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Show I Li A change in government farm prog- rams to prevent a of feed grain and wheat supplies in government hands was recommended by delegates to the American Farm Bureau convention in New Orleans last month. The 211 delegates, including Elmo Hamilton and Jerold Johnson of Utah, recommended that the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) should offer only recourse loans with the interest rate based on the cost of money to government. The delegates said farmers must not be forced to compete with CCC for markets. In addition to opposing national grain reserves in the hands of government, the delegates at the meeting vigorously opposed U.S. participation in food reany internationally-controlle- d build-u- p National FB policy opposes world, U.S. grain serves. reserves If processor contracts or futures markets do not provide farmers the opportunity to hedge or contract a portion of their production at profitable levels, we recommend that Farm Bureau conduct an educational effort among its members in order to minimize the risk of overproduction, the delegates said. Farm Bureau delegates opposed per CiraveiraftSsira farm payment limitations under the farm program and favored use of the program if needed to control production. To meet emergency food needs throughout the world, the delegates recommended the establishment of an international monetary food fund to be U'cd lor tiie purchase of food only in amc unts nes j' 1 and when needed. 11k fund should be supported by all the world. To meet disaster nation, needs, such as starvation, malnutrition and other emergencies, funds could be withdrawn from the international monetary food fund to purchase needed food from any nation where it is available. The delegates stated disagreement with the view that Americans should eat less meat in order to provide more food for the rest of the world. The delegates explained that millions of acres of U.S. land are suited onlv for production of forage which can't be used directly in the human diet. Without livestock this large land area would be lost to food production, which would be inconsistent with demands for increased food production. The Farm Bureau delegates called set-asi- de : rams designed to open foreign markets to U.S. farm products through reduction on nontarilT barriers. The delegates opposed any proposal to limit or control exports of U.S. farm products. And the delegates called on the President and other government officials to give concrete assurance prior to planting time that embargoes will not be applied during the ensuing year. The delegates stressed that countervailing duties should be imposed on imports from countries subsidizing exports of farm products to the U.S. And delegates requested that imported farm products be labeled as to country of origin and meet the same sanitary and quality standards applied to U.S. farm products. The delegates reaffirmed the organization's position that the best method of controlling inflation is the elimination of federal deficits. Delegates opposed legislative authority for wage and price controls. The delegates supported changing the tax laws to limit further the opportunity of a taxpayer to offset farm losses (Ser PoWtV? pave 2, column "tUMVERSITV OF UTAH UTAH IhiDGpMngjIhifls for placing special emphasis on prog- 1) FEB 1 1 1975 SERIALS 0RuJ DIV. (TINEY Vol. XXI, No. 2 ABOVE: Elmo Hamilton Ocft), UFBF head, acaward from nacepts Utah's seven-sttional president William Kuhfuss at January convention. . . Salt Lake City, Utah February 1975 ar UPPER RIGHT: takes his place (right) at the peak of a pyramid of state Farm Bureau presidents. Seven stars were tops in an- . . . Then nual program competition. RIGHT: AFBF president William Kuhfuss (right) presents an Outstanding Young Farmer and Rancher award to Utah's Bill and Kathy Wright of Pleasant Grove. They were honored during national convention in New Orleans. Sherry Bingham of Honeyville, Utah's Talent Find winner, impressed a crowd of 10,000 AFBF convention attendees with her talent as a flute soloist. OFFICIAL NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETINGS Pursuant to the articles of incorporation of the Utah Farm Bureau Insurance Company and Country Mutual Life insurance company, notice is hereby given that the annual meetings of these companies will be held at the Ramada Inn, 1000 South Main St., Salt Lake City. They are scheduled on Wednesday, March 19, 1975, at these times: Country Mutual Life 10:00 a.m. Utah Farm Bureau Insurance This crowd of 88 Utahns welcomed the warm Southern weather at the New Orleans airport as they arrived for a Company AFBF convention. More than 70 continued from1 there on an agricultural study tour of Mexico and Guatemala. three-da- y . i AFBF re-ele- cts Hamilton to board Elmo W. Hamilton, president of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, was to the board of directors of the American Farm Bureau Federation at its recent annual convention in New re-elec- ted ' Orleans. This will be his third term of office. He was elected to his first two-yeterm in 1970. As a state FB president, Hamilton also serves as a member of the AFBF resolutions committee, helping screen states proposals for national and international policy. ar 2:00 p.m. C. Booth Wallentine Secretary-treasur- er |