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August 29, 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 86 No. 6
Controls?
Agricultural leaders
attack '85 Farm Bill
ByJodyBeem
Staff Reporter
Agricultural leaders at a U.S. Senate
Committee Hearing Thursday called
the 1985 U.S. Farm Bill a failure and
emphasized mandatory controls, value
added exports and alternate uses of
agricultural goods as areas of change.
Forty agricultural leaders were sche
duled to testify before senators J.
James Exon and Edward Zorinsky and
congressman Douglas Bereuter during
the six-hour hearing held at the UNL
East Campus Union.
The Farm Bill under attack was
passed in December 1985, and planned
for five years. Its total cost was esti
mated at $72 billion.
In 1986, however, an estimated $25
billion will be spent on agriculture,
said Rob Robertson, press aide for
Bereuter. Robertson also said the main
aspects of the bill under attack deal
with major agricultural commodities,
like wheat, rice, cotton and corn.
The Farm Bill was an experiment
that failed, said Sen. Bill Harris of Lin
coln: Harris said that for two months in
a row this year the United States
imported more agricultural products
than it exported, and yet surplus grain
fills storage bins in Nebraska.
All this, he said, is occuring while
the United States spends more for an
agricultural program.
Larry Hall, president of the Nebraska
Farmers Union said the national gov
ernment needs to use mandatory con
trols of some type.
"Let us produce for sale," Hall said.
"Let the rest of the world produce for
storage."
Farmers within the farm programs
now are required to leave 20 percent of
feed-crop land idle and 25 percent of
wheat land idle. Zorinsky said require
ing all farmers to leave some land idle
would decrease individual farmers' re
quirements. Bereuter said support for mandatory
control is up 25 percent in his district
from a similar poll taken a couple years
ago.
Bereuter also expressed strong sup
port for the development of value
added products. Instead of exporting
raw, bulk goods, he said, the United
States should process goods. This would
increase the value of U.S. products, he
said, and create jobs in the United
States.
Bereuter emphasized the importance
of the Food Processing Center on the
UNL campus. He said the state is fund-.
ing the center with a "pittance" and
needs to offer more funds as an invest
ment in Nebraska.
Agricultural leaders mentioned eth
anol, a corn-based fuel, as another area
of importance to Nebraska. Exon read
from a report that said 300 billion
bushels of corn were used last year in
the production of ethanol. This pro
duced $2 billion of farm income in
America, he said.
State Sen. Loran Schmidt of Bellwood,
suggested using the surplus corn to
make fuel that could be held in storage
for an emergency.
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Delbert Casey shines the glass to the Whac-A-Mole booth Thursday, getting it ready for the big crowds estimated for this
year's fair. The State Fair begins today.
tevie9 the Captain to Ibe at tine fair
By Shelly Hurlbert
Staff Reporter
Stevie Wonder will be there so
will Captain Kangaroo and the next
governor of Nebraska. What event could
possibly unite such diverse personali
ties? The 1986 Nebraska State Fair,
Aug. 29 through Sept. 7.
Along with its traditional attrac
tions, this year's fair will host its first
ever street dance on Saturday. The
local group Loose (formerly Footloose)
will perform from 9 to 11 p.m. at the
main entrance across from the Food
Plaza. Admission is free.
This year's fair also features a variety
of daytime activities such as the gub
ernatorial debate between Democrat
Helen Boosalis and Republican Kay
Orr. The debate is sponsored by the
League of Women Voters as part of Ag
Day Thursday and will be in the open
air auditorium at 1 1 a.m.
In celebration of the Cornhuskers'
first home game on Sept. 6, the fair will
sponsor a special pep rally at 5 p.m. on
the north ramp of the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
If none of these events have sparked
your interest, take heart. Bob Keeshan,
better known as Captain Kangaroo,
also will be on hand to perform with the
Navy Band and to meet with area spell
ing contestants on Sept. 6.
Henry Brandt, general manager of
State Fair, hopes that the fair's attend
ance will be close to last year's figure of
575,000, but said "It's hard to predict."
Admission to the State Fair is $2 in
advance and $3 at the gate. However,
special rates are in effect on certain
days. Tuesday, for example, is "Food
Bank Day"; admission is $1 plus one
can of food for the Food Bank of Lin
coln, Inc.
Sept. 7 is billed as the "Last Blast";
gate admission is free after 4 p.m., and
fairgoers can ride all the rides from 4
p.m. until midnight for $7.
New Home Ec dean stresses excellence
By Curt Wagner
Staff Reporter
Excellence, continuity and people
are three words that characterize what
the new dean of home economics hopes
to accomplish at UNL.
Karen Craig said excellence in pro
grams research, and other areas are
important because "people have to do
the best they can in everything they
do," Craig said. For this reason Craig
plans to keep current academic pro
grams that show a high level of excel
lence, and improve those that do not.
By retaining the excellence from the
past, and at the same time changing for
the future, Craig said she hopes to gain
continuity in the Home Economics Col
lege. It may be difficult, she said, but
she believes it's possible.
Changes will come because home
economic professionals, like others,
must deal with a changing society.
Craig cited the nutrition and health
aspect of home economics as an exam
ple. In the 1930s home economists stu
died refrigeration and safe food stor
age. In today's weight-conscious society,
dieting now takes up much of their
study time, Craig said.
Some changes Craig has planned
over a four-year period include estab
lishing a Ph.D program for home eco
nomics majors. The program already
has been drafted and "looks good," she
said. A big demand for jobs nationally
and a shortage of home economic
Ph.Ds creates a tremendous need for a
Ph.D program at UNL, Craig said.
Craig said she plans to create re
search centers dealing with economic
issues, family resource issues and nutri
tion and health issues next year. These
centers will "enhance the college's
research function," Craig said.
In her third year, attracting outside
private and industrial resources will be
a big priority. With these resources
Craig said she can "make sure students
have scholarships."
Craig's final plan for change in the
Home Ec college involves a "big push"
on international home economics. The
same issues present in the United
States occur in Third World countries,
but in a different format, Craig said.
"I think it is very important for our
graduates and faculty to understand,
deal with and help relate to those
worlds because we are a world society,"
she said.
Teaching students how to deal with
people in average daily situations and
helping students with their own self
consciousness constitute the third
phase of Craig's three-word summation
of her plans. By understanding them
selves, and being able to relate to oth
ers, students may learn to better cope
with conflict and change in the family
structure, Craig said.
Craig, a Missouri native, said that
she has received job offers from both
coasts, but has decided against them
because she is a "midwesterner at
heart."
Craig was an assistant director of
cooperative extension and associate
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