Helm asks for papers on 1985 Farm Bill trade policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator
Jesse Helms, Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition and Forestry, said he has
asked a wide range of farm
organizations and farm policy
specialists for policy papers on the
role of agricultural exports in
overall farm policy. The papers
will be published as a Committee
print, and is the second in a series
of three.
Helms said response to the first
print, entitled . “Farm Policy
Perspectives: Setting the Stage for
1985 Agricultural Legislation,”
was excellent. Letters soliciting
papers were sent out in May, 1983,
and the print was published in
April. (Copies are available for
$6.50 from the Superintendent of
Documents, stock number 052-070-
05924-9). The first print deals with
U.S. farm structure and the impact
of domestic farm programs in the
agricultural economy.
Helms said he is asking for the
second print because of the im
portance of exports to agricultural
prosperity. He explained that
domestic farm programs do not
always work to enhance our vital
export interests, rendering both
our domestic and international
programs less effective than they
could be in improving farm in
come.
“Contemporary American
agriculture and agricultural
marketing has changed
dramatically over the last 50
years,” said Helms. “One major
change has been a growing
dependence upon international
markets for farm profits. Yet
Federal farm programs are based
on concepts developed in the 1930’s
for a very different kind of
agriculture.”
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Chairman Helms indicated that
the third print in the senes would
deal with the unpact of technology
in agriculture on farm policy.
Helms said the purpose of these
committee prints is to form the
foundation of initiatives that will
be written into next year’s farm
bill.
“I hope this information will
form the basis of a comprehensive,
forward-looking review of farm
policy,” Helms said. “Current
programs are a patchwork of
complicated, sometimes mutually
conflicting legislative quick-fixes.
Farm policy should be more than
simply the sum of next year’s
government program for one
commodity plus another and
another. We should develop
coherent, comprehensive long
term policy, and the 1985 farm bill
provides that opportunity.”
Helms said farmers,
agribusinesses, those with ex
pertise in international finance and
trade, the academic community,
farm groups and public interest
groups have been asked for papers
on the f ollowmg topics:
Export Prospects-What are the
realistic prospects for market
growth in the years ahead? What
share of the world market can the
U.S. reasonably hope for, both in
raw products and value-added
products?
Domestic policies-How can
domestic programs be tailored to
encourage U.S. exports? Are
limited government funds best
spent on export promotion or
domestic payments?
Competitiveness-How com
petitive is the U.S. in the
production of food and fiber? How
can we become more competitive?
What policies are appropriate in
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Dairy
farmers who supplied milk plants
regulated under the New York-
New Jersey marketing orders
during May 1984 will be paid on the
basis of a uniform price of $12.26
per hundredweight (26.4 cents per
quart).
Market Administrator Thomas
A. Wilson also stated that the price
was $12.36 in April 1984 and $12.64
in May 1983. The uniform price is a
marketwide weighted average of
the value of farm milk used for
fluid and manufactured dairy
products.
The seasonal incentive fund
removed $.40 per hundredweight
from the dairy farmers’ uniform
price for May, a total of
$4,191,112.14. Deductions will
continue through June and will be
returned in the August through
November uniform price
calculations.
A total of 16,912 dairy farmers
supplied the New York-New Jersey
Milk Marketing Area with
1,047,778,034 pounds of milk during
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Export credit-In light of the
world debt problems, what should
be the role of government credit
programs?
Strong dollar and other im
pediments to U.S. trade-How do
currency exchange rates affect
U.S. trade 7 If the relative
weakness in foreign currencies
continues, how can U.S. exports
best remain competitive?
Unfair trade practices-What
impact do export subsidies and
nontariff trade barriers of other
countries have on U.S. agricultural
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exports? At what point should
countermeasures be used 7
Export controls-In light of the
1980 grain embargo and the
resulting contract sanctity
legislation, what must be done to
ensure the U.S. will remain a
reliable supplier?
GATT negotiations-Should the
U.S. enter into another round of
negotiations under the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 7
If so, what should be our ob
jectives?
Export legislation-Should the
1985 farm bill contain a separate
May 1984. This was a decrease of
2.5 percent (about 27 million
pounds) from last year. The gross
value to dairy farmers for milk
deliveries was $131,456,368.16. This
included differentials required to
be paid to dairy farmers but not
voluntary premiums or deductions
authorized by the farmer.
Regulated milk dealers (han
dlers) used 383,636,370 pounds of
milk for Class 1,36.6 percent of the
total. This milk is used for fluid
milk products such as
homogenized, flavored, low test
and skim milks. For May 1984,
handlers paid $14.33 per hun
dredweight (30.8 cents per quart)
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export title? What is the govern
ment’s role in expanding exports 7
Food aid assistance and markets
in developing countnes-Are U.S.
food air assistance programs, such
as P.L. 480, working effectively to
help third world nations build real
economic growth and develop
markets for U.S. products? How
can assistance programs be used
to build future markets?
Helms said that the print should
be available by early fall. The
third print on agricultural
technology and innovation is ex
pected later in the year.
for Class I milk compared with
$14.78 a year ago.
The balance (664,141,664 pounds
of 63.4 percent) was used to
manufacture Class II products
including butter, cheese, ice cream
and yogurt. Handlers paid $11.96
per hundredweight for this milk.
The uniform price is based on
milk containing 3.5 percent but
terfat. For May 1984, there was a
price differential of 16.4 cents for
each one-tenth of one percent that
the milk tested above or below the
3.5 percent standard.
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