Farmers are in for a tough time
in 1965 as they struggle to increase
profits in a period of stagnating
demand, high interest rates and
low prices. But the stage is being
set for U.S. agriculture to become
more efficient and competitive as
new export policies, a new farm
bill and a change in the focus of
research enable demand for U.S.
ag products to grow and allow U.S.
farmers to become more
productive.
In a series of interviews in
Soybean Update, the weekly
marketing newsletter of the
American Soybean Association,
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Expert says U.S. Ag must be efficient, competitive
people representing different
sectors of the agricultural com
munity gave their attitudes and
expectations about U.S.
agriculture in the coming year.
The major challenge for U.S.
agribusiness in 1905 is to become
more competitive in the world
market, says Don Leavenworth,
vice president of the oilseed
processing group for Cargill, Inc.
“All agriculture needs to focus
on efforts to reduce the cost of
production, to improve the ef
ficiency of processing and han
dling and to improve the price
competitiveness of U.S. farm
products,” says the Cargill
executive.
U.S. agriculture needs to change
from the “passive mind frame” of
being a residual supplier to the
aggressive role of a “preferred
supplier,” stresses Leavenworth.
U.S. farm policy must be con
sistent with a competitive world
market situation.
Rebuilding markets is not an
easy task, Leavenworth notes.
Lower prices might be necessary
to gain back markets, but the end
result will be a stronger U.S. ag
system.
Farmers must operate their
farms as a business as well as a
production unit, says Porter
Robinson, vice president of
agribusiness lending for the Union
Planters National Bank of
Memphis. Lending institutions
need to understand their role in
helping farmers become better
businessmen, and banks should
work with farmers as financial
planners and counselors, he says.
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Banks should encourage a
thorough investigation of all
marketing alternatives to protect
farmers from market volatility
and reduce the farmer’s risks,
Robinson says. Farmers should
become familiar with hedging
techniques and the opportunities
that ag options offer.
Another big challenge for U.S.
farmers will be to successfully
manage finances during a period
of high interest rates and low
prices, says John Campbell,
University of Illinois dean of
agriculture. The University of
Illinois is looking at the “systems
‘ Market-oriented 9 policy
“This would lower wholesale and
retail prices and boost per capita
consumption, encouraging broiler
output to expand faster than it
might under current conditions,”
Vaughn says.
For U.S. agriculture as a whole,
unfortunately, even the transition
to a market-oriented policy might
reduce net farm income as much
as 30 percent below recent distress
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approach to agricultural
research.” Using this system, all
aspects of farming are studied -
including financing, planting and
marketing - and then the very best
management practices are applied
in all these areas.
Campbell stresses the continued
need of production research at the
university level, saying that “one
of the reasons U.S. agriculture is
so successful is because U.S.
farmers are so efficient and
productive. Plus, if the United
States doesn’t keep on with
production research, other
countries will pass us by.”
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begin, he concludes. “In the short
run, land values would continue to
fall. The advantage to government
would be the reduction of direct
farm program costs by perhaps 80
percent.
Thus, the issue becomes: Should
American farmers be asked to
adjust to a total market orien
tation? And, if so, what’s the
fairest way to make the tran
sition?”
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