Senator Dole introduces new farm bill
# WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.)
recently introduced the first
bill in the 96th Session of the
U.S. Senate, “The Food and
Agriculture Act of 1979.” The
bill which will be known as S
-1, was introduced by Senator
Dole for himself and Senator
George McGovern (D-S.D.).
“I reserved Senate Bill 1
for this particular bill to
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express my concern fc.’ the
plight of America’s far
mers,” Dole said. “As this
bill indicates, I intend to
continue to place the far
mers’ needs at the forefront -
of my legislative activity.”
In remarks prepared for
the introduction of the bill,
Dole said, “1978 was a
tough year financially for
our farmers. The farm
problem has not gone away
and will not go away quickly.
Many farmers are still
suffering severe financial
losses and are bearing the
major brunt of double-digit
inflation.
“Without new farm
legislation, American far
mers could spend all of 1979
with their backs against the
wall. We cannot refuse to
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raise farm prices under the
banner of fighting inflation
when farmers are losing
money. This bill strikes a
proper balance between the
need for federal spending
reductions and the obvious
requirement for im
provements in existing farm
programs and farm in
come.”
Principal features of the
Dole-McGovem bill (S-l)
are:
Variable Target Price
Program: In years where
there is a set-aside program,
the secretary of agriculture
is directed to set up a
variable schedule of set
asides and target prices. The
farmer can elect to obtain a
higher target price for his
crop by increasing the
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amount of cropland he sets
aside, with the maximum
target price being 100 per
cent of parity for the
maximum set-aside.
Milk Price Support: The
milk program would be
continued at 80 per cent of
parity. The program is
presently scheduled to ex
pire March 31,1979,
Sugar Price Support: This
provision requires the
secretary of agriculture to
set the price support loan for
sugar at a percentage of
parity equal to 16.5 cents per
pound raw sugar equivalent.
Food Stamp Program:
This provision increases the
appropriation authority for
food stamp programs to
keep pace with inflation and
unemployment levels, and
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provides for fiscal and ad
ministrative reforms in the
program to improve quality
control and tighten up the
possibility of error and
fraud.
Public Law 480 Amend
ment: This provision
establishes a P.L. 480
minimum quantity of seven
million tons for each of the
next three fiscal years to be
shipped to underdeveloped
countries under the
Food for Peace
Program. There is
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currently no minimum
requirement and the
program is not being used
effectively.
National Agricultural
Production Cost Board: The
board would be made up of
16 farm producers who
would advise the secretary
of agriculture on producer
views in arriving at national
cost-of-production figures
for agricultural com
modities. This would be a
one-time, three-year board.
American Farm Bureau
Federation (AFBF) ap
proved recently a half
million dollars annual
budget to promote domestic
and foreign marketing of
agricultural commodities.
The unanimous approval
of the $500,000 budget came
in closing sessions of the 60th
annual convention.
The AFBF will act im
mediately to develop
marketing programs aimed
at getting the highest
possible net return to far
mers and ranchers for their
agricultural products.
With the cooperation of
affiliated State Farm
Bureaus, the Af’BF
marketing effort will work
toward solving problems in
transportation, finance and
credit, and restrictions on
trade.
Considerable emphasis
will be placed on following
up on former AFBF trade
expansion missions to Ihdia,
Indonesia, China, Europe,
Israel and Russia.
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