Senate Version Of Farm Budget Less Harmful
in prall, “” ln addi , t i'^ l ““i I** filial MSisttn« in (fc.e
__agCt’ farm rilt , nvp , ®®J® ng f un * would be required from increased loping foreign markets, to $llO
m^n PaS o* { |lIf da f y l ol * e - v . ote five STlarEclv bv tt> HSi elimination of milk production. NFU is also rnfflion annually. Thirty-three mil
’“ b f““. for lly ®F" increasing flex > aaeaße from 15 !*? r TO “*’ whlch I would l deva l 1 ’ pleased with the Senate’s proposal lion dollars of this amount would
L th !, n the percent to 20 oercentTNFU had 4,80 to require that all imported wheat be targeted to smaller businesses
c* 11, to adamantly the House bu dg« bill preferable for and barley be accompanied by an and cooperatives that are new to
the National Farmers Union docjaion direc . said Swenson. The end-usfc certificate, so that the export market and to foreign
( NFU )’ tive effect it would have on overall Sc !! atc opted for ?. 4,3 imported grains cannot be used in marldbt_ development activities
net farm income gallon tax on gasoline and diesel, U.S. export and intemational food designed to help Smaller U.S. agri
“Neither proposal is cause for Cxemptim for aid programs. culture producers. The House bill
celebration,"said Uland Swen- agncu,ture< The Senate bill would also limit had funded the program at $l4B
son, NFU president. “Either bill die Market Promotion Program million with no provisions for
will reduce support of U.S. agri- (MPP). a program that provides targeting newcomers or small
cultural producers, but the Senate U.S. agriculture product exporters companies,
version is more evenly spread out
and in some cases, includes new
The Senate bill proposes to trim
$3.2 billion from the budget
through a series of smaller reduc
tions spread out over almost every
commodity. The Senate budget
proposal also contains provisions
that will save federal expendi
tures, without as severely affect-
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Crop
Deadline Nears
Certification
LEBANON (Leba
non Co.) All Leba
non County fanners are
services.
askqd, to. certify their
1993 crop plantings,
land uses, acreage con
servation reserve and
other program acreage
with the Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service
(ASCS).
In Lebanon County,
the final certification
date for crops such as
com, grain sorghum,
soybeans and hay is July
15.
“Certification is the
procedure by which far
mers report their prog
ram acreage to establish
their eligibility to
receive the benefits of
price support, deficien
cy payments and other
farm program benefits,”
Jenifer Minnich, ASCS
official said. Acreage
reports are required for
all participating farms.
She said that growers
not participating in the
1993 programs should
report their acreage to
establish planting his
tory. ensure future bene
fits and .protect crop
acreage bases.
After certification,
ASCS will select farms
at random to verify that
acreage reports are
accurate. Aerial photo
graphs arc available for
farmers to help identify
their fields.
Spring seeded crops
may be certified at any
time between 8 a.m.,
and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday. “We
encourage farmers to
certify as soon as possi
ble after planting and
not wait until the dead
line date to report their
acres,” Minnich said.
Eligibility for partici
pation in all programs
administered by ASCS
is on a nondiscriminat
ory basis as established
under law without
regard to race, color,
religion, national origin,
age, sex, marital status
or disability.
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