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monitor the accuracy of reported
levels on pumps at automotive
refueling stations. “If it would be
sble to get through the Senate,” he
added.
“This budget does provide some
additional funding for thye Animal
Health Commission and some
additional funding for New
Bolton.”
On related issues, Lloyd said
that the legislature is in the process
of considering a capital budget
bill, which would include some
additional animal health money for
Penn State.
Tm also anxious to implement
refinements within the farmland
preservation law, but it doesn’t
require any additional state
money.” he said.
“If we can get agreement, we
would like to pass a package of
farmland preservation bills and
also a package of food bills. I had
passed a recodification of the Foo r '
Laws regarding labeling and adult
eration. Sen. Madigan had passed a
certification on organic products
bill and we are attempting to come
to a meeting of the minds so they
could pass in tandem.
“For the balance of the year, one
of my priorities is to attempt to
pass the farm safety legislation
which the committee approved
several weeks ago (Sponsored by
Indiana County Rep. Sara Steel
man D-Indiana.).
“It attempts to address the fact
that agriculture is the most danger
ous occupation that there is,” he
said.
According to Lloyd, the goal of
the legislation is to create a gov
ernment program of voluntary
compliance in which a safety
inspection of a farm would be con
ducted by the state and the results
reported to an insurance company
so that the farmers who rate a
“safe” farm operation get a yet-to
be worked out, mandatory deduc
tion on their insurance premium.
Lloyd he envisioned the prog
ram being somewhat similar to the
existing program which allows
premium reductions for those
automobile drivers who have
attended an approved driver’s
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Furthermore, on the farm safety
issue and insurance benefits, Uoy
d said he wanted to work on getting
an extension of current premium
reduction benefits to farmers, who
are now not getting them because
they may not have enough employ
ees to form a safety committee,
which entitles employers to a one
time 5-percent reduction in work
ers compensation.
Lloyd said the plan is to utilize
an existing representative farmer
organization, such as the Pennsyl
vania Farm Bureau, to act as the
organizer for such safety commit
tees, set up perhaps within coun
ties, to facilitate the program.
In the meantime, since the
House adjourned early 1(7 summer
recess, work on creating local tax
reform legislation has been
delayed.
The goal of local tax reform is to
allow local taxing authorities the
ability to tax incomes to help
finance public services, instead of
Argentina Buys
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REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio
On April 16 of this year, 110
Jersey heifers boarded a DCS
stretch airplane in Miami and
headed to Argentina, bound for a
quarantine station on the final leg
of a journey which began in
February.
The animals were sold to
A,A.A.C.I.yF„ a company owned
by Maria De Perez Company,
president of the Jersey Associa
tion in Argentina. This was the
first export of commercial dairy
animals to Argentina in many
years, and the USDA officials
working with Jersey Marketing
Service (JMS) noted they could
not remember a shipment of this
size.
The animals were selected from
Jersey herds in New England and
South Carolina. After selection
and an array of health tests, the
animals woe moved from their
isolation facilities to Miami. From
there they were flown to
Argentina.
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'Forcing local taxing authorities
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has created a situation where farm
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beyond what a neighbor making up
to 10 times as much personal
income is required t 6 pay.
*Tm waiting to see what hap
pens in the Senate. My guess is the
House would not go along with the
bill as it comes from the Senate. It
would require further changes. But
I think die two sides are close
enough that an agreement could be
reached sometime this year,”
Lloyd said.
Sen. Wenger said Monday that
the Senate calendar (agenda)
would close out the summer with
nonpreferred issues and that the
local tax reform is the “remaining
large issue” statewide.
“I think we should have some
de-emphasizing of the real estate
tax, but the consensus is still lack
ing as how to put it together.”
Jerseys
With Jersey breeders around the
world looking to the United States
and Canada for breeding stock,
JMS is working to provide foreign
buyers with the animal they are
looking for. JMS works with sell
ers from coast to coast to provide a
reliable and professional service
to buyers of U.S. Jersey genetics.
They have experience in market
ing cattle and embryos to various
countries, and make sure the prop
er paperwork and testing is done
for each country.
So far during 1994, JMS has
marketed Jersey genetics to
Argentina. Guatemala, Mexico.
Australia, New Zealand, and Den
mark. If you have animals or
embryos for sale, contact JMS to
help you with the best market for
your Jersey genetics.
For more information, contact..
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OH 43068-2362, call
614/861-3636 or FAX
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In yogurt, the lactose is con
verted to easily digested lactic
acid.
Most cheeses have no lactose
contents, because it’s lost into the
whey during cheese making. In
fact, with its lactose sweetener and
protein fortifier, commercial dry
whey is widely used in bakery
products.
Soy products contain no lac
tose, but they are also deficient in
the valuable minerals and vita
mins that distinguish real milk,
primarily the calcium content
Most of the soybean’s mineral
and vitamin content is lost during
processing into imitation dairy
products, though supplements are
often added.
In terms of agronomic efficien
cy, it is possible to produce more
than 400 pounds of soy protein per
acre compared to maybe one one
third that in milk protein. But
dairy animals can graze where
soybeans (or anything else) will
not grow, providing excellent
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food and a regular income not just
once a year, but at least twice a
month.
And don’t underestimate the
sociological value of milk produc-
tion to the economic health of an
entire country.
When I was in India not long
ago, at a village milk collecting
station, I noted the gleam in a far
mer’s eye when he was paid a few
pennies, every morning and even
ing for the little can of milk that he
delivered from his one cow.
In India they refer to the deve
lopment of a productive village
dairy industry as the “white”
revolution.
In the United States, we have a
much more productive and effi
cient dairy industry, but we take
for granted milk’s nutritional and
sociological value. We aren’t
effective at promoting our great
dairy products.
The replacement of non-dairy
creamers by a conveniently pack
aged real milk product for coffee
could be a boost to the U.S. dairy
industry.