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Secretary of Agriculture Earl
L. Butz issued the following
statement with reference to his
meeting recently with' the Hon.
Yoshio Sakurauchi, Minister of
Agriculture and Forestry of
Japan;
“Mr. Sakurauchi and his party
met for about two hours with me
and members of the U. S.
Departemnt of Agriculture staff.
We had a full and frank
discussion of agricultural trade
questions, with particular at
tention to export controls.
“The Japanese Minister ex
pressed with great vigor the
concern of his country that
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Meeting With Japanese Minister
controls on U. S. farm exports be
avoided. I assured him that no
export controls are in prospect,
and I agreed that the U. S. export
controls in effect on soybeans for
a short Jime this summer had
been counter-productive. I
emphsized that we continue to be
reliable suppliers of agricultural
commodities to Japan and other
traditional markets and that we
are determined to maintain this
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“We discussed the world
supply-and-demand situation for
cotton, and I expressed my
confidence that there would be no
U. S. export controls on cotton. I
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also repeated the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture’s opposition
to export controls on logs.
“I reviewed for the Minister
the progress of the Trade Reform
Act of 1973, now in the House
Ways and Means Committee. I
emphasized the Administration is
pressing on a number of fronts
for trade liberalization, which
would mean fewer restrictions on
both exports and imports.
Minister Sakurauchi stressed the
importance to Japan of U. S.
legislative and policy decisions,
because of the large volume of
farm and industrial trade bet
ween the two countries.
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“The Minister emphasized that
Japan is a large importer of U. S.
agricultural products, but that
this trade must be on a continuing
basis. He said that as a result of
the U. S. export controls on
soybeans there was strong
pressure in Japan to increase
production of soybeans there;
however, Japan has limited fend
resources. He pointed out that
Japan imports farm commodities
equivalent to the production from
17 million U.S. farm acres,
Farmers Urged to
Protect Land While
Boosting Production
Secreatry of Agriculture Earl
L Butz has urged the nation’s
farmers to use .sound con
servation practices on crop land
that is being brought back into
production in 1974.
“First of all, use of sound
conservation practices will itself
help increase production,”
Secretary Butz said. “As the No.
1 guardians of the nation’s
natural resources, farmers have
a responsibility to themselves
and future generations to use the
soil wisely. Farmers have made
great progress in the last 35 years
m conservation farming, and
with planning they can meet the
increased demand for food in 1974
without stepping backwards,”
the Secretary said.
He asked the Soil Conservation
Service to give “first priority” to
helping farmers and ranchers
with their conservation plans. He
also called on the Extension
Service and state and local
Cooperative Extension staffs to
renew their efforts to demon
strate that “conservation far
ming pays--that it is more
productive.”
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Farmers are expected to bring
several million acres of former
“set-aside” land back into full
crop production in 1974 to meet
the increased demand for
agricultural commodities. The
Department of Agriculture also
anticipates that farmers will be
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whereas Japan has only 13.6
million crop acres in the entire
country.
“I emphasized to Minister
Sakurauchi our support of open
trade in agricultural products in
the Interest of the U. S.-Japan
trade balance, as well as the need
for growth in American
agriculture. I called his attention
to the fact that the United States
has removed all production
restrictions on soybeans and
grains for the 1974 crop year. We
hope this can be a permanent
policy for American
agriculture.”
tensxvely as they try to increase
yields per acre.
“It is vital that we protect the
land from soil erosion with
proven conservation practices,
such as contour plowing, strip
cropping, terracing, and
minimum tillage,” Mr. Butz said.
“While there is plenty of ad
ditional land in the United States
that can be used for crop
production without endangering
our basic soil and water
resources, there are also millions
of acres of farm and ranch land
with soils so prone to blowing or
water erosion that they should
never be used for crops,” he said.
“Such land should remain in
grass or under other vegetative
cover,” Mr. Butz said. “We do
not want to risk starting another
Dust Bowl.”
The Soil Conservation Service
(SCS) works through nearly 3,000
local soil and water conservation
districts to help farmers and
ranchers develop and carry out
conservation plans, and with
their national organization, the
National Association of Con
servation Districts. Both the SCS
and Cooperative Extension
Service work directly with far
mers, advising them on con
servation techniques to protect
and improve their land and
water.
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