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continued trom Page 1)J negotiate for the farmers’ products, individual fanners are placed at a competitive disadvantage in an ever weakening position, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, coauthors of the proposed Marketing Bill. The Federation believes that farmers need bargaining power—muscle in the market place—to combat the continuing decline in the number of auction and central markets which have provided a source of price information and an alternative market outlet for many producers. The associations accredited by the Marketing and Bargaining Act will be able to improve farm prices and the conditions and terms of sale, which are now set by handlers with individual producers or associations having little clout to counter or reject the contract offered by the handler or processor.
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