OCR Text |
Show Surpluses Can Be Avoided - Bertoch A balanced abundance instead of wasteful surpluses of some crops and short supplies of others oth-ers is the purpose of acreage allotments al-lotments and marketing quotas, says Douglas Bertoch, chairman of the Duchesne County PMA committee. He points out that to continue to pile up surpluses for which there is no market, wastes both the soil fertility and the cost in labor, machinery and seed. Shifting to grass and legumes will help to bring production into balance for current markets as well as to build the soil for future abundant production. Without national allotments, an attempt at adjustment would be chaotic and without direction, says the chairman. A national allotment, he explains, is nothing noth-ing more than the acreage required re-quired at normal yields to produce enough to meet consumer con-sumer requirements and a safe reserve. The individual farm allotment al-lotment represents the farm's share of the national allotment. Marketing quotas are for the purpose of limiting the amount of a given commodity that can be put on the market. They are a means of avoiding market gluts. Marketing quotas are not declared until it is evident that the production will exceed the demand and a safe carry-over margin. They are put into effect ef-fect only after approval by a two-thirds majority of farmers voting in a referendum. To encourage farmers to use the acreage taken out of allotment allot-ment crops for balancing production pro-duction and conserving the soil, the Agricultural Conservation program provides assistance to farmers to aid them in' carrying carry-ing out conservation practices on these acres diverted from surplus sur-plus production. |