would
be exempt from the sodbuster
penalties, but this “grandfather
clause” exemption would disap
pear for any affected producer who
fails to begin applying a con
servation plan by 1990 or two years
after completion of a soil survey of
PUBJUCMLE.
Farm Machinery, Guns,
Antiques, Household Goods
For:
MARK WEISER ESTATE,
BOWERS, PA
THURSDAY EVENING,
OCTOBER 31,1985
6:00 P.M.
Guns, Antiques & Household Goods to be
sold at the Green Hills Auction Center on
Rt. 568 near Alleghenyville, PA.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1985
11:00 A.M.
Farm Machinery to be sold on the farm in
Bowers, PA
Check Saturday, October 26, paper for
full listing.
Conditions by: Attorney
ALFRED W. CRUMP, JR.
& HAMILTON BANK & TRUST
Reading, PA.
Auctioneers:
Green Hills Auction
Samuel M. Ferraro, Auct.
AU276-L
Phone (215) 856-5000
Refreshments on Premises
his land, whichever is later.
Producers would have until 1995 to
complete application of the con
servation plan. A companion
“swampbuster” provision would
deny farm benefits to producers
who convert wetlands to crop use
in the future.
- For highly erodible soils which
are already in crop use, the bill
provides a long-term Conservation
Reserve program under which
farmers would contract to return
up to 25 million of such acres to
less-intensive uses such as grass or
trees. The Secretary of Agricultur e
would be required to offer farmers
a chance to sign contracts under
which up to 20 million acres would
be shifted to less-intensive uses for
periods of not less than 10 years,
and contracts for up to five million
acres would be offered for periods
of up to 10 years. In return for
compliance with the contracts,
growers would get cash or “in
kind” land rental payments
(established on a bid basis) plus
payments covering a part of the
cost of needed land treatment
measures. No more than 25 per
cent of the land in any county could
be enrolled in the Reserve. There
would be a $50,000 limit on annual
payments to farmers under
Reserve contracts.
Also, the bill includes an ex
tension of the Resources Con
servation Act, requiring the
Agriculture Department to
produce assessments of soil and
water resources in 1995 and again
in 2005 to help policymakers
develop long-term plans for
protecting those vital national
resources. A further section
permits governors of states which
have state laws to protect farm
land from urban development to
file sifits in cases where the federal
government has not followed
procedures of a federal farmland
protection law. (The federal law
requires, among other points, that
government agencies must con
sider alternatives before taking
actions which result in shifting
farmland to nonfarm use.)
CREDIT AND
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
The bill reauthorizes and in some
cases revises federal farm credit
and rural development programs
and also includes discretionary
authority for a program of plan
ting-season advance commodity
loans to farmers beginning in 1986.
Authorization ceilings include
annual caps for the 1986 through
1988 fiscal years of $3.15 billion for
Farmers Home Administration
Public Auction Register
OCTOBER
THURS. OCT 24
10:30AM Farm & Dairy
Eq. Located N. of
Hagerstown, MD, and S. of
Greencastle, PA, on 1-81
to State Line Exit (PA Exit
Ml), W. V: mi. on Rt. 163,
Ist farm on left. Laurene
& Esther L. Eby. Robert C
Mullendore & Melvin
Sensenig, Aucts.
FRI. & SAT. OCT. 25 &26 - Rochester, NY. 2 mis E
S:3OPM 9AM Respec- of Rt. 590: 5 mis W. of
tively. Tools, Guns, Bar Webster Roy Teitsworth,
Lights & Signs, Hshld, Aucts
VIII N.J. POLLED
HEREFORD CLASSIC
SALE
NOVEMBER 2 (SATURDAY) SHOW
9 A.M. Sale 12:30 P.M.
Warren County Fairgrounds, Harmony
N.J.
Twenty two excellent females cow/calf pairs.
Bred and open heifers. Twenty two Show
quality steers.
