CB-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 22, 1992 $4 Billion To Former USSR ORLANDO, Fla. The U.S. has provided $4 billion in credit or food assistance to the republics of the former Soviet Union during the past 13 months and will continue its aid efforts to “help their evolu tion to democracies and market based economies,” Secretary of Agriculture Edward R. Madigan said. The U.S. effort is greater than those of “any other country or combination of countries,” he said, and it is important not only because it will help assure stability in the world but because it “could be an important market for Ameri can agriculture.” Madigan, speaking to delegates at the 63rd annual meeting of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, addressed critics who said the U.S. food and huma nitarian aid effort has been too slow. -We have to do it right,” he said. “We have to protect the integrity of the programs we are using or we could risk losing those programs which are important to American agriculture.” He said USDA experts this week are in the St. Petersburg area of Russia to begin plans for a mod el farm, in Armenia to build an agricultural extension education effort, and in Moscow to plan for delivery of the next shipments of food assistance. The secretary also said: • The so-called “Dunkel text” being considered in multilateral trade negotiations is a “framework from which we can negotiate a suc cessful agricultural conclusion” and one which “goes a long way toward” his goal, which is “a sub stantial reduction and ultimate eli mination of export subsidies.” • President Bush will face up to the challenge of “getting the eco nomy moving again” without risk ing the loss of improvement in employment, interest rates, and inflation during the last 10 years. “All the agencies and departments of government are trying to move money out to spur the economy,” he said. • If the president proposes rein statement of the investment tax credit and reduction of the capital gains tax rate, Madigan urged more appreciation of “how it will be very beneficial to agriculture," HMD-HAND The name you trust - The products you can depend onl SUPER FUNNEL ■ 1 C SAVERS PLOWS V Mm “ " v ■» ?[ jj It m ALERT ALARMS I T H H HIRED-HAND POWER CURTAINS POimif™uißE a, t T DROP ; I«M» Si f ” ~ :j»i« ■) ;1? 3 AUTO POWER ' L J TEMP CURTAIN „ “*™° LLER POWER CURTAIN* CONTROLLER SYSTEM CONTROLLER SYSTEM 2.000 W« Ship U PS TT ""JJ SwVw Systems SpudoNsts j Hour H Scrvkt FARMER BOYAQ. 410 E LINCOLN AVE mi 717 AAA **TPCI MYEMTOWN, FA 17007 "ti 717*000*701 stimulating investment in equip ment and buildings. “We need to get the story out because we’ve been taking a terrible beating from the impression that these are only for millionaires.” Automatic’s Row Crop Guidance System PENDER, Neb. The design of a new row crop guidance sys tem, the Navigator 11, introduced by Automatic Equipment Mfg. Co., allows for stress-free planting and cultivating without implement wear and tear, according to Auto matic’s president. ‘The Navigator IPs three-point guidance system is accurate, ver satile and reliable,” Jay Hesse said. “The heavy-duty construc tion of the Navigator 11, along with its cam follower design, will deliver years of maintenance-free guidance.” Automatic purchased the rights to manufacture and sell the Navi gator II from HR Manufacturing of Pender, Neb. The Navigator IPs quick-attach coupler establishes a moving interface between the tractor and the implement, he said. That enables the Navigator II to keep the implement positioned correct ly, traveling parallel with the row, while allowing lateral movement of the tractor. Hesse said an advantage of traveling parallel with the row, in comparison with guidance sys tems that angle the toolbar, is that the damaging side pressure that is transferred to the stabilizing coul ters is eliminated. The Navigator II is available in two models heavy duty 3-point narrow and heavy duty 3-point wide. The heavy duty 3-point wide model should be used on tractors with more than 180 hp, especially on 12 row or larger ridge-till equipment and with large 4-wheel drive tractors. Two custom-made sizes are also available. Other design advantages ' include: • Eliminates excessive stress • He wants USDA to become an agency “where we really care about people and where we really are responsive to their needs.” He cited a four-point program includ- Allows Stress-Free Planting and pull on hydraulic components that are designed into other gui dance systems. • Few moving parts. One cylin der, one electro-hydraulic valve and eight needle-bearing cam fol lowers ride on a track of high car bon steel to provide smooth, friction-free lateral movement, BLOOMSBURG (Columbia Co.) The time has come for the passage of a statewide nutrient management law to benefit far mers and consumers alike, accord ing to a representative of the Pen nsylvania State Grange. John Walter, a farmer from Lewisburg and a member of Buf falo Valley Grange, testified before Sen. Edward Helfrick (R) and other members of the Senate Agriculture Committee at a hear ing on HB 496, which would establish a statewide nutrient man agement plan. “For the last 20 years, the Grange has supported using a nutrient management plan on the farm,” Walter said. “Since nutri ent management is a growing problem involving commercial fertilizer use and the excess appli cation of animal waste to the land, the Grange continues to support policy involving a statewide nutri ent management program.” Walter highlighted several good points of HB 496 and also discussed slight variations which the Grange believes would strengthen the legislation. 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He also cited efforts to find new markets for eliminating wear points. 4-wheel drive articulated tractors. • Versatile enough to work on . n * s Auto Slope pull-type equipment. utilizes a slope-sensing pendulum • be used with or without automatically compensates stabilizing or steering coulters, for sidehill draft, eliminating the unnecessary For more informat ion. contact expense of additional equipment. R y der Supply Co .. P.O. Box 219, - Works efficiently and effec- C hambersburg. Pa. 17201-0219, lively on 4-row cultivators, up to nn) 263-9111 16-row ridge-till cultivators and \' ' management plans, according "to Walter. The Department of Agri culture should run the nutrient management technicians’ certifi cation program, he continued. “In fact, a farmer himself can become certified and write his own plan,” Walter said. “This will defray the costs of hiring an out side technician.” Because of the danger of local ordinance unknowingly thwarting the intent of HB 496, Grange poli cy states that any nutrient manage ment legislation should include provisions preempting all local governments from establishing rules, regulations or ordinances. “As a member of the East Buf falo Township Planning Commis sion, I would hate to see the town ship be the governing'’body for nutrient management because we do not have the technical expertise to be effective,” Walter said. Walter emphasized the impor tance of the section in HB 496, which recognizes that nonagricul tural nutrient problems continue to the non-point source problem. The Grange believes that DER should be required to assess these nona gricullural nutrients and identify what regulating initiatives are necessary to correct the problem. Su~ I mn l h*] s fm Construction Of Partially In-Ground Liquid Manure Tank - 400,000 Gallons farm products, “make agriculture more credible as an environmen tally friendly agency,” and improve nutrition education and food safety education efforts. In closing, Walter warned the committee about several points: • Time frames for implement ing nutrient management should not be too stringent In the onset, it will be difficult to predict the workload of conservation districts or the funding which will be made available. • A provisions should be added to the legislation stating that the person who farms the land should be responsible for the nutrient management plan, regardless of whether he owns or rents the land. • A current definition of animal equivalent unit should be used in HB 496. • Farmers should not be forced into specific times and dates for spreading manure because of weather and other factors. • The legislation discusses a periodic soil and manure analysis which the Grange believes is 100 broad and could be interpreted to mean that a test is required before each land application. ‘The fact is that nutrient man agement will save farmers money in the long run,” said William Rin gler, state master (president) of the Grange. “Years ago a farmer may have applied 2,000 pounds of fer tilizer per acre to a crop. 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