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Show Farmland assessment filing deadline October is the deadline by which Utah farmers and ranchers should file to place their land under October 1 the Farmland Assessment Act of 1969, if they plan to do so for next year. This reminder from Tom Bing-- , ham, director of public policy for the Utah Farm Bureau, can save many dollars for farmers in counties that have been reappraised recently. The county assessor will have both the market value of the farmland and its value under the Farmland Assessment Act (formerly referred to as the Greenbelt Act), whether the 1 county has been reappraised or not. Anv rancher or farmer who feels that the value may be lower under the Act should check both values with his county assessor and take the action either to Tile or not to that will be best for him, Bingham points out. After October 1, 1974, farmers will have another 60 days in which they can file upon payment of a $25 late filing fee. Certain limitations apply to such land; these can be checked with the county assessor. i mm UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SEP131974 SERIALS OROJi Ranchers claim losses to coyotes increasing Slaughter of Utah lambs and other livestock by coyotes is on the to interviews increase, according with ranchers in the Uintah Basin and elsewhere. Duchesne County ranchers estimated lamb losses to the predators as high as 12 to 15 percent during interviews conducted recently by John Keeler, director of commodity activities for Utah Farm Bureau. The increasing kill is accompanied by increasing boldness on the part of the coyotes, Utah food proIve seen coyotes ducers declare. watch me plow from about 40 feet away from the tractor, Brent Emery County rancher, says. One Duchesne County rancher with four or five coyotes surrounding his tractor, was afraid to dismount. And stories of coyotes coming into towns and near farm operators are common now, compared to their former shyness around people, Keeler stated after his- interviews in the Uintah Basin. Pointing out that Montana and several other states now have emergency permits for individual farmers and ranchers to use the 4 cyanide gun in coyote control where severe infestation occurs, the UFBF staff member said satisfactory results are being reported. Use of 1080 cyanide and other chemicals to control predators was restricted, beginning in 1967. A presidential order signed by Richard Nixon in February 1972 completely banned the use of toxicants. Since then, the lamb loss figure reported by the US Department of Agriculture has increased steadily. Sheepmen blame Bun-derso- n, .V. i - Vol. XX, FB No. 8 Salt Lake Gty, Utah sets multi-count- y September 1974 schedule for policy development training Meeting multi-count- dates and places for policy development meetings in late September have been set, according to Neil Sumsion, Utah Farm Bureaus field services director, and Tom Bingham, UFBF director of public policy. Ten meetings around the state will give Farm Bureau policy development workers ample chance to learn more about the machinery of establishing resolutions on key farm issues. Staff members of the Utah Farm Bureau will speak on various aspects of the grass-rooprocedures involved. Besides hearing the steps in build. ing policy, Farm Bureau volunteer leaders will receive summaries of the facts involved in many of the issues they identified earlier this year as being among the most important in their farming and ranching operations. The 1974 UFBF policy research committee, under the leadership of vice president Jay Child, has heard testimony of experts on key issues including water, land use, farm labor and many others. This, information, y ts summarized in a printed booklet, will be given to each leader attending the meeting scheduled for his area. County Farm Bureau presidents and all members of each county policy development committee are urged to attend, along with any other members who want to receive the information. Policy development work takes place year around in Utah, .according to Bingham, who. is in charge of the meetings. An important step is the surfacing of key issues durConference ing the annual Mid-Yein July, when county leaders meet in small groups to discuss what issues they would like researched by the state committee. Sumsion, as field director, is handling arrangements for the meetings. All UFBF staff members will participate in the 10 meetings scheduled from September 17 to 26, with two or three of the salaried leaders at each session. All meetings begin at 8:00 p.m. except for the San Juan county meeting Sept. 26; it starts at 8:30 p.m. ar M-4- Talent Find, display booth spotlight Farm Bureau at State Fair Farm Bureau activities are receiving plenty of attention at the Utah State Fair now in full swing, UFBF president Elmo Hamilton points out. Saturday, Sept. 7 was Farm Bureau Day, with the annual Talent Find contest a highlight of the Fairs entertainment schedule for that date. Sponsored by the Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee, the states largest talent contest got under way at 9:30 a.m. with junior division finals. Intermediate competition started at 11:30, and seniors competed at 1:30 p.m. Checking a lamb killed by a coyote are Fred Tew (left), Duchesne county Farm Bureau president, and Blaine Brotherson, a rancher at Talmage. the increasing coyote population for the financial disaster that has driven many of their number out of the business. Financial loss to Utah sheepmen totaled more than a million dollars even back in 1967, according to Cache County farmer Ray Theurer, who testified at a federal hearing. This resulted in a net loss to the Utah economy of at least S5 million. Winners will be announced in next months issue of Farm Bureau News. The Utah Farm Bureau also has a display tent near the main grandstand entrance, Hamilton added. This exhibit features information on four key farm issues: Land use, inflation, exports and food prices. State Farm Bureau staff members manning the booth during the main viewing hours are answering questions by city and country people on these and other policy topics. A busy schedule of entertainment and record crowds are making this years Fair a great event, Hamilton explained. He urged Utah Farm Bureau members to visit the event on the state Fairgrounds at North Temple and 1000 West in Salt Lake City. Neil Sumsion, UFBF director of field services, mans the Farm Bureau booth at the Utah State Fair. Interested passers-b- y viewed displays on four major agricultural issues of current importance. SERIALS OF UNIV S L C ORDER DEPT UTAH LIBRARY UTAH B4112 |