For Catalogs or Information
Mr. R. Falk (Chairman) (201)234-0479
Chalfont Farm (609)466-3750
Jayama Ranch (609)466-9129
farm operating loans including $2.5
billion in insured direct loans and
the remainder in guaranteed
loans. For farm ownership loans,
the bill authorizes $7OO million
annually including $650 million in
direct insured loans in fiscal 1986
with all loans in the next two years
to be made through federal
guarantees for private lenders.
For emergency disaster loans
there would be ceilings of $1.3
billion in fiscal 1986, $7OO million in
1987 and $6OO million in 1988. For
rural development programs, the
bill authorizes $340 million an
nually for three years in insured
water and waste disposal loans and
$250 million annually in guaran
teed industrial development loans
plus -$ll5 million in insured com
munity facility loans. The bill also
provides a new method of deter
mining eligibility for water and
sewer loans and grants based on
community income and health and
sanitary needs. The legislation
also includes a provision designed
to give buyers of farm products
“clear title” to their purchases
while still allowing lenders to
A LESSON
WELL
LEARNED...
LANCASTER
FARMING'S
CLASSIFIED
ADS
GET RESULTS!
Phone;
717-394-3047
or
717-626-1164
Closing Date. Monday 500 P M
ol each week s publication
Large Toy Collection
Located approx. 2 mis. NE
of Spring Grove. PA, along
Rt. 116 or 6 mis. W. of
York within the Nashville
Fireball, York Co., PA
Kline & Landis. Aucts
SAT. OCT. 26 -11 AM
Ridge Landscape &
Asphalt Co. Discontinuing
Business. Located at shop
on Empire Blvd..
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 19,1985-A39
protect tneir liens on farm
products.
Also the Agriculture Department
would be ordered to observe a
number of new restrictions on the
way it handles farmland acquired
by the government in future
foreclosures of FmHA loans.
Among other provisions, USDA
would be forbidden to sell such
land if the sales would depress
local farmland values, and any
sales made would have to be-as
far as practicable-in family-size
units. Where the Secretary leases
or operates foreclosed land, he
would have to make leases on a
competitive bid basis, giving
priority in leases to former owners
of the land, family farmers and
beginning farmers. A further
provision authorizes the Secretary
to accept easements on marginal
land from financially-distressed
★ ★ ★ BIG EQUIPMENT AUCTION & More ★ ★ ★
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 9:30 A.M.
Northeast Auction Center, Rt. 5, Vernon, N.Y. 35 miles east of
Syracuse, 15 miles west of Utica, 5 miles NYS Thruway Exit 33.
Tractors, farm equipment, construction equip., complete shop tool setup
from JD Dealer, tools & inventory from area automotive repair shop, old
time JD memorbilia collector items, L&G, trucks, trailers, & much more.
Plan to attend! Very partial listing includes:
CONSTRUCTION
Case 350 B dozer w/6 way blade & winch; Pettibone 510 forwarder; JD 3508
crawler loader; JD 40 crawler; IH 3820 4WD backhoe loader; new Ford 759
backhoe; new asphalt sealcoating machine; new gantry cranes; old link
belt speeder crane, works good; Frink 1 way snowplow; 2 yd. wheel loader
bucket; 1600x25 wheel loader tires; large V wing type plow for grader or
truck; six 6 pack and two 4 pack Duraline Division welding units; reel 5/8
cable; slings & chokers; 2 way and 4 way picks; crane bucket; welding rod
dryer; clamps; pipe bender; R.R. crowbar; Morgan van body; 1976 IH van
body truck, nice; (2) dual axle trailers; 1975 GMC w/trailer bus; fork lift
scaffold; pickup camper; gas welders; propane truck body heater; several
parts cars; 2% ton army cable red truck; 1% ton fuel truck; 16’ 10 wheeler
dump box w/hoist; road crane; scrapiron.
