Contents 



Introduction 5 



List of Western Governors 6 



Section One — Food in thie West Plenary Session 



Welcome 9 



Opening Remarks 12 



Panel Discussion: 



Dr Emery N Castle 15 



Resources for the Future, Inc. 



Richiard M. Bressler 21 



Burlington Northern Inc. 



Dr. Norman E. Borlaug 25 



Plant Geneticist and Nobel Laureate 



Open Discussion 32 



Closing Remarks 40 



Section Two — Food in the West Prepared Reports 



Toward a Western Agricultural Policy 43 



John Ehrenreich 

 Public Lands and Red l\/leat Production 45 



E. Wayne Hage 

 Agricultural Innovation 49 



John Freivalds 

 Cooperative fVlarketing; Aggressive, Innovative 51 



Randall E. Torgerson 

 Water in the West 54 



John R, Lassen 

 Food From Rangeland 57 



Harold F. fHeady 

 Financial Issues Affecting Western Agriculture 59 



Marvin Duncan 

 Agricultural Exports and the West 64 



Joseph A Kinney 



Postscript 67 



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