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Show Page 12—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, January 10 1980 Agriculture: bit Newsof culture Local an National U.S. Eyes Foreign Beef Good, Not Bad, and Ugly a XN WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States will be out to buyall the foreign beef producers can provide in 1980, but a worldwide shortage is expected to keep imports belowall the meat Americans can eat under a new law signed by President Carter Under the so-called countercylical im- port law, signed Mondayby the president, beef imports will rise when U.S. production is down and imports will fall when American production is ample. The new law permits an increasein 1980 imports because U.S. beef production remains down. but a worldwide shortage means that Australia. New Zealand, Canada and Central American nations maybe unable to supply as much beef as American consumerscaneat. ““All of the meatthat is available from the rest of the world will be coming into the United States for 1980,"’ said Howard Hjort, the Agriculture Department's chief economist. fear United States wants to import 1.65 billion pounds, butit is ible that only 1.5 billion pounds Ly be available the need for presidential intervention — except in times of emergency, major market disruption or natural disaster. In 1978. Carter pocket vetoed a bill with greaterrestrictions on his powerto raise Hjort said that imports in 1979 maybe short of a 1.57-billion-pound goal by 10 million pounds or more. In signing the legislation, Carter said the “new law makes much more sense" than the old system under which U.S. production and imports rose together worsening shortages and surpluses. “It better protects consumers against short supplies. and it better protects cattlemen againstlow prices "' Carter said in imports. Carter said the new bill “retains sufficient presidentialdiscretion in instances where the counter-cyclical formula does notfully protect the publicinterest." The law limits imports of fresh, chilled, frozen and processed beef, veal, mutton and goat meat. Most of the imports are lean beef used for hamburgers and Sausages. It guarantees foreign suppliers will be able to ship at least a combined total of 1,25 billion pounds of meateach year, Imports accountfor less than 10 percent of U.S. beef consumption. The administration rejected proposals by meat importing firms and consumer groups that beef import controls be scut- a statement. Domestic presidential! adviser Stuart Eizenstat said the old system's failings prompted presidents, including Carter, to increase import levels seven times in the past 10 years. Hesaid such actions were unfair to cattle producers because of the uncertainty they created. The new legislation removes Salt Lake To Expand Salt Palace SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — The Salt Lake County Farm Bureau says it is eran proposed expansion of DyPaiAzeni © National Geographic Society THE LADYBUG,top, inspiration for nursery rhymes and jewelry, seems to be one of the few insects people like. Ladybugs also eat destructive garden bugs, and are even raised to eliminatecrop pests. Less-loved, the praying mantis also kills garden pests, but can also get carried away, wiping out somehelpful pollinating insects. The spider maybe ugly, butits silk web, drawn from jest with its back legs, is often a work of art. This silver garden spider stabilizes its web with zigzag strandsof silk. the Salt Palace, so the Salt Lake City facility will have more room for fairs and conventions. BureauPresident Elmo Hamilton said the proposed expansion makes good economic sense, Hamilton said, “Conventions and trade fairs being millions of dollars into our community. These wholesome economicactivities create many jobs for our citizens.” Hamilton said the farm bureau is urging the county commission to give “urgent consideration to the e: ion in order to minimize the im- Full-Feature TRS-80 Quick Printer Reg. $538 (With Cable) Pact of continuing infla- Delivers 150 lines per minute on 4.75”-wide aluminu m finish paperthat's not affected by heal. lig! ht or humidity. 20. 40 or 80 characters tion on buildingcosts.” But the county farm bureau head cautioned A $39 Value! 26-1401 ports. Prior to the 1976 act, the government supervised state and private en agencies. The act now requires that all grain transferred into and out of an export elevator be officially monitored. The report said money can be saved if weight monitoring is reduced for grain transferred into elevators. Foreign buyers are protected when grain is weighed leaving elevators, the reportsaid. The Agriculture Department disagrees with the congressional investigators’ contention that official weighing should be discontinued for a company's own grain shipments received at its own elevator. Despite Agriculture Departmentopposition, a House subcommittee is expected to consider early this year legislation sponsored by Rep. ThomasAshley, D-Ohio, to cut back on someinspection of shipments received by elevators. Official weighing could be waived for grain shipped from an export port to a US. destination. But the Federal Grain Inspection Service argues that costs of monitoring weighing of those shipmentsare justified to have orderly grain marketing. The General Accounting Office report said all barge shipments should continue to be monitored because barge-shipped grain is sold on the basis of weight at destination. The report rejected the grain inspection service’s contention that the proposalwould discriminate against barge traffic. Grain inspection officials agreed with mostother criticisms of the grain inspection effort by congressionalinvestigators. Investigators said tolerancesfor insects in grain are too lenient. Insects are not disclosed unless they exceed certain levels. But the study found, for example, that presence of a single weevil usually means more weevils will appear. Procedures do not assure that all grain in a shipment meets specified grade standards. Of 271 shiploading logs reviewed by investigators. 40 percent showedthat por- The programto inspectgrain for quality and weight cost $41.4 million in fiscal year 1978, of which $24.5 million was recovered through fees. The Agriculture Department’s position differs from conclusions of an internal study by the department’s inspector general. It found weight checks on about 40 percent of grain received at export elevators was not worth the expense. Twenty-five percent of receipts wereintracompany shipments. Another 15 percent was purchased based on origin weights. The inspector general said inspection of shipments owned by the receiving elevator should be discontinued or inspected just 25 percentofthe time. Thereport said weight monitoringis inefficient. Federal employees watch while private companyofficials do the weighing. Congressional investigators said official weight monitoring could be reduced for inbound truck and rail shipments. Truck drivers could observe weighing to prevent manipulation, the reportsaid. “The cost of inbound weight monitoring is eventually borne by the country elevator and the farmer,”’ the reportsaid. 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