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Show June 1974 Utah Farm Bureau News Policy Issue Roundup Utah gets farm safety committee Representatives of the Cooperative Extension Service, various farm organizations, and agribusinesses have formed a Utah Farm Safety Committee, Spencer Daines, Extension agricultural engineer at Utah State University, has announced. At a recent organizational in Salt Lake meeting City, representatives of Utahs insurance, power and other industries plus Farm Bureau and Farmers Union heard Norval Wardle of Logan spell out results of committee possible Developments in national issues of interest to Farm Bureau members LAND USE PLANNING Despite earlier Farm Bureau predictions that the federal land use bill was dead for. this session of Congress, Morris Udall of Arizona has succeeded in moving his bill (H.R. 10294) to the floor of the House of Representatives for consideration during the week of June 3. committee In a dramatic 7 vote, for which one member flew back from Hawaii, Udall pushed the bill past apFarm Bureau-oppose- d t parent. delay. Congressman Steiger, also of Arizona, has indicated that he will offer a substitute bill (H.R. 13790) to the House. This bill eliminates much of the federal control present in the Udall bill; the substitute would authorize grants to help states develop and implement land use plans. This is in line with Farm Bureau policy stating that We oppose federal assistance to states for land use planning except under a grant-in-ai- d program. National Farm Bureau leaders are urging members to encourage their representatives to support H.R. 13790, or, if it fails, to oppose H.R. 10294, the Udall bill. 8-- Page 3 cit in other products to result in trade surplus of $1.5 billion. a-n- et FOOD PRICES Consumers enjoyed slightly lower food prices in recent weeks, but at what a cost to farmers and ranchers! Not only were cattlemen staggering from the losses imposed by low prices and high feed costs; egg, turkey, hog and sheep producers were on the losing side. Meat prices in retail stores are finally easing down in a 'long lag after farm prices decreased, raising hopes that increased demand will soon build back and ease the glut of beef. work. Wardle served for years as a safety specialist with the Iowa Extension Service and is a safety for large U.S. firms. consultant He pointed out that tractor driving schools for farm youth have been especially successful in spreading safe practices to older farmers. Two such schools have just been completed here under Daines Participants at the meeting named Elwood Shaffer, director of communications with Utah Farm Bureau, as committee chairman, Daines as executive secretary and Wardle as committee advisor. The Extension Service at U.S.U. has offered secretarial help for the group, which will investigate projects on the farm and in farm homes for committee action. One activity which will start soon is a survey of recent Utah farm accidents. Sponsored by the farm division of the National Safety Council, the research will be coordinated by Daines, who recently attended a briefing session in Chicago. The study is part of a nationwide project, with several states collecting statistics each year. Utahs Farm Bureau Womens committee was challenged during their recent state workshop, to aid in gathering accident figures in the Beehive state. The survey will probably begin this fall- . v Herringbone Stalls Exclusively at I FA FARM LABOR lost all but one lone g contract for his United Farm Workers union, Cesar Chavez is pushing a boycott of all lettuce and grapes. Many churches are AFL-CIsupporting the boycott. And is fanning flames of union strife by backing him also, since he moved away from secondary boycotts. With the Teamsters union having taken most of Chavez contracts away from him (with laborer approval, in most cases). Teamster president Frank Fitzsimmons warns that support of boycotts against products harvested by Teamsters is an antiunion boycott and will end Teamster in labor dissupport of AFL-CIHaving grape-pickin- O O putes. California growers were dismayed, in the meantime, to see Minneapolis public school buses rolling into Coachella Valley flying the Chavez black eagle flag. The 4,000 mile field trip was supposedly educational, but a teacher said the students had already made up their minds to support the UFW-th- ey even joined the picket lines before departing for home. FARM EXPORTS Farm exports were in ,the spotlight on two fronts as Congress (1) was urged by Farm Bureau to delete authority for export controls from the Export Administration Act of 1969 and (2) heard strong arguments for passing the Trade Reform Act to encourage foreign trade negotiations favorable to agriculture. 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