Show Let The New Congress Decide The new Congress in January 1969 should be given the opportunity to decide range longe-range legislative farm policy asserted Charles B Shuman president of the American Farm Bureau Federation Instead of continuing down the end dead road of gov- gov government supply management with acreage limitation stockpiles to depress market prices price fixing and sub sub- farmers need a program to expand markets increase prices cut costs and thus provide the basis increased for net farm income e declared fhe Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 costs more than an estimated 3 billion per year to operate or nearly 9 million each day This lavish scheme soaks up approximately third one of the recent Increase in taxes with little if any benefit to the farmers The farmers are in a serious price cost squeeze Ex- Ex Extension tension of the Act of 1965 does not reduce this pressure Its It's time for a change in farm programs of the same |