(Continued from Page Al) for people. Market potential is where the people are. World population overseas is growing several times faster than U.S. population, and most of that foreign population is anxious to upgrade its diet. On the other hand, the domestic U.S. market for food and fiber, as well as in other developed coun tries, is a mature market. The American domestic market is not likely to expand significantly beyond our U.S. population growth rate, The productivity of American agriculture continues to increase much faster that the U.S. population. Farmers are producing the food and fiber for the American domestic market wluch has nearly a one-third larger population than 25 years ago-with fewer acres than were harvested for that purpose in 1960. By contrast, the number of U.S. crop acres devoted to producing for foreign markets has increased by three-fourths since 1960. The 1985 Farm Bill, and American farm policies, should concentrate on expanding agricultural exports in a world that is becoming increasingly com Here are three management systems from DICKEYjohn that can put more efficiency in your harvest The DJGLM2OO Grain Saver the most effective area-based grain loss monitor in the field. Helps you finish faster, with extra bushels from every acre. Thfee full advantage of your Grain Saver by teaming it up with a Dj SAM 100 Speed Area Monitor. In combination with the Grain Saver or with a new Universal Distance Sensor, the Speed Area Monitor is now priced at Just $300.00. Then, weigh your harvest precisely with a new DICKEY-John Welghxniwtcr™ Electronic Scale. It handles up to 40,000 lbs. And its easy portability makes it a handy toolyear round. Get set for your most efficient harvest ever. DICKEY-John technology gives you the tools you need - backed by a nation wide network of service centers. NEW TOOLS FROM NEW TECHNOLOGIES. Former USD A petitive. There is no viable alternative. Either U.S. exports will grow or U.S. farmers will have to reduce their production sub stantially in food grains, feed grains, oilseeds, and cotton. It would be suicidal to ask our far mers to pace their output to the slow growth of the U.S. market while trying to maintain today’s modern farm structure, land in vestments and financing, and the agri-industries that serve American farmers. If we. develop a Farm Bill that helps farmers adjust to new growth and new opportunities, and helps farmers to be competitive in today’s world markets, U.S. agriculture will prosper in the years ahead. If we do not alter or eliminate farm programs that are harmful and fruitless in today’s market realities, and which will become even more out of step in the 5 to 10 years ahead, farmers will suffer, rural America and its institutions will suffer, and the Nation will be weakened. 1. Non-recourse loans as a safety net. Non-recourse loans have been a part of the U.S. agricultural policy for 50 years, and they have worked well if loan levels are set at or below market clearing levels. heads give Farm Bill views ■Since 1981, unrealistically high loan rates for most major grain and fiber commodities, in com bination with a strong dollar, have priced the U.S. out of world markets, stimulated production abroad, and resulted in a com bination of very costly acreage reduction programs and bur densome stocks. We recommend that loan levels be set in such a manner that they will be below season average market prices except in unusual circumstances. In that way, the loan program will protect farmers against major short-term price declines, but not interfere with the longer-term, free working of the marketplace. 2. Authorize the continued use of target prices and deficiency payments. Supplementing farm income through deficiency payments on base acreage instead of price support loan programs has one distinct advantage-it permits commodities to move through normal marketing channels at market clearing prices. A year-to year buildup of surpluses is less likely. Furthermore, competing countries are discouraged from expanding their production. Some type of income protection is needed for a time to help far Fbr additional Information, just call the DICKEYjohn Representative nearest you: Robert J. Lee in Carlisle. 717-243-3966 Carl Sultzbaugh in Dlllisburg, 717-432-4003 Frank Wilbert in Bakerstown, 412-443-3307. Or fill out and return the coupon below to DICKEY-john. Tell me more. Please send me additional information on the following product or products. □ The DICKEY-john DjGLM2OO Gram Saver □ The DICKEYjohn DjSAMIOO Speed Area Monitor □ DICKEY-john Weighmaster Electronic Scales Name Address Town Zip_ flrtt in * Brl ° niC ‘ jjjjjjjjljljjl DICKEYJohn CORPORATION W PO BOX lO • AUBURN II 62616 USA • PHONE (217) 438 3371 mers adjust. A target price program that gradually adjusts target levels will be less harmful to future export opportunities than a program of high non-recourse loans or a program of idled acres. Since small commercial farmers . - pi i financial stress, a dollar ceiling should be established on total payments per farm operator. Furthermore, we recommend that Congress not establish specific minimum target levels as was done in the 1981 Act, but establish appropriate guidelines-especially for the second, third, and fourth years. There is simply no way to predict well enough what will happen to suppliers and prices in in ternational markets 3 or 4 years in advance. 3. Reduce need for acreage reduction programs through demand expansion. A primary thrust of ILS. agricultural policy should be to expand demand so that the need for acreage reduction programs, except those for fragile lands, is eliminated. While being used, acreage reduction programs should not be operated to keep prices above support levels. Government programs that idle U.S. cropland for the purpose of State Phone Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 27,1985-Al7 reducing production and raising farm commodity price levels are exercises in futility. These programs fail because they are unilateral efforts by the U.S. to reduce world supplies and raise world prices. People in competing countries watch us closely, and they expand production in response to U.S. actions-thus the effort to raise prices fails. Fur thermore, when competing countries expand production and set up increased trade outlets, those are not dislodged easily or quickly. The net result is a gradual erosion of the U.S. share of foreign markets. 4. Redesign the farmer-owned reserve. The Agricultural Act of 1977 required the creation of a farmer-owned reserve for wheat. The 1981 Act continued the program for wheat and also in cluded com. Reserves of certain commodities in the hands of farmers should be maintained as a matter of Government policy only for security reasons and for th 6 purpose of providing a reasonable degree of supply and price stability. The quantities should be modest and the maximum amounts should be specified. The stocks should not be obtained through attempts to support market prices. Guidelines for the release and use of reserve stocks should be clearly specified and made consistent with market oriented loan programs. 5. Integrate trade and development activities in a new program to expand exports. Since 1981, U.S. farmers have lost 35 percent of their West European market and 10 percent of their Japanese market. These markets will continue to be important, and we should make concerted efforts to establish international trading rules that will permit us to com pete freely and fairly for those markets. The U.S. will need to look in (Turn tolPageA27) GENUINE HORSEHIDE Barnyard Acid Resistant AMERICAN MADE Steel shank brown cushion insole and arch support Goodyear welt padded collar, mtro cord sole, will not track, "ideal (or barn use " Sizes 7 13, D EE, and EEE width 7 half sizes 6 Inch pictured *37.95 8 Inch •40.95 SIZE t WIDTH- PRICE EA TOTAL 6 Inch $37.95 8 Inch $40.95 Send Check To. T „.,. W-R SUPPLY CO. ota RD No. 4 Box 155 NY. Add Norwich, NY 13815 6% Tax (607)336-6987 Grand "We Pay Postage" Total NAME : ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP
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