Farming. Saturday. December 15.1973
l:
Farmers Food
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grain derivative. Each person in
the U.S. consumes about one too
of gram (five times as much as in
emerging nations). About 150
pounds of tins is consumed
directly as bread, pastry, and
breakfast cereal. The rest is
converted into meat, milk, and
eggs No country seems to have
reached a level erf affluence
where its per capita gram
requirements have stopped
rising
Surpluses are gone
No one cared how high die per
capita consumption erf grain was
while the L\s bad huge stocks of
surplus gram. Just ova - a decade
ago our surplus of the four feed
grains (corn. oats, barley, and
sorghum) m government hands
totaled 75 million tons —
equivalent to about 3,000 loads for
«=3nps of 25.000 ton capacity. It
was not surprising that many
people thought we could feed the
world.
Bj the early 1950'5. bowerer. it
became evident that -we cook! not
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c-o Nelson Weaver's Warehouse
Lrtitz RD2, Pa. Phone 717-626-8538
really feed the world in light of
prospective population growth.
(Current growth is about two
percent or 80 million per year, l In
addition, most nations are trying
to achieve self-sufficiency in food
production.
U.S. policy m the 1960's
charged from massive grain
shipments to one of exporting
technical help to aid emerging
nations to develop their
agriculture. Ibis led to "the
Green Revolution'' —making two
blades os gras grow where one
grew before, Tbe application of
science and technology to
agriculture has produced
dramatic results in many
countries, particularly in Aria
During the 1960’s world
agricultural production in
creased about three percent per
year. This exceeded the two
percent per year population
growth but did not match tbe
increase in the demand for food
because more people want their
protein in tbe form of animal
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and Fretful Consumers
products rather than grain
products
Why we export grains
Tbe sale of about 19 million
metric tons of gram to Russia
triggered tbe big price rise in
grains. High priced gram led to
higher prices for many foods
Americans eat. Consumers,
irritated by higher food prices,
question why the U.S. sold the
gram to Russia and other nations
and why we continue to make
export commitments for the
coming crop year.
Tbe dollar is one reason we
export. During the decades of the
1950’s and 1960’s the U S was
considered a ' have-everythmg”
nation. We spent beyond our
means by floating dollar lOU’s
all over the world Eventually
other nations who held these
dollars told us they weren’t worth
as much in relation to other
currencies. The dollar has been
devalued twice and our balance
of payments deficits have soared
since tbe first quarter of 1971. For
the July 1972-June 1973 fiscal
year the U.S. balance of trade
deficit was 53-5 billion. This
means that our imports exceeded
exports by 53.5 billion. To support
our present standard of living
this country imports growing
amounts of oil. copper, iron ore,
aluminum, and other raw
material-; not available in needed
amounts m the U. S American
consumers have also chosen to
increase their purchases of
foreign-made automobiles,
television sets, radios, motor
cycles. and clothing—all which
compete directly with American
products. U S imports in the non
agricultural sector exceeded
exports fay S 9 billion in the past
fiscal year Despite some recent
improvement, our accumulated
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balance of payments deficit is
about $BO billion
Devaluation put the dollar on a
closer par with other currencies
and has made our agricultural
exports more attractive to
foreign buyers. Devaluation has
given foreign nations a discount
on the price of grams and other
products. Thus, the sharp rise in
domestic prices in the past year
was not passed on fully to buyers
outside the U. S. The volume of
agrilcutural exports was up
about one-third in fiscal 72-73 but
the grains showed sharply higher
increases Wheat exports, for
example, increased 97 percent in
volume and 133 percent in value.
Total agricultural exports from
the U. S. rose to a record $12.9
billion in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1973—up more than 60
percent from the previous year.
The agricultural trade surplus
was $5.6 billion in the year.
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Without an agressive export
program for agriculture
products the nation’s balance of
payments problem would have
become unbearable and the U s
would have had to devalue n s
currency even more or take
drastic steps to curb imports
Record crops—high prices
High prices during the past
year have not been due to p oor
crops in the U.S. The 1972 corn
harvest at 5.5 billion bushels was
second only to the 1971 crop The
1972 winter wheat harvest at
nearly 1.2 billion bushels set a
new record. The soybean harvest
at 1.2 billion bushels was 9 per
cent above the record set the
previous year.
The 1973 harvests are going to
break the previous record The
winter wheat crop at about 13
billion bushels was a new record
and 9 percent above last year’s
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Now
$ 4,000.00
$ 1,350.00
$ 8,000.00
$ 1,775.00
$ 1,600.00
$19,500.00
Was
$ 4,20000
$ 1,575.00
$ 8,350.00
$ 1,950.00
$ 1,750.00
$33,000.00
Was
$ 2,300.00
$ 375.00
$ 425 00
$ 35000
$ 125 00
$ 45000
$ 275 00
$ 675 00
Now
S 2.100.00
$ 285.00
S 350.00
S 250.00
75.00
S 375.00
S 225.00
$ 600.00
USED SCOUT
1966 I.H. Scout 4x4
Now 300*00
Was $l4OOOO