A3o—Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 3,1981
NCA recommends changes
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
National Cattlemen’s Assn, has
recommended changes in
agricultural statistical and
economic reports which would
make the information more useful
and, at the same time, save tax
payers’ money.
The recommendations were
made in a statement presented to
the Economics and Statistics
Service of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, in connection with the
ESS budgeting process. The
statement, prepared by NCA's
marketing committee, was
presented by Burton Eller, NCA
vice president for government
affairs.
' NCA said ESS should: collect
and provide all basic economic
data for use by agricultural
producers and related industries;
provide only those vital services
and information which it is not
feasible for the private sector to
provide; conduct useful and timely
economic research which ad
dresses current and prospective
industry problems. The primary
objective of ESS should be to
provide useful and timely in
formation for use in making
management decisions.
NCA said ESS can make budget
savings without reducing services
which are really useful to main
stream agriculture and which
benefit the public as well.
Basic points made by NCA in
cluded:
USDA should reduce or
eliminate its current analysis and
outlook information. It should
provide basic inventory and other
data of use to cattle and other
in ag statistic reports
producers. But it should not be
issuing price forecasts. Analysis
and outlook information is now
provided by private services, state
extension services and others. It no
longer is necessary tor USDA to
devote expensive resources to
forecastmg.
A recent survey showed that
most NCA members feel USDA’s
role should be one of collecting and
reporting basic data. Most feel that
USDA outlook reports are of
limited value or of no value. If
budget cuts are necessary, the cuts
should be made in the market
outlook area.
ln making adjustments in its
economic reporting, USDA should
consider the relative importance of
different segments of agriculture.
If cuts must be made, they should
be made in reports for very small
segments of agriculture. Main
stream agriculture should have
priority. At present, beef cattle
account for 23% of all farm
marketings, but statistical reports
on cattle represent only 7% of the
ESS budget for statistics^
USDA economic research
should be redirected so that it
focuses on current and prospective
problems in agriculture. Its chief
aim (benefiting the public as well
as producers) should be to develop
information which will help im
prove decision-making and
productivity.
Research on fundamental
changes and trends in agriculture
is needed. Various indexes and
price relationships used in
economic analysis are out of date
and need updating.
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