—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1978
142
Farmers’ future clouded by excess production
ATLANTA, Ga.-U.S Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge (D-
Ga.) warned last week that
the economic outlook for
American farmers remains
uncertain and urged the
Carter Administration to put
the brakes on excess
production.
The chairman of the
Senate Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry said the net farm
income is expected to rise
about $5 billion this year
Fulton Grange holds meeting
OAKRYN —Fulton GrHn§6
No. 66 held their semi
monthly meeting October
23rd, at the Grange Hall,
Oakryn. Overseer, Thomas
Chas. Galbreath, presided.
Among the thirteen
members of Fulton Grange
attending the State'Grange
meeting were Peggy and
Sandra Galbreath who
participated in the talent
contest. They placed first in
vocal competition and were
accompanied by Douglas
Bonsall. Their selection was
“Bless This House.” They
had previously taken part m
the regional and district
eliminations at Kutztown.
Mrs. David Knight acted
as Flora when State Grange
youth filled the State Grange
offices for the Wednesday
morning session of the Pa.
State Grange.
Mrs. Charles Tindall Sr.
took part in the State Grange
art contest.
Fulton Grange is spon
soring Miss Allison Ap
pleget, Peach Bottom, in the
Miss Solanco contest.
Charles McSparran and
Mrs. William Rhoades were
selected to represent Fulton
Grange at the annual board
meeting of the Southern
Lancaster Company Family
Health Center November 21.
Mrs. J. Stanley Stauffer
presented the program for
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over last, to about 525 billion
But he noted that the 1978
figure will be well below the
$3O billion farm income peak
of 1973.
“Much of this year’s in
come growth is occurring in
the livestock sector - a
sector that has suffered for
several years from ex
tremely low prices and in
come,” Talmadge said.
“The crop''sector will be
receiving a lower mcome
this year on average, so the
aggregate mcome situation
the Lecturer, Mrs. Thomas
Galbreath, who was at
tending State Grange
Program theme was “Oc
tober.” Mrs. Tommy
Galbreath, Mrs. Dewitt
Bacorn, C G McSparran,
Irene Zug and Kristen
Stauffer participated in the
program.
Ceres, Mrs. Gerald
Kreider, and Pomona, Mrs.
William Taylor, will be in
charge of Com and Pie Night
at the next meeting on
November 13. Farmers
are asked to bring com
exhibits which will be judged
In best single ear and best
ten ear classes. The Grange
ladies are to bring pies in
apple, plain or spiced
pumpkin classes. Earl Mull,
Quarryville, will be the
speaker. He will tell of his
experiences combining
wheat from Texas to Canada
and show some pictures he
took
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is not as bright as some
would suggest ”
Talmadge spoke at the
concluding session of the
National Conference of
Farm Credit Directors
meeting in Atlanta His
remarks came about one
year after the start of last
Fall and Winter’s nation
wide farmer protest against
a severe cost-price squeeze
that resulted in economic
hardship for many
producers.
Talmadge said that m
response to last year’s
agriculture crisis, Congress
had broadened the new' 1977
farm act to provide the
Administration with ample
authority to deal with farm
income problems.
“Unfortunately, the Ad
ministration has shown
great reluctance to use the
authorities we gave it,”
Talmadge said. “What has
b?en done has tended to be
too little and too late. It was
only the combined weight of
American farmers and
Congress that ultimately got
any action.” '
Talmadge served notice
that his Committee will
‘maintain close scrutiny in
the months to come over the
agriculture situation.” He
also announced that
Agriculture Secretary Bob
Bergland would be asked to
present “a full-scale
assessment of the state of
American agriculture” to
the Committee as the first
order of business in the new
session of Congress in
January.
“We will be prepared
thereafter to take wheatever
action may be needed to
maintain a viable
agriculture and to assure
American farmers of a fair
deal in the national
economy,” he said
Talmadge said excess
production continues to
plague the nation’s
agricultural economy. Fears
of a possible world food
Herman Talmadge
shortage has made the
Administration reluctant “to
use existing authority to
meet our most persistent
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cess production.” Talmadge
stated
• Stocks still are building
to unacceptable high
levels,” Talmadge said. “We
must bring production into
line with demand. We must
do this not only to bolster
farm income, but to prevent
the waste of national
resources that accompanies
excessive production.
“I acknowledge that this
may be a somewhat novel
view But excess agriculture
production is indeed a
wasteful misallocation of
resources It is a waste of
soil and water resources It
is a waste of energy to
produce more products than
we need It is a waste of
taxpayers money when we
have government programs
to support unneeded
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Talmadge noted that the
nation’s corn and feedgrain
farmers currently are
harvesting a record crop. He
predicted corn carryover
stocks will increase as much
as a half billion bushels - to
around 1 5 billion
“This is a price depressing
surplus,” Talmadge said. “I
think it is imperative that
the Secretary take this into
account in formulating next
year’s program.
“I urge Secretary of
Agriculture Bergland and
President Carter to exercise
the authority that Congress
has given them to achieve a
sound balance between
production and need.
Otherwise farmers will
contmue to suffer financial
hardship without any
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