Brent Landis
Agriculture Services Coordinator
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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air. Gore believes this will help
stabilize farm income. He will
provide incentives for voluntary
environmental practices such as
conservation incentive payments.
Gore supports developing etha
nol and other new agriculture
based products to increase the
nation’s farm income. He would
also like to expand trade in agri
culture while reducing tariffs. He
supports China’s entry in the
World Trade Organization.
Remember to vote. Election
day is approaching quickly. If
you need to register, please visit
your county courthouse or local
post office before Oct. 10. 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://
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