1995 FARM BILL
Whether we participated in
the government farm programs
or not, the new farm bill will
affect all of us in agriculture.
The National Com Growers
Association, The Wheat Grow
er, and The American Cotton
Council have joined forces to
lobby for a fair and equitable
farm bill for American
Agriculture.
Some of the changes being
lobbied for are more flex acres
so that farmers planting deci
sions can be more market
oriented, with slightly higher
commodity loan rates and
keeping the target prices where
they are now. By increasing the
flex acres and raising commod
ity loan rates, deficiency pay
ments should be cut enough to
stay within the federal budget
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President’s Message
Curt Rakestraw
President, PMCGA
guidelines.
In the recent past, many
groups have criticized govern
ment agricultural programs as
being too expensive. Now I’ll
give you some facts that con
tradict that statement. From
1986 to 1995, Agriculture sup
port payments declined by 70
percent, from $26 billion to $8
billion. The Congressional
Budget Office (CBO) projects
C.C.C. spending will decline
by 8 percent from $8.5 billion
in fiscal year 1986 to $7.8 bil
lion in fiscal year 2000 with no
program changes. If all the
other federal programs had
taken the same level of cuts as
agriculture, we would now
have a substantial budget surp
lus. Farm programs represent
less than 1 percent of the entire
federal budget.
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Not only is federal spending
on agriculture down, but the
percentage of disposable
income that families spend on
food is down. It takes only 10.3
percent of disposable income
for an Americzn family to buy
food, while France, the next
closes nation to us, takes 16
percent Where on earth do any
people have better quality
food, more variety, or a safer
food supply than in the United
States?
As farmers we need to do a
better job in communicating
these facts to our uiban neigh
bors. The next time your local
newspaper runs an editorial
unjustly criticizing farm prog
rams, I would encourage you to
respond with a letter to the
editor.
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Com Tglk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oclobtr 14, IWS-P>g»
we have included a chan which I’d like to thank you for tak
demonstrates just how lopsided ing time to read Com Talk and
The European Agriculture sup- I’d also like to wish you a safe
pon spending is to ours, as are and productive harvest season,
many other industrial nations. Curt Rakestraw
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