D6—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, luly 11,1981 Your ‘typical 9 farmer talks What do America’s farmers produce about two-thirds of total expect from their government U.S. farm output. These are by no when it comes to farm policies? means average farmers, and That question could probably be consequently their responses to a answered in many ways, depen- questionnaire may not be typical ding on the farmers you talk with. farm responses. Farm Futures magazine asked The big farmers who responded some big farmers-the truly to the Farm Futures magazine productive ones who produce most survey rated policies that deal with of what we eat. They surveyed the international trade as more im nine percent of U.S. fanners who portant to them than anything else. introducing the simple way to make your hogs gain faster on less feed. Statue' growth promotant. Stafac (virginiamycin) growth promotant slows feed passage to help your hogs gain faster on l@ss fe6d. 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Route #6, Box 348 Stevens, PA 17578 Hagerstown, MD 21740 (717) 738-1178 (301) 733-2553 THOMAS FARM SUPPLY R.D. 1 Millersville, PA 17551 (717)872-5646 WHITE OAK MILL FARM BUREAU R.D. 5 111 Mill Street Manheim, PA 17545 Mifflinburg, PA 17844 (717)665-2288 (717)966-1047 Slows the feed to speed the finish. tSmlthKltno Corporation. 1900 Stafac® is the Registered Trademark of Smith Kline Corporation. Farm Talk Jerry Webb Distributed By: WEST WILLOW FARMERS ASSOC. West Willow, PA 17583 (717)464-3386 "'if v, j, No doubt this reflects their awareness of what hhs happened to them over the past decade from the first Russian grain deal to the recent gram embargo. They know that international trade took them out of the farm surplus business and put them into a cash market. And they also realize the government has the power to change all that. Most of those responding'to the survey felt the government should have less influence over export trade than it’s had in the past. As reflected m the Farm- Futures’ survey, farmers seem to have deep concerns about the embargo and the way it was handled. Eighty-seven percent of those answering the survey said they think the embargo issue' should be covered in the new farm bill dueout of Congress some time this year. And more than two thirds of them believe that if an embargo is necessary, farmers should be reimbursed for what the lost markets actually cost them. Big farmers are looking for a free world market with as little government interference as possible. They also want Uncle Sam to promote farm exports. Virtually none of them want more government control. For Clean Livin Wood Shavings Are Best! IsNsi'-j .' VW |? A tv,.. .iw- mm&sm 1",% win,*:' ; *r ~jf- Consider this: only four percent opted for a national gram board that would control farm export. Only 17 percent wanted an in ternational cartel that would establish world grain prices, and only eight percent favored bilateral agreements on farm exports between nations. ■ When asked for their opinions about the survival of small farms, a surprisingly large percentage of big farmers showed concern about the future of small farmers. They were split about 50-50 - between those who want the government to put limits on farm size and those who don’t. Here’s how they reacted to some ideas that are being discussed for helpmg the small farmer: About half favored a lower limit on the maximum size of govern ment payments per farm. That figure is now set by law at $50,000. Eighty-two percent said they did not favor a limit oh investment tax credits which give high-earning farmers an advantage. And an equal figure did not want to tax capital gains on land the same as ordinary income. 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