OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter outlined 25 acres of potential agreement in goals and objectives between himself and the National Farmers Union at the farm organization’s convention recently. In a list of policies which ranged from helping lesser developed nations in order to develop long-term markets for U.S. agricultural products to keep ing interest rates down, Yeutter said he hoped the administration and the farm group could find many areas in which to work for common goals for American agriculture. Yeutter’s list of common goals with the farm group included working towards reducing the fed eral budget deficit, lessening reliance on energy imports, coun teracting unfair trade practices, and the need for sharing costs among nations for carrying world food reserves. He noted basic agreement with the farm group in its call for a multi year, set-aside program for conservation purposes, marketing loans for rice and cotton, the con- Pennsylvania Beef Expo • Registered Cattle Shows • Registered Cattle Sales • Registered Cattle Exhibits • Activities * Additional Educational Seminars Ag Secretary Speaks To Farmers Union tinuation of the Food for Peace program, and encouraging volun tary testing of water wells. Other examples of common concern included the targeting of farm program benefits, updating of milk marketing structures, con cern over concentration within the livestock industry, and the need for redirecting the conservation reserve program. Yeutter said he has not been able to figure out how to make targeting work and wasn’t pre pared to recommend specific actions or programs on some of the other areas of agreement with the Farmers Union. However, he said he wanted continued input from the farm group on its con cerns and directions. The USDA secretary also out lined primary differences between him and the farm group. Price and income programs and the approach to international trade negotiations were listed as prim ary areas of disagreement by Yeutter. Acknowledging a two-tier price system as an alternative for current-price support policy, Yeutter argued the system may MARCH 28 - MARCH 31 Penn State Ag Arena Penn State University Educational seminars March 29, featur ing many nationally-recognized speak ers, including Dr. Temple Grandin, an international authority on livestock handling designs and animal behavorial patterns. • Registered beef cattle evaluations, beginning at 8 am on Thursday, March 29. • Numerous other events throughout the Expo are planned. The PA Beef EXPO will also feature work in concept, but not in reality. He told the farm convention he believed a two-price system would meet consumer resistance and was inconsistent with current U.S. trade policy. "We are trying to get rid of the world of two tiered pricing systems,” he said. Yeutter argued that American producers had been hampered in gaining export markets because of the two-price systems of other nations. International trade negotiations to liberalize agricultural trade are totally, completely, and fully in the interest of American agricul ture, he said. Presenting his case to Nadonal Farmers Union delegates, Yeutter said, “There isn’t any danger that we are going to be out-negotiated or that the sky is going to fall on agriculture in these negotiations.” Yeutter said that American farmers would be winners if the trade negotiations resulted in a more level-playing field. “If we aren’t better off at the end of these negotiations, we should not be there,” he said. He said the administration’s objective in the trade talks were to Featuring... • Trade Show • Performance-Tested Bull Sale • Herd Bull Showcase • Cattlemen’s Awards Banquet • PA-BCIA Cattlemen’s Breakfast phase out all agricultural export subsidies. He also cited the need to convert non-tariff barriers, such as quotas to tariffs to eliminate variable levies and to end various minimum price import pricing and licensing schemes. The agriculture secretary said American farmers would be win ners overall if export subsidies and import barriers were elimi nated. “I think in the agregate we are competitive with producers in other nations,” he said. Yeutter did acknowledge that not all sec- Dairylea Communications Director Named SYRACUSE, NY— Mark F. Kenville of Fairport, N.Y., has been appointed director of com munications for Dairylea Cooperative Inc. Prior to joining Dairylea, Ken ville served as manager of public relations for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of the Rochester area where he was responsible for managing the public relations Lancaster Farming Saturday, March 24,1990-Dll tors in agriculture would benefit from the tra/Ie negotiations. Yeutter also discussed differ ences in budget priorities between him and the farm group. “We are not likely to get more dollars for agricultural spending,” he said. He indicated that the budget committees of Congress deter mined the level of federal dollars available for agriculture, not the agriculture committee. Similarly, he said, the administration as a whole sets its spending priorities, not just the agriculture secretary. department, serving as corporate spokesperson, and handling all media matters. Previously, he held a variety of communications positions with New York Telephone in New York City and Long Island. He also was a writer and editor with the Associated Press in New York City. 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