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 J,4/D EQUIPMENT FOR SALE OR RENT BADGER 3,350 gal. liquid manure tank 2,300 gal. vacuum tank 352 Bushel Manure Spreader Ear Com Roller Mill w/Blower Pit Pump 6’, B’, 10\ 12* Weaverline Cart Lagoon Pump Lagoon Super Mixer Forage Wagons Forage Blowers Bedding Chopper Handy High Pressure Washers Oswalt Mix Wagons - Sale Only Post Hole Digger or Driver Silo Unloaders - Pack or Ring Drive Loyal Chopper - ‘The Paper Shredder!” We Do Aluminum Welding 'i Jor& WE SHIP UPS DAO-T SHOW-EASE STALL CO. ' 573 Willow Rd„ Lancaster, Pa. Ph: 717-2 W-2536 i 207 1 -N » h