C2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 25, 1992 WASHINGTON, D.C. American farmers are telling the president that a draft agreement on agriculture under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) will do them more harm than good. The National Farmers Union has asked President Bush to reject it The document in question is Cattle Feeder’s LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) The Lancaster County Cattle Feeder’s Day is scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, at the Farm and Home Center, Lancaster. The theme for this year’s event is “Moving Ahead in The Cattle Industry.” Featured speaker this year will be Martin Jorgenson, South Dako- ASCS YORK (York Co.) York County ASCS Office will admi nister a crop disaster assistance program tq compensate eligible York County producers for crop losses caused by drought, flood, and other natural disasters in either 1990 or 1991. ‘To be eligible, producers with crop insurance must have had los ses greater than 35 percent,” said D. Wayne Kurtz, county executive director for York ASCS. ‘‘Produc ers without crop insurance must have had losses greater than 40 percent.” Program Applications may be filed from February 3 through March 13. The 1990-1991 crop disaster program provides cash payments for production losses on partici pating program crops of wheat NFU Urges Bush To Reject GATT Text one prepared by GATT Director General Arthur Dunkel. Since GATT negotiators got bogged down when the U.S. and European Community could not agree on farm trade issues during bilateral talks, Dunkel developed a draft agreement that participating coun tries are now evaluating. NFU President Leland Swen ta cattle rancher and chairman of NCA’s IRM coordinating committee. Jorgenson will present topics addressing IRM integrated resour ce management and Dakota Lean, a branded beef product. Gary Cowman, National Cattlemen’s Association, will bring area cattle men up to date regarding national Announces Crop Loss Program and feed grains; nonparticipating program crops; soybeans, sun flowers, and tobacco; and all com mercial nonprogram crops. Kurtz said producers who intend to file should begin to assemble their records now, so they will be ready when the prog ram opens. He said that farmers will receive a special mailing with specific information on the prog ram this month. “If a producer does not receive the disaster program information in the mail by February 3, he or she should call the county ASCS office,” he said. The ASCS official said disaster payments would be computed according to the 1990 Farm Bill, and expects to begin issuing pay ments to farmers by April 16. Further details of the disaster payment program may be son wrote to Bush. Swenson told the president that his group believes the Dunkel provisions will lead to “a decrease in Ameri can farmers’ net farm income.” Swenson raised specific objec tions to the paper including the formation of a new “Multilateral Trade Organization” that would replace GATT and whose powers Day Set Feb. 4 efforts in beef quality assurance. Penn State Extension Econom ist H. Louis Moore will provide outlook on “What’s Ahead For Cattle Feeders?” Addressing the important health issue of shipping fever will be University of Maryland’s, Dr. Bob Dyer, formerly with the York obtained from the York County ASCS Office. PROOF THAT PAYS! 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The standards being proposed “will place the U.S. government in the predicament of having to choose between consumer and environmental protection on the one hand and American competi tiveness on the other.” NFU asked the president to require an environmental impact statement and an economic impact analysis of the agreement before Congress acts to ratify it. The environmental analysis is needed, says NFU, since fanning methods and conservation-oriented farm programs may have to change under the plan. NFU also raised concerns about as yet vague “fine print” contained in the Dunkel test. “The minutia of the final agreement should be ful ly understood before the U.S. binds itself to the Uruguay Round,” Swenson wrote. Fat 630 699 Rt. 82 Unionville, PA 18375 (215)347-2377 S: Protel 555 594
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