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Co-op head says Farm Bill will help U.S, farmers
were undercutting
taking our markets.
“Without addressing this fun
damental flaw in our farm
program," he declared, “we were
destined to lose our export markets
which account for over half of the
volume of many of our products ”
Morgan added this achievement
will be accomplished without the
corresponding sharp reduction in
farm income that ordinarily would
have been associated with such
price competition. This was
and
price
critically important, he said, given
the level of financial stress in the
farm economy
The cooperative leader noted
that NCFC had a major impact on
the Farm Bill, but was able to do so
in harmony with other agricultural
interests He said these ac
complishments came without
sacrificing NCFC’s traditional
responsibility on tax, energy, and
transportation issues.
Turning to internal matters,
Morgan said NCFC continued to
make progress on efficiencies
associated with its three affiliated
organizations. He said the com
bined staffs of NCFC and The
Farm Credit Council developed
and helped enact a major Farm
Credit package important to both
farmers and their cooperatives.
Morgan recognized the
educational work performed by the
American Institute of Cooperation
stating that “cooperative
education is the cornerstone of the
future for our cooperative
system.”
The NCFC chairman added that
“understanding by farmers of the
vital role cooperatives play in
assuring the availability of
markets at acceptable prices and
supplies at reasonable costs is
essential if we are to maintain
their support.
“But it has to go beyond just
loyal support,” Morgan declared.
“As directors and management,
we must be able to run our
businesses competitively, and this
too requires a sound education and
training program."
NCFC President Wayne A.
Boutwell elaborated on NCFC
legislative achievements during
1985, and predicted that budget
issues will dominate congressional
debate this year. He said the
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recently-enacted Gramm-Rudman
deficit reduction package will cut
deeply into all programs, including
agriculture, in an effort to achieve
a balanced budget by 1991
Boutwell emphasized that while
NCFC is supportive of budget
•eduction efforts, particularly in
view of the need to bring down
interest rates and the value of the
dollar, we must ensure that
agriculture isn’t unfairly singled
out when many farmers continue
to be under great economic stress.
The NCFC president noted that
tax reform is also expected to
become intertwined with the
budget. He said that program
threats stemming from budget
reductions will lead to calls for new
revenue through a tax increase.
“We will continue to work for
those provisions relating to the tax
treatment of farmer
cooperatives,” said Boutwell, “as
well as seeking enactment this
year of legislation dealing with the
cooperative netting issue. Both the
Budget Reconciliation bill, still
pending in conference, and the
House-passed tax reform bill
address that issue. ’ ’
During the business session,
NCFC delegates elected the
following officers for 1986:
Chairman, Ben F. Morgan, chief
executive officer. Dairymen, Inc.,
Louisville, KY; Vice Chairman,
Gene A. James, president and
chief executive officer, Southern
States Cooperative, Inc., Rich
mond, VA; Vice Chairman,
Russell L. Hanlin, president and
chief executive officer, Sunkist
Growers, Inc., Van Nuys, CA; Vice
Chairman, William A. Hiller,
president and general manager,
Agway Inc., Syracuse, NY; and
President, Wayne A. Boutwell,
Washington, D.C.