A36-Lancastw Farming, Saturday, July 25, 1987
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Farm Bureau Makes Recommendations From Study
CAMP HELL A study com
mittee of the nation’s largest farm
family organization has recom
mended innovative action in 14
areas affecting agriculture in order
to improve farm income.
The American Farm Bureau
Federation’s 22-member Farm
Income Study Committee
announced its recommendations
today following a ten-month
investigation. The committee
which included Richard Newpher,
Administrative Secretary of the
Pennsylvania Farmers’ Associa
tion (PFA), was directed to leave
“no stone unturned’’ in finding
ways to improve income opportun
ities for farmers. It received
counsel and ideas from 75 experts
in developing its
recommendations.
American Farm Bureau’s Board
of Directors has approved the
recommendations which involve
the areas of transportation, taxes,
trade, export markets, allies,
monetary policy, federal budget,
less developed countries, biotech
nology, farm policy, foreign poli
cy, risk management, research
consortiums, and integrated pest
management
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FARMS
RO2, Muncy, PA
717-944-3298
C.H. RINEHIMER
RDI, Route 11
Berwick, Pa.
717-792-7131
DONALD L. ERDLEY
RDI
Lewisburg, Pa.
717-924-2410
A total of 58 recommendations
were approved. While many are
longer term in potential economic
impact examples of those that
would have an immediate impact
on farm income are:
Restore the Farm Credit Sys
tem to financial viability;
Administer the Conserva
tion Reserve so that farmers will
participate in it as a management
tool;
Preserve the confidentiality
of railroad rate contracts;
Further deregulate the truck
ing industry;
Seek tax law changes,
including income averaging and
annual expensing of preproduction
expenses;
Prevent trade restrictions on
imported farm machinery;
Plan an active role in nation
al and international economic and
trade policy deliberations;
Change monetary policy to
favor steady money growth with
out inflation;
Change current policies for
dealing with the bad debts of deve
loping countries to provide more
benefit to farmers and less to
money center banks;
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Williamsburg, Pa.
814-793-3731
Provide national leadership
to farmers in the field of
biotechnology:
Allow the current farm bill,
which offers the best short-term
policy, to run its course;
Prevent oil import taxes:
Keep fertilizer imports and
exports free of duties and trade
restrictions;
Encourage farmers to
increase their influence on foreign
policy issues that affect their mark
et income opportunitites;
Seek federal spending cuts to
balance the budget A sound alter
native would be a freeze in real
federal spending with further cuts
in business and personal tax rates;
Establish priorities in utiliza
tion, production, marketing and
financial research;
Encourage the use and prom
otion of integrated pest
management;
Step up program to educate
and inform farmers about risk
management.
Newpher commented, “There
is no area of farm bureau involve
ment that is more important than
improving the net farm income of
those who produce food and fiber.
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For those interested in the immedi
ate and long-term health of U.S.
agriculture, this study represents a
long unfinished agenda that will
require the best of leadership from
all quarters farmers, support
industries, universities and gov
ernment in the future.”
According to American Farm
Bureau, while net cash farm
income has moved slowly upward
in recent years, a substantial num
ber of farmers remain in debt diffi-
Poland Eligible
For More Wheat
WASHINGTON Under Sec
retary of Agriculture Daniel S.
Amstutz today announced an addi
tional opportunity for sales of U.S.
wheat to Poland under the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
export enhancement program.
Sales of wheat will be made to
buyers in Poland at competitive
world prices.
Amstutz said this initiative will
give U.S. exporters the opportuni
ty to sell 500,000 metric tons of
wheat. The export sales will be
subsidized with commodities from
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UMBERGER'S OF
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RO4, Box 545
Lebanon, Pa.
717-847-2413
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Avella, Pa.
412-349-3793
ZIMMERMAN'S
FARM SERVICE
School Road, Rt. 1
Bethel, Pa.
717-933-4114
culty. A recent USDA estimate
puts the number at 108,000 nation
wide, or 17% of commercial far
mers those with annual farm
sales of $40,000 or more.
American Farm Bureau is a gen
eral farm organization represent
ing over 3.5 million members
nationwide. PFA is the state affili
ate of American Farm Bureau and
represents over 23,400 farm fami
lies in 54 county associations.
the inventory of the Commodity
Credit Corporation. The subsidy
will enable U.S. exporters to com
pete at commercial prices in the
Polish market.
Poland already has purchased
500,000 tons of U.S. wheat under
the export enhancement program.
Details of the program including
an invitation for offers from expor
ters will be issued in the near
future. For more information call
William Hawkins (202) 382-9240
or Larry McElvain, (202)
447-3224.
MARYLAND
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5149 Cap Stine Rd.
Frederick, Md.
301-473-4250
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Taylorsville, Md.
301-029-2042
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Rt. 213
Cecilton, Md.
301-275-0200
301-040-54*7