JD 2840; JD 720 diesel WFE; JD 4240 cab; JD 318 w/mower; JD 317
w/mower; Oliver Super 66 w/cult.; JD 312 w/mower; 11 h.p. Bolens
w/mower; Calhoun fert. spreader; JD B parts; Ford rear ends parts; GT
250 grain dryer; (2) Owatonna 420 grinder mixers; Ford chopper; Brady
1050 grinder mixer; Brillion 12’ pull type mower; Krone conditioner; NH 25
blower; IH grain drill, nice; Ford 4000 tractor w/Pix-All bean picker &
tote; JD 45 combine, runs good; good running Moline combine; JD 216
wagon; NH Super 717 choppers; AC chopper; (2) JD 40 spreaders; Far
mhand Burr Mills; NH haybines; IH 324 picker sheller; good tillage & hay
selection; plus more tractors & equip.
SHOP TOOLS & OFFICE ITEMS
Items from 2 equip, dealer closeouts; office items and service items; over
15,000 JD equipment tools including hydraulic & diesel items; M&W
Dynomometer; HD hydraulic press; chain falls; 10 steel work benches;
vises; grinder H.D.; valve grinding machine w/accessories welders;
torches; JD parts fish machine w/Fiche; drill press; power hacksaw; snap
on testing equipment; battery chargers; cables; air hoses; tools St tool
boxes; JD service manuals; shelving service desks; file cabinets; copier;
Pitney Bowes address machine; parts drawers; parts card drawers;
aluminum steps, oil drums w/pumps; bolt bins w/bolts; drills; kew steam
cleaner; steam jenny; taps; dies; paint supplies; creepers; diesel timing
meter; gauges; test equipment; roll carts desks; chairs; lunch room
equipment; microwave; lockers; parts counters; new tires & wheels;
rebuilt starters & carbureators for autos; assortment of new Chevy & GM
parts; assortment of JD parts; display shelving; time clocks; belt racks;
parts boxes; plus more lots of surprises.
Old 4 legged deer JD signs; GMC signs; flying A signs; old JD 4 legged
deer clock; modern JD clock; JD buggy seat bench; old JD toys; solid gold
color JD desk top toy replicas & pen sets; old tool sets in wooden box. At
tail end of sale will be selling inside a nice household out from Oneida, N.Y.
including some antiques, furniture; stoves; beds; toys; lanterns; guitars&
cases; lots of surprises here.
CONSIGNMENTS WELCOME CALL 315-829-2330
CALL RIGHT AWAY TO INSURE ADVERTISING 315-697-2641
Mgrs. Note: We are expecting buyers & sellers from 11 different states and
we expect this to be the biggest & best sale ever. You will definitely want to
be here. Something for everyone. If you need a room, call us, we’ll arrange
TERMS: Cash, good check w/1.D., MC, Visa.
Trucking & loading facilities available, lunch available. An absolute sale
all sold to highest bidder. All items to be totally removed 3 days after sale.
Note sale order as the tractors are selling first.
NOTE: APPROX. ORDER OF SALE
9:30-10:30, Construction, lawn& garden
10:30-12:30, shop tools & off ice items, collectibles
12:30-2:30, Farm equip., then misc. & household items.
NORTHEAST AUCTION CENTER
315-697-2641 OR 829-2330
•Get here early & enjoy the free coffee. Don’t miss this one, the best ever!
Here at last a specialized farm machinery & construction equlpt. auction
center in the Northeast just what you’ve been waiting for.
FmHA borrowers and to devote the
land to public recreational use.
Similar use could be made of land
which FmHA acquires in loan
foreclosures. The bill requires a
study of procedures used by FmHA
for farmer appeals when loan
applications are rejected, and a
further provision creates a new,
speedier appeals sytem using
informal meetings. Other
amendments require FmHA to
process loan applications within 45
days, to provide funds on approved
loans within five days, and to
continue the agency’s small far
mer training and technical
assistance program. The bill also
requires the President to submit
recommendations to Congress by
November 1, 1985, for the con
tinued sound operation of the Farm
Credit System.
TRACTORS A FARM EQUIP.
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES