Increased farm exports benefit
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
“Efforts to expand U.S. food
production in 1981 to r'leet
rising world food needs will
not only benefit the
agricultural economy - but
the consumer too.”
This is one of the major
conclusions drawn from a
new report released today by
the Agriculture Council of
America entitled “Clear
Signals for Full Production:
The Benefit for Farmers and
Consumers.”
ACA, an industry-wide
communications link to the
non-farm public, is coor
dinating the U.S. Export
Education Project” to
develop a unified plan to
build a stronger U.S.
economy through increased
farm exports m the 1980’s.
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“All the data so far in
dicates the U.S. farmers
already are responding to
positive signals in the
marketplace, and there is an
excellent chance that we will
have bumper crops in 1981,”
declared ACA Director Paul
Mullmix, a Vice President of
Southern States Cooperative
based in Richmond,
Virginia.
The report reflects broad
based input from the major
grower organizations, gram
cooperatives and gram
companies and leading
agribusiness firms.
‘‘We recognize the
growing concern about the
impact of mcreased farm
exports on food prices,” said
Mullmix. “That’s why we
are emphasizing that if the
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market is left free to
operate, rising world food
needs will create a powerful
incentive - an opportunity to
earn a reasonable profit.
“Given this incentive,
farmers will plant fence row
to fence row - doing
everything possible to in
crease production capacity.
And this is positive news for
both U.S. consumers and our
customers around the
world.”
U.S. farm exports, totaling
540 billion in 1980, are by far
the leading positive factor m
the nation’s balance of trade.
They are projected to reach
$4B billion in 1981 which
would result m a record
breaking 530 billion trade
surplus for U S agriculture.
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almost a daily basis and
always m cash, it’s very
easy to lose perspective,”
Mullinix continued. “Sure
food prices have gone up -
but not as fast as the overall
inflation rate - and con
siderably less than other
major necessities.”
Mullinix cited the
following “if/then” com
putations to show the value
of food products compared to
important non-food items:
If red meat prices had
increased at the same rate
as energy prices over the
past 20 years, then round
steak would now cost $4.04
per pound, and pork chops
would cost $3.24 per pound.
If egg prices had gone up
at the same rate as medical
costs over the past 20 years,
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then large eggs would be
selling for $1.77 per dozen.
If poultry prices had gone
up at the same rate as
housing costs over the past
20 years, then frying chicken
would cost $1.15 per pound.
“When you get down to the
bottom line: despite record
levels of farm exports in 1979
and 1980, food prices are still
running two to three percent
below the general rate of
inflation,” Mullinix added.
The ACA report cautioned
that direct government
intervention m the market -
such as a gram embargo or
mandatory price controls -
should be avoided at ail
costs, short of the most
serious national security
considerations.
“Such government actions
may appear to some to offer
a ‘quick fix’. But in fact they
merely add to the problem,
since they reduce the in
centive to expand produc
tion.”
“Let’s keep in mind how
increased farm exports
strenghten the U.S.
economy,” Mullinix em
phasized. “In 1980 they
generated $B2 billion in
domestic economic activity
.. providing employment for
1.13 million workers - some
630,000 m the non-farm
sector.”
Another conclusion of the
report summarized the
critical dependence of
foreign nations on U.S.
exports to meet world food
needs. Today, American
farmers produce nearly 60
percent of all the gram that
enters world trade.
Production from one-third of
U.S. cropland (over 110
million harvested acres) - is
exported.
“No other country comes
close to America’s ability to
meet future world demand
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concluded
oilseeds,”
Mullimx. “The long-run
effect on American con
sumers of meeting this
challenge is definitely
beneficial. Because steady
export market growth
means greater efficiency
and a larger volume of food
production. It will provide us
with the foreign exchange
needed to buy a a larger
quantity and wider selection
of imported necessities.”
A Blue Ribbon Committee
- 35 leaders representing
every major segment of U.S.
agriculture - is overseeing
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.
The first draft of the plan
is being distributed ex
tensively by Members of
Congress to prominent
constituents who are
responding individually to
tentative recommendations.
All responses to the first
draft plan will be considered
in a second draft to be
presented at a National
Conference on Farm Export
Strategies for the Eighties
scheduled for February 9-11,
1981 m Washington, D.C.
Following the conference,
important features of the
plan will be presented in a
nationwide public education
program. Efforts will focus
on reaching audiences in
major urban centers across
the country.
Anyone interested in
receiving more information
on the project, should write:
U.S. Farm Export
Education Project, P.O. Box
23421, Washington, D.C.
20024.