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Show BurpiiiSQQ roiso oonecrns "Only a short time ago i we were worried about food i shortages; now, to the dls- ' may of many farmers, we have to worry about sur- pluses again!" That statement was made by Ray Finch, Utah State ' University Extension mar. keting specialist, upon returning re-turning from the recent Agricultural Ag-ricultural Outlook Conference Confer-ence in Washington, D.C, Finch said that although there is still a problem of food distribution to people throughout the world who need it, there is definitely a surplus of wheat in the world under the distribution system. Domestically inthe UJS., there is also a surplus sur-plus of beef, hogs, broilers and turkeys because prices are below the cost of production. pro-duction. Finch said, "Big crops don't help the farmer if he doesn't make a prof it on what he sells." As reported at the conference, confer-ence, the outlook for food supplies and prices indicates that large food supplies will continue to slow the rise in retail food prices during the first half of 1977. During that period retail food prices are expected to increase two to four percent |