WASHINGTON. D.C. The
National Council of Farmer
Cooperatives joined a coalition of
19 food and agricultural groups
last week in calling for strong U.S.
action to maintain the ability of
U.S. agriculture to remain viable
and competitive; meet domestic
and overseas food needs; and real
ize the full potential of the recen
tly completed Uruguay Round
GATT agreement.
In a meeting with Secretary of
Agriculture Mike Espy, NCFC
President Wayne Boutwell and the
other coalition leaders called for
the Administration to maintain
funding and support for a variety
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study by the Susquehanna River
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sibility for creating innovative sys
tems for agricultural nutrient and
chemical control.
The fact that this is suggests a
variety of means to protect deep
groundwater seems significant,
given that the Slate Conservation
Commission is currently creating
regulations for the administration
of the state’s Nutrient Manage
ment Act.
Those regulations are to be
finalized by July 1995.
The IS-member Nutrient Man
agement Advisory Board that
serves to review and comment on
proposed regulations has been
snuggling with a dispute over the
degree to which regulation should
detail techniques for managing
nutrients on farms.
Basically, the dispute rests on
whether to create regulations that
would contain specific detail on
what is allowed, or to create reg
ulations that would permit a wide
scope of practices, including those
yet-unrecognized.
From the regulatory perspec
tive, without a degree of specifici
ty there can be no assurances of
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of export and food assistance
programs.
“Under the current budget prop
osal, many of these programs
would be substantially reduced,
and in some cases eliminated,”
Boutwell said. “If Congress
approves these reductions, they
would go into effect before the
GATT implementing date without
similar requirements from other
countries, putting U.S. agriculture
at a tremendous disadvantage.”
In order to keep agriculture
competitive, the coalition urged
the establishment of an “Agricul
tural Investment and Market
Expansion” (AIME) program.
Utilizing existing funds, AIME
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groundwater and surface water
protection.
The rationale is that, if the reg
ulations ate too loose, so will be
the management of nutrients.
From the perspective of those
who seek to keep regulations open
ended, there can be no successful
progress made in developing prac
tical, effective controls of nutri
ents, unless sound ideas of nutrient
control are allowed to be put into
practice.
This is especially since the field
of nutrient control is young, the
range of approved practices nar
row, and funds for research to
develop approved practices are not
dependable.
Further, those who seek open
language contend that allowing
only nutrient management prac
tices as spelled out in law would
delay the use of new or improved
systems, and at the same time force
producers to bear the cost of unde
sired and potenitally inferior
systems.
While the debate is more com-
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would; (I) consolidate existing
export programs which maintain
ing their current level of funding
and authority; (2) require the full
use of such funds and authorities
as allowed under GATT; and (3)
make available any funds riot used
for such purposes to be reinvested,
as allowed under GATT, to meet
these objectives.
The coalition also pointed out
that, while the GATT agreement
requires a reduction in such trade
distorting measures, it does not
eliminate them. In fact, the agree
ment allows countries, including
the European Union (EU), to
increase their use of export subsi-
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plicated, the application of the
SRBC study to the ongoing work
of the Nutrient Management
Advisory Board is tied into ongo
ing board discussions.
As far as the work done at the
Paul Clugston farm in Halifax, the
conclusions of the SRBC are sig
nificant in its implications of how
little is really known about agricul
tural nutrient control techniques
and how fast the technology can
change.
The SRBC conclusions conflict
with some of theories held by those
attempting to make regulations.
The SRBC conclusions were:
•Shallow ground water in agri
cultural areas contains high
nitrates.
•Nitrate concentration is only
partly related to current farming
practices.
•Field drains can be designed to
collect shallow ground water;
thereby minimizing down
gradient contamination.
•Nitrate can be removed from
the field drain discharge using a
constructed wetland.
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dies for selected commodities in
the near term. It also allows coun
tries to maintain and increase their
support for various “green box”
programs, which are non-trade
distorting. Such programs include
market development, market
promotion, and food assistance.
“Agriculture is aware that its
growth potential lies in the global
marketplace,” Boutwell said. “As
trade barriers are reduced, the U.S.
food and agricultural system will
reach its full potential. However,
U.S. trade policies have to keep up
with the changes taking place.”
“As a result, U.S. agriculture
must have government support
within the limits of GATT if it is
to compete effectively,” Boutwell
concluded. “AIME will provide
the programs and funds to do
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Members of the coalition
include: American Farm Bureau
Federation, American Meat Insti
tute, American Sheep Industry
Association, American Soybean
Association, Coalition for Food
Aid, National Association of
Wheat Growers. National Barley
Growers Association, National
Broiler Council. National Cattle
men’s Association, National Com
Growers Association, National
Cotton Council, National Council
of Farmer Cooperatives, National
Grange, National Milk Producers
Federation, National Pork Produc
ers Council, National Potato
Council, National Sunflower
Association, National Turkey
Federation, and Rice Millers
Association.
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