B26—Lancaster Farming, Thursday, December 24,1981
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parts of the tood chain that are
between farmers and consumers.
“Where the assembly,
processing, and distribution
components of the food system are
relatively competitive,” Teigen
says, “there is a strong likelihood
that farm productivity gains will
be translated into lower consumer
prices.”
That “middleman” segment was
where much of the food price surge
of the early 1970’s occurred, Teigen
says, after the economy was
shaken'by wage and price controls
and the OPEC oil embargo.
As the CPI soared, personal
disposable income gams slowed at'
the same time commodity prices
rose, forcing the sharp jump in
Teigen’s food price index.
Rising energy costs and slowing
labor productivity growth in many
food processing and distribution
industries boosted food prices after
the products left the farm.
Productivity Holds Down Costs
The increases could have been
much higher historically, as
well as in recent years except
for gains in productivity on the
farm and until the mid-1970’s
in the food system.
In fact, Americans still spend a
far smaller portion of personal
income on food 16 percent last
year than any other people. The
proportion varies considerably
worldwide 27.5 percent in Britain,
32.5 percent in India, 59.3 percent
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Food
costs
in Sierra Leone (West Atnca), and
45 percent in the USSR.
Technology has been the key,
enabling farmers to keep up with
production costs in most years by
squeezing more and more output
from their farms.
Substitution of machines and
chemicals for labor is one way that
technology has increased
productivity. In 1944, the farm
workforce totaled 10.2 million,
compared with 3.8 million in 1979.
During that period, use of
agricultural chemicals increased
36-fold a 10-percent annual gain
and the use of tractors doubled
while tractor horsepower in
creased more than 4V« times.
Meanwhile, farmers were
squeezing more production than
ever from their fields. For in
stance, the average U.S. com yield
was 33 bushels per acre in 1944.
The 1981 yield could be 107 bushels
per acre, according to September
estimates.
While yields increased
dramatically, overall variable
costs per unit of production also
rose. For instance, it cost $l.lO to
produce a bushel of com in 1974
the first year of USDA’s cost of
production survey compared
with $2.36 last year.
Help for Farmers
Although consumers benefit
from such productivity gains,
some savings stay on the farm.
“Increased productivity boosted
1982 dog licenses on -sale
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania
Secretary of Agriculture Penrose
Hallowell announced that 1982 dog
licenses are now on sale and must
be purchased before January 15.
Hallowell said, “A dog license is
total farm output and output per
farm enough to enable net income
per farm to double in real terms
over the last 25 years,” Teigen
says. ,
In 1930, net income per farm was
$1,041 in 1967 dollars a measure
that disallows gains due to in
flation. The figure rose tb $3,029 in
1955, and $6,104 in 1979.
Total net farm income in 1967
constant dollars made solid
gains, at least until last year: $6.9.
billion average in 1930-1934. to $14.1
billion u\ 1955, to $14.2 billion in
1979. The best year,
Teigen notes, was 1973, when net
farm income topped $25 billion in
1967 dollars before falling to $17.7
billion the next year,
Last year’s |2O billion net farm
imcome represented a relatively
meager |B.l billion m 1967 dollars,
by far the worst showing in many
years, and this year may be no
better.
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