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White producer, Kenneth
Myer in well known in
Lancaster County (or his
work as president of the
Elizabethtown Young
Farmers and president of
the Jaycecs. Myer is also a
director of the Eliza
bethtown Chamber of
Commerce and the area
Blood Bank.
Along with managing his
herd, Myer has served as
president of the Pa. Red and
White Dairy Cattle
Association since its in
ception four years ago. Vice
president and another large
producer in Pa. is Karl Herr
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of Kirkwood with Glenda
Trux of western Pa. as
secretary-treasurer.
The Pa. Association held
their first annual Penn
National sale this past
March In Harrisburg.
Although bad weather
hampered many from at
tending, the sale was quite
successful. The sale was co
managed by Kenneth Myer
and Mcrv Scott, field
representative for the Red
and White Association.
The National Red and
White Dairy Association is
located in Elgin, Illinois with
J. P. Ostranger as president.
The association publishes a
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t idlest,” Butz concluded.
On Monday night, Tom
Foley, chairman of the
House Agricultural Com*
mittce, talked to the farm
editors. He told them he
thinks the farm bill is a good
one, and he’d like to see it
pass, but he doesn’t think it
will. "If we do get a veto.” he
said, "we will go back to
trying to update the 1973
farm bill. No matter what, I
think we'll see an omnibus
farm bill coming up for
consideration, probably this
fall."
In his speech, Foley talked
about the new look in
Congress and a new stature
for members of the House Ag
committee. Foley is a 46-
year-old Democrat from
Washington who replaced
Walter Poage this year as
chairman of the committee.
He said more Congressmen
than ever asked for seats on
the agriculture committee
this year. While most of the
members still come from
Sredominantly rural areas,
iere are four consumer
spokesmen serving this
year. "I like having that kind
of diversity on my com
mittee,” Foley said. “I don’t
really feel that consumer
and farmer interests are that
much different."
Two freshman
Congressmen who sit on
Foley’s committee also
talked to the farm editors
during their stay in
Washington. W. Henson
Moore, a Louisiana
Republican who represents
one urban and five rural
counties in the Baton Rouge
area, told the writers He
tinks the president will veto
the bill. But Moore hopes the
veto message will do much to
salve the wounds of farmers
who may suffer without
government price supports
to cover their losses. “We’ve
asked the president to tell
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farmers face is inflation. No
group in our society is hurt
more by Inflation than
farmers.
"they sell on a roller
coaster market. Their prices
go up and down. But their
costs only go up. And once
those costs go up, they stay
up.”
Striking out at the critics
who say USDA has no food
policy, Butz, said, “Wc do
have a food policy, the most
positive food policy we’ve
had in 40 years. It’s based on
maximum utilization of the
American potential to
produce food. We can only
carry out food policy like
that by giving farmers
maximum freedom to
produce for an open
market.”
Food as a source of foreign
exchange and a tool of
diplomacy were two other
subjects Butz touched on. He
noted that the American
food producing regions
could not be matched for size
and productivity by any
other part of the world. Butz
said farm exports last year
reached $21.3 billion, the
highest in history and were
the number one source of
foreign exchange. "If we are
smart enough to take ad
vantage of our strength in
food, we can use it as a
positive factor in diplomacy,
and in building world peace.
monthly newsletter for Red
and White producers called
the “Red Bloodlines.” John
Carpenter, Crystal Springs,
Pa., is editor of the
publication.
For further information on
the breed, John Carpenter
can be contacted at Crystal
Springs, Pa. or interested
people can write to the
National Headquarters Box
771. Elgin, Illinois.
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farmers he would not ask for n.Y., Is another freshman
any export controls as long member of the House ag
as he is in office. We’ve committee. He told the farm
asked him to tell farmers writers that food prices in
that the government will New York City were much
throw its support behind too high, but mat prices in
farmers whereever it can, general could be brought
and we’ve asked him to raise down if the criminal
some loan rates at the same elements in that city were
time be vetoes the farm bill, removed from the food
Frederick W. Richmond, a marketing chain.
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