USDA Approves Additional EEP Allocation DES MOINES, lowa U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy announced an additional 20,000 metric ton allocation under the Export Enhancement Program (EEP) of U.S. pork for various republics of the former Soviet Union. The National Pork Producers Council (NPCC) has been working closely in recent weeks with pork industry supporters in the Con gress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to secure this addition al EEP allocation. "We are extremely pleased that Secretary Espy has announced the approval of the additional 20,000 metric ton allocation under the Export Enhancement Program,” said NPPC President Glen Keppy, a pork producer from Davenport, lowa. “Given the low market hog prices which producers arc cur rently experiencing, this EEP allo cation is especially critical to our industry.” The EEP is expected to result in an increase in value of approxi mately $ 1.38 per head in the fourth quarter of 1994. The 20.000 metric IT ALSO GUTS MANHOURS. 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USDA economic research indi cates that as much as 25 percent of the recent decline in farm numbers is primarily due to reduced farm entry. Just as adverse economic conditions in farming caused peo ple to leave the sector, they also discouraged new people from entering farming. Bowlan said the future of Penn sylvania agriculture depends on young people being able to enter farming. Because it is a capital intensive business, many young people do not have the economic resources needed to start up a farm. At the same time, many older farmers are finding it difficult to m FISHER’S PAINTING & > FISHER’S PAINT OUTLET STORE k QUAL,TY PAINTS @ REASONABLE PRICES vWpJJJt ■ ALL TYPES OF INTERIOR & EXTERIOR up J PAINTING ' ■ SANDBLASTING ■ ROOF COATING ■ RESTORATION & WATERPROOFING ON STONE & BRICK BUILDINGS HOUSES - BARNS - FENCES - FACTORIES - ETC. Specialists In Sand Blastlng/Spray Painting Farm Buildings, Feed Mills, Roofs, Tanks, Etc. 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Hoping to help beginning farmers realize their dream of obtaining their own farm, Bowlan said the program “needs farmers nearing retirement and landholders who would like to leave a living legacy—a working farm family— on their land.” The regional beginning farmer workshop will address farm trans fer issues, estate planning, busi ness planning, farm loan resour ces, marketing ideas, start-up strategies, and goal setting. Partici pating agencies and individuals include Pennsylvania Farm Link, Armstrong County Cooperative Extension, Pennwest Farm Credit, Armstrong County Farmers Home Administration, and a panel of loc al farmers. Individuals from the western region of Pennsylvania who would like to enter farming or farmers considering retirement are invited to attend this workshop, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch will be on your own. The Armstrong County Extension Office is located on Route 85, two miles east of Kittan ing. 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