FARM OUTLOOK 

 REMAINS FAVORABLE 



(Continued from page 6) 



be great in 1946. The support price 

 to farmers will probably be lower but 

 strong demand may hold soybean 

 prices above the support level. 



Prices for the 1946 wheat crop may 

 be only moderately lower unless pro- 

 duction is large in the U. S. and in 

 other countries producing surpluses. 



CO-OP LIVESTOCK 

 MARKETING PROGRAM 



{Continued from page 5) 



tribution of livestock and live- 

 stock products. 



(2) That it is highly advisable that a 

 marketing system be developed 

 that will be flexible enough to 

 meet these existing changes now 

 and in the future. 



(3) That all authorities on cooperative 

 livestock marketing recognize the 

 importance of a closer coordina- 

 tion between existing marketing 

 agencies. 



(4) That more intensive field work 

 should be done. 



(5) That cooperative trucking agencies 

 should be encouraged and pro- 

 moted, the object to be closer con- 

 tact with livestock producer mem- 

 bers, better service and to reduce 

 cost. 



(6) That serious consideration should 

 be given to improving the pur- 

 chasing and distribution of feeder 

 livestock. 



The agency committee report points 

 out, however, by way of disagreement, 

 that the recommendation of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association committee for 

 the organization of a state-wide market- 

 ing agency on a straight Farm Bureau 

 basis is unsound. The report says, "In 

 cooperative marketing the principle of 

 one member, one vote, is fundamental, 

 and in our opinion should be main- 

 tained. We believe in one member, 

 one vote, and that the member must 

 be a producer of the commodity which 

 the association was developed to han- 

 dle." 



The agency committee report points 

 out some of the difficulties that would 

 be encountered in setting up a state 

 agency, because of the flow of livestock 

 in inter-state channels. The agency 

 committee report states, "We believe 

 all outlying units or country points 

 should be owned locally, financed lo- 

 cally, and operated locally, under the 

 direction of their own boards of di- 

 rectors. We believe that livestock mar- 



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keting in the country would be, much 

 more effective if markets were set up 

 with enough volume to attract and hold 

 numerous buyers. We believe it is 

 universally recognized that if you are 

 to have any appreciable bargaining 

 power, you must have control of 

 enough volume of livestock so that you 

 can attract and hold numerous buyers 

 in order to generate real competition." 

 The agency committee recommends 

 in its report, that a committee be set 

 up to study the whole problem of live- 

 stock marketing, and that such com- 

 mittee be made up of: 

 One representative from each of the 

 six Producer Agencies serving the 

 state — Chicago Producers, St. 

 Louis Producers, Peoria Producers, 

 Springfield Producers, Indianapolis 

 Producers, Evansville Producers. 

 One representative from Illinois Live- 

 stock Marketing Association. 

 One representative from the Illinois 



Agricultural Association. 

 One representative from livestock de- 

 partment of the University of Illi- 

 nois. 

 One representative from the Illinois 

 State Grange. 

 The representatives are to be selected 

 by their respective organizations. 



It proposed that the 50 cents per car 

 now being paid by the sales agencies 

 into the general field service fund be 

 diverted, starting Jan. 1, 1946 to the 

 use of this committee to defray the ex- 

 pense of their meeting and any research 

 and study program they may instigate. 

 This committee to be given authority 

 to employ suitable personnel to make 

 a complete study and analysis of mar- 

 keting service as being rendered the 

 State under present structure and to sub- 

 mit changes and additions needed to 

 improve the service to the livestock 

 producers. The committee after re- 

 ceiving full and complete reports, and 

 having in their hands suff^icient infor- 

 mation, will present to the groups par- 

 ticipating their recommendation for an 

 action program. 



It suggested a few of the principal 

 fields in which research should be 

 started at once: 



(1) Study and submit a workable plan 

 for correlating livestock sales. 



(2) Make a study of the east central 

 Illinois area and determine the 

 type of market, or markets, needed 

 to best serve the producers of this 

 area, and preserve bargaining 

 power. 



(3) Study the marketing problems of 

 the northwest Illinois area and 

 recommended procedure to be fol- 

 lowed to put the large volume of 

 hogs produced in this area back 

 into a cc^related cooperative sales 

 program. 



(4) Study field service and recommend 

 a plan for improving and inten- 

 sifying same. 



(5) Make a study of cooperative truck- 

 ing service and recommend a plan 

 for developing same. 



(6) Study and recommend ways and 

 means for improving stocker and 

 feeder buying service. 



The marketing committee recom- 

 mended to the board of directors on 

 Jan. 18, 1946, general changes in the 

 plan suggested in the statewide com- 

 mittee report, substantially as follows: 



1. Set up a statewide livestock mar- 

 keting agency. The corporate struc- 

 ture would follow substantially the rec- 

 ommendations of the special committee. 

 Farmers might hold a direct member- 

 ship in the State agency, i.e., all Farm 

 Bureau members might be considered 

 as members of this State agency, or the 

 individual farmer might have his mem- 

 bership in a local agency and the local 

 agency would be the member of the 

 state association. 



2. This State agency could purchase 

 and take over the operations of the 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Associa- 

 tion and the internal producer agencies 

 wherever satisfactory arrangements 

 could be worked out. 



3. With respect to Chicago and St. 

 Louis and the Producer Agencies out- 

 side of Illinois, a contract might be 

 entered into between the statewide 

 agency and these Producer Agencies 

 whereby : 



(a) Business with Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers in Illinois would be considered as 

 business of the statewide agency. Any 

 patronage dividends would go to the 

 statewide agency. 



(b) Representation on the boards of 

 directors of the Producer Agencies 

 would be allocated among the several 

 states in proportion to the amount of 

 livestock originating in the respective 

 states. This possibly would require 

 some amendment of the article of in- 

 corporation and by-laws of the Pro- 

 ducer Agencies. 



(c) The statewide agency would rep- 

 resent all Farm Bureau members in 

 Illinois in nominating and electing di- 

 rectors to the board of directors of the 

 respective Producer Agencies. How- 

 ever, Illinois livestock farmers would 

 have representation on the boards of 

 directors of these agencies in propor- 

 tion to the volume of livestock origi- 

 nating in Illinois. 



4. The statewide agency would be 

 expected to develop over the years the 

 other services outlined in the report of 

 the special committee. 



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