| Show GROWERS SHOULD CONSIDER WHEAT SITUATION FACTS FAU ants before they go to the polls on may alay 25 to vote ote v in the wheat adjustment program referendum wheat farmers have six important facts to consider william peterson state director of extension says the first big fact is that our former n er large ar export market continues to be small foreign countries have placed high tariffs and quotas against our wheat our own tariffs against foreign goods have also made it difficult for foreign countries to bu buy our wheat every effort is being made to increase export markets but this Is a slow process second second is the fact that world prices are not materially higher our two short crops have kept us on a domestic price basis unrestricted 13 reduction production in the face of the world situation would cause our prices to reach their previous depressed position third there is still enough wheat heat land available to prod produce tice bumper crops and surpluses drought caused heavy tosses losses but far farmers farrae merls rii do no not t expect drought every year fourth doi domestic consumption of wheat remains relatively constant efforts are being made to improve the quality and appeal of bakery products use of wheat for livestock feed is ordinarily increased only when wheat is cheap in relation to other crops fifth farmers are protected through the adjusted payments on their domestic allotments against low world export prices if we had been on a world price basis during the last year it is estimated that our farm prices would have been SO 30 to 35 cen cents ts a bushel under what they h actually were |
