Committee Urges USDA-Industry
Efforts To Curb Overfeeding
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The National Cattle Industry mg interests The group met
Advisory Committee today urged with Secretary Orville L Free
industry organizations and the man and with a number of his
US. Department of Agriculture key administrators in a two-day
to continue efforts to encourage meeting (Feb 19-20) to discuss
producers to hold slaughter cat- common needs and problems in
tie to lower weights in light cattle and beef field
relatively cheap feed gram Secretary Freeman said he
prices
was “highly pleased with the
The 39 members of the com- frank and honest manner in
mittee, appointed by the Secre- which this committee has ap
tary of Agriculture, represent proached many of the problems
all phases of the cattle and beef facing the cattle industry today
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attention.”
The Committee
-1 Urged industry organiza
tions and the U S Department
of Agriculture to continue efforts
to encourage producers to hold
slaughter cattle to lower weights
in light of relatively cheap feed
grain prices The committee in
dorsed the feed gram program
as an integral part of maintain
ing beef supplies in line with ef
fective demand
-2 Continued efforts by USDA
and industry in promoting the
sale of beef, beef products, and
live cattle overseas.
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-3. Requested that USDA ex
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plore the possibility of estab
lishing beef import quotas on a
quarterly instead of annual basis
and evaluate possibilities of im
plementing any adjustments
which promise significant im
provement
-4 Expressed concern over
the volumes of retail cuts im
ported into Hawaii in competi
tion with native business
-5. Expressed concern that
pending legislation to limit im
ports of industrial products
would, if enacted, damage ex
port markets for agricultural
products
-6 Since several livestock or
ganizations now have programs
started which are designed to
improve farmer bargaining pow
er, most committee members
expressed skepticism about the
possibilities of using marketing
orders at this time in the cattle
industry They expressed a de
sire to obseive how these cur
rent industry programs work be
fore consideung other approach
es
-7 The Committee expressed
a need for moie timely and ac
curate statistical ropoits, and
particularly requested more
monthly cattle on teed reports
-8 The committee members
representing produce! and feed
er interests supported some
type of packer bonding or proof
of solvency under the Packers
and Stockyards Act
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-9 An expansion in beef cut
ability giading was endoised by
the Committee, and gieatei pub
licity was urged to acquaint pro
ducers, packeis and letail buy
ers with the met its ot the new
USDA service
-10 Uiged the puiebied beef
breed associations to intensity
their eftoits to identity breeding
cattle toi grading quality, mus
cling, and late ot growth, and to
liberalize the use of aititicial
insemination tor this improve
ment
-11 The consumei represen
tatives emphasized that there
was not a basic conthct between
consumer and pioducer inter
ests They fmther indicated
strong support foi leasonable
prices to produceis of beet to
assure adequate wholesome sup
plies ot high quality beet for
consumers
-12 The industiy expressed
interest m a numtaei of other
programs such as the inspection
ot imports undei t!ie new Whole
some Meat Act, steps taken to
protect the Amencan livestock
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