German Ag Diplomat
(Continued from Pago A 1)
The statement from von Heyde
brand was made Tuesday after he
was visiting the equine demonstra
tion area of the Ag Progress Days
Rockspring farm, located several
miles west of Boalsburg.
Heydcbrand was touring the
agricultural research and technolo
gy fair with Joy “J.D.” Dunbar,
chief executive officer of RULE.
The horse area was at his second
stop, watching from crowded
stands while Herb Amuar was
demonstrating his team of Hafflin
ger draft horses in the horse show
ring.
Heydebrand’s presence was
made known when he requested to
drive the Amuar’s team. The
change in schedule was allowed
and von Heydebrand was intro
duced by the ring announcer.
- According to von Heydebrand,
these were the.same breed of
horses he trained and used while
growing up on his father’s farm in
Germany. The ride rekindled
memories he said and when he fin
ished he received loud applause.
But in conversation after the
handling demonstration, von Hey
debrand said he wanted American
farmers to know that German far
mers are not their enemies in
production.
It was von Heydebrand’s second trip to the
State College region in his year as a German
agricultural attache to the U.S..
He said that his responsibilities include
being involved with policies affecting agri
culture, forestry. Fisheries and dealing with
bilateral issues. He said that while trade issues
are a mainstay of his job, he is also “closely
watching the agriculture policy here in the
United States and report (back to Germany).”
He is also involved in the negotiations of
the Uraguay Round of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and on smaller
and various issues, such as differences in pes
ticide residue levels in food and wine labeling
differences.
He docs not directly come into contact with
developing trade partnerships between'
American and German private interests, that
is the role of the German Central Marketing
Board, he said, to act as a trade developer and
business liason.
It is also important for Americans to under
stand that Germany, as a member state of the
European Community, doesn’t have auton
omous control of the EC and thus its own agri
cultural policy.
On other topical issues, von Heydebrand
said that he suspects that there will be no ban
on bovine somatotropin (BST) by the EC,
which is expecting to decide policy this fall.
Anti-BST and anti-biotechnology organiza
tions, erroneously reported within the past
weeks that the EC had “banned” BST.
However, while a ban was recommended
by a political advisory group to the EC board,
von Heydebrand said he suspects the EC and
Germany will adopt a moratorium on the pro
duct, but a longer moratorium than the 90-day
moratorium sought to go into effect here,
pending approval of its use by the federal
Food and Drug Administration.
While von Heydebrand said that the safety
of the milk derived from cows treated with
BST was not a problem, the driving reason for
the EC and Germanic call for a moratorium is
based solidly in industry fear that consumer
confidence in dairy products may slip.
“From Germany’s point-of-view, we
appreciate the moratorium,” von Heydebrand
said.
‘The technological progress in the agricul
tural area is quite high,” he said. “But the will
ingness and the ability of the consumer to
accept (the technological advances) is not,”
he said, “because (with agriculture) you eat
the product”
He said that it is generally perceived that
the consumer, while quick to take advantage
of technological advances in the automotive
industry and with such new devices such as
computers, microwave ovens, video cameras,
etc., and various electronic and medical
advances, are less inclined to eat a new pro
duct because it is actually going into their
bodies.
He said that consumers eventu
ally will accept technological
advances in agriculture, “but it
takes longer.”
On other matters, he said that
while the EC has a lot of work to do
in order to achieve its goals, he
said he strongly believes that the
problems are not insurmountable.
“So far it’s very positive,” he said,
adding that he has confidence in
the stability of the EC.
Von Heydebrand also praised
the work of Penn State University
and its extension force for estab
lishing relationships with govern
ments in the now emerging coun
tries which had comprised the for
mer Soviet Union, such as Poland
and several other nations from
Europe to Egypt.
According to him, the role of
educator and helper, not director,
is the perfect role for the United
Slates. “The relationship the uni
versity has with Poland (helping to
establish a Penn Slate University
style extension system) is doing
just the right thing.”
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From the left, Herb Amuar shakes hands with Hans Christoph von Heydebrand, first
secretary of agriculture (agricultural attache) at the German Embassy In Washington
D.C., as Heydebrand returns the reigns of Amuar’s team of Hafflinger draft horses.
Amuar was part of an Ag Progress Day demonstration when the unexpected visit from
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