WASHINGTON, D.C - "The
nation’s younger dairy farmers
and consumers will be the prin
cipal victims if Congress writes a
new farm bill that reduces parity
below eighty percent.”
This was the direct warning of
dairy farmer Clyde E Rutherford,
of Otego, NY, president of the 3600-
member Dairylea Cooperative in
testimony Wednesday before the
Senate Agriculture Committee.
Rutherford urged the Senate
Committee to take a long-range
view of the nation’s milk industry
when writing new farm legislation
‘The issue before Congress is
not simply a question of the so
called subsidy of the dairy in
dustry,” said Rutherford. “What
we are really talking about today is
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Dairylea slams milk parity cuts
the long-term availability of one of
the nation’s most important and
most basic foods, milk. ”
Pointing out the number of dairy
farms has been steadily declining
since the turn of the century, the
Dairylea president said the dairy
support program stabilizes the
industry and keeps adequate
supplies of milk available to the
public.
“In its headlong rush to balance
the budget” he said, “Congress
may be making long-term
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short supply side. This can happen
quickly.
"Short milk supplies will mean
higher consumer prices The
public will then demand more
dairy imports to make up the
shortage,” he said.
“We have been put over an oil
barrel by the OPEC nations
because we neglected our domestic
petroleum industry. Should we now
expose ourselves to similar
blackmail on vital food supplies 9
"Any farm legislation which
mandates a cut in the farmer’s
income will accelerate the loss of
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number of dairy farms?” he
asked
That is a false goal,” he said.
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“It is based on the false assump
tion that the older, smaller farmer
will finally go under, quit or retire.
In real Me it will be the young
farmers, the ones who are am
bitious and have gone into debt to
expand their operations, who will
be the first victims of the squeeze
out.
"It is in the long-term interest of
the United States to continue the
dairy support program at eighty
percent of parity. In addition, any
new legislation should require that
the eighty percent be adjusted
semi-annually Tight limitation on
imports of casern should be set,
also. Casern is a foreign-produced
product that replaces domestic
non-fat milk powder and adds to
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the cost of the dairy support
program.”
Rutherford concluded his
testimony by recommending that
the United States initiate ‘‘an
aggressive program to utilize our
excess dairy products in sales to
developing countries which are in
need of improved nutrition. Even if
we have to sell our dairy surplus
overseas at half the CCC purchase
price, it would cut the cost of the
CCC dairy program by that much.
Other nations market their surplus
products with heavy government
subsidies. There is no logical
reason why the U S shouldn’t do
the same ”
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