Show AAA news AAA farmer committeemen took in stride the transition trans itin from war warl to peace which began in 1945 1 I 1 they carried their war jobs to a successful conclusion and immediately plunged into the job ob of helping farmers adjust to the new conditions of peace the year ended on a note of afi stop bok and listen farmers are t taking aking inventory of the chang 1 LS weh the war brought about I 1 on their individual farms and in i agi agriculture as a whole they are I 1 particularly interested in what those changes mean for the future while the impact of the war upon farming has been far reaching there is less concern for what may follow than under similar circum stances 25 years ago for one thing congress daspro has provided floors under the prices of mos most t farm products t to ease the shock of war to peace conversion I 1 more important farm legislation now on the books and action programs now in operation give farmers tha tools they need tz to keep and extend the gains made during the last 12 years these national laws built upon the agricultural adjustment act of 1938 and the soil conservation and domestic allotment act provide machinery to make farm production responsive to market demands to conserve land and water i cesto insure chopa against natural hazards and to tc assist the farmers in obtaining their fairl fair share of the national income the farmer c committeemen organization which makes this ma chinery run handled its assignments 1 smoothly during the past 12 months state county and local committees helped farmers to carry out more soil and water conservation practices than ever before under the agricultural program to protect more crops of more farmers than ever before under the federal crop insurance program I 1 i to produce guided by goals the volume and the kinds of food needed to finish the war and help feed hungry people abroad to increase through special payments flaxseed production 59 per cent above 1944 and to maintain the harvest of hay seeds above normal to stimulate the output of badly needed dairy beef and lamb iamb products through special production payments from commodity credit corporation funds to obtain surplus war trucks and other scarce equipment in august the entire AAA or I 1 was consolidated into the newly established production and marketing administration the new AAA setup known as the field service branch givis gives AAA committeemen new opportunities for service in the fields of farm s marketing and food consumption |