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LIVERS 39' LB. * GIXZARDS 59' LB. hi white ?potatoes ??' ? , jmm, 1 71T H 31 ^ ') I Group Urges Leaf Growers To Avoid Discount Types By Bill Humphries NCSL Agricultural Communications A group ot (arm leaders and agricultural officials, meeting in Raleigh last week, expressed concern about the increasing produc tion ol discount-type lobar m varieties in North Carolina. They outlined steps to n verse the trend and encour age the growing of quality tobacco. The group appealed to flue-cured leaf growers to use only acceptable seed varieties w hen thcv sow their plant beds this month and next. Buying companies gen erally try to avoid purchasing discount-tvoe tobacco be cause it is low in nicotine and flavot and therefore lacking in quality. This re sults in displacement of U.S. leaf on both domestic and world markets. Discount-type tobacco is not always easy to identify on the warehouse tloor. espe cially during fast-paced auc tion sales Hach year some grades bring good prices even though, if they were identified, thcv would be supported at only 50 percent of the rates for comparable grades of standard varieties. Varieties designated as "discount" by USDA's Ag rieultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (AS( Si are C-139. 140. 18" Golden Wilt. 31b. Reams f>4 and Dixie Bright 244. None of thesb are registered for salt in North Carolina. Other names ? Barn Buster, for example ?. are used for discount types in some local areas, officials said. In some cases, they added, farmers grow and save their own discount-type seed from year to year. nnnougn percentage of growers producing dis count types is relatively small, it has increased to the point where farm, warehouse and buying interests are becoming concerned, said state Sen. Jantes I) Speed of Louisburg. a tobacco ware houseman. To qualify for price sup port, the flue-cured grower must certify each year that he is not growing discount type tobacco. State ASCS Committee Chairman Marshall W. Grant of Garysburg said his agency wjis studying ways to monitor the discount tobacio situation. Ho said a farmer making a false certification is subject to prosecution for a criminal violation ot the I S Code. The farm group meeting here requested that ASCS consider spot-checking ran dont fields. It also asked the Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooper ative Stabilization Corp.. which tests leaf for residues of MH sucker control chemi cal. to consider expanding its , program to include checking leaf for chemical compcsi j tion. , The N.C. Department of Agriculture will turn over to ASCS any evidence that a grower has planted a dis | count type, said George E. Spain, head of NCDA's seed | division, and William G. Parham Jr.. deputy commix , sioner. There was general agree | ment at the meeting thai < increasing quantities of dis | count-type tobacco could threaten the solvencv of the I price support program and force growers and allotment holders to pay larger assess ments to Stabilization's No | Net Cost Fund, which was | P?? i established last year to cover costs of the program. The per-pound assessment this year will be seven cents, as compared with three cents last year. Because discount leaf is inferior in quality, it con tinues to be a factor in the decline in America's share of the world market, said Dr. Hugh C. Kiger, spokesman foi Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association. Tobacco Associates, the flue-cured growers' world wide promotional organiza tion. is concerned about the problem and supports action to deal with it, said Charlie King of the Raleigh office. Some discount varieties are popular with farmers because they are high-yield ing and are relatively easy to produce and cure. Agriculture Commissioner .laities A. Graham earlier this month publicly called atten tion to the increasing prob lem of discount varieties and urged farmers not to grow them. Fred G. Bond, general manager of Stabilization, said at last week's meeting that lie and his board of directors "certainly don't want to see a return to the kind of situation we had in the mid 1450s." In 1455 and '5b the co operative received more than bOO million pounds of C-134, 140 and Dixie Bright 244 under loan because these tobaccos were not in de mand 1 ater these stocks were sold at a loss of $3^ million in principal and mil lions more in interest. lo deal with the problem. I'SI>A hi I457 began its 50 percent discount. William D. Lewis, agri cultural adviser to Gov. .lames B. Hunt Jr.. proposed changes in grade standards and support rates by grades. if these steps are needed, to encourage production of quality tobacco. He also sug nested that the Regional Flue-Cured Variety Evalua tion Committee. l?e asked to define or describe a quality variety. Spokesmen William E. Little of NX. Farm Bureau. Jim Oliver of NX. State Grange and. T.C. Blaloek of the Tobacco Growers Asso ciation of NX. assured the meeting their organizations would support efforts to deal with the discount problem. * "We need to convince tanners that only acceptable varieties should be planted.'' said Blaloek Oliver said farmers should be informed that the buying companies regularly monitor flue cured crop production and can single out and possibly limit purchases in market areas where the dis count variety problem is most severe. Dr W.K. Collins, exten sion tobacco specialist at NX State University, said the gri win g of discount types "coiild jeopardize the loan program, especially in years vf high rainfall." Collins also said tobacco will, discount characteristics 'tarnishes thy reputation <>i raditionai high-quality Vmer m flue-cured leaf" at tome aiid abroad. I very grower now has a iirctt linaiicial stake in the >Ue< ess . I the pru support :)fog< un I oliins said, bc ausc growers themselves mist make up any losses. Agric mural lenders ? >anks. production credit issocbo.tons. Farmers Home \dministr ition w ill be isked t,' .nsist that their lorrcw ers not grow discount vpes. Ql wEsm For all your life insurance needs, call: I O.L.Scott Rt. 2, Scott's Store Mt. Olive, NC 28365 Phone: 658-5222 Ethro Hill Highway #11 Pink Hill 568-3310 It ! NATIONWIDE I I N INSURANCE Nationwide is on your side Nationwide Mutual msufante Company ? Nationwide Mutual F.fe Iniwaflct Company I Nationwide Life insurance Company - Home office Columbus OhK> ?J i I
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