Espy Promises Support For Ethanol SAN ANTONIO, Texas Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy addressed more than 2,000 attendees at the National Com Growers Association’s (NCGA) 351 h annual Com Classic in San Antonio. The themes of team-building to keep agriculture strong and commitment to improved farm income were woven through out his remaiks. In addition to promoting President Bill Clin ton’s economic package, Espy’s speech and earlier press conference included several agriculture-specific points. Ethanol. “Ethanol is impor tant to this administration and President Clinton will continue to support it. We are commit ted to keeping ethanol part of the equation,” said Espy. Although he bad no specific, substantive announcements, he noted within USDA he will continue the ethanol research program to lower ethanol costs through improved production technology. At an eariier press confer ence, Espy said the administra YIELD ADVANTA TESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY PROVE THE YIELD ADVANTAGE OF BULLET. 370 side-by-side comparisons of active ingredient in Bullet (alachlor) and Bicep® (metolachlor) were compared, the following results were obtained by local farmers. +3.8 bu/acre higher yield advantage of corn with (alachlor) active ingredient of Bullet. +671 more plants/ acre with (alachlor) active ingredient of Bullet. St® Moo-Tech®. Partner® & Bicep Areßestricted Use Pestiddes. Always Read and Follow Label Directions. BU Bicep & Dual Are Registered Trademarks of Ciba. Bullet® Micro-Tech® & Partner® Lasso/Lariat/Bullet is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company. ' © Monsanto Company 1993 . tion is “trying to determine" whether ethanol as a biomass is exempt from the Clinton admi nistration’s proposed BTU tax. • Methyl bromide. As a result of negotiations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the manufac ture and use of methyl bromide will not be reduced until the year 2000. The chemical, widely used in the marketing and transportation of grain and as a pre-plant fumigant, was listed as a Class I ozone deple ter by the previous administra tion. That designation meant that its manufacture and use would end by 1994. In addition, his compromise with EPA includes further sci entific reviews of the chemical, which EPA has agreed could result in its delisting as a Class I ozone depleter. “We have been concerned at the lack of scientific evidence and the lack of a reasonable alternative,” Espy said. • Restructuring USDA. “I will put my Washington house in order and then go out into the field,” said Espy. In both WEATHER GOT YOU STRESSED OUT? It will be no different for your corn seedlings. Now it’s even a better time to use a less stress herbicide like encapsulated Bullet’s active Ingredient is released over a period of time, thus all of the chemical is not taken up by the crop when it is young; result ing in a yield advantage for Bullet users. P., *x , P| Is s^^^SBBPPPNf|N ,=JI mm locations, he is committed to co-locating offices and making “better use of time and money while making USDA a farmer ready, user-friendly, service delivery agency,” he said. The streamlining will help him meet his targeted goal of a $65 million budget cut in 1994. • Test weights. USDA will suspend the double discount on low test weight com for the 1993 growing season to give “all com growers a level play ing field at home.” Following a cold and wet growing season in the northern Com Belt, many farmers have been discounted twice on test weight alone and under ASCS loan. • Meat inspection. Follow ing the fatal E. coli infection of meat at a fast-food chain in Washington state, Espy said the USDA had taken several short- and long-term initiatives to improve food safety through USDA’s meat inspection ser vice. These include better record-keeping and audit trails & meat-packing plants, volun- COOL WET BULLET Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17,1993-Page •—"Site*** ' v <v €(DIM fM MIWS PENNSYLVANIA MASTER CORN GROWERS ASSOC., INC. tary efforts by food service establishments to cook meat longer and the hiring of 160 new meat and poultry inspectors. • NAFTA and GATT. “President Clinton will review NAFTA to try to make it as fair as possible, but he will sign it at the end of the process,” Espy promised. GATT will not come in under the March 1993 fast track deadline, Espy said he was told by U.S. negotiator Mickey Kantor. However, he said the administration is com mitted to a final package good for U.S. agriculture. • Export credits to the for mer Soviet Union. Although Espy had no announcement, he is reviewing several options and will soon announce a “practical” solution that will restore confidence in the loans despite the region’s repayment difficulties. 122 ® Colebrook Rd. 17547 BUYING BAR CORN, gTTRT.T.TCn CORN ft WHEAT (717) 653*2510 1 (800) 654-2510 Spot or contract prices available BAR CORN FOR SALE DELIVERED TO THE FARM "We need to pursue and maintain this market,” he said, noting that substantial cuts in feed grain imports would cause liquidation of livestock there. “Ongoing grain sales are the best downpayment on demo cracy there. We can’t afford to lose that market.” Secretary Espy was joined at the Com Gassic General Ses sion by House Agriculture Chairman Kika de la Garza. Espy participated in the cere mony to affiliate his home state of Mississippi as the 24th state to join NCGA. The session was sponsored by DowElanco. Adjuvants Enhance (Continued from Page 10) shalwood.E. Simundsson. 1989. Adjuvants and Agrochemicals, Vola. 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