Pit— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 20,1980
Farm export promotion effort prepares to ro
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Efforts to develop a unified
national plan to build a
stronger U.S. economy
through increased farm
exports in die 1900’s were
announced today by a team
of prominent farm and
agribusiness spokesmen at
the Midyear Meeting of the
, Agriculture Council of
America.
The program called the
“U.S. Farm Export
Education Project ’ will
bring together leading
members of the farm and
export community with top
decision-makers in
Washington for a com
prehensive effort with two
basic objectives: 1) Identify
specific ways that maximum
expansion for farm exports
can be achieved over the
next five to ten year period
and 2) Communicate to the
American people the critical
role farm exports play in
creating jobs, reducing
inflation and strengthening
the dollar.
“We can conclusively
demonstrate that this
nation’s economic well-being
is directly and substantially
linked to the growth and
expansion of farm exports,”
stated Don Chartier,
President of Far-Mar-Co
(the nation’s largest grain
marketing cooperative), and
Chairman of the new Blue
Ribbon Committee on Ex
port Expansion.
Chartier pointed out
almost one year of research,
development and
organization have already
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gone into the effort. During
that time, support has been
developed from every major
export commodity, all agri
business suppliers, virtually
every segment of the farm
export community, and the
U.S. government.
ACA is providing project
staffing and administrative
coordination as part of its
overall program to com
municate what modern
agriculture means to
America.
“With double-digit in
flation causing so much
uncertainty in our economy,
there’s no better time to
promote cme of the real
strengths in our nation,”
Chartiersaid.
“Agricultural exports
occupy a position of major
importance in the U.S.
with the
economy
potential to assume an even
more significant role in the
future.”
U.S. farm exports,
projected to reach $4O billion
for fiscal 1980, are by far the
leading positive factor in the
nation’s balance of trade. A
preliminary U.S Farm
Export Education Project
study shows that farm ex
ports could more than double
by 1985, and triple by 1990.
“Farm exports are one of
this country’s greatest
national assets,” Chartier
added. “For example, every
time we increase farm ex
ports by one billion dollars —
we create 31,700 new jobs for
U.S. workers.”
Chartier is chairing a Blue
Ribbon Committee of
approximately 35 members
composed 'of leaders
representing every major
segment of U.S. agriculture.
Their job will be to oversee
the development of a
“Blueprint for Export Ex
pansion” that includes
specific recommendations
for maximum feasible ex
pansion of U.S. farm exports
between now and 1990.
Representation on the
Blue Ribbon Committee
includes prominent leaders
from throughout
agriculture, industry and
government. Members in
elude three former
Secretaries of Agriculture, a
Governor, the Chairman of
the House export Task
Force, the Co-Chairman of
the Senate Export Caucus
and the farmer-elected
heads of every major U.S.
commodity promotion
group.
“To the best of our
knowledge, this is the first
time that such a group has
been assembled to develop a
comprehensive private
sector plan,” Chartier
continued.
The Committee will hold
its first meeting on Sep
tember 30th and October Ist
at the U.S. Capitol. A first
draft of the “Blueprint” will
be presented by a project
Steering Committee which is
being co-chaired by Tom
Hughes, Administrator of
the Foreign Agricultural
Service and Darvin Stolte,
President of the U.S. Feed
Grains Council.
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The first draft of the plan
will be distributed ex
tensively by Members of
Congress who will be invited
to name prominent, con
stituents to serve on a
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Farm Export Expansion.
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All responses to the first
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“It makes no sense that
the United States, as the
world’s leading farm ex
porter, has no plan in fact
has never had a com
prehensive plan for
promoting its agricultural
products in world markets,”
Chartier concluded. “By
working together and pur
suing these opportunities
aggressively, we believe we
can more than double farm
exports by 1985, and triple
them by 1990.”
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