UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Amy Amon, Stoneboro;
Marsha Chess, Fredonia; Colleen
Jones, Transfer; Jackie Reis,
Greenville recently participated in
the sixth annual Penn State 4-H
Ambassador Conference held at
the University Park Campus
where they attended workshops on
interviewing skills, public speak
ing and marketing.
These ambassadors will serve
Itate Cost-Share Applications
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Mary
land Department of Agriculture
(MDA) Secretary Lewis R. Riley
announced that the Maryland
Agricultural Cost-Share (MACS)
Program is accepting funding
applications for winter cover
crops to be planted this fall to tie
up residual nitrogen in the soil.
Cover crops are an agricultural
“best management practice” used
by farmers to protect water quality
in the Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries.
“This program is an excellent
tool for the farmer to preserve nit
rogen and phosphorus and reduce
nutrients from entering the Bay
waters,” said Riley.
Rye, rye/legume, barley and
wheat planted during the fall of
1994 are eligible to receive cost
share funding for $lO.OO per acre.
Following are some cost-share
guidelines for farmers to consider.
• MACS assistance is limited to
acreage where com or soybean is
the immediate preceding crop
• Cover crops must be planted
before certain deadlines
• Grant payments will be
awarded in the spring of 1995,
after the cover crop has been
destroyed
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Teens Attend 4
as spokespersons for the 120,000
4-H members of Pennsylvania.
In addition to the workshops,
the conference delegates visited
with a number of Penn State facul
ty and administrators during a re
ception sponsored with William
Asbury, vice president for studem
affairs.
State 4-H Ambassadors pro
mote the 4-H youth program anc
the land-grant university system
• Cover crops being produced
for commodity purposes are not
eligible for funding
• MACS assistance for cover
crop is limited to 1000 acres per
farm.
Farmers should submit a cost
share application to MDA through
their local soil conservation dis
trict between July 5 and August 5
for the 1994 growing season. Both
tenants and landowners may apply
for assistance.
The Maryland Agricultural
Cost-Share Program provides far
mers with up to 87.5 percent of the
cost to install selected best man
agement practices (BMPs) to pro
tect water quality and control
nutrient movement. Grassed
waterways, spring developments,
and animal waste storage struc
tures are among more than 25
BMPs eligible for MACS funding.
During its 11-year history, the
MACS program has helped Mary
land farmers install more than
8,000 BMPs throughout the state.
For more information on Mary
land’s Agricultural Cost-Share
Program, farmers should contact
their local soil conservation dis
trict or call MDA at (410)
841-5864.
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The 1994 Penn State 4-H Am
bassador Conference was spon
sored by the College of Agricul
tural the Office of the
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assisting county delegates attend
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HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
—The Pennsylvania State Grange
and the New York State Grange
have joined forces to oppose the
agricultural provisions on the
General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT).
The Granges belileve the agri
cultural provisions concerning the
dairy industry, if passed in their
present form, will have a devastat
ing effect on United States dairy
fanners. The Granges are asking
Congress to analyze the dairy
situation before implementing the
dairy provisions.
“At a time when the domestic
producer is struggling, it is appal
ling to hear that the GATT will re
ward foreign countries with signi
ficant additional quantities of
dairy products,” Gordon Hiller,
Pennsylvania State Grange presi
dent, said. “Conservative esti
mates show that dairy farmer in
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come would be a loss of 55 cents
per hundredweight.”
GATT requires the U.S. to al
low minimum dairy imports equal
to 3 percent of domestic consump
tion beginning the first year of the
agreement. The minimum access
expands to 5 percent of domestic
consumption by the sixth year of
the agreement.
“GATT would severely lower
the total income of the agricultural
industry in the United States,”
Bert Morse, New York State
Grange legislative director, said.
“For every one dollar received by
the dairy industry, it is turned
around five times with all that a
fanner has to buy. In its present
form, GATT will have a far-reach
ing impact on every sector of agri-
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culture. It will cost $5 billion on
the New York State economy
alone.”
Other reasons why the two
Granges oppose the dairy provi
sions are:
• The agreement allows the im
port of 68 million pounds of
cheese when there is already a sur
plus in the United States
• The failure to meet American
standards in health and safety re
gulations
• The agreement fails to provide
a “level-playing field” for the
United States because the Euro
pean ag industry is highly subsid
ized
• To fulfill lost income from tar
iffs, additional contributions will
be required from producers.
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