as; farmer meetings by Jacob B. Lapp, Ronks, came to her new home this week from Ithaca, N.Y. The Paclamar Astronaut daughter valued at $2OOO is out of a milky 2-year-old Elevation daughter. The granddam is an Excellent Fond Matt with over 26,700 lbs. of milk. Receiving the calf from Papillon’s director of marketing, Thomas P. Muiiineaux (at the halter) on behalf of Lapp is local dealer representatives from Zook and Rank, Inc., Gap. (L to R) Roy Witwer, Salesman; M. Simon Zook, President; Floyd Ranck, Sec. Tres.; Mulleneaux; and Dennis Hanna, Salesman. OUR BUSINESS IS SERVICE TO FARMERS Let PACMA Help Your Ag Marketing Call Us About Forward Contracting - Cattle - Hogs - Grains L J Mike o rnc * or ff 717-761-2740 800-382-1356 PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS ASSOCIATION - We Are Here To Serve You - Plans Succeed USDA Monitoring Meat WASHINGTON - In the wake of the Soviet nuclear accident at Chernobyl, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will monitor meat and poultry imports from affected countries for radiation at U.S. ports of entry, said Donald L. Houston, administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Ser vice. In addition, USDA has notified nations that export meat and poultry products to the United States that they must institute controls to prevent radiation contamination in products destined for the United States if high ground levels of radiation are detected in their country. At the present time there ap pears to be no danger to meat and poultry imports from radiation contamination from the Chernobyl accident,” said Houston. “We are, however, taking the precautionary measure of requiring countries exporting meat and poultry to the United States to test ground con- June a | If ||o CIIDDADTC ft AlO V mm Imo ■ wnl w I#Alim V Lebanon Valley National Bank invites you to stop at any of our 11 , branches and register to win a basket / of delicious dairy products. Stop by at our Womelsdorf, Myerstown or Schaeffers town offices and enjoy a nice cold glass of milk!!! For all your agricultural loan needs contact the agri culture loan professionals at LVNB - CALL 274-6906. 11 CONVENIENT OFFICES of 9 Lebanon Valley Agricultural Loan Officer KU3 National Bank 4 *^S2 t oßtar for Radiation lamination levels. If those levels exceed 0.13 microcuries (a measure of radiation) per square meter, we will require the coun tries to institute a control program to assure that the amount of radiation in the meat is below U.S. protective action levels,” Houston CCC Loan Interest Rate Lowered WASHINGTON - Com- President Milton Hertz, modlty loans disbursed in The new rate, down from May by the U.S. Department 7-V« percent, reflects the of Agriculture’s Commodity interest rate charged CCC by Credit Corporation will the U.S. Treasury in May. carry a 6-V2 percent interest The CCC interest rate has rate, according to Acting not been below 7 percent CCC Executive Vice since 1977, Hertz said. Member FDIC Equal Opportunity Lender A subsidiary ol Keystone Heritage Group Inc Imports explained. As a check to assure compliance, USDA will monitor incoming shipments at points of entry. If the monitoring indicates any radiation contamination, the product will be held while additional tests are performed in a laboratory to confirm the radiation level. Michael H. Firestine Vice President Sr. Agricultural Loan Officer Sean McKinney Agricultural Loan Coordinator •' 7
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