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Show Farmers Union Supports the Family Farm and Procedures, the Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho Farmers Union led the fight for equality for farmers through their cooperatives. co-operatives. They have been outspoken on parity for farmers, and stood firmly in support of theDatry Price Support program and asked Congress to follow through with the April 1 adjustment. Members of the Utah -Idaho Farmers Union attended attend-ed the 79th annual convention conven-tion of the National Farmers Farm-ers Union In Orlando, Florida, Flori-da, recently. Highlighting this year's convention was Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block, who said he is pleased with signals that the Soviets are Interested in buying UJS. grain. Block expressed hope that this would lead to actions ac-tions by the USSR allowing the Reagan Administration to lift the grain embargo. President of the Utah -Idaho Farmers Union questioned ques-tioned the administration's attacks on milk and grain programs without any mention men-tion of the subsidies going to the tobacco growers of South Carolina, horaeofSen-ate horaeofSen-ate Agriculture Committee Chairman, Jesse Helms. Tom Daschle, organizer of the 91 memberCongress-ional memberCongress-ional Alcohol Fuels Caucus, promised he will continue to push for development of s m all alcohol fuel production plants. The Utah - Idaho Farmers Union is a strong advocate for its-family-farm--memb ers. During a recent attack on farm co-ops by the National Na-tional Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws |