Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 94, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1989 Page: 3 of 10
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Port Lavaca Wave, Thursday, Feb. 9, 198^— Page 3
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Some imports have the same pro-
blem CalUortua growers produce
the japonic* type nee. which the
Koreans prefer Kier farmers in the
southern United States grow the in-
ihca type
The Texas Farm Bureau address
ed 4d<) farmers and ranchers cancer
ning tne roles they must play in pro-
tecting ’he environment at a con-
ference tn Waco.
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final
tilled
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policy, because nee and barley
dominate agricultural production
Korea says it ts able to produce all
the nee it needs USDA economists
contend that demand is held down by
high prices resulting from govern
merit policies c onsumers probably
would be willing to buy more rice if
it were available, even with the high
prices, the economists say
Korea has no more land available
tor growing rice The growers have
cultivated the land as intensiviy as
possible A higher vtefdmg hybrid
variety introduced a tew years ago
has not won acceptance by Korean
consumers, who do not like its taste
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The primary intent ut the Korean
grain programs ts to enable the
government to secure sufficient
quantities from farmers tv maintain
an adequate supply in the domestic
market The government controls
distribution and manipulates the
government held stock through pur
chases of grain from farmers and
through imports
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btritil Io frr«t to thr grmly\ bruutihil guilt in our utru
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rtlril in huml wovh.
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uHtuntl ut Jutl timply ill au-bilr h»il
as ot April l*« Avocados, meat ex
tracts, high protein soybean flour,
and more varieties of vegetable
juices were added in July tv the list
of allowed imports
The Korean government allowed
the U S Uummodity Credit Cor-
poration s tiSM-ltS program to be
used tor the first time tor the credit
purchase of value-added in
termedmle products such as Mr
skins leather and wood products
Korea is essentially self-sufficient
in barley, horticultural prudtx-ts and
all livestock products except beet
Programs pertaining to food grains
have been central to Korea s farm
the flexibility to Later reduce the
quantity of pesticide that can be
stored or used before an employer is
covered by the right to snow Law
Provisions of the law also allow
farmworkers to request crop sheets,
chemical lists and other information
directly or through their designated
repre mtative The law provides
anonymity for workers who make
such requests
To help covered employers comp-
ly with the law's training re-
quirements. TDA staff are available
to make presentations about the
right to know law, and to conduct
farmworker training sessions said
TDA's Right to Know Program
Director Sandra Martinez
Martinez said TDA wants to make
presentations to farmer organiza-
tions to help clarify any
misunderstandings employers
might still have about the Law TDA
also wants to help employers by ac-
tually conducting farmworker train-
ing sessions to help employers com
ply with that aspect of the law
Hightower said passage ot the
right to know law has raised the
public's consciousness about
pesticide issues
Due to the extensive education
program TDA launched last year.
Hightower said most people now
agree farmworkers have the right to
know what chemicab they are ex-
posed to in the workplace "We have
also found that adoption of the right
to knew law has made more people
aware of the state’s pesticide regula
tions ’
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U S agricultural export* to Korea
were 32 percent higher than in I9R7,
ahd are projected to increase again
thin year
Korea had been the fourth largest
U S market in IW7 — with pur
chases nt SI 7 billion - behind the
Netherlands and Canada i Japan is
first, buying 15 « billion worth of U
S farm products in IW7 and S7 3
billion in HSiH
The U S share of the Korean
market fell between 1MR.1 and iw*>
The United States lost some of its
competitive edge because of higher
prices tor several commodities, in-
cluding grains, cotton and soyt>eans
When fl S prices dropped as a
result of lower producer loan rates,
the ll S export market Io Korea
recovered Forty seven percent ot
Korea's total agricultural imports
came from the United States by IMR7.
reports a recent issue of the
Agriculture Department's Farmline
magazine
Korea is expected to maintain Its
second place ranking this fiscal
year Demand has increased for
lent lor Korea s growing livestock
sector, anil for cotton and hides lor
its expanding textile and leather in
duxtries
Production of Korean pork,
poultry, amt dairy products is ex
jiecleii to set new records in imw
Proapects lor sales of U. S com
are especially good dur to tighter
supplies ot ('anadian, Australian
and F.ueopean Community lKU>
feeil wheal Soybean exports are
went up, mostly because of the ban
in imports
tTessure from the United States in
ISfW. the dietary needs of the many
foreigners who visited Korea for the
Olympic games, and domestic beet
shortages convinced the Korean
government to lilt its ban on beef im-
ports despite the internal political
sensitivity Korea did establish an
import quota of H.500 tons tor the
last half of 19M. of which ».K0 tons
were highquality beef Exporting
countries are continuing to urge
Korea to raise its quota on beet
beyond the 35,000 to 39.0W tons plan
ned for
In the feed sector, the government
appears to t>e moving in the direc
tion of allowing imports to be deter
mined more by market forces than
by quotas, analysts say The quotas
aimed at maximizing the use of
domestic ingredients In previous
years This resulted in big increases
in imports ol nongrain Iced mgre
dients and items not subject to quota
restrictions
The quota was relaxed somewhat
in 1WW and the requirement that
corn tie limited to eo percent of all
teed grain imports was dropped
Tariffs reduced
Korea reduced import tariffs in
IMHH from 7 percent to 3 percent on
wheat, corn, rye, barley, oats,
sorghum, soyt>eana ami soybean
meal
Korea also of’ened rwxmtly some
of its import market to (I N high
value agricultural priMtuctx Im
ports ol lemons, grapefruit, cherries
ami some fruit Juices expanded in
I'xw twit the volumes were small
Imports of quince, fruit cocktail,
amt vegetable Juices were allowed
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Venue Glaason. public affairs
director of the Texas Farm Bureau,
said most in agriculture embraces
provisions which provide payments
tor participation
He said that while the attitude us
ed to be we ll dance to your tune if
the price is right, tarmen and ran-
chers are now concerned about their
own future environment.
The Farm Bureau Irew up eigfiy
policy statements of the Farm
Bureau that reflect this changing at
titude within the farm and ranch
community They are
•We support reasonable and
workable pesticide application stan-
dardH,
•we support legislation to phase
out landfill disposal of toxic
wastes
•we re concerned about sewage
disposal.
•we encourage creation of local
underground water conservation
districts.
•we support the scheduled L9H0
date for conservation compliance.
•we support the sod-buster and
swamp-buster programs,
•we support extending the Uonser
vation Reserve Program CRP> to
lands thay have water quality pro-
blems. and
•we support increased efforts
through biotechnology to solve our
environmental concerns
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WASHINGTON - South Korea
has become the second largest
single country market for U S
farmers, buying 32 25 billion worth
of products in fiscal I MBH
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fhr below (reeling weather took Its loll on the Port
l aiara ( ommunity Garden, a three year project,
local residents have been leasing plots and har-
Regulations that spell out details
of the state s agricultural nght to
know law go into effect Monday
The regulations clarify several
issues unresolved since the 1907
Legislature passed the Texas
Agricultural Hazard Communica-
tions Act. otherwise known as the
‘ right to know" law Such clarifica-
tions include which employers are
covered by the law and which
members of the community can see
pesticide records
State .Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Hightower sees the regulations
as a tool that will help everyone in-
terpret the law in the same way
Once in place and numerous ques-
tions resolved, it will be easier to en
force the law. he said “A number ot
people will discover they aren t
covered under the law after all
Others will better understand what
they need to do to comply with the
law.”
The nght to know law requires
that certain employers provide their
employees with crop sheets contain-
ing information about pesticides It
also requires accessible workplace
chemical lists and material data
sheets
Covered employers are those us-
ing or storing 55 gallons or 50)
pounds of a pesticide or whose
payroll is 315.000 tor seasonal labor
or $50,000 tor permanent employees
For particularly hazardous
chemicals, the regulations give the
Texas Department of Agriculture
South Korea is No. 2 U. S. farm customer
Sunday! All the hotcakes with
syrup and butter you can eat.
Just 49pu .oxl
Sunday, 6 30am 1100am
For a limited hmt» only
McDonald's" Port Lavaca
AUSTIN Hlce prodia erx along
the Gulf < oa«l will MWi have a
rbance Io supply important
arnnomir information I ha I
lawmaker* in Washington will u«r
when writing I lie two farm hill
lipginning Fob 1.1. rrpro*rn
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(hanged any t>< Ihoir pitahn lltui
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ittv weather
Hu*, lawmaker* will n*o ro«l*
and teturna mitxinalltwi hum Hie
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also expected to remain strtxig
despite increased prices
Analysts attribute the increase in
cotton imports to a strong export
market in finished Korean textiles
The textile industry underwent its
lirst major expansion in 19KB to meet
a growing market
Much government inlcrvention
South Korea maintains a high
level of government intervention in
.IKIK ullurr, second only to Japan,
among the nations of lhe Pacific
area Agriculture is protected by
heavy subsidies, keeping consumer
prices high The government
regulates domestic markets and
limits or bans imports ot high value
agricultural products
Government intervention also in-
cludes subsidies lor farm chemicals
and machinery, irrigation projects,
and rural infrastructure programs
such as guidance to farmer* making
investments In (arms and houses
The Um Ini .States recognizes a
potential lor increased sales in the
heavily protected Korean market,
according to USDA Kcota>mi*t Al
Kvans Die United States has been
urging Ibr Korean government to
reduce Its trade fiarrirm Korea is
slowly liberalizing II* agricultural
market.* a* It attempts to bolanco Its
own Interest* against foreign con
corn* about trade, said the
economist
The Korean government in IHB-f
Imnned Imports ol t>ecl and caltlr
Overinvestment and overpnaiuctlon
in If* fieri sector tiad causixl prices
Io collapar strong erofMimlc grow th
sulwrqurnlly raised rixwuinrr in
come and led to Improved dirts and
iiu i eased demand for ••eel Inven
lories ol t>rrf went (town and prices
Regulations final for
right to know law
By CHARLYN FINN
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Surber, Chester C. & Fortney, Paul, Jr. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 94, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1989, newspaper, February 9, 1989; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1298284/m1/3/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.