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of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act in growers supported idea of fair trading rules that
1930. Farmers like these North Carolina would apply to everyone.
strawberry growers had little recourse when they
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 28,1980—A31
PACA marks
50
years of helping
farmers
NEW YORK, N.Y. -
When produce marketing
went the way of this coun
try’s technological and
transportation revolution
more than a half-century
ago, farmers encountered
new risks.
One was getting paid for
the fruits of their labors.
Dealing directly with local
buyers and consumers
became a thing of the past.
Long-distance, commercial
trading became the new
thing, and farmers found
they had little recourse when
buyers didn’t pay them or
rejected their produce
without good cause.
In 1930 fifty years ago
this year Congress
responded to the need of
growers and other traders
for a code of fair play by
passing the Perishable
Agricultural Commodities
Act.
Congress asked the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
to administer the law, and
today that task is carried out
by the Fruit and Vegetable
Division of USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing
Service.
“The law has been a good
one, and in fact has gotten
better as time goes on,” said
P.R. smith, assistant
secretary of agriculture for
marketing and tran
sportation services.
“Legislative amendments
have kept it up to date with
current marketing practices
m the produce industry. ”
“Our PACA represen-
Dairy Princess
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Her milk is good for people
of all ages,
And affordable to those
who earn high or low wages,
It’s a delicious drink and
nutritious too,
That’s why milk’s the best
for me and you.
It builds strong white teeth
and a nice physique,
It surely helps you feel
unique.
So drink milk today from
Bessy the cow,
It will help you feel hap-
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MOM ON UP THIS WEEK
get paid
tatives today service 173,000
farmers and 85,000 others
who deal m produce, in
cluding retailers.”
PACA provides the
mechanism, through a
system of counseling and
enforcement of contracts, to
settle trade disputes
promptly and recover
payments owed so that each
load of produce can move
through marketing channels
and on to consumers quickly.
“Anyone seeking advice
on how to avoid specific
contract problems with fruit
and vegetable purchases or
sales can call a regional
hotline,” Smith explained.
“Our PACA representatives
answer about 25,000 calls a
year from people in the
produce industry and
counsel them on how to steer
clear of business problems.
“When problems occur,
PACA representatives on
request will go to work on a
complaint and help all
parties to a contract recover
what is rightly theirs. ”
The assistant secretary
said about 75 percent of the
3000 specific complaints that
the PACA representatives
handle each year are settled
informally, recovering about
$8 million for those in the
produce industry. A formal
complaint procedure is used
for more serious cases, with
all parties to the complaint
submitting evidence.
Smith said a licensing
system, now being
automated for more ef
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pier and healthier, right
now.
Connie is especially
looking forward to choosing
her first-place wardrobe gift
and to attending the fan
parades and handing out
ribbons at the shows.
If anything worries her
about the coming year, she
said writing all those
speeches was a littL' un
settling. But it’s obvious to
the visitor that she has
nothing to fear. All she has to
do is smile.