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Show April 1974 Utah Farm Bureau Newt Fog 6 Members earn seed corn discount Farm Bureau members can take advantage of a sizeable discount on their seed corn again this year. Mr. Jake Fuhriman, manager of the Utah Farm Bureau Service Company, pointed out that their discount of $2.50 per bag, on purchases of five bags or more, applies at any Intermountain Farmers Association store. I FA handles various varieties seed corn to fit of Northrup-Kin- g the growing season and climate in all parts of Utah. This is the third year in which this saving has been available to Farm Bureau members, Fuhriman pointed out. All that is required to claim the discount is that the member identify himself as belonging to FB when he buys his corn at IFA.. Each plant also has a list of members in their area. . Manure storage and handling needn't be a heavy expense, says Evan Dildine of the Denver EPA office during an interest- catching address at dairy Hollis Hatfield, AFBF speaker at Utah's recent dairy conferences, showed figures on the screen to demonstrate that U.S. consumption of dairy products is greater than production, calling for imports. Dairymen hear facts on pollution, marketing, disease problems Controlling mastitis in dairy herds by treatment is more sure than by culling or prevention. Bill Barnes, USU dairy specialist, explains to UFBF dairy conference groups. REAP funds released Farmers and ranchers who manure to construct plan storage facilities, reseed range-lanline irrigation ditches or carry out other conservation programs formerly aided by Rural Environmental Assistance Program (REAP) funds should take immediate action on applying for federal assistance. in REAP $140 million funds impounded by President Richard Nixon in 1973 have recently been released for 1974 Cordell to use, according Brown, executive director of the state ASCS office. Another $100 million of new RECP (Rural Environmental Conservation Program) money is also available, but the practices covered under this new program are limited, with forestry getting more of the funds than under the former REAP program. This is the last year in which REAP money will be available for such activities as manure storage construction. According to Brown, applications in the first few days of the . restored REAP program were heavy, explaining the need for haste by farmers and ranchers hoping to obtain help from the funds. They should file applications at their county ASCS office. d, More than one hundred Utah dairymen turned close attention to the problems of manure handling, disease control and marketing at two dairy conferences held by the Utah Farm Bureau in late March. Meeting in Ogden and Provo, the milk producers heard a representative of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warn them that compliance with the nation's laws controlling pollution is a fact of life for- - all dairy and livestock operations. The Clean Water Act sets the amount of polluting wastes that can enter a stream at zero. EPA didnt set that policy, it was stressed at the meetings, but it does have the assignment of administering it. Evan Dildine, chief of the Permit and Technical Support Branch of the Denver EPA regional office, spoke at both sessions on the new federal law and its impact on Utah dairymen. Concern by the farmers over costs of handling manure storage was evident in the questions asked of Dildine. He assured his listeners that there was ho effort to shut down - dairy operations and that the storage needs for most Utah dairy farms will not call for a lot of expense. Hollis Hatfield, assistant - director of commodity activities for the American Farm Bureau in Chicago, told the two groups of dairymen that For the first time in many years, milk producers havent had moun- tains of surplus hanging over them. He used projected charts to show why milk imports are not causing a drop in prices paid to dairymen because production in the United States hasnt kept pace with demand recently. Hopefully, imports will just fill the gap between domestic prohe said. duction and consumption, The cheese market is a bigger factor in milk prices than most people realize, the AFBF spokesman said. In 1973 U.S. consumers ate 76 million pounds more cheese than U.S. producers put on the market. Farm Bureaus position does not provide for unrestricted imports. The organization objects to subsidized imports and insists on quality control measures on all dairy imports. Utah dairymen have little to fear from foreign products if these two standards are met, Hatfield said. showing slides of mastitis control steps. Bill Barnes, Utah State Universitys Salt Lake-base-d dairy specialist, gave dairymen practical tips on various methods of treating lactating and dry cows. He stressed treatment because culling and prevention are hard to control, he pointed out. In a program section that was Loveless fairly pessemistic. Jack and Bob Turley of Intermountain Farmers Association reviewed the farm supply situation. Some of the shortages they reported on included steel products, baling wire, herbifertilizer cides, plastic products, and phosphorus for feeding. Topping off the program with a positive note, Utah Farm Bureaus executive vice president, Booth Wallentine, predicted good times ahead for dairymen if they will ride out the current problems with the same stamina that has made American agriculture great. In -- Insurance staves off economic loss By Bill Shelton Life Operations Manager Country Mutual Life Insurance touches the life of almost everyone in this country. Basically, we have insurance because of the problem of economic loss. The dictionary defines loss as unintentional parting with something of value. Therefore, economic loss is unintentional parting with something of monetary value. Some of the obvious forms are losses of property, such as home, automobile and personal belongings. Few people would question that death is a frequent cause of economic loss. Last illness and burial expenses are clear - cut financial obligations resulting from death at any age. Often far greater, but perhaps not so evident, is the loss of future earnings which often result from early death. The continued life of has economic importa wage-earnto the husance to many people band or wife and dependent children, to the employer, to creditors and often to others. Another area of economic loss may be loss of health from a disabling accident or sickness. The possibility that a person may outlive his financial resources is another major area of concern. For most people, the practical method of preventing economic loss is provided by insurance companies. Life insurance companies provide protection from economic loss resulting from early death, loss of health and old age. Americans obviously feel it is important to protect themselves from loss by means of life insurance, because in 1972, they bought nearly $212.3 billion of new insurance. This brought the total life insur ance in force in this country to er This nations economic structure has undergone many changes in recent years, and the insurance industry has tried to keep pace. Almost everyone in this country needs some form of life insurance, and insurance plans have been developed to provide protection for most of those various needs. It is also obvious that the economic needs of an individual change as he gets older and as the economic structure of the country changes. A policy bought in 1960 at age 20 may not provide the protection needed in 1974 at age 34. It is important for everyone to review his life insurance program from time to time. Those who havent had this review recently should contact their insurance agent soon. |