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Avoiding government subsidies
under the purchase program may
require that CCC operations either
be eliminated or be transferred to
the USDB.
The question is whether such a
transfer of authority is politically
feasible. However, recent trends in
U.S. dairy policy placing greater
emphasis in covering program
Css) TO HOLD MEETING ON PESTICIDES PROTECTION
Jr Growers, Workers & Other Pesticides Users Urged To Attend
The U.S. Environmental Protection Ayency (ERA) is encouraging the public's
participation in a public meeting on federal regulations which call for the protection of
employees who use pesticides at work. Work Protection Standard (WPS) regulations
are in place to protect employees on farms, forests, nurseries and greenhouses from
the chance of pesticide poisonings and injuries on the job. EPA has set up the
meeting to hear from those people directly impacted by WPS regulations. Employers,
workers and other interested persons are urged to attend.
Worker Protection Standard
Public Meeting
June 26, 1996 - 7 p.m.
Blglerville High School |
North Main Street
Biglerville, PA
From 5-7 p.m. people can register and speak one-on-one with ERA and State
officials before the open public meeting.
ERA will be asking for public comment and concerns on the following topics
* Understanding Worker Protection Standard requirements
* Suggestions to improve implementation
* Success/Difficulties in implementing the requirements
* Available assistance on the WPS
ERA will use input from the public meeting to develop strategies for improving the
administration of the WPS
FOR MORE INFORMATION fcj
CONTACT: MAGDA RODRIGUEZ-HUNT I
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION 3 I
(215)566-2128 B
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It Could Be We Have It ups Station
Of Marketing Boards
costs by assessments is consistent i°g orders are GATT legal,
with the spirit of UR A policies un- Orders could provide the means
der GATT. for accomplishing uniform distri-
Federal milk marketing order button of the costs of exporting at
programs could be expected to en- competitive prices. This could be
counter fewer problems under accomplished through the estab-
GATT within a USDB structure, hshment of a separate price class
As a program that facilitates classi- f° r products exported,
fled pricing and distributes the pro- A possible necessary modiflca
ceeds to producers uniformly in hon could involve producers pay
the form of a blend price, market- mg for the full cost of Dairy Divi-
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Phone And
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sion/AMS/USDA operations. Al
ternatively, the order administra
tion function could be transferred
to the USDB.
Concluding Remarks
This issue paper has attempted
to clarify the options for the opera
tion of a New Zealand-type dairy
board in the United States.
Whether such a producer-con
trolled export agency would be
politically acceptable in the United
States is, itself, an interesting ques
tion. Would representation of pro
prietary processors or consumers
make a USDB any more accept
able?
As the Uruguay Round of
GATT is implemented, pressures
on the U.S. dairy industry to chart a
course allowing the industry to be
export competitive will intensify.
If the Uruguay Round GATT
agreement ;s fully implemented,
the next GATT Round, which be
gins around the turn of the century,
can be expected to make even
greater strides in the direction of
trade liberalization perhaps
Pennsriale Farm To Host Meeting
PENNSDALE (Lycoming Co.) a , m . 0 n June 28 al the farm of Sam
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central Susquehanna River valley County
is sponsoring a field meeting at 10
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severely undermining Section 22
import restraints into the U.S.
The USDB concept is one of
several means by which the U.S.
dairy industry could become more
effectively involved in export mar
keting.
Other means such as coopera
tive marketing agencies in com
mon have been suggested.
It is lime for the dairy industry to
think through its policy adjustment
strategy. Where does the industry
want to be 10 years from now and
how does it get there?
References
William D. Dobson, “The Com
petitive Strategy of the New Zea
land Dairy Board,” Agribusiness,
6, 541 (1990).
New Zealand Dairy Board, Cor
porate Profile, Wellington, New
Zealand, 1991.
The author is a professor in the
Department of Agricultural Eco
nomics and is also the Director of
the Agricultural and Food Policy
Center at Texas A&M University
The focus of the
meeting will be on mak
ing quality round bale
haylage. There will also
be part of the meeting
devoted to creating and
using spring
developments.
The Fry farm is
located just across the
1-80 beltway from the
Lycoming Mall.
For more information
on this and other forage
and grazing meetings,
contact Dave Hartman
at the Columbia County
Extension office at
(717) 784-6660, Tom
Murphy at the Lycom
ing County Extension
office at (717)
327-2350, of Phil Durst
at the Montour County
Extension olficc at
(717)275-3731 or (800)
326-7410
WaMie
Countv
Presen es
10 Farms
HONESDALE
(Wayne Co.) Ten
farm owners have sold
conservation easements
to Wayne County and
the State of Pennsylva
nia. These farms,
involving 1770 acres,
can only be used for
agricultural purposes.
Eligible farms arc
scored and reviewed by
the Wayne County,
Agricultural Land Pre
servation Board. The
highest scoring farm is
then recommended to
the Pennsylvania Land
Preservation Board for
purchase of an ease
ment. Statewide, there
are 595 farms consisting
of 74,188 acres in the
program.
Wayne County Con
servation Easement
applications for this
year are due in the Way
ne County Extension
Service Office by July
1,1996. For more infor
mation, contact Ed
Pruss at (717) 253-5970