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“Secretary of Agriculture, Earl L. Butz is depending on ASCS to monitor the local fuel and fertilizer situations, and we are making weekly reports back to the Secretary through our regular channels,” said Taylor. The Department uses this information to determine what special action may be necessary.
ON THE basis of these weekly reports, the Department has determined that transportation “crunches” could* occur in a number of places unless farmers move now to fill their fertilizer needs.
One reason for this is that local dealers cannot replenish their fertilizer stocks until they’ve moved ^j&t supplies on hand. This means that even though fertilizer companies may have plenty of backup stocks elsewhere, they can’t
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