Young Farmers Investment Act: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1567 ... April 25, 1968 |
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acres adequate amend American agriculture amortized amount areas bear interest become due BERTSCH bill borrower Capital required Chairman cities committee Congress Consolidated Farmers Home cooperatives corporate farm cost dairy farm due and payable ECKLES economic efficient family farm farm families farm ownership loan farm units Farmers Home Administration Farmers Investment Act Farmers Union farming operation farming today Federal financing Gaylord Nelson GEORGE MCGOVERN going Government GRAHAM Home Administration Act Homestead Act income increase interest rate Iowa Kastenmeier KIRCHNER labor Land in farm landlord legislation limited loan program ment million National normal value number of farms operating loans opportunity owner payment percent present market value problem proposal purchase real estate refinancing reported ROHDE rural electric Secretary Senator Nelson Senator TALMADGE small farmers standard of living statement Subcommittee tenant tion trend U.S. SENATOR WEISE Wisconsin young family Young Farmers Investment
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Page 57 - exceed the normal value of the farm or $60,000, whichever is the lesser. The loan limitation includes the unpaid indebtedness against the farm or other security. Loans are repayable in not more than 40 years and bear interest at
Page 57 - and water development, use, and conservation; forestry development; recreational facilities; refinancing indebtedness, and for loan closing costs. Loans are limited to farms which are not larger than family farms and
Page 58 - the policy of Congress to recognize the importance of the family farm as an efficient unit of production and the
Page 25 - a nameless face in a labor combine? If agriculture, not holding tightly to its own status quo but thoughtfully concerned for its uniqueness, can devise some better institutions—a better system of economic organization—it will not only aid its own welfare but once again will have something valuable to demonstrate before the world.
Page 40 - you. STATEMENT OF WILLIAM C. ECKLES, GENERAL MANAGER, PURE MILK PRODUCTS COOPERATIVE, FOND DU LAC, WIS. Mr. ECKLES. I
Page 28 - holding tightly to its own status quo but thoughtfully concerned for its uniqueness, can devise some better institutions—a better system of economic organization—it will not only aid its own welfare but once again will have something valuable to demonstrate before the world.
Page 1 - House of Representatives of the United States r/f America in Congress assembled, That this Act
Page 27 - honky-tonks, cheap picture shows, and farm labor camps. The family farm does not produce flashy back-slapping personalities, but it does produce men of strong character and moral consciousness. Neighborliness, honesty, industry, and dependability are characteristics of people raised on family farms." Another eminent writer, Harold F. Breimyer, in a book entitled
Page 24 - life. Good schools, churches, cooperatives, and inexpensive forms of recreation thrive in communities of family farms. Under a system of large-scale commercial farms, these valuable social institutions are replaced by poolrooms, honkytonks, cheap picture shows, and farm labor camps. The family farm does not produce flashy back-slapping personalities,