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TITLE Farm Foundation, Annual Report, 1993.INSTITUTION Farm Foundation, Chicago, Ill.PUB DATE 93NOTE 43p.

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EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS *Agriculture; Annual Reports; Elementary Secondary

Education; Environmental Influences; ExtensionEducation; Leadership; *Leadership Training; *PublicPolicy; *Research Projects; *Rural Areas; RuralYouth

IDENTIFIERS *Farm Foundation IL

ABSTRACTThis annual report highlights a strategic plan

focusing on issues that shape the changing future of agriculture andrural communities, and describes 1992 programs. The strategic planaddresses the following priority areas: (1) globalization; (2)

environmental issues; (3) new technologies; (4) consumer issues; (5)

role of agricultural institutions; and (6) changing ruralcommunities. A section titled "Policy Dialogue" summarizes seminars,workshops, and conferences funded by the Farm Foundation, including ameeting focusing on the needs of young children in rural communities.A section titled "Research Agenda Development" reports on theresearch projects funded during the past year. Outlines of regionalcooperative extension meetings include a description of theactivities of a western public policy education committee thatfocused on globalization and environmental issues. The section titled"Leadership Development and Recognition" features leadershipdevelopment activities funded by the Farm Foundation and recognizesaccomplishments of individuals (including fellowships, scholarships,speakers, workshops, and publications). Examples include a workshopfor educating young reporters about agriculture, a project of theAmerican Agricultural Economics Association Economic Education forYouth Committee; and a task force on food and agricultural andresource economics for youth. The document also contains lists ofstaff activities, round table members, Farm Foundation contributors,financial data, and publications. (KS)

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Farm Foundation

Annual Report

Farm Foundation's mission is to improvethe economic and social prospects of agri-culture and rural communities. In a catalyticrole, Farm Foundation works to increaseknowledge and understanding of agriculturaland rural issues and encourages the wise ap-plication of that knowledge to the challengesand opportunities faced today.

In this, its sixtieth year, Farm Foundation'sBoard of Trustees has reaffirmed its mission byadopting a comprehensive, strategic plan toguide Foundation programming for the nextfive years. This plan, developed during 1992,represents the trustees' shared vision of theFoundation's role as a catalyst for focusing onthose issues that shape the changing future ofagriculture and rural communities.

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Chairman's Message 4

Managing Director's Report 5

The Organization 6

Strategic Plan 8

1993 Programs

Policy Dialogue and Communication 11

Research Agenda Development 17

Extension Committee Programming 22

Leadership Development and Recognition 26

Staff Activities 31

Bennett Agricultural Round Table 32

Contributors 37

Financial Data 38

Publications 39

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William R. Gordon

Continuing Commitment

Sixty years ago Alexander Legge and Frank 0.Lowden organized a meeting of agricultural and business

leaders to form a nonprofit organization to improve the

conditions and general welfare of the rural population in

America. The founding trustees saw Farm Foundation as a vehicle to focus human and

financial resources to improve the economic viability of agriculture and the prospects of

rural communities. They established a vision that the Farm Foundation trustees are com-

mitted to continue in today's challenging environment.Farm Foundation was created at a time when agriculture was undergoing major

structural change and the general economy was mired in the great depression. Agri-cultural prices were low; rural communities were losing population and their economic

base was threatened. Government policies related to agriculture and rural America were

just beginning to emerge as significant public issues.In the six decades since its inception, Farm Foundation has acted as a catalyst to

bring agricultural, government, academic and business leauers together to develop better

public policy and to stimulate creative thinking to achieve its goals. The resulting interac-

tion among these leaders has generated better research, stronger educational programs

and more informed policy dialogues. Farm Foundation's dedication and progressiveleadership have provided opportunities for a wide spectrum of people to get involved in

shaping America's agricultural policy and better serving our rural citizens.

On the threshold of its 3eventh decade, Farm Foundation renews its commitment to

the vision of the founding trustees through the strategic plan. Our objective is to focus

Farm Foundation's programming on today's issues. We begin this new decade confident

that we can continue to be an effective catalyst for the development of agriculture and

rural communities of America.

William R. GordonChairman of the Board

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Farm Foundation

A Vision for the Future

As Farm Foundation enters its seventh decade, we re-emphasize the Foundation's objectives to help foster in-novative thinking and creative solutions to problems andissues facing American agriculture and its rural commu-nities. The strategic planning process of the past year has renewed Farm Foundation'svision and given us a road map for future programming with a more focused agenda.

