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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1994
Page
8
Dave Fassbinder, a Clayton County honey producer, says losing the honey subsidy would force beekeepers to raise fees for pollination and push up costs, threatening the beekeeping system. He warns it would disrupt seeds and plant production.
Beekeepers warn that ending the $22 million subsidy could raise food costs as bees pollinate alfalfa strawberries and crops. Dave Fassbinder, a midsize producer in Iowa, says pollination support helps cover costs amid rising hive expenses and imports.
The wool subsidy program paying 300 percent of market price supports 100,000 families and 350,000 rural jobs. In 1993 Texas Wyoming and Montana received most subsidies. ending the subsidy in 1995 could hit Western sheep producers hardest while urban shoppers see little change.
Stan Herr of the Iowa Farm Bureau says modern farmers are highly educated and must follow EPA rules for chemical use. They monitor wind, recordkeeping, and water quality. He notes farmers face debt, pay taxes, and work long hours while lobbying to reform farm subsidies.
Beekeepers in Iowa maintained 60 000 colonies and produced three million pounds of honey in 1993. Average yield per colony was 49 pounds, and the total crop value reached 1.6 million dollars according to USDA data.
The article notes tobacco is not a federally subsidized crop since 1982. Growers pay an assessment tied to production to fund a price support system via loans and quotas aimed at profit. The no net cost program costs little to administer, with no government payments or active export program since the last agriculture appropriations bill.
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