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BY SALLY BAIR
Lancaster Co. Correspondent
ROCK SPRINGS Calling
research the key to helping the
farm economy “straighten out,”
United States Deputy Secretary of
Agriculture Peter C. Myers, helped
the Penn State College of Agricul
ture Alumni Society in its recogni
tion of 1987 as the 100th anniver
sary of the agricultural experiment
stations.
C. Myers acknowledged the important role of research
in the agricultural economy. Myers, speaking at the
College of Agriculture Alumni Society luncheon dur
ing Ag Progress Days, told his audience that the
United State is willing to stop all farm subsidies if
other countries will do the same.
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Speaking on Ag Alumni Day
during the three day Ag Progress
Days, Meyers painted on optimis
tic picture of the immediate future
for agriculture. He called the
recent years of troubles on the farm
a “time of tempering which most
of us have never gone through.”
Acknowledging that “we still
have some people in trouble,”
Myers said, “Most of these are get
ting their houses in order and pay-
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Dean of Penn State's College of Agriculture . Lamartine Hood, center,
greets Hempfleld School District Superintendent Dr. Earl Horton, right, and
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative’s N. Alan Bair, director of member services.
This year members of the College of Agriculture Alumni Society made a spe
cial effort to invite high school administrators, guidance counselors and sci
ence teachers to show them career opportunities for their students.
ing off their debt.” He said the pre
sent low inflation rate and drop
ping oil prices will be beneficial to
farmers, but added, “It is research
that has kept us efficient.”
Myers pledged that the Depart
ment of Agriculture will not “put
the extension service on the table”
nor “give up Soil Conservation
Service’s technical assistance.”
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rumored to be the subject of seri
ous cuts during budget reviews.
He came out strongly in favor of
eliminating subsidies to farmers,
explaining that the administration
has made just such a proposal at
the bargaining table in Geneva “to
get a handle on the deficit” and to
cut the cost of farm programs.
“We’re willing to eliminate subsi
dies if other countries would do
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likewise. We can’t do it alone.”
Myers added, “What we arc say
ing is that our goal is to get an
agreement in place within the next
year and a half.” The proposal
would be phased in over a ten year
period.
Myers readily admitted that this
government is spending large
amounts of money on agriculture,
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