Farmers required to meet 100 percent of farm fuel needs
U S farm fuel rules require suppliers to provide 100 percent of agriculture's current propane butane diesel fuel gasoline and residual fuel. Ralph Jackson and Ad Blankestijn said the policy aims to stabilize farming plans for 1974 and ensure ships carrying crops can return to Europe with fuel.
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U.S
Ralph Jackson
American Soybean Assn
Jackson
Ad Blankestijn
Fediol
Federation of European Oilseed Processors
John Hill
Federal Energy Office
U. S
Europe
Blankestijn
Mt Joy Coop Members Hear IRS News and Deduction Change
Mt Joy farmers learn from attorney David Putney that the IRS seeks to tax patronage payments and may cut coop income taxes. He cites a new allowance for deductions for feed bought one year and used the next, with conditions. County Agent Maxwell M. Smith urges clean, attractive farms and neighborly relations amid expanding housing nearby. Continued on Page 4.
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David Putney
Mount Joy Farmers Cooperative Association
Hostetter’s
Mount Joy
Putney
Harrisburg
Mount Joy Group
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Maxwell M. Smith
Smith
Outlook hopeful for state pesticide law legislation in Pennsylvania
Donald W. Parke of PennAg Industries Association spoke at the Annual Lime Fertilizer and Pesticide Conference at Penn State on January 25. He said federal amendments now largely remove detail gaps, with H.R. 588 advancing in the Pennsylvania House. He described licensing registration records liability and penalties and noted support from farmers agribusiness and regulators.
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Pennsylvania
Donald W. Parke
PennAg Industries Association
Pennsylvania State University
General Assembly
House of
Parke
Department of Agriculture
Guyana Ag Teacher Observing Vo-Ag and Farm Programs Here
An article notes Guyana agriculture teachers observing U S vocational agriculture and farm programs to learn and carry insights home. It discusses U S knowledge flow to developing nations and hints at a possible future shift as shortages arise.
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Guyana Ag
America
U.S
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