PZ-inoster Farming, Saturday, S«ptembtr 6,1980
AAM farmers continue
fight for 100%
LANCASTER -
Issues vital to American
Agriculture Movement’s
campaign this season in
dude 100 percent parity for
farmer. Farmers are
currently receiving 63
percent parity, the lowest
percentage in 48 years.
“Hie term ‘parity’ refers
to the relationship between
tiie price the farmer gets for
what he sells, in relation to
the price he pays for what he
buys,” explains L.A.
Davidson, President of
AAM.
“Right now farmers are
receiving 37 percent less for
their products than it costs to
produce them. Agriculture is
die only industry in the
country that operates on this
economic format.”
Willis adds, “The coun
try’s largest producers
aren’t being paid for what
they produce. Today the
farmer is feeding his fellow
Americans and half the
world for less than it costs
him to produce the food. ”
The United States last
year provided the world,
outside of the U.S., with 70
percent of all their imported
course grains and 40 percent
of all wheat world wide.
In 1977, the U.S. farmer
fed twice as many people as
the average farmer world
wide and fed the U.S. for a
smaller share of their
spendable income than the
farmer of any other country.
Farmers in other countries
receive 10 times as much for
wheat, and 4.5 times as
much for com than the
American farmer.
The
Why then, do food prices
continue to escalate?
Jack Cothran, Alabama
AAM’ers, explains, “87
percent of the increase in
food prices occur after the
product left the farm. Most
inflation occurs at the
manufacturer, wholesaler
and retailer, not on the
producer’s farm. For in
stance, the U.S. consumer
pays, more for a bread
wrapper than the farmer got
for the grain in the loaf.”
Inflation seems to be
pricing the farmer out of
business. He is mortgaging
his home and refinancing his
crop loans too in order to
keep fanning.
Fuel prices increased 83
percent from 1979 to 1980.
Fertilizer has increased 35
percent, parts for machinery
100-300 percent. But the
farmer receives less for his
product today than he did 30
Applications
farmer deer permit
TRENTON, N.J. - The
Special Farmer Deer Permit
applications are due in the
Trenton office of the Division
of Fish, Game and Wildlife
during the period of Sep
tember 8 to 22, inclusive,
according to the Hunterdon
County Extension Service.
Forms and details are
available at all New Jersey
extension offices.
There is no fee for a
parity
years ago.
“The government’s in
tervention in determining
food prices has made it
impossible for the farmer to
sell goods on the free en
terprise system”, says
Cothran.
Although 100 percent
parity may result in a slight
food increase, a 10 percent
gain in income for the far
mer only produces a 3.6
percent rise in food spending
for the consumer.
Today the average
American spends 15 percent
of his disposable income on
food. Canada spends 21
percent, France 23.6 per
cent, Bntian 31.6 percent
and Portugal 46.5 percent.
The AAM is here to receive
legislative recognition for
the American Farmer”,
•Willis stated. “You can
always cut back on fuel
consumption, but the
human body needs fuel we
cannot live without.”
due for NJ.
Special Fanner Permit.
Permits will be issued on an
individual basis to qualified
occupants of a farm, defined
as an area of at least five
acres and producing a gross
income in excess of $5OO.
Permit will be void if more
than one application is
submitted, whether for a
Special Farm Permit or for
a licensed quota Special
Deer Permit.
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