B—Lancaster Fanning. Saturday. June 22,1968 Freeman Reports *67 Is Milestone Year "When 1967 Is reviewed in the contest of agricultural history a decade or so from now. it may well be regarded as the year in which the Department of Agri culture entered fully upon a new era." Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman says in his Annual Report for 1967, entitled Agriculture/2000. Releasing the report this week Freeman said, "American agri culture is far better equipped to play its full role in the national economy than it was seven years ago.” Without in any way lessening our concern for and activities to benefit all Americans today. Secretary Freeman said of the report, "we are able to look more thoughtfully toward the fu ture. toward what we call Agri culture/2000 ” The report details some of the progress made both in 1967 and during the sixties toward the six major missions or goals of the U S. Department of Agriculture. THE FIRST GOAL; INCOME AND ABUNDANCE “Realized net farm income was about $l4 5 billion in 1967,” the report states Except for the 1966 fig ure of $l6 4 billion the 1967 re turn was the highest since 1951 Net income realized per farm in 1967 was $4 5?6 This was 55 per cent. or about $1,600 more than in 1960, but well below the all time high of $-5,049 in 1966 The new farm programs pro vided by the Emergency Feed Grain Act of 1961 and the Food and Agncultuie Acts of 1961 hrough 1965, not only resulted m improved farm income, “they also mersed the rising trend of the surpluses,” the report states “The wheat carryover which had climbed to 1 4 billion bush els in 1961 was down to 426 mil lion bushels on July 1, 1967 “The feed grain carryover which had soared to 85 million -ons was only 37 million tons on Octobe” 1, 1967 .. “The inventory of commodi ties owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation has dropped from over 6 billion to less than 1 billion, the lowest since 1952 ” THE SECOND GOAL: GROW ING NATIONS-NEW MARKETS Total agricultural exports reached an all-time high of $6 8 billion in fiscal 1967 Sales for dollars totaled S 5 2 billion, up 62 sercent from 1960 For the cal endar year, exports totaled $6 4 billion, the second highest on record and about one-third more than in 1960 “Nations that depended chief- Iv on food assistance are now able to turn increasingly to nade to meet their needs,” the ,eport points out During 1967 some 20 de\elop ng nations received food aid un ler specific “self-help” agree ments “Starting from a decidedly bleak outlook m 1966, the world food situation was much improv ed by the end of 1967,” accord ing to the Secretary’s report “It was not only a >ear of rec ord agricultural pioduction for the world, but most significant ly a banner year for the less de veloped countries “The world food problem is far from solved But the edge of the impending crisis has been blunted at least temporarily ” THE THIRD GOAL: COM MUNITIES OF TOMORROW ‘ We are seeking to restore ru lal-urban balance in Amenca through mci eased opportunity in xural communities, and a good start has been made,” Secietary Freeman says He cites the following achieve- ’More than $560 million in farm ownership and farm oper ating loans was advanced through Farmers Home Admin istration plus $442 million in loans for building or improving 49,000 rural dwellings—plus al most S2OO million to build or de velop modern water and sewer systems in 1.100 rural communi ties. •Rural Electrification Admin istration borrowers helped set up 616 projects to establish new small industries, new commodi ty facilities, and new tourist at tractions. thus creating an esti mated 34.000 jobs. •Economic development proj ects established with Extension Service helped provide an esti mated 52.000 new jobs. 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D. 4, Manheim been made toward tbs (treat goal of restoring r•< a' urban balance, the Secretary urges "faster progress toward the des perately needed revitalisation of rural America... "The need for a national plan I* obvious. Action on a truly na tional scale Is Imperative," THE FOURTH GOAL: RE SOURCES IN ACTION - De partment conservation pro grams, the report says, "are giving extra emphasis to the multi-county development of all natural resources. They are of fering far more services to low Income and small farmers and to rural communities. Outdoor recreation, natural beauty, and wildlife are receiving great at tention in agriculture, forestry, and watershed programs." During fiscal 1967, the Soil Conservation Service helped 1.- 170,000 land owners and opera tors plan and apply conservation work. The Agricultural Conser vation Program assisted more than a million farmers and ranchers with cost-sharing aid. 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