to produce economic benefits for a minority of 

 producers without depressing farm income in 

 the aggregate. Dr. Watts concluded that, from 

 Montana's perspective, it is important to 

 encourage research that would result in 

 specific technological advancement. 

 Furthermore, he said, if Montana producers are 

 to prosper, there must be technological 

 advancement in order to remain competitive 

 since it is highly unlikely that other areas 

 in the U.S. or the world will stand 

 technologically still. 



(2) Dan Maclntyre, Musselshell Agricultural 



Alliance, commended the Subcommittee for the 

 attention given to agricultural research 

 issues. He urged the Subcommittee to 

 reevaluate and review the priorities of state 

 research efforts. ': " 



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(3) Tom Tully, Northern Plains Resource C6ilricil, 

 voiced his organization's concern about the 

 high-tech, capital intensive research program 

 historically advocated by Montana State 

 University. He said that state agricultural 

 research has resulted in greater production 

 capabilities, which in turn have led to 

 greater overproduction and surpluses. Mr. 

 Tully expressed the view that university 

 research needed to concentrate on the cost of 

 adopting expensive technologies. 



(4) Dr. James Welsh, Director, Montana 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Montana 

 State University, submitted written testimony 



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