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DURING the next month, Illinois 

 farmers through their County Farm 

 Bureaus will have an opportunity 

 to decide on what kind of a long-range 

 cooperative livestock marketing pro- 

 gram they want for the state. 



From Jan. 30 through Feb. 6, a series 

 of five district livestock marketing con- 

 ferences was held throughout the state 

 to discuss the "Progress Report on Live- 

 stock Marketing" which the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association board of direc- 

 tors is submitting to County Farm Bu- 

 reaus and other interested groups for 

 consideration. 



Attending these meetings were mem- 

 bers of the county livestock marketing 

 committees, officers and directors of 

 the County Farm Bureaus and farm ad- 

 visers. The district meetings were held 

 in DeKalb, Galesburg, Jacksonville, 

 Champaign and Mt. Vernon. County 

 representatives attending the meetings 

 were expected to report back to their 

 County Farm Bureaus. 



A printed copy of the "Progress Re- 

 port on Livestock Marketing" has been 

 submitted directly to County Farm Bu- 

 reaus by the lAA board of directors for 

 study, suggestions and recommenda- 

 tions. These suggestions and recom- 

 mendations are to be filed with the 

 lAA board of directors by March 5, 

 1946. Suggestions are also invited from 

 other interested groups. After all sug- 

 gestions are received the lAA will 

 adopt a final report and program. 



What is the "Progress Report," how 

 was it developed, by whom, and who 

 authorized it? 



It all started back in February, 1944. 

 At six district meetings held by the 

 lAA over the state on marketing, live- 

 stock producers asked that a statewide 

 committee be set up to study livestock 

 marketing. Such a committee was 

 named by local Farm Bureau leaders 

 representing all parts of the state. 



This statewide committee was made 

 up of two representatives from each 



lAA district ; one representative from 

 each of the marketing agencies serving 

 Illinois, including Indianapolis and 

 Evansville, and the marketing commit- 

 tee of the lAA. 



At the third meeting of the statewide 

 committee on Jan. 26, 1945, a sub-com- 

 mittee was named to study coordina- 

 tion and availability of marketing 

 agencies and government licensed mar- 

 kets. After 13 full days of study spread 

 over many months, in which represent- 

 atives of all interested groups were 

 heard, the sub-committee made its re- 

 port to the statewide committee. Fol- 

 lowing some days of study, the report 

 was accepted Sept. 6, 1945, and recom- 

 mended to the lAA board. The lAA 

 board referred it to the lAA marketing 

 committee, who in turn called in all 

 Illinois directors of the marketing agen- 

 cies on Oct. 5, 1945. Producer Agency 

 representatives expressed some dissatis- 

 faction with certain sections and as a 

 result submitted a counter proposal to 

 the marketing committee of the lAA 

 on Nov. 14, 1945. The counter pro- 

 posal of the Producer Agencies was 

 given careful consideration. 



On Jan. 18, 1946, the lAA marketing 

 committee recommended to the lAA 

 board of directors, general changes in 

 the plan suggested in the statewide 

 committee report. 



The action taken by the lAA board 

 in accepting the lAA marketing com- 

 mittee report was tentative. It was 

 further directed that the recommenda- 

 tions be submitted to the County Farm 

 Bureaus for discussion and suggestions, 

 any suggestions to be filed in writing 

 with the lAA within 45 days of receipt 

 of the report by the County Farm Bu- 

 reaus. 



During this period further sugges- 

 tions can be invited from other inter- 

 ested groups. After consideration of 

 all suggestions, the lAA board of di- 

 rectors will then adopt a final report 

 and program. 



That's the development of the 

 "Progress Report" to date. Now let's 

 go back and see what the report is 

 based on. 



Summarizing the report of the State- 

 wide Livestock committee, it can be 

 tabulated briefly as follows: 



(1) That a marketing system be de- 

 veloped that will be flexible 

 enough to meet changing condi- 

 tions now and in the future. 



(2) To coordinate the purchasing of 

 livestock through agencies now in 

 existence and by the establishing 

 of other buying points that may 

 seem necessary to bring about such 

 coordination. 



The committee recommended that a 

 state-wide livestock marketing agency 

 be organized and set up on a straight 

 Farm Bureau cooperative basis. 



It recommended a capital stock set 

 up with "B" stock running to the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association, and that 

 the no par common stock should be 

 issued to Farm Bureau members, dis- 

 trict marketing agencies, or country 

 buying points. 



After such state agency had been 

 established to bring about the neces- 

 sary control for complete coordination 

 of the sale of livestock, the committee 

 recommended that the agency opera- 

 tions of the Chicago, St. Louis, Peoria. 

 Springfield, Bushnell producers, and 

 the state office of the Illinois Livestock 

 Marketing Association be purchased by 

 the new state marketing association. 



This purchase should cover the 

 equipment, personnel, and contractual 

 relations, but should not include any 

 part of the surpluses of these organi- 

 zations. 



This arrangement would leave to the 

 boards of directors of the various 

 agencies so purchased, the responsibility 

 for liquidation of all assets not pur- 

 chased or taken over by the state live- 

 stock marketing agency. This purchase 

 program would bring all of these op- 



I. A. A. RECORD 





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