Our strategic plan identifies six program priority areas to address the major forcesthat will shape agricultural and rural policy. Globalization of all aspects of economic ac-tivity will continue; environmental issues will command domestic and international atten-tion; new mechanical, biotechnological and informational technologies pr omise to ex-pand human productivity; consumers will demand a safe and health y food supply;agricultural institutions must evolve to meet new challenges; and rural communities willbe molded by a changing economic and social reality. These issues must be addressed im-mediately and effectively.

Future program decisions will be based on how proposed activities address thesepriority areas. Farm Foundation programming will continue tc, focus on efforts to stimu-late policy dialogue and communication, shape the agricultural research agenda, developand recognize leadership and encourage regional and national extension programs.

Many of the program activities funded this past year were initiated prior to the com-pletion of our strategic plan, yet all of them focus on one or more of the priority areas.This report details our activities and identifies how each project contributes to the desig-nated priorities.

Farm Foundation will continue to focus on emerging issues affecting agriculture andrural communities and stimulate creative thinking about these challenges. Our strategicplan renews our dedication for the coming decade.

Walter J. Armbruster

Walter J. ArmbrusterManaging Director

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Officers

William R. Gordon, Chairman

Arthur J. Fogerty, Vice Chairman

Steve A. Halbrook, Secretary

Executive Committee

Arthur J. Fogerty, Chairman

John R. Block

William R. Gordon

Robert W. Porter

Joseph P. Sullivan

Robert L. Thompson

Finance Committee

Joseph P. Sullivan, Chairman

Robert D. Cook

William R. Gordon

Robert W. Porter

New Funds Committee

Donald V. Fites, Chairman

Robert D. Cook

Robert C. Lanphier Ill

Nominating Committee

John R. Block, Chairman

Max Lennon

Joseph P. Sullivan

Audit Committee

Robert M. Book, Chairman

Emmett Barker

Luther McKinney

Staff

Walter J. Armbruster, Managing Director

Steve A. Ha [brook, Associate Managing Director

Teddee Grace, Editorial Assistant

Toni Purves, Staff Assistant

Sandy Young, Staff Assistant

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Trustees

Varel G. BaileyPast PresidentNational Corn Growers Assn.Anita, IA

Gary 11 laiseJenner & BlockWashington, DC

Emmett BarkerPresidentEquipment Manufacturers InstituteChicago, IL

Bob Berg landGeneral ManagerNational Rural ElectricCooperative AssociationWashington, DC

John R. BlockPresidentNational-American WholesaleGrocers' AssociationFalls Church. VA

Robert M. BookPresidentAgriVistaCarmel, IN

Paul W. BrowerVice PresidentCommunicationsGold Kist Inc.Atlanta, GA

Robert ColsonPresidentPM&O Ship linesSan Francisco, CA

R. D. CookTiburon, CA

Donald V. FitesChairman of the BoardCaterpillar Inc.Peoria, IL

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A. J. FogertySenior Vice PresidentAgway, Inc.Syracuse, NY

Richard CadyVice President of Public AffairsConAgra, Inc.Omaha, NE

William R. GordonExecutive Managing DirectorNatural Resource GroupJohn Hancock Financial ServicesBoston, MA

Connie GreigLittle Acorn RanchEstherville, IA

Milton HertzHertz FarmsMott, ND

John KautzJohn H. Kautz FarmsLodi, CA

William F. KirkVice President and General ManagerE. I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc.Wilmington, DE

Dean R. KlecknerPresidentAmerican Farm Bureau FederationPark Ridge, IL

Robert C. Lanphier IIIChairman of the BoardAGMED, Inc.Springfield, IL

Max LennonPresidentClemson UniversityClemson, SC

Luther C. McKinneySenior Vice PresidentLaw,Corporate AffairsQuaker Oats CompanyChicago, II,

Owen J. NewlinSenior Vicc PresidentPioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Des Moines, IA

Daniel I. PadbergTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX

Robert W. PorterDirector of MarketingDeere & CompanyMoline, IL

Orion SamuelsonWGN RadioChicago, IL

Charles G. ScruggsChairmanSunlean Foods Inc.Austin, TX

Dan SmalleyRed Hill FarmsGuntersville, A.L

Joseph P. SullivanVigoro CorporationChicago, IL

Robert L. ThompsonDean of AgriculturePurdue UniversityWest Lafiyette, IN

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Farm Foundation's Strategic Plan

Farm Foundation's mission, as stated at the beginning of this report, is to improvethe economic and social prospects of agriculture and rural communities in America. Toguide our programming, we have developed a strategic plan to emphasize Farm Founda-

tion's catalytic leadership role in dealing with the issues and challenges facing agriculture

and rural communities.

