NFU Must Lead Ag Policy SIOUX FALLS, S.D. National Farmers Union must continue to lead agricultural poli cy development as the nation takes a new economic course, Lee Swenson, the national president of the farm group told the organiza tion’s 91st annual convention. "There are still important issues that we need to address,” Swenson said. He encouraged the organiza tion’s members to continue in the policy formation process. Among issues that Swenson said needed further attention are farm income improvements, the reorganization of USDA, international trade agreements, energy taxation, and health care. Swenson said the organization must move forward in its policy objectives as the nation downsizes government and reduces federal deficits. “We want to be part of the decision-making process when the proposed cuts for agricultural outlays, totalling $2.7 billion are made over the next four years,” he said. 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Powder prices reached the point where butter/powder plants were competing with cheese processors for milk supplies. Export Subsidy The increase in demand for powder came largely from the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP). Last year bids were accepted into DEIP for more than 155,000 metric tons of dairy products. Seventy-three percent, or 113,000 metric tons of that was on nonfat dry powder. Then USDA announced that it would offer DEIP contracts for 204,000 metric tons of powder in 1993, and in January accepted con tracts for 367 and 1,000 tons of whole milk powder. The bids were accepted by processors and the powder got made, but now there are delays in exporting it and powder prices are falling back to January levels. Some processors are offering powder out of storage below current market prices fearing further price drops if exports don’t start moving soon. Another export situation to watch is grain shipments to Russia. Moscow has defaulted on more than $3OO billion of U.S.-backed loans for grain and other farm products. If we cut off their credit, some of the 16 million tons we had hoped to sell them may stay here and affect feed prices. One of the best things about the dairy industry is that you have so many products to sell that you don’t have to rely on a single market. This month you have an example of the benefit of diverse products and markets weakening powder prices being offset by increasing cheese prices. That may keep the M-W from falling much more this spring. Cheese prices had fallen to a low of Si.l6 by Jan. IS, but never dropped further because powder prices went up. Since then, cheese prices have increased 3- and 4-cents per pound to within 1 cent of what they were at the end of 1992. After staying flat for six weeks at 51.16, the price of cheese blocks jumped 3 cents, and barrel prices went up 4 cents per pound, within two weeks. Those were the first increases since last October. 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