A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday. March 14, 1992 Ag Research (Continued from Pag* A 1) actions has severely reduced or, in some cases, essentially halted many research programs of long term value to the agriculture indus try,” he said. Howes told Lancaster Farming that some of the research money could have contributed to finding solutions for possible nutrient management issues affecting many farms. “We are willing to bear a fair and uniform share of budget cu ts, ” Howes told the committee. “We do, however, object to being forced to accept a drastic 57 per cent reduction as a short-term ‘politically painless’ solution when it will have a long-term negative impact on our industry.” Regs leave open In addition, Dwight Frymycr, Juniata daily fanner, is concerned about the current proposed legisla tion bound up with H.B. 496. The regulations in the bill leave “wide open for interpretation such phrases as ‘time and manner in which nutrients are to be applied,”’ said Frymyer. “Also, each operation is different, and to successfully address each manage ment system with regulations would seem to be, at best, difficult.” Frymyer said that the present version of the bill ‘ ‘leaves open the possibility of other than nitrogen based plannning.” Basing a bill on nitrogen-based planning, rather than phosphorous-based (as in the cur- rent version of the bill), is key to keep famers from potentially being put out of business, according to Frymyer. “Farmers also feel that the reg ulations should be drawn to address only the high-density, high-risk operations, and exempt completely farms that pose little risk,” he said. Credit more costly Jay Rush, chief executive offic er of York Farm Credit, empha sized the fact that credit “will become more costly and more restrictive to agricultural produc ers in direct proportion to the level of perceived risk. ‘ ‘Our concern is that improperly legislated practices will require excessive expense for agricul ture,” said Rush. “If this con tinues or becomes a more signific ant issue, it will ... make much of the current commercial agricultur al financing an unacceptable lend ing practice for many of the ag len ders in Pennsylvania for the future.” Ken Rutt, Lancaster County dairy farmer, emphasized the need for legislators to consider the fact that farms “have surved and pros pered because they continue to be efficient and competitive,” he said, “our economic strategies must support and encourage farm ing, not discourage farming.” Approximately 33 people repre senting an array of agribusiness industries and area farmers met with representatives of the Senate committee. Members present Eastern Reports Profits, Approves Budget RUTLAND, Vl Despite a lingering recession that hit the co op's subsidiaries with lower sales. Eastern Milk Producers Coopera tive should end the fiscal year March 31 with about $200,000 in profits, officials told some 200 farmers at the co-op’s first-ever delegate meeting held in Vermont “We are one of the major or ganizations operating in Vermont today,” Eastern General Manager Michael Donovan told delegates meeting in Rutland. He said the co-op’s presence in the Green Mountain State has been growing since the early 1980 s through mergers and an agreement to sup ply milk to International Cheese in Hinesburg. Eastern has 3,100 member farms in nine states, with the larg est concentrations in Pennsylva nia, New York and Vermont. Headquartered in Syracuse, N.Y., the co-op has offices in Montpelier, Vt. and operates a milk receiving station at Hines burg, Vt. Eastern also has a food and farm supply subsidiary based in Canton, Pa.; a dairy and environ mental testing laboratory in South Waverly, Pa., and a video com included Sen. Noah Wenger (R- Stevens), Sen. Roger A. Madigan (R-Towanda), Sen. John E. Peter son (R-Pleasantville), Sen James J. Rhoades (R-Mahanoy City), and Patrick J. Stapleton (D-Indiana). munications division in Syracuse, N.Y. Vermont Agriculture Commis sioner George Dunsmore welcom ed the delegates, some of who came from as far as Delaware and Maryland. He said that agricul ture, especially cooperative farm ing, was vital to the Northeast eco nomy. He disagreed with a newspaper columnist who suggested that agriculture was not very important anymore. “I think Vermont’s economy will be in trouble if agriculture fails.” he said. Commissioner Dunsmore also congratulated Eastern for being a leader in the recent farmer-spon sored food airlift to Moscow and in having an impact on the U.S. government’s decision to send surplus dairy products to the for mer Soviet Union and other East ern Bloc countries. In other action: • Eastern announced a major farm safety program, designed with the help of the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health. The goal, Donovan said, is to reduce injuries and ill ness on member farms through a safety audit and a free safety kit including protective gear for the head, eyes, ears and lungs. 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That budget is based largely on the projected sales of 1.6 billion pounds of milk. • Membership Audit Commit tee Chairman Kevin Barrett re ported that membership currently stood at 3,136 farms, and that their equity investment in the co-op to taled $lO.B million. • Membership Manager An thony Schlesier reported the co-op recruited 160 new members in 1991. • Delegates heard details of how Northeast co-ops organized a food airlift to Moscow schools and or phanages in less than two weeks. “This project falls into the cate gory of self help,” said Eastern President Lewis Gardner, who headed the fanner delegation to Russia as president of the Region al Cooperative Marketing Agency (RCMA). He said it was both a humanitarian project and an effort to put pressure on the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture to release sur plus dairy products to keep U.S. farm prices from being depressed. “It’s an example of pulling our re sources to do something for us and to help others,” Gardner said. 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