The ChallengesAmerican agriculture and rural communities face critical economic and social

changes during the next decade. Current and future trends and developments, na-tionally and internationally, will have significant implications. The challenge to Farm

Foundation is to focus its resources and programming on those issues that have the

greatest potential to transform American agriculture and rural lifestyles.These challenges necessarily involy^ public policy issues. The policy outcomes and di-

rection are subject to change with appropriate input from agricultural and rural inter-ests. Continuing intel dm and dialogue will help find the common ground on whichwe may build solutions. Research, education and policy analysis will provide a basis for

informing that dialogue.The Foundation foresees a continuing decline in the preeminence of agricultural

commodity policy. Our government's increasing attention to macroeconomic, trade, envi-

ronmental, food safety and other policies will greatly affect agriculture and rural com-munities in coming years. These changes require attention to a wider range of' policy

issues and a continuing presence in shaping new policy. Farm Foundation seeks to be a

positive force in this dynamic process.

Catalytic Leadership RoleFarm Foundation acts as a catalyst to increase public knowledge of the changing agri-

cultural and rural issues and encourages the wise application of that knowledge to the

challenges and opportunities we face today. The Founda'ion provides leadership to facil-

itate communication about emerging agricultural issues among agribusiness and policy'

leaders, government officials and the academic community. We strive to focus commu-

nication to lead to better understanding of the issues and responsible public policy.

The need is greater than ever for a variety of participants to help shape the research,

education and policy analysis agenda. Farm Foundation will provide opportunities to ex-

plore new alternatives by sponsoring activities to address specific goals and prioritythrusts, identify research and education needs, and explore policy alternatives.

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Priority AreasFarm Foundation has currently iden-

tified the following six areas as the mostimportant challenges facing Americanagriculture and rural communities overthe next three to five years:

GlobalizationEnvironmental IssuesNew TechnologiesConsumer IssuesRole of Agricultural InstitutionsChanging Rural Communities

These priority areas each addressseveral important elements as discussedbelow:

Globalization. The domestic andglobal restructuring of agriculture andagribusiness, trade agreements and ef-forts to maintain competitiveness willhave significant implications for vari-ous agricultural sectors, rural commu-nities and businesses that serve them.The impact of globalization on Ameri-can agriculture has been accentuatedand accelerated by the collapse of com-munist governments in Eastern Eu-rope and the former Soviet Union. Ag-riculture must now compete with moresectors in the global economy for ac-cess to capital.

Environmental Issues. Water qualityand waste management issues are highon the list of environmental issueswhich directly affect agriculture andrural communities. The tie betweenanimal agriculture and environmentalissues will be of increasing concern, aswill chemical use, tillage practices andsustainability.

New Technologies. Evolving technolo-gies, including biotechnology and in-formation technology, require increas-

Strategic Plan

ing management expertise. The futureof production agriculture, agribusinessand rural communities will be pro-foundly affected by adapting to thesetechnological developments. Signifi-cant research and education will be re-quired from the land grant universitiesand USDA agencies related to the ap-plication of' these technologies andtheir economic implications.

Consumer Issues. Food safety, demo-graphic changes and demands for con-venience and other attributes in foodproducts are driving changes in theway foods are marketed. Some of U.S.agriculture and agribusiness is provid-ing leadership in this area. However,many segments of agriculture, agri-business and institutions designed toserve them must undergo significaritchange or reinvention to avoid becom-ing obsolete.

Role of Agricultural Institutions. Agovernment supported institutionalstructure, which includes LTSDA andthe land grant universities, has devel-oped as part of U.S. policy to assist theagricultural sector. The market facili-tation, resource preservation and con-sumer protection programs of USDAmay need significant redirection. Landgrant institutions must produce rele-vant research and education programsin order to earn continued taxpayersupport of their efforts which haveplayed unique roles in the develop-ment of the U.S. agricultural produc-tivity and competitiveness.

Changing Rural Communities. Amer-ica's rural communities face an uncer-tain future. Agriculture and agri-business have a significant stake inassuring a satisfactory economic and

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Strategic Plan

social environment, quality educationand access to good health care neces-sary for viable rural communities.

Communication and leadership de-veloprnent are not designated as an in-dependent priority area; however, FarmFoundation's mission includes a comnM-ment to articulating agricultural andrural issues and encouraging leadershiprlevelopment. This commitment is an in-tegral part of' all priority areas.

