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also help on the farm.
Wayne first joined the Farm
ers Union in 1973 and serves as
president of the Jefferson/
Clearfield/Clarion chapter.
Swenson was a key player in
shaping the Senate version of
the Farm Bill, according to
Larry Breech, president of the
Pennsylvania Farmers Union.
Among Senate bill provisions is
a conservation program aimed
at rewarding farmers for sound
practices.
“The conservation title (in the
Senate Farm Bill) is a com
pletely different paradigm,”
Breech said.
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niversary convention in early
March adopted farm policy ini
tiatives that will guide the or
ganization over the next year.
They asked for swift completion
of the Farm Bill to assist farmers
in the 2002 crop year.
The NFU expressed clear sup
port for a Farm Bill that:
• Raises loan rates to the
level provided for in the Senate
bill.
• Updates acreage bases and
commodity yields.
• Includes a prohibition on
packer ownership of livestock.
• Provides a nationwide dairy
safety net.
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Leland Swenson
Shearer Tops Grain Sorghum Yield Contest
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2001 National Grain Sorghum non-irrigated division. Pioneer®
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The award presentation was 121.02 bushels per acre,
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The 16th annual NGSP Yield Shearer, who farms with his
and Management Contest recog- wife, Doreen, and their children,
nized 120 state winners and 17 Bobby, 17; Michael, 14 and
national winners in six divisions: Ashley, 11. The Shearers also
non-irrigated and irrigated con- grow corn and wheat and raise
yentional tillage, no-till non- finishing pigs,
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reforms that target benefits to
family-sized operations.
Breech noted that the NFU
and the American Farm Bureau
Federation have joined together
in support of several policies in
cluding country of origin label
ing and a ban on meat packer
ownership of livestock opera
tions.
In addition to addressing the
need for a new Farm Bill, NFU
delegates recommitted that the
organization pursue trade initia
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of challenges that face American
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Delegates also adopted policy
initiatives calling for emergency
economic assistance, renewable
energy development, analysis of
water use issues in western
states, and consolidation and
mergers in Internet and media
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The April 9 banquet will take
place at the Roseville Grange,
Rt. 322 just west of Brookville.
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selection and irrigation play a
large role in determining grain
sorghum yield, says Linda Wyss,
sorghum product manager at Pi
oneer Hi-Bred International,
Inc.
“Pioneer is proud to recognize
the Robert Shearer as a yield
contest winner,” says Wyss.
“We’re also proud that our
products won 60 percent of the
awards in the 2001 NGSP yield
contest, which is another reason
why Pioneer is the leading brand
of sorghum in the United
States.”