A34—Lancaster Firming, Saturday, April 26,1980 Farm Bureau supports national bargaining bill WASHINGTON, D.C. - A U.S. House Agriculture subcommittee Friday began assessing testimony, presented by a score of witnesses at a field bearing in Sacramento, which gave heavy support to a proposed National Agricultural Bargaining Act, HR 3535. The legislation, sponsored by Congressman Leon Panetta and others, is designed to provide farmers and their bargaining associations with more “clout” in negotiating with the nation’s handlers and buyers of food. Under provisions of the bill, the U.S. Department of Agriculture would act as a mediator in arbitrating bargaining disputes. Speaking on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation as well as his own state, California Farm Bureau leader, Henry J. Voss, told the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Information and Nutrition, that the trend of mergers m the food business makes it “no longer possible for the individual fanner one on one to sell to the man who owns the cannery or food processing firm. “In the 1970’5,” Voss declared, “the multinational corporations took over the canning fruit industry. For example, Del Monte is owned and controlled by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Libby’s is owned by Nestle. A similar story could be told for most of the 200- plus commodity industries in California.” Robert' the Wi. Growers resident of Potato active m in that potato with potato 1e in ities member that there are produce) must seven processi Washini of Oregon Krug federal la Agricull Act set HR 3535 G Please send me color catalog on the Cherokee horse stock trailers and GN flatbeds I □ Please send me literature on Silo-Matic Feeding Systems I ADDRESS | CITY | PHONE J sufficient to help growers help themselves because it has no enforcement provisions or machinery for negotiation of binding agreements. The new legislation, he said, would give producers an even break in the Ixffgaining process. An Ohio Farm Bureau board member and vegetable producer, Ralph Gillmor, submitted testimony for the sub committee record showing that he was forced to retire from tomato production in his state because the buyers would only purchase two thirds of the 30-ton-per-acre crop he produced after he headed a state tomato growers association and campaigned in behalf of the Agriculture Fair-Practices Act He said the processors parliamentary team wins Berks contest ELVERSON members of the Twin Valley FFA Chapter cooperated to win the Berks County FFA Parliamentary Procedure Contest recently. Members of the winning Twin Valley team were president Howard Griest, vice-president Lewis Kohl, secretary Linda Robinson, treasurer Don Stoltzfus, reporter Tom Homberger, sentinel Nelson Beam, chaplain Steve Kearns, and junior advisor Diane Stoltzfus. Conrad Weiser FFA chapter placed second with David Stauffer as president; Ernest Gelsinger, vice president; Henry Noss, secretary; Sue Gromis, treasurer; Deb Miller, reporter; Kim Bauman, chaplain; Charles Nolt, adsting as the actices ;efor is not FICKES SILO COMPANY, P.O. Box 7 Newville, PA 17241 Phone: 717-776-3129 Trailers Well Worth Their Cost. “have ways of controlling delivery, grading, etc. Sweetheart contracts were and still are very prevalent in our area to keep non members from joining the growers association. ” Others who supported the bill represented California producers of apricots, pea dies, pears, walnuts, olives, tomatoes and a number of other vegetable crops. Hie subcommittee was urged by William Thomas, executive vice president of the California Food Producers, Inc. (an ad vocacy arm for bargaining cooperatives) to conduct further field hearings throughout the nation. Farm Bureau has made a request for similiar hearings to be held in the Northeast, Midwest and South. Twin VaDey sentinel, and Kevin Sat tazahn as junior advisor. Eight Kutztown FFA team placed third with Keith Flicker as president; Bruce Latshaw as vice-president; Bill Zollers as secretary. Dean Shoemaker as treasurer; Dan Adams as reporter; Mark Latshaw as sentinel; Richard Savidge as chaplain; and Dean Bruno as junior advisor. Twin Valley and Conrad Weiser teams are now eligible to participate in the area FFA contest against teams from Lebanon and Schuylkill counties. Judges for the county contest were Robert Kramer from F.M. Browns in Sinking Springs and Clyde Myers, Associate Berks County Agent. SU&’flfatit FEEDING SYSTEMS STATE ZIP. usually fatal in these other animals in 36 to 48 hours. 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