A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 19,1986
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income genera ter in Maryland and
is suffering less stress than field
crops due to more available
irrigation.
Tobacco the fourth high
economically important crop faces
this drought year with several
strikes against it, including a
drought three years ago. Prices
have been dropping steadily and
consumer and export demands are
down. There is concern that for
struggling tobbacco growers this
drought of 1968 could be the final
blow.
According to reports in the
Baltimore Sun, Carroll County,
which lies south of York and
Adams Counties, is hardest hit in
Maryland.
“We’re estimating a $12.3
million crop loss,” says Carroll
County extension agent David
Green. “Total ag production in the
county is about $5O million. ”
Green adds that he anticipates
some sale for corn to be put in
silos. Ensiling corn originally
intended for grain use could help
salvage a few dollars per acre for
growers, while filling silos for
dairy or livestock producers
Wilted corn, stunted alfalfa, desiccated beans, and other
wizened crops are common scenes resulting from the drought
in York County and lead to the area being declared a disaster
area on Thursday.
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caught short on forage supplies.
According to Green, alfalfa hay
was selling a week ago at the
Westminster Hay Auction for $l3O
to $l5O per ton. Even new timothy
commands prices in the $9O to $l2O
per ton range.
“Some of it’s coming from pretty
far away,” affirms Green. “We
had reports of one load coming
down from Williamsport, Pa.”
Grain yields in both York County
and neighboring Maryland
counties were average to good in
some areas.
“It’s amazing,” Green adds,
“that we got the small grain yields
we did. That could help play a
large part in feed supplies later on.
And the grain market prices are
still extremely low.”
According to Walker, recent
federal legislation has made less
funds available for emergency use,
part of the belt tightening process
of Gramm-Rudman and budget
balancing. “This upcoming fiscal
year is the last in which
emergency loans will be available
unless new legislation is passed.”
Instead, farmers are in
creasingly being encouraged to
enroll in the federal crop insurance
program subsidized by the federal
government. Farmers can thus
elect to gamble against the
weather, paying a premium and
hoping to cut their losses in the
event of disasterous growing
conditions,
Walker notes that from 1981 to
1985 the nation’s farmers paid
federal crop insurance premiums
of $291 million and collected claims
worth $543 million.
“It’s still less costly for the
government to subsidize the
federal crop insurance program
than to make direct disaster
payments. ” says Walker.
Fanners anticipating eligibility
and application for low interest
loans through Farmers Home
Administration should get their
records in order, advises York
FmHA administrator Douglas J.
Gabel. “We’ll need good complete
crop records for this year and for
the past five years for establishing
a history of production,” Gabel
suggests.
Green summarizes best what
Approximately 25 per
cent of ice cream is con
sumed through “bulk”
servings (retail shops,
restaurants, universities,
etc.). Twenty-five percent
is purchased in the form of
novelty items, and the
remaining 50 percent is
packaged and sold for
home use.
most farmers in drought stricken
areas are saying: “Don’t send
money, send rain.
But even if the drought ended
tomorrow and long-range
weather forecasts promise little
relief for the next 30 days for
some crops it is already too late.
And for some hard-pressed
farmers it may be too late already.
More ice cream is con
sumed on Sunday than any
other day of the week, with
consumption generally
higher on the weekends.
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