A2»Lan«it»f Farming, Saturday, Octahar 23, 1993
(Continued from Pago A 1)
to meet immediate financial com
mitments. but at the same time it is
expected to dramatically affect the
financial picture for sheep produc
ers nationwide who will deal with
the loss of an average of 20 percent
of sheep-related income with the
eventual elimination of the prog
ram,” according to the ASI
Leader.
What this means is that produc
ers should “make critical short
term management decisions to
meet immediate financial commit
ments,” said Gene Brune, ASI
president.
In a release last week. Pierce
ASCS Announces Crop Disaster Program
ASCS Office. OT “y administered by ASCS regard to race, color,
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USDA’s Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service to pay
100 percent of each elig
ible disaster claim filed
by producers who sus
tained quantity and/br
quality losses on their
1993 crops due to
weather related
disasters.
“Eligible producers
may apply for disaster
assistance through
March 4. 1994,” ASCS
official Jennifer K. Min
nich said. She said the
1993 crop loss benefits
will be paid to eligible
producers after the pro
ducer submits all
required information to
ASCS.
To be eligible for dis
aster benefits, producers
with crop insurance
must have had losses
greater than 35 percent.
Producers without crop
insurance must have had
losses greater than 40
percent.
“Farmers who lost
over 65 percent of their
1993 crops must purch
ase multiple peril crop
insurance on the same
crop for 1994,” Minnich
said.
The ASCS disaster
program provides cash
payments for produc
tion losses on participat
ing program crops of
wheat and feed grains;
nonparticipating prog
ram crops; soybeans;
and all commercial non
program crops.
More information on
1993 crop loss benefits
may be obtained from
the Lebanon County
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la Garza (D-Texas) to determine
the industry's future direction.
“I think producers must get
their heads together to make short
term decisions.” Pennsylvania
Sheep and Wool Growers Associa
tion President Joseph Vogel told
Lancaster Farming,
The long-term effects could be
drastic, and producers have to be
worried about another problem
lurking on the horizon: wool surp
lus. Right now, Australia has about
800,000 metric tons of wool in
storage, which it is set to market
worldwide in the course of five
years, with a large portion of it
coming to the U.S. That will drag
prices and demand of
domestic wool down, according to
Vogel.
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ers. Nearly 70,000 wool producers
receive program payments.
More than 350,000 Americans
are employed in related busines
ses, which could all be affected by
the elimination of the Act
The legislative committee of the
Pennsylvania Sheep and Wool
Growers association will meet
toward the end of November this
year to discuss the implications of
the elimination of the Wool Act
For more information, contact
Joseph Vogel at R.D. 1, Box 188,
Kempton, PA 19529, (215)
756-4212.