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Moving away from Depres sion-era farm subsidies and quota systems, we are beginning to treat peanuts as we do other commodities under Farm Bill programming. 1 am pleased that we have made pro gress in our endeavor to stop the public crutching of commodity prices and artificial control over peanut supply. However, we have much more to accomplish if we are serious about ending the govern ment’s practice of micromanaging agricultural production across the U.S. Our continued subsidization of row crops in the nation’s southern and midwestem states will have profound effects on the rest of America in the billions of dollars taxpayers will spend. Agriculture is Pennsylvania’s largest industry, providing for some 60,000 farming families within the state. Dairy is our number one agri cultural sector. Our dairy farms house an average herd size of 140 cows and by any calculation, this il lustrates the predominance of small to mid-size farms in our common wealth. Our farmers do not run ex tensive agricultural operations, and while crops such as com and soy beans are also staples in Pennsylva nia, many of our crops do not qual ify for or participate in government programs such as those covered by the Farm Bill. Our farmers will not be among the 10 percent of Ameri can farm owners who stand to re ceive 2/3 of the federal commodity funding that the Senate has just ap proved. Pennsylvania’s farmers, on the contrary, embody what we mean by life in the farm country of rural America. These are the family farms that will be buried by our sub sidized overproduction. Federal Delmarva’s Chicken Industry Works To Prevent Avian Influenza GEORGETOWN, Del. Del marva’s chicken industry continues its intensified biosecurity program to prevent the introduction of avian influenza into the peninsula’s more than 5,600 chicken houses. Avian influenza, a major threat to chickens but not humans, has been causing devastating losses to the poultry industry in the Shenan doah Valley of Virginia. In recent weeks more than 145 turkey and chicken farms have been quarantined in Virginia’s Shenan doah Valley with the loss of more than three million birds. The virus has not been detected on Delmarva. Delmarva’s poultry industry has been on high alert for nearly two months and has taken many steps to limit traffic between the Shenan doah Valley and Delmarva, to in crease bird health monitoring on Delmarva, and to impose tighter biosecurity standards. Thanks to the donation of 800 pounds of Virkon® S disinfectant by DuPont Chemical Solutions Enter prise and Antec International, Del- A2l -Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 18, 2002 commodity programs are not just disproportionately concentrated on big farming outfits, they are ulti mately damaging to market prices. In the end, an already exorbitant bill for our taxpayers will become even more expensive, as prices con tinue to drop and drive more small farms out of business. Congress will destroy the liveli hood of these farming families and forever change the traditional cul ture of rural American life, and the taxpayers will be charged for all of it. It is ironic that the final vote on this bill comes at a time when we are debating the President’s author ity to negotiate fast-track trade agreements in the interest of open ing the world market. The Farm Bill’s subsidy provisions undermine America’s purported commitment to free trade by implementing the same kinds of agriculture programs we often criticize European coun tries for. We are setting a terrible example for our trading partners and mak ing an expensive mistake. The Sen ate has shown no sympathy for the small farmer, no leadership in open ing free, fair markets, and complete disregard for American taxpayers. I will not, in good conscience, support legislation that is so clearly wrong for our nation and damaging to Pennsylvania. How To Reach Us To address a letter to the edit or: • By fax: (717) 733-6058. • By regular mail: Editor, Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609, 1 E. Main St., Ephrata, PA 17522. • By e-mail: farming@lanc news.infi.net. Please note: Include your full name, return address, and phone number on the letter. Lancaster Farming reserves the right to edit the letter to fit and is not responsible for re turning unsolicited mail. marva’s poultry industry has anoth er tool to help prevent the introduction of the virus onto Del marva. This donation will provide more than 25.000 gallons of disin fectant that can be used in chicken houses and on vehicles, equipment, and shoes. “Preventing the virus from reach ing Delmarva’s chickens is the most effective biosecurity measure we can take,” said Bill Satterfield, execu tive director of Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), the trade asso ciation for the local chicken indus try. “DuPont’s donation of the highly effective Virkon® S disinfec tant provides us another tool to keep Delmarva’s chickens disease free. We are grateful to DuPont for its interest and support.” DPI is encouraging everyone to do their part to help protect Del marva’s chickens. Tens of thou sands of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity are at risk from avian influenza. *, Sen. Rick Santonun
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