PFU, NFU Oppose
Flex Acre
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
According to U.S. Agricultural
Secretary Mike Espy, the average
farm household received only
$5,742 in income from farming in
1990.
The National Farmers Union as
well as the Pennsylvania Farmers
Union supports farm policies that
will help family farmers and
believe that recent proposals by
the House Agricultural Subcom
mittee will not be the answer in
achieving the spending cuts in
farm programs required by
Congress.
It was recommended that a 3
percent increase in flex acres was
one way to achieve most of the
cuts. Rex acres represent the per
centage of a farmer’s crop base
which is not eligible for price sup
port deficiency payments.
Increasing flex acres could be
devastating for some family far-
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mers. Large scale farms may have
already received as many pay
ments as they can, so reducing
acres in a program would have
little effect on their income, but
for smaller farmers, increasing
flex acres means a direct loss of
income.
As the bill now moves to the
Senate, they need to know there is
a better alternative:
Congress should instead raise
the Acreage Reduction Program
(ARP) requirements by one
percent. '
According to projections from
the Food and Agricultural Policy
Research Institute, increasing
ARP levels would result in
increases in cash crop and lives
tock receipts for producers rather
than a decrease in cash receipts as
would be the case under flex
adjustment.
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Retires From Adult Farmer Program
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) Don Robinson, instructor
and leader of the Eastern Lancaster
County School District’s Adult
Fanner Program, will retire from
his position at the school after 26
years of service effective July 31.
He will move to replace the Lan
caster County Conservation Dis
trict administrator position when
Bob Gregory retires on July 1.
Robinson, a resident of Browns
town, has served the young adult
farmer program at the school full
time for 22 years, after teaching in
the high school Vo Ag program
and heading the young farmer
program the first four years.
In his new position, Robinson
told Lancaster Farming, he will
be responsible for the operation of
the conservation district and the
supervision of the Chesapeake Bay
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sedimentation plans arc enforced
in developed areas, including resi
dential and commercial, and help
ing farmers implement conserva
tion plans.
Robinson said that he decided to
utilize the retirement incentive,
known statewide as the “Mellow
Bill,” to retire from the school
position and assume responsibili
ties as district administrator.
He will also provide more assis
tance regarding conservation and
areas he believes are related, such
as pesticide safety training for pri
vate applicators in the county.
Jeff Stoltzfus, an associate with
the Pequea-Mill Creek Project,
will take over the responsibilities
of the school’s program on August
1, including the operation of the
New Holland Vegetable Day and
work with the farmers served in the
program.
The program, according to
Robinson, introduced trickle irri
gation into the area.
Robinson said he was happy
with the continued strong support
of the school board during the past
26 years. He said a lot of credit
must be extended to the school dis
trict for their invaluable aid in
ensuring the adult farmer prog
ram's success.
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