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STATEMENT OF 

 FRED ADAMS 

 CAL-MAINE FOODS 

 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 



BEFORE THE LIVESTOCK SUBCOMMITTEE 

 OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 



SEPTEMBER 14, 1993 



GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS FRED ADAMS, OWNER OF CAL-MAINE 

 FOODS, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. MY COMPANY OPERATES COMMERCIAL EGG 

 FARMS PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE 

 COUNTRY. I ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 

 THE AMERICAN EGG BOARD FROM 1976 - 1979. 



I AM HERE TODAY TO TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF H.R. 163 7, AMENDMENTS 

 TO THE EGG RESEARCH AND CONSUMER INFORMATION ACT. THE EGG CHECKOFF 

 PROGRAM IS ONE WHICH I AM FAMILIAR WITH AND SUPPORTIVE OF AS AN EGG 

 PRODUCER. COMMODITY CHECKOFF PROGRAMS ARE PRODUCER SELF-HELP 

 PROGRAMS FULLY FUNDED BY PRODUCER, NOT TAXPAYER, DOLLARS. THESE 

 PROGRAMS GIVE COMMODITY GROUPS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PULL TOGETHER AS 

 AN INDUSTRY, POOL THEIR RESOURCES AND PROMOTE THEIR PRODUCT FOR THE 

 GOOD OF THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY. 



INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES IN THE EGG INDUSTRY ARE STILL FREE TO 

 ADVERTISE AND PROMOTE THEIR OWN BRANDED PRODUCTS WITHOUT ANY 

 RESTRICTIONS FROM THE EGG CHECKOFF PROGRAM. THE BEAUTY OF THE 

 CHECKOFF PROGRAM IS THAT IT ALLOWS THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE TO 

 ACCOMPLISH FAR MORE TOGETHER THAN WE COULD INDEPENDENTLY. 



