Kimhfuss
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burden on the taxpayer and
adda to the cost of doing
business. These increased
business costs are passed on
to the consumer in higher
prices.”
Discussing world food aid,
Kuhfuss said that it was
apparent that the United
States cannot by itself feed a
hungry world with every
increasing population
growth.
“The affluent nations must
bear their fair share of world
food aid,” Kuhfuss said.
“The responsibility of this
country in food aid is a
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Farmers and ranchers
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responsibility as taxpayers.
But they should not be ex
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aid programs without a fair
return for the product any
more than workers and
management should be
asked to accept lower wages
or lower prices for industrial
commodities that go to aid
recipients.
“Farmers and ranchers
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obligation to our fellowmen
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Central Africa, and other
drouth stricken areas," Kuh
fusssaid.
"While our nation has been
fortunate in never having
experienced a food famine,
our agricultural producers
knour the feeling of
helplessness that comes as
they see crops and livestock
destroyed by drouth of
floods. Because of the
diversity and wide
geographical range of U.S.
farm production, we have
been able to overcome the
effects of bad weather in
scattered areas.”
Kuhfuss pointed out v that
the nation's fanners, in the
past several decades,
produced—a—surplus of
commodities which has
enabled the United States to
extend food aid valued at $4O
billion to other countries
since the beginning of World
War 11, and 84 percent of all
food aid extended from 1965
to 1972.
Kuhfuss also said that
reducing U.S. meat con
sumption to provide more
grain for international food
needs would add little to
world supplies and would
seriously disrupt the ef
ficient . and productive
operations of American
agriculture since cattle are
efficient users of grasses and
forage from millions of acres
of land not suitable for grain
production. Only one-third of
the total poundage of meat
comes from grain, Kuhfuss
said. The remaining two
thirds is produced from
otherwise unusable forage
crops.
To meet emergency food
needs throughout the world,
Kuhfuss said Farm Bureau
favors the establishment of
an International Monetary
Food-Fund supported by all
the nations of the world. To
meet disaster needs, funds
could be withdrawn from the
Fund to purchase needed
supplies from any nation
where it is available.
Discussing Farm Bureau's
accomplishments, Kuhfuss
said Farm Bureau believes
in cooperative buying and
selling for its members.
"Our affiliated Farm
Bureau Service Company
purchased for fanners more
than $34 million in tires,
batteries and a limited
number of other needs and
saved fanners more than $8
miliion-in-1974. -
‘ ‘The American
Agricultural Marketing
Association, an affiliate of
the American Farm Bureau
Federation, now provides
service to 45 state Farm
Bureau affiliated marketing
associations in 40 states.
Producers of approximately
SO different commodities
receive marketing services
from these 45 AAMA af
filiated associations.
“The AAMA sold nearly 6
million hens for poultrymen
in 1974. Fruit and vegetable
operations have been a
productive part of the
AAMA’s program for 15
years. The livestock
program, although hindered
by an unusually depressed
feeder cattle market the past
year continues to offer
services to assist par
ticipating state associations
in direct marketing
programs.
“The commodity and
legislative interests of
members are being better
served through the Farm
Bureau Speedline, a new
telecommunications system,
which provides prompt two
way communications and
enables State Farm Bureaus
and the Federation to be
more effective in their
operations.
“The American
Agricultural Insurance
Company’s insurance
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problems are being settled
and the company will con
tinue to serve the rein
surance needs for the Farm
Bureau Insurance Com
panies. .
"Farm Bureau mem
bership is at a new record
high-2,393,731 member
families in 49 states and
Puerto Rico. We have had an
increase in membership
every year for the past 14
years and more than a
100,000-member-family gain
in each of the past four
years. Four out of five
farmers who belong to a
general farm organization
feglong to Farm Bureau.
“Let us not lose sight of the
principle that farmers must
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