Show F Farm arrit P J 1 Bill The farm bill worked out in congressional conferee sessions is generally speaking more of the same for US U.S. farmers There are minor changes and there is a new per- per crop ceiling on price support payments THIS WILL make some big farm operators unhappy but is overdue It will probably probably probably ably discourage production over-production by large farm organizations which result in some same cases in federal payments of over overa a million dollars in the form of price support The new new- farm bill retains the price support structure of recent years and is expected to cost the Commodity Credit Corporation another three or four billions in 1971 in support payments to farmers The cost in fiscal 1970 was 42 billions PRESIDENT NIXON pledged in his 1968 campaign to work- work for a new orientation in Americas America's farm support program program pro pro- program gram and agricultural policy But Congress is controlled by Democrats and the farm program is for the most part a program of Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- Democratic cratic administrations The Presidents President's powers are lim Un- THE 1971 1911 farm support program will probably stimulate stimulate production over-production again in some crops However increases increases increases in in- creases in many other cate cate- gories Likewise farmers and especially especially especially es es- es- es farm workers do not oot enjoy many of the federal protections other working enjoy Thus some federal federal feder fed fed- er eral al e expenditure in behalf of farmers is not unjustified the future hope remains that improvements improvements im im- in the farm program program pro pro- program gram will be made that will retain aid to farmers without without without with with- out holding up prices artificially artificially arti arti- encouraging pro over |