NEWARK, DE. belaware Extension professionals honored four of their colleagues and a Kent County grain producer in a special award ceremony during the recent annual Extension conference at the University of Delaware’s north campus in Newark. Olin Gooden of Woodside, Del., received the Friend of Extension award for his long-standing sup port of Cooperative Extension programs. A charter member of the Kent County Extension Advisory Council, Gooden is also a member of Del-CARET, a newly formed statewide council on agricultural research. Extension and teaching. He has cooperated on numerous Extension demonstration plots and has held several offices with the Kent County Farm Bureau. In selecting him for this award, Extension professionals noted that Gooden is “an early adopter and promoter of change in his farming community.” Dr. Richard Taylor, Extension agronomist and Dr. Don Tilmon, Extension farm management spe cialist, were also recognized at the in the university’s Agricultural THE JACOBSEN COMMERCIAL TEAM- M A LEAGUE OF lIS OWN. Built specifically for today’s commercial pro, the Jacobsen line includes versatile, high-production Turfcat riding mowers, \afge and medium walk behinds, and an entire family of two-cycle trimming mowers and grooming tools. 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Delaware Extension Presents Annual Awards Sciences Communications office in Newark, were honored as out ■ standing support staff. Taylor, who joined the Dela ware Extension System in 1985, was named outstanding new spe cialist for the support he has given county agricultural agents and far mers in solving crop production problems and in investigating alternative crops for their potential on Delmarva. One of his major accomplishments has been the development of guidelines for the production of grain sorghum in Delaware. In field trials comparing com with sorghum, he demon strated that sorghum is an econom ically viable alternative to com and an excellent rotation crop with soybeans, particularly on the droughty soils of southern Dela ware and on cyst-infested soybean ground. Tilmon received the outstand ing program accomplishment award for his successful efforts in helping farmers improve their management skills. With the help of other Delaware Extension spe cialists, he adapted a Clemson University computer program k > For professional use only TEXTRON Jacobsen Omsxxi of Textron Inc £ Jacobsen Division of Textron Inc 198* which analyzes crop production costs, renamed it DELCROP and used it to develop budgets for most of the commercial crops grown in Delaware. Using this and other computer programs, Tilmon has assisted far mers in financial planning, making crop production decisions, choos ing farm program participation, selecting alternate enterprises Und managing risks. In honoring him, co-workers noted that Tilmon’s Farm Couples Are Not One WASHINGTON. D.C. U.S. District Court Judge Joyce Hans Green recently struck down a United States Department of Agri culture regulation that treats farm husbands and wives as one person for determining eligibility for fed eral farm program payments. Judge Green’s ruling reverses an 18-year USDA policy and repudi ates the ruling of a similar 1981 court case that upheld the marriage regulation because of the "eco- DELCROP tool, supported by fact sheets and continually updated software, has been well received by farmers, bankers and county Extension staff. He has also played a leading role in making multiperil insurance available on many Dela ware crops and in teaching farmers how to use it as a risk management tool. At the annual commence, employees who provide essential Court Decision Says nomic interdependence of married couples.” Unless Judge Green’s ruling is reversed on appeal, USDA will now have to treat mar ried couples the same as farm part nerships or any other arrangement that can increase an individual’s eligibility for farm program pay ments. USDA has until April 18 to appeal the decision. The effect of Judge Green’s rul ing may be limited. It was not retroactive and a new law that was passed by Congress in late 1987 changes certain farm program eli- HAY WAGONS FOR SALE 3 Sizes Available...l6’, 18’, 20’ with or without running gear • Also will fit sides onto your flat wagon STOLTZFIISwoodwork MFD. BY: Lancaster Farming Saturday, April 30, 1988-D7 support services for Extension pro fessionals are also recognized. Smith, who has worked in the Ag Communications unit since 1981, and Ohrel, who has served as duplicating specialist since 1985, were cited for the care they take with the quality of the printed pro ducts they produce. The awards program is spon sored by the Delaware chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, the national honorary Extension fraternity. gibility starting in the 1989 crop year. Under the new law, married couples shall be considered as one person for the purposes of receiv ing federal farm program benefits except in cases where spouses were separately engaged in unre lated farming operations prior to their marriage and those farms remain separate after the marriage. Judge Green’s ruling does not effect the new law but in a footnote to her decision on the marriage regulation, she insinuated that it. STEEL SIDES Rt. 897 North - Gap, PA 17527 717-442-8972 Person (Turn to Page D 9)
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