Butz: ‘milk reasonably priced’
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
“Food prices are
reasonable. Milk is
reasonably priced. And to
maintain reasonable price
levels, fanners must be able
to continue to produce.”
That was the message of
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz as he addressed
the Board of Directors of the
National Milk Producers
Federation in Washington,
DC earlier this month.
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Among the directors at
tending were Lester C.
Jones, president; Daniel L.
Martin, vice president; and
Dr. James E. Honan,
general manager of Inter-
State Milk Producers’
Cooperative, Southampton,
PA. The 3,000-member dairy
cooperative is one of the
oldest members of NMPF.
Reviewing the problems of
inflation throughout the
economy, the Secretary
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stated, “Inflation hurts the
farmer more than anyone
else.” He noted the dairy
farmer, as any other small
businessman or farmer, is in
business to make money. His
continued ability to provide
an adequate supply of
wholesome milk and dairy
products for the consumer
across the country depends
on his realizing a fair return
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'in recent months, coupled
with rising production costs
makes some increase in the
price of milk and dairy
products inevitable during
the fall and winter months
ahead.
Farmers as the largest
consumers of a wide variety
of commodities such as steel,
chemicals and feed are
fully aware of the pressures
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of increasing costs and thus
understand consumer
concern. Inflation has
caused increases in energy
costs, feed prices have risen,
fertilizers cost more,
processing, packaging and
distribution costs are up and
labor costs have increased.
All of these factors have
greatly increased the cost of
producing milk on the farms
across the country and of
moving that milk from the
farmer to the consumer.
One of the most visible
responses to these costs
increases has been a decline
in milk production, a
reduction in the number of
dairy cows on farms and a
drop in milk production per
cow as farmers attempt to
control their own costs. This
has resulted in a shifting of
the supply-demand balance
within the dairy industry,
making some price increase
necessary in order to sustain
production.
In recent weeks, the prices
for dairy products have
finned, and fluid milk prices
can be expected to follow
shortly. While farm prices
may decline seasonally when
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first of the year, the retail
price level for milk and dairy
products could well remain
at the same levels in
response to higher costs of
processing, packaging and
distribution.
During the Federation
sessions, it was pointed out
that a moderate price In
crease in the weeks ahead
could help to maintain milk
production, relieving
pressure for larger price
increases later in the year as
supplies would normally
grow even shorter.
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