E4—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 2,1983
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who opened his speech with the
question, “Is agriculture taking
tha shape you want it to?”
The Blackfoot, Idaho, farmer
rancher said that there must be
“dramatic changes in agriculture.
There is a need to strengthen
markets, and farmers and ran
chers cannot go it alone.”
A major goal of the organization
is to attract young people into
agriculture, Woodland said.
“Any industry without young
people coming back into it is going
to die. The owners of land and
livestock have got to make it at
tractive of young people.”
He said the American people
have received many food products
so cheaply because the American
farmer has borrowed against his
assets and depreciation to produce
cheap food. In the last ten years,
farm debt has increased from $5O
billion to $2OO billion. Last year,
farmers paid $22 billion in interest
payments, while net farm income
was $l9 billion. Farmers paid more
for the use of borrowed money than
they earned from the sale of their
products, he said.
The N.F.O. philosophy is that the
producer has the right to deter
mine the value of his produce. This
is the way it operates m industry,
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The present system of marketing
farm products has not served the
needs of the producers. Woodland
said.
“There is no free market in
agriculture. Export markets are
not serving the needs of
agriculture. The farmer is ex
porting at a price below the cost of
production. There are more
foreclosures today than there were
during the Great Depression. ”
He continued that since its
founding in Coming lowa, in 1955,
the N.F.O. has concentrated on
group negotiations. Believing that
they have power and strength as a
collective bargaining unit to
negotiate more than an individual,
the organization does not buy or
sell anything, but negotiates
contracts for its members.
Regarding the recently enacted
USDA-PDC program. Woodland
called it, “A welfare program
administered by the government.”
“Farmers are too proud to apply
for food stamps, so the PIK
program was developed,” he said.
“Fifty-two percent of the farmers
signed up to put 39% of corn
growing land and 35% of wheat
growing land; a total of 83 million
acres, out of production.”
In an impromptu press con
ference following the meeting,
Woodland told reporters that farm
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their annual meetings June 20-22 in
Wooster, Ohio. The national
conventions will coincide with the
100th year anniversary of the Ohio
Jersey Breeders Association.
The AJCONAJ convention plans
include visits to area farms,
special programs for the ladies
and youngsters and other events
planned by the Ohio Jersey
Breeders Association.
The NAJ and AJCC will hold
their respective boards of direc
tors meetings beginning June 18.
Registration starts at 10 a.m.
Sunday, June 19, in the lobby of the
Rama da Inn, Wooster, Ohio.
saddled farmers with high-priced
machinery and high interest debt
has started to decline and the
farmer is willing to spend more
man-hours on the job with smaller
machinery at a smaller in
vestment, he said.
When questioned about the size
of the N.F.0., he said that the
membership figures, both
nationally and for Bucks County,
are confidential.
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Sunday’s program includes tours
of the Ohio Agricultural
Development and Research
Center’s (OARDC) Dairy
Research Facility at Wooster and
evening entertainment at the
Ramadalnn.
Monday is tour day, with visits
planned to area Jersey farms and
a barbeque dinner scheduled for
that evening along with time to
review the 70 consignments to the
26th Annual National. Heifer Sale
and the Ohio Centennial Sale.
The National All-Jersey
breakfast begins the day on
Tuesday. There will be a ladies
program while the 25th annual
meeting of NAJ, the Jersey milk
Inter-State local to meet
SOUTHAMPTON The Trappe
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Producers’ Cooperative District 1
will hold its annual dinner meeting
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marketing organization, convenes.
Tuesday afternoon will see the
26th Annual National Heifer Sale
and the Ohio Centennial Sale with
Merlin Woodruff as auctioneer.
The Annual Jersey Breeders
Banquet that evening will honor
Master Breeder Stanley N. Chit
tenden, New Lebanon, N.Y. and
Distinguished Service Award
winner Ray Chamberlain of
Wyoming, N.Y.
Wednesday morning is the AJCC
Awards Breakfast at which seven
outstanding Young Jersey
Dairymen will be recognized, with
the 115th Annual Meeting of The
American Jersey Cattle Club
following the breakfast.
according to Director Curtis N.
Kratz.
James E. Honan, secretary of
Inter-State Milk Producers’
Cooperative, will be the guest
speaker.
Elections of local officers will be
held.
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