CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, January 17. 1984
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Loans help farmers hurt by 1983 drought
By ROBIN PALMER Staff Reporter
The drought of 1983 has left some area farmers with crop production losses of 30 percent or more, and 40 of those farmers have turned to the Farmers Home Administration for loans.
No specific pool of money exists for the loans. When the present fund apportionment is gone, the government will get money from other places in the budget, said Morris Monesson, deputy director for the Emergency Division. The deadline for loan applications is May 10.
Neal Troyer, FmHA supervisor, said that two loans had been approved but that no one had actually received the money. After the loans are approved through the FmHA, farmers have to send a MD to 20 days before they get the money.
DESPITE THE FEDERAL funding, area farmers question the effectiveness
of the low-interest loans.
Richard Eckman, a Baldwin farmer, said, "The crops have been bad, but I don't think the loans are helping too much. They're too hard to get."
He said that to receive a loan, a farmer had to have almost nothing and that he had to be able to prove that he did not get money from other lenders.
The National Weather Service said that the three-county area received only 3.46 inches of rain during the three months, far from the average of 7.72 inches.
More than 40 farmers in Douglas, Jefferson and Leavenworth counties had to apply for low-interest disaster loans because the counties received nothing but spot rain during July and August, the crucial growing months for crops.
Corn, soybean and milo farmers, the hardest hit by the drought have the highest crop yields because Douglas County was declared a disaster county in early November.
CORN FARMERS SUFFERED the biggest loss with production plumbing 70 percent 'below last year's harvest. Soybean and milo production dropped 50 percent, Trover said. This year's wheat harvest has not been affected.
"The damage is considerable. Some of the people I've seen have had 20 to 60 percent crop losses," he said. "Everybody has been hit, but some don't need our assistance."
Troyer inspects all of the farms in the three-county area that apply for a FmHA disaster loan. He said that he must determine what the farmer can offer for security on the loan and see if he can repay it.
COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS can be met with values on real estate, machinery, livestock or crops, Troyer said. The requirements were hard for the farmers to meet considering that many do not have a lot of collateral with the depreciating value of the items.
Loans are granted to farmers who meet the eligibility requirements.
Established farmers must prove that they lost 30 percent more of their crop during a normal year, and that they are not able to get credit from other lenders and that they have actual need.
THE LOAN PROGRAM was designed to give the farmers enough time to pay back the loan and recoup from the 1983 production losses, he said. The repayment period is spread over 7 years.
Farmers can borrow up to $100,000 at 5 percent interest and up to $500,000 at 8 percent.
The loan granting process has been slowed down because bad weather in November and December caused a late harvest. The FmIHA determines the amount of crop loss by comparing production figures for 1982 and 1983.
Troyer has inspected three to four farms during December and January and will continue to do so as applications come in.
The Douglas County Emergency Preparedness Office verified crop reports and reported its findings to the state level to establish disaster status
Merchant charged in death after attempted robbery
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A merchant who said he shot and killed a man who was trying to rob his liquor store in Oklahoma City, 10 attempted second degree murder.
The Wyandotte County district attorney's office filed charges yesterday against Ray Verbanic, 38, in the death of Nathaniel Bell, who a coroner's jury said was shot eight times from behind.
Testimony before the coroner's jury indicated that Verbanic fired 13 shots as he chased Bell from his store, and the final shots came as Bell, lying on the ground, cursed at Verbanic.
Charles Dunlin, a witness at the hearing, said Verbanic was walking away from Bell, but bearing the wrist turned around and fired once more.
Coroner Alan Hancko testified that Bell died from a bullet that pierced his heart. He was also wounded in the neck, shoulder, side.
spine, buttock and thigh, Hancock said.
THE JURY CONCLUDED that the shots fired inside the store were legitimate self-defense, but that the shots fired outside were criminal behavior.
The victim was not armed
Verbanic could be sentenced to sentences of 3 to 20 years in prison and fined $5,000.
Verbanic testified that Bell and another man entered his store Jan. 3 to buy a half-pint of gin
He said Bell slapped a paper bag down on the counter and demanded money. The other man, stationed at the door, drew a gun and Bell stuck his hand under his coat as if he too had a weapon. Verbanic said the men threatened to kill him if he did not cooperate.
The store owner said he gave them money but deliberately dropped some of it to distract them, then grabbed a 38-caliber revolver and shot him at the door fled, but Bell hit at Verbanic several times.
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