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Farmers Contribute
To U. S. Economy
About 5 million non-farm workers got $25 billion in paychecks and fringe benefits in 1967 which they earned in the marketing of food and fiber produced by American farmers, according to Chairman H. S. Barksdale of the Rappahannock County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee.
Chairman Barksdale said this was $8 billion more than in 1957-59 and $13 billion more than in 1950, and workers who benefited range from laborers to professional people and executives - milk truck drivers, processors, plant workers, warehousemen, supermarket checkers, restaurant workers, engineers, scientists, and accountants and many others.
Farmers made another contribution to the American economy by providing an abundance of quality food at reasonable cost, the Chairman pointed out.
He said farmers have responded to consumer demand with a 5.2 percent per capita increase in production of preferred foods since 1957-59, with large gains among livestock products, including poultry and beef.
He cautioned, however, that cur growing population and rising standards of living present a continuing challenge to farmers of tomorrow.
The Chairman reported that U. S. Department of Agriculture economists estimated that American farmers will have to increase crop production by 1.9 percent annually over the next 15 to 20 years to meet expected domestic and export needs, and that livestock production will need to grow by 1.7 percent per year.
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