ST. LOUIS, MO - The National
Corn Growers Association (NCGA)
has announced a unique program
aimed at unlocking new markets
for America’s corn growers.
Co-sponsored with Funk Seeds
International, this Corn Utilization
Project provides researchers as
HARRISBURG - The State
Conservation Commission has
allocated an additional $2 million
for a cost sharing program to
improve nutrient management
practices on farmland in the lower
Susquehanna Rivei Basin as part
of the Commonwealth’s $4 million
program this year to help clean up
the Chesapeake Bay, Agriculture
Sectetary Richard E. Grubb said
recently.
Grubb, who serves as an ex
officio member of the commission,
made the announcement during a
tour of the Pennsylvania Farm
Show by members of the
Chesapeake Bav Executive
Council. The council includes
cabinet-level officials from Penn
sylvania, Maryland Virginia and
the District of Columbia and is
responsible for the implementation
and coordination of the regional
Chesapeake Ba' program. Grubb
and Environmental Resources
Secretary Nicholas Deßenedictis
are Pennsylvania’s represen
tatives on the council
Under the cost sharing program,
farmers may receive 80 percent of
the cost or implementing an
approved nutrient management
program up to $30,000. Approved
practices include reduced tillage
systems, animal waste handling
and storage facilities, contour
farming and stream protection
measures.
The program is administered by
the Department of Environmental
Resources in conjunction with the
State Conservation and county
conservation districts.
The cost sharing program was
initiated in 1965 with $1 million
from the state’s initial $2 million
Chesapeake Bay program. “With
this additional allocation, more
than |3 million has now been
committed for financial assistance
for nutrient management prac
tices in Dauphin, Adams, York,
Lebanon, Lancaster and Chester
counties, ’ ’ Grubb said.
“The environmental decline of
the Chesapeake Bay has been
partly attributed to erosion and
nutrient runoff from agricultural
lands in the Susquehanna River
Basin,” Grubb said. “Through this
program, we improve erosion and
runoff control and, at the same
time, reduce fertilizer costs for
Pennsylvania’s farmers.
“As with most conservation
programs, the farmers in the lower
Susquehanna River Basin have
been extremely supportive of the
Chesapeake Bay nutrient
management program,” Grubb
said. “During the initial sign-up
period, more than 150 farmers
expressed interest in the program.
By April, we expect to have ap
proximately 90 management plans
developed or underway and ap
proximately 50 signed contracts.”
Funds are allocated to the
county conservation districts
based on the number of acres of
agricultural land in watersheds
classified as “high priority’’ under
the Chesapeake Bay program.
Following is the list of counties
that will receive funds for the cost
sharing program
Adams County
York County
Lebanon County
Dauphin County
Chester County
Lancaster County
NCGA begins search for new corn markets
well as industry and goveiTiment
leaders a chance to exchange
information in the search for new
uses for the nation’s growing com
supplies.
“Com growers harvested a
record 8.7 billion bushels this past
season,’’ says Dain Friend, an
State adds $2 million
to bay cleanup effort
Landowners interested in the
development of a nutrient
management program should
contact their county conservation
district office. Following sign up,
technicians will assess each lan
downer’s request, while the con
servation district sets assistance
priorities.
After approval of an application,
a program technician will work
with each landowner to develop a
nutrient management program. A
final agreement, signed by the
landowner and the conservation
$212,890
443.290
180,000
180,000
193,530
790.290
Illinois grain producer ana
president of the NCGA. “With
existing stocks, available supplies
reached 10 billion bushels but
utilization is predicted to be only 7
billion. New markets could help
relieve much of the surplus which
is currently depressing corn
district, sets conditions for im
plementing the nutrient
management program, including
financial assistance and work
schedule.
The balance of Pennsylvania’s $4
million 1985-86 Chesapeake Bay
program addresses watershed
assessments, water quality
monitoring, technical assistance,
educational programs and
materials and nutrient
management demonstration
projects
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identifying those opportunities. ”
Don McGillivray, president of
Funk Seeds, one of the nation’s
leading seed companies, also
believes this project can poten
tially improve the corn grower’s
situation.
“This first-of-its-kind national
effort will help in the search for
new, stable, long-term markets,”
says McGillivray. “We feel that
new com uses will provide the
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to the oversupply dilemma com
growers face.”
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aggressive approach to finding
solutions to the com surplus
because we believe a company can
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the “blue ribbon” committee
which will guide the new program
will begin soon. The NCGA board
of directors will announce the
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scheduled March meeting
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Local Representative
DAVID NEWMAN
(717)299-9905
In September a National Con-
Utilization Conference will bruit
together corporate and universitt
researchers, educators anr
government and industry leader
to share information a hour curren
new uses, research and the mos
realistic utilization opportunities
Friend believes in the progran
because “a wealth ot new marke
opportunities exist within th<
United States."
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already has captured 50 percent n
the nation’s 30-billion-pound-a
year sweetener market ’ he ex
plains “A newlv developet
process for economical!'
producing granular, high-fructos<
com sweetener could give con
growers the lion’s share ot th
remaining market ’ The con
sweetener market ourrentlv use
over 500 million bushels ot com.
“The future is brighter for con
growers because of project l lik<
this,” Fneno savs ‘Man
unexplored markets are waiting 01
our own doorstep. But, it is up to u,>
to find them This National Con
Utilization Project should be
major contributor to this effort
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