: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE E (KIKA) DE LA GARZA, Texas, Chairman THOMAS S. FOLEY, Washington, Vice Chairman WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California GLENN ENGLISH, Oklahoma CHARLES WHITLEY, North Carolina West Virginia RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois LANE EVANS, Illinois ROBERT LINDSAY THOMAS, Georgia JAMES R. OLIN, Virginia TIMOTHY J. PENNY, Minnesota EDWARD R. MADIGAN, Illinois, Ranking Minority Member JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont E. THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri RON MARLENEE, Montana LARRY J. HOPKINS, Kentucky GEORGE HANSEN, Idaho ARLAN STANGELAND, Minnesota PAT ROBERTS, Kansas BILL EMERSON, Missouri JOE SKEEN, New Mexico SID MORRISON, Washington GENE CHAPPIE, California CONTENTS Page H.R. 1190, a bill to provide emergency credit assistance to farmers, and for 3 Cline, Lloyd, vice president, National Cotton Council. Fredrickson, Carl T., Senior Deputy Governor, Farm Credit Administration..... Kuiken, Jack R., chairman, Agriculture-Rural America Committee, Independ- ent Bankers Association and president, First National Bank, Dekalb, Ill.... Naylor, Frank W., Jr., Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural Devel- opment, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Sacia, Paul R., assistant director of legislative services, National Farmers Alexander, Hon. Bill, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkan- sas, prepared statement............... Andersen, Edward, master, National Grange, letter of March 11, 1983............... Block, John R., Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, letter of August Dailey, Douglas, farmer, Madison County Jail, London, Ohio, letter of Febru- ary 14, 1983, to Hon. Chalmers P. Wylie, a Representative in Congress from deGot, Stephen P., vice president, Merban Americas Corp., letter of March 1, Daschle, Hon. Tom, a Representative in Congress from the State of South 263 207 Frazier, Charles L., National Farmers Organization, prepared statement Hallberg, David E., president/chief executive officer, Renewable Fuels Associ- Jones, Hon. Ed, a Representative in Congress from the State of Tennessee, letter of June 25, 1982, to John R. Block, Secretary, U.S. Department of Myers, Gary D., president, the Fertilizer Institute, letter of March 9, 1983, to John R. Block, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture........ Satterfield, Travis, farmer, Bolivar County, Miss., letter of February 14, 1983.. 219 Senter, David, national director, American Agriculture Movement, Inc., pre- Severens, Eugene, and Marty Strange, Center for Rural Affairs, Walthill, The Decline of Black Farming in America, a report of the U.S. Commission Willer, W. D., Agricultural Bankers Division, American Bankers Association, letter of February 23, 1983..... Williams, Lee A., president, Belridge Capital Corp., letter of February 28, 1983..... Page 224 264 ........ 240 248 Wylie, Hon. Chalmers P., a Representative in Congress from the State of 201 INFORMAL HEARING, KANSAS CITY, MO., FEBRUARY 18, 1983 Coleman, Hon. E. Thomas, a Representative in Congress from the State of Missouri, opening statement........ 278 Duncan, Marvin R., vice president and economist, Federal Reserve Bank of 321 Foster, John O., Missouri State director, Farmers Home Administration, U.S. 328 332 Graf, Ed, National Farmers Organization, prepared statement............... 315 334 338 Reesman, Dale, statement of............ 291 Ridgeway, Luann, attorney, Gulf & Great Plains Legal Foundation of America, prepared statement 346 |