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Quotes about agriculture and the economy will be posted on this page as they are found or received. Email quotes to "When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers are therefore the founders of human civilization." Daniel Webster, 1840 "Agriculture is a pure competition industry in which no individual producer is able to influence the price. In the long run, production will continue until the last unit's cost is equal to the revenue received. I fear the problem will be that prices will spend more time below break-even than above. This is why government transfer payments provide any 'profit' in agriculture." Bob Utterback, Economist, Farm Journal, January, 2002 "We need to diversify well beyond the current pattern of export concentration, where over 60% of U.S. agriculture exports go to eight country markets." Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman "The agriculture recession is now in
its fourth year and ranks among the deepest in history for our
nation's farms and ranches. Recent crop prices are the lowest
in 27 years for soybeans, the lowest in 25 years for cotton,
and the lowest in 14 years for wheat and corn. In each of the
past four years, rescuing the farm economy has required an average
of $8 billion in federal farm aid. Some have criticized Congress
for providing this assistance, however it would have been unthinkable
to see the agriculture recession degenerate into another 'dust
bowl depression.' Agriculture makes up one-fifth of our nation's
economy, and a healthy agricultural sector and the ability to
produce our own food and fiber are national security concerns."
Congressman Charles W. Stenholm, 17th Congressional District,
October 5, 2001 |