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Show National Farm Bureau Convention Chartered aircraft will take more than 800 Utah Farm Bureau members to Miami Beach, Fla., January 14-18 where they will join with 10,000 of their fellow farmers and ranchers in the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau. Utah Farm Bureau executive vice president C. Booth Wallentine, who is coordinating the massive convention airlift, said the group is by far the largest delegation from Utah to ever attend the organization's national convention. While in Miami Beach, the Utahns will hear a report on foreign trade talks by Robert S. Strauss, the Carter Administrations top trade official. Farm prices are heavily influenced by foreign trade and farmers are being urged to produce more for export to offset growing imports of oil. The convention will also be addressed by Ronald Reagan, former California governor, as well as Allen Grant of Visalia, California, the first westerner to head the 3,000,000 family member Farm Bureau. A prominent Utahn will also address the convention. Arch I,. Madsen, president of Bonneville. International, Inc., will address the convention con-vention on the subject, "Where Are the Champions of Free Enterprise?" Madsen is an internationally known broadcast executive. In addition to foreign trade, other key issues to be discussed include a Farm Bureau plan to amend the U.S. Constitution to require the Federal government to balance the budget. The Farm Bureau is one of the first major national citizens' groups to launch a campaign to end federal deficit spending, which is considered con-sidered the key cause of inflation. Also included on the agendsOare farm product transportation problems, predator control, pesticide shortages, the need for new sugar legislation and finding ,. new uses for farm products. '- Leading the Utah .'delegation is Frank O. Nishiguchi. president of the 15.000 member Utah Farm Bureau. Nishiguchi is a diversified farmer from Box Elder County. |