ITHACA, NY - Five major programs and as many as 300 Cooperative Extension positions across New York State face elimination if President Reagan’s budget cuts become effective Oct. 1. The president’s executive budget proposes a 59 percent cut nationwide for the Cooperative Extension system. However, New York’s funding would be reduced 67 percent because of cuts in specific programs, according to Lucinda A. Noble, director of Cornell Cooperative Extension. The federal allocation to New York would be slashed from 611.3 million to $3.6 million. “A reduction of this magnitude will require drastic personnel reductions at regional and state levels,” Noble said. “We will have to adjust allocations to county Cooperative Extension associations, regional programs, and college departments and administration,” she explained. “All segments of Cooperative Extension in New York State will be affected,” she said, “but hard est hit will be the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), and sea grant, in tegrated pest management, renewable resources, and urban gardening programs " Cornell Cooperative Extension PERMA etraifht wall (»rm buiWin*s are detuned to provide everythin* you bar*einad lor Streifht wall comtruction maana more atora*e •pace, wall to wall and floor to cabin* Get Your FREE ( Perma book Lto perma building systems ■ 9 Box 166. 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Under the federal mandate that established Cooperative Ex tension, funding is shared by the federal, state, and county governments. The $11.3 million from the federal government for the current fiscal year is about 27 percent of the total Cornell Cooperative Extension budget. The state provides $48.9 million, or about 21 percent, and county governments support the local offices with $20.2 million, 48 percent of the total budget Program fees provide $1.6 million, about 4 percent “Elimination of 67 percent of the federal commitment undermines the confidence vested in the federal partner that has made it possible for Cooperative Extension to thrive in the state and nation, PERMA Building Systems 1 Frames - Purlins J Girts 4 Bracing 5 Eave struts The illustration shows the simplicity and in herent strength of the PFRMA straight wall build mg Any way yon look at it we have the straight deal for you Xn. and to grow from a predominately rural organization to a system that now provides research-based knowledge to consumers, youth, agriculturists, and just about every segment of the population,” Noble said. Noble was one of 22 people on a national panel that developed a guide for the future mission, scope, priorities, and policies of the Cooperative Extension system through the end of the decade. The Joint USDA-National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges Com mittee on the Future of Cooperative Extension, in a 28- page report issued in 1983, recommended increased educational programs; improved farm and home technology; more translation of research results particularly for family farms, agribusinesses, families, and communities; a continuation of home economics programs; and emphasis on 4-H youth programs. One USDA official said this week that states have the option of picking up the federal funding for programs being eliminated. 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This is not the first time that the extension service has had to deal with cuts, he added, but the Gramm-Rudman budget balan cing bill “compounds the situation.” The first Congressional hearings on the president’s cuts in extension funding are scheduled for March 20, according to Dale Stansbury, director of government relations for agriculture and natural resources programs at the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. “The Senate budget committee is already seeking information on the impact of these cuts,” he said Tuesday. “I have a strong feeling that Congress won’t accept the cuts at this level.” One solution to the funding problem that has surfaced would Hay, silage production up HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Malfa . pr( *! uctl ° n at 3 fanners produced more corn for record h, B h 2 ; 77 was grain, hay and potatoes during 1985 three percent above last y. e ?L than 1984, based on acreage and Ac ™ s harvested totaled 840,000 production data. w,th 3 y ,eld of 3 ' 3tons Keystone farmers produced acre All o her hay acres harvested virtually the same amount of tota l ed 115 million acres which soybeans as during 1984 but fewer y ,elded a r f™ rd 2 2 tons per acre tons of com silage Com for gram for a re( ' ord hl 8 h Production of 253 production totaled a record high million tons 151.8 million bushels, two percent ™ P° tato production at 572 above last year. Corn acres har- rn'll 10 !! cwt is 11 percent more vested for grain amounted to 138 tha " j 984 Production. Acres har million and yielded a record-tying ves4ed amounted to 22,000 and 110.0 bushels per acre. Corn for yielded a record high 260 cw per silage production at 6.52 million ac ™ S °y bean , Production at 5.95 tons was six percent below 1984 million bushels was unchanged production. 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