Brent Landis Agriculture Services Coordinator fySd]The Lancaster LMI Chamber 1 I —LJ <>f C mtmu in <f- huluMr\ Phono: (717) 397-3531 oxt. 62 E-mall:blandis@lccl.com BUSH VS. GORE: AGRICULTURAL AGEN DAS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION On Tuesday, Nov. 7, you will have an opportunity to vote for our country’s next president. The two major party candi dates, Gov. George W. Bush (R) and Vice President A 1 Gore (D), both have interesting plans for U.S.’s agriculture industry. Overview: In order to gain the perspective of a broadcast jour nalist who has interviewed Bush and Gore on agricultural issues, I spoke to Ken Root. Root is the host of “Agri-Talk” (www.agri talk.com), a syndicated daily radio talk that explores current agricultural issues. When asked what the number one agricultural issue concerning farmers in this election, Root said farmers would generally Abbottstown MESSICK’S RO #1 Box 2SSA 717-259-6617 Allentown LEHIGH AG EG. INC 6570 Ruppsvlll* Rd 610-398-2553 1-800-779-3616 Carlisle TRI-BORO „ . .... construction Hummels Wh SUPPLIES, INC. HUMMEL’S TEXACO 1490 RITNER HWY ”' l ’*,'s 1 -800-248-6590 570-743-7459 TRI-BORO CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES, INC. 43S Locust St. 717-246-3095 1-800-632-9018 East Earl GOODS LAWN & GARDEN CENTER Route 23 717-445-4490 izabethtown MESSICK’S Rheems Ex»t-Rt 283 717-367-1319.717-653-8867 ’JwsrvvrriwrrTfwrT ■ favor the candidate who, as pres ident, would do the least in terms of enacting environmental regu lations negatively affecting agri culture. Root acknowledges both candidates are concerned with the loss of family farms and have similar plans to take away bar riers to exports and build trade relations, but reminds farmers to keep focused on the candidate’s environmental plans. • Gov. George W. Bush’s Agenda: Bush supports a mar ket-oriented farm policy, which would respond to market de mands rather than government programs. But in order for the agriculture industry to adapt to the challenges of the global mar ketplace, Bush believes the gov ernment should provide a strong safety net to help manage eco nomic downturns. This would in clude crop insurance reform and tax-deferred Farm and Ranch Ephrata WES STAUFFER ENGINES & EQUIPMENT 23 Pleasant Valley Rd 717-738-4215 Gag GAP POWER EQUIPMENT Corner ol Rt 30 I Rt 897 717-442-8970 Lititz/Lebanon BOMBERGER’S LAWN & GARDEN Lititz: 717-626-3301 Lebanon: 717-272-4155 listerville HOOBER, INC. 717-463-2191 800-433-6679 Oxford DEER CREEK EQUIPMENT, INC 6600 Limestone Rd 610-932-8858 ItW«’Vle%lefar J'tHeJa’* m. ~ Vif 88||mj Palmyra HERR’S REPAIR SHOP RO 2. Box 11SA 717-838-1549 Palmyra WEAVER’S LAWN & GARDEN 740 W Main St 717-838-5999 Peach Bottom A.K. SAW SHOP 214 Peach Bottom Road Pequea DREXEL AUTO SUPPLY 333 Stelnman Farm Road 717-284-2916 Reamstown EAGLE RENTAL CENTER Rt 272, Reamstown Traffic Light 717-336-3945 Ronks A&B SALES & SERVICE 370 Newport Road 2 Mites South of Rt 23 Along 772 Thru Monterey Schaefferstown MARTINS EQUIPMENT CO. mm® Rt 501 1 1/2 Miles South of M-J M W Schaefferstown. PA m m m 717-949-6817 M MM #!■ Management accounts, which would allow farmers to reserve a substantial percentage of their net farm income in a tax de ferred account that could be used during downturns. As part of his overall plan to reduce taxes, Bush supports the elimination of the estate tax, which currently makes it more difficult to pass family farms from one generation to the next. Bush would also like to speed up the development of technologi cally advanced farm products, such as ethanol, to help strength en the agriculture community with new exportable goods. Bush believes one avenue in achieving this would be through a perma nent extension of the research and development tax credit. Private property rights are an other key issue for Bush, who