Glickman Announces
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S.
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glick
man announced details of a new
$3OO million program to encour
age expanded production of en
vironmentally-friendly fuels
made from corn, soybeans, and
other crops.
The program, which was ini
tially proposed in President Clin
ton’s 2001 budget as part of the
farm safety net, will help expand
markets for agricultural commo
dities and promote use of bio
fuels like ethanol and soy-based
biodiesel.
“This program will help us tap
into a huge domestic energy re-
Maryland Farm Bureau Nominates Hughes For National Award
RANDALLSTOWN, Md.
The Maryland Farm Bureau
board of directors recently nomi
nated H. John Hughes of Snow
Hill, Md. for the national Excel
lence In Crop Advising Award.
Each state Farm Bureau nomi
nates a certified crop adviser
(CCA) to the American Farm
Bureau Federation for considera
tion for the national award.
Hughes is an employee of
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serve our family farms,” said
Glickman. “Encouraging the use
of bioenergy benefits America’s
farmers while improving our en
ergy security and helping to pro
tect the environment.”
Biofuels offer renewable,
clean, domestic sources of fuel
that can create new markets for
America’s farmers. Ethanol,
practically non-existent 20 years
ago, now accounts for 1.2 percent
of the nation’s gasoline supply.
Already, 567 million bushels of
corn, over 5 percent of U.S. pro
duction, are grown annually for
use in biofuels. President Clinton
issued an executive order last
Keen Consulting, Inc. and per
forms scouting reports for cotton,
small grains, soybeans, corn,
peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, and
sweet com. He also develops nu
trient management plans as a
certified nutrient management
consultant in Maryland and Vir
ginia, and holds a commercial
pesticide license in Maryland,
Virginia, and Delaware.
Hughes will be honored at the
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summer that set a goal of tripling The new regulation, under gas, or used to produce
the U.S. use of renewable energy, velopment during this past year, liquid fuels. The land must be en-
Under the program, USDA was finali7<»rf under a USDA rolled in USDA’s Conservation
will make cash payments to bioe- rule-making process. A proposed Reserve Program and the vegeta
nergy companies that increase rule was issued this summer, fol- five cover, such as grass, must be
their purchases of corn, soybeans !owe d by a public comment peri- an approved cover for use in the
and other commodities to ex- sign-up for the program will conservation program. Pilot proj
pand production of ethanol, bio- in December. Further in- ™J| be for a minimum peri
diesel or other biofuels. The pro- fo^ation available on the od of 10 years and the total acre-
SSSJTS. Web at http://www.fea.usda.gov/
payments to small and new-to- , « . r -. _., 6 50,000 acres.
market processors, including co- daco/bioenergy/bioenergy.htm The maxjmU m acreage for all
operatives, to encourage the ex- Glickman also announced that p|j o t projects will not exceed
pansion of domestic bioenergy USDA is soliciting proposals for 250,000 acres. No more than one
production capacity. USDA will P** ot projects that use harvested project will be approved in any
provide up to $l5O million for vegetation to produce energy, state. Those interested in submit
the program this fiscal year and Biomass, plant materials con- ting proposals for biomass proj
another $l5O million in fiscal tabling cellulose and lignin, can ects should contact their State
2002. be burned, converted into com- Farm Service Agency.
Maryland Farm Bureau Annual
Convention in December. The
presentation will take place dur
ing the banquet Tuesday eve
ning, Dec. 5, at the Sheraton
Fontainebleau in Ocean City,
USD A Protects Six New Plant Varieties
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
USDA has issued certificates of
protection to developers of six
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4, 2000-A3l
Md.
The Excellence in Crop Advis
ing Award honors the CCA who
strives to provide the best service
in nutrient management, soil and
water conservation, integrated
new varieties of seed-reproduced
plants. They include lettuce, pea,
pepper, potato, and watermelon.
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Georgetown
Baxter Farms
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Dayton
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Bechtelsville
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Bethel
Zimmerman’s Farm Service
Carlisle
Carlisle Farm Service
Chambersburg
Chambersburg Farm Service
Glen Rock
Wertz Farm & Power Equip,
Greencastle
Meyers Implements
Honesdale
Marshall Machinery, Inc
Klingerstown
Stanley’s Farm Service
Lebanon
Umbergers of Fontana
Mercer
Ralph W. Kyle
Mifflinburg
B, S & B Repair
Oakland Mills
Peoples Sales & Service
Quakertown
C J Wonsidler
Quarryville
A L Herr
pest management, and crop pro
duction. The winner of the na
tional award will be honored at
the American Farm Bureau Fed
eration Annual Convention in
Orlando, Fla. in January.
The six certificates are being
issued under the Plant Variety
Protection Act. The certificates
require that the variet
ies be new, distinct,
uniform, and stable.
The owners will have
the exclusive right to
reproduce, sell, im
port, and export their
products in the United
States for the duration
of protection.
The six certificates
are the Snow Green
and Snow Wind vari
eties of pea, developed
by Novartis Seeds,
Inc., Boise, Idaho; the
504 Green and Green
Day varieties of let
tuce, developed by
Seminis Vegetable
Seeds, Inc., Oxnard,
Calif.; the Tift 8593
variety of millet, devel
oped by the U.S. De
partment of Agricul
ture, Agricultural
Research Service, Tif
ton, Ga.; and the MSL
501 C variety of rape
seed, developed by
Svalof Weibull AB and
Norddeutsche Pflan
zenzucht Hans-Georg
Lemke KG, Svalov,
Sweden.
USDA’s Agricultur
al Marketing Service
administers the Plant
Variety Protection
Act, which provides
time limited market
ing protection to de
velopers of new and
distinct seed-repro
duced and tuber-prop
agated plants ranging
from farm crops to
flowers. For additional
information about the
Plant Variety Protec
tion Act, contact the
Plant Variety Protec
tion Office at (301)
504-5518 (tel.), (301)
504-5291 (fax), or
www.ams.usda.gov/
science/pvp.htm (Web
site).
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