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us, low prices
loss to farms
by Kellie Kurtin
H Nationally imposed embar
goes and a superb crop produc
tion in 1981 left American far
mers wit h a large surplus of food
neserves but little bargaining
power, said Dr. William Black.
I Black, a professor of agricul-
i tliral economics and an econom-
I ist with the Texas Agricultural
[ Extension Service, said that
America, one of the four coun
tries in the world that produces
more than it eats, has an exces-
sive amount of food that can be
sold, but farmers are losing a lot
o! money due to low prices.
“It’s the inelastic demand,”
Black said, “when supply in-
a eases, prices decrease at a
much faster rate.”
I Although farmers must
charge lower prices for their
overabundant goods, retail
prices for the American con
sumer have risen. Costs such as
labor, packaging, transportation
and rent have risen, Black said,
while the farmer is getting 13
ter cent less for his goods now
than one year ago.
| “I would suspect prices for
\ consumers will incxease by 7
[percent this year,” Black said,
“in spite of the fact that farmers
axe getting less.”
A reconstruction of selling
techniques is beginning to occur
on the farmers’ level, Black said,
as they are starting to realize
they need to sell on a collective
basis rather than as individual
bargainers. “I think, nation
wide, farmers are beginning to
organize better,” Black said.
“Right now, though, farmers are
w'here labor unions were 50
years ago.”
After forming their own
group marketing organization,
Black believes American far
mers will have more bargaining
power and the industry could
again be a profitable one.
Problems on the farm front
axe not limited to home —
American farmers also are hav
ing international problems such
as a decreased demand among
traditional importers of Amer
ican grains.
“One solution is to increase
world demand,” Black said,
“other countries could stockpile
some food for themselves.”
To keep reserves of food,
however, is costly and requires
special facilities. “It’s a question
of what leadership in the world
really wants,” Black said.
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Specialized
plant study
taking root
by Charlotte Boyd
Battalion Reporter
A highly specialized research
center capable of upgrading the
production of biological mate
rial using plant tissue culture has
been established for research
and graduate students at Texas
A&M University.
In action Tuesday, the Texas
A&M University System Board
of Regents authorized establish
ment of the administrative
structure for the Center for
Biological N uclear Magnetic Re
sonance.
Nuclear magnetic resonance
technology allows scientists to
analyze enzymes and other
biological compounds while
they are at work in living cells,
tissues and other organisms.
The center will involve the
cooperation of scientists in the
Colleges of Science, Agriculture
and Veterinary Medicine and
the Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station.
Texas A&M President Frank
E. Vandiver appointed Dr. Ian
Scott, Distinguished Professor
of Chemistry, as head of the cen
ter. Scott, also an export in orga
nic chemistry, was one of five
American scientists named in
1978 as a fellow in Britain’s Royal
Society and is one of the world’s
foremost authorities on natural
products.
Scott joined the Texas A&M
faculty in 1977 and will return
next week from a brief stay at
the University of Edinburgh in
Scotland.
The present chemistry build
ing is to house most of the re
search.
“It will take a year for the very
sophisticated major pieces of
equipment to come in,” Dr.
Arthur E. Martell, head of the
chemistry department, said.
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