supports requiring the federal government to evaluate the im pact of regulatory initiatives on property • rights. He recognizes that burdensome regulations and property laws have a real cost impact to the farm economy. Bush is committed to free trade and the elimination of agricultur al export subsidies and tariffs. The restoration of Presidential trade negotiating authority is a key goal he hopes to achieve as President. Bush supports China’s entry into the World Trade Or ganization and will work to allow U.S. products into overseas mar kets. • Vice President A 1 Gore’s Shippensburg LEINBACH FARM EQUIP. 1120 Ritner Hwy 717-532-5511 Tamaqua CHARLES S. SNYDER, INC RO 3 570-386-5945 irstown. Ml EBY’S LAWN & GARDEN 16409 Falrvlew Road 301-733-4158 ievsville MD SUBURBAN SALES 10757 York Rd 410-785-2277 Whil MD DEER CREEK EQUIPMENT, INC. 720 Wheeler School Rd 301-879-5090 www.rtihlusa.com Agenda: Gore supports changing the Freedom to Farm Act, which he believes will help increase farm income and reduce emer gency aid. He would enact coun ter-cyclical income assistance that attempts to stabilize farm income on a year-to-year basis along with federal insurance pol icies. To provide a safety net when crop prices and yields fall, Gore would work to increase payments to farmers based on commodity specific five-year av erages. Reform for crop insur ance is another key goal for Gore. He would work to strengthen the effectiveness and affordability by increasing feder al support for insurance. Gore supports the reduced concentration of agribusiness. He believes America stands to lose many family farms as the ag-in dustry is even more dominated by large, corporate enterprises. Gore supports efforts for a great er transparency to the market place in order to stop price dis crimination. Gore said he would enforce antitrust laws to fight anticompetitive practices. He will expand the Packers and Stock yard Act to include poultry and feedlots. Gore supports farmer owned cooperatives and will help establish new co-ops focused on value-added processing. Gore also advocates environ mentally sound land manage ment of farms as another key goal to achieve clean waterways, pure drinking water, and healthy THE NEW HEAVY-DUTY SUB COMPACT TRACTORS BUILT Introducing BX-Senes from Kubota The first tractors m then class to combine the performance and versatility ot a compact utility tractor with the agility and teel of a garden tiactor with Kubota’s legendary durability and reliability Both the BXIBOO and the 8X2200 feature Kubota's powerful 3 cylinder liquid-cooled diesel engine and heavy-duty frame for years of productive use And performance 7 The BX-Senes is packed full of features you'd expect to find on larger, commercial-quality compact tractors. From light yard work to heav icr loader work, the BX-Series is the sub compact tractor for you FEATURES * 4 WD * Power Steering * Hyst. Drive - 2 Speed * Loader - Mower Compatability * Diff. Lock Kubota. 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On the Internet, visit election.com or ex plore the presidential candidates at HYPERLINK http:// www.georgewbush.com www.georgewbush.com and HY PERLINK http:// www.gore2ooo.org www.gore2ooo.org. The Lancaster Chamber’s 24th Annual Agriculture-Industry Banquet will be Nov. 21 at the Lancaster Host Resort. The re ception will begin at 5 p.m. and dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. For more information or to register for banquet tickets, visit HY PERLINK http:// www.lancaster-chamber.com www.lancaster-chamber.com Please send any questions or comments to Brent Landis at The Lancaster Chamber at HY PERLINK mailto:blandis@lc ci.com blandis@lcci.com or call (717) 397-3531, ext. 34. * Std. Cat. "I" 3 pt. Hitch * Std. 540 PTO * 18 or 22 HP 3 cyl. 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