C24—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 24,1981 Senator urges agriculture to tell its story HOLLYWOOD BEACH, F'~ Senator Mark An di ■ ws last Wednesday urged the agricultural commumtv to tart telling its story breaking at the 52nd an nua! meeting of the National Co. acil of Farmer Cooperatives, Andrews said the farm organizations du ig the last 30 years have done more to confuse than inO'cm Congress ‘The onlv wav to sell a farm program, ’ he asserted, “is to show that the U S economj needs a sound farm program ” I he veteran legislator said that the Dutch enjoy ex tremely high price support levels because their people realize that if farmers aren’t doing well, the rest of the economy will suffer He noted the nation does better when farmers get an adequate return on their investment ‘ This is the storv all of us must get across, ” he said Andrews added if cooperatives and others can help the public realize how important it is to protect and encourage the U S food on duction system then we can move into a new era of ag icultural productivity in the world 1 „rnins to energj mat te c Andrews said that Ci K.ivss must work on PLANTING TIME IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.. 4 GOOD REASONS TO ORDER GUTWEIN NOW... 1. 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