Farm Foundation ProgrammingFarm Foundation's focus on the eco

nomic and social prospects for agri-culture and rural communities providesits strategic advantage. Its link with agri-cultural economists and social scientistsbrings disciplinary knowledge to bear onpriority areas. Interaction 'among theseprofessionals with business and policyleaders, government officials and othersinvolved with a particular issue allowsthem to identify new strategies and pol-icy options which can be explored objec-tively.

Foundation programming includes avariety of workshops, symposia, con-ferences, publications, committees andcommunications efforts related toagriculture and rural communities thatare linked to one or more of our priorityareas. All of these activities center onone of the following four program cate-gories:

Farm Foundation's strategic plan has beendesigned . . . to address the difficult problemsof rural America as it adjusts to the changescreated by domestic and international forces.

Robert M. Book, PresidentAgriVista

Policy dialogue and communicationResearch agenda developmentExtension committee programmingLeadership development and recogni-tion

ImplementationCatalytic leadership requires involve-

ment, which has always been a hallmarkof Farm Foundation's programming.Our staff devotes considerable time inactive participation and leadership inplanning and implementing sponsoredactivities.

As a catalyst, Farm Foundation neverworks alone. We look for opportunitiesto use our limited financial and staff re-sources which can be multiplied in im-pact through leveraging substantial ad-ditional funding.

Farm Foundation's staff develops aplan of work each fiscal year based oninteraction with the trustees, the Execu-tive Committee and numerous agri-cultural i»-ofessionals. This year's activi-ties fall into one of the four programcategories identified above and each ac-tivity may address one or more of thepriority areas identified in the strategicplan.

Farm Foundation's activities for thepast fiscal year are reported ;n the fol-lowing pages by program category.Priority areas are identified for each andleveraged resources are noted where ap-plicable.

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Policy Dialogue and Communication

Public policy decisions have direct and indirect impacts on American agriculture andrural people, thus Farm Foundation funds activities designed to provide a forum for di-alogue on important policy issues. These include seminars, workshops, conferences andother venues that provide an opportunity to bring academic, government, agriculture,agribusiness and other interest groups together. Farm Foundation communicates theproceedings of these events to policy and opinion makers to increase public understand-ing of the issues and to inform policy decisions.

1992 National Public Policy Education ConferencePriority Areas: Globalization, Environmental Issues, Changing Rural Communities

Approximately 165 extension policy educators attended the 42nd National PublicPolicy Education Conference sponsored by Farm Foundation held September 20-23,1992 in Burlington, Vermont. Major topics for the conference were "Public Policy Edu-cation in the 1990's," "Agriculture and Environmental Policymaking: Issues, Actors,Strategies," "The Rural Social Infrastructure," and "Domestic Consequences of EvolvingInternational 'frade Policy." Over 6,000 copies of the conference proceedings, publishedin January, 1993 were distributed to universities, policy makers, extension educators,county extension offices, Farm Foundation trustees, and other interested parties. Con-ference participants and readers of the proceedings commended the effectiveness andrelevance of the presentations.

National Planning AssociationPriority Areas: Globalization, Role of Agricultural Institutions

The National Planning Association (NPA) is a research and policy formulating in-stitution that focuses on competitiveness in international trade, U.S. productivity andworkforce preparedness. NPA provides a forum for management, labor, agriculture andacademia to search for common ground.

NPA's Food arid Agriculture Committee promotes a more productive and com-petitive U.S. food and agricultural sector. An April, 1993 conference addressed "TheBold Future of the U.S. Food System" as part of a project on the evolution taking place.

NPA's New American Realities Committee is exploring labor market and work forceissues affecting the competitive position of U.S. industry in a world economy. It has ex-amined the implications of labor relations in German and Japanese markets as a basis forapproaches to improving U.S. labor-management relations and work force quality.

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Quality and Safety in the Food ChainPriority Area: Consumer Issues

Farm Foundation supported an ef-fort by the American Society of Agri-cultural Engineers (ASAE) to focusattention on food safety issues in design-ing food processing and handling sys-tems. Forums were held in December,1991 and June, 1992. A publicationtitled"Action Agendas for Quality and Safetyin the Food Chain" was published -anddistributed to ASAE members, USDAadministrators, policy makers and theacademic community. The publicationhas served to focus creative thinking onthese important issues.

1995 Food and Agricultural Policy

DebatePriority Areas: Globalization, Environmental

Issues, Consumer Issues

Farm Foundation and Regional Re-search Committee NCR-151 are spon-sorMg a background book for issues thatwill likely arise during &bate on the1995 farm bill. The objective is to pro-vide relevant facts and analysis on nu-merous farm bill issues for citizens, in-terest groups and policy makers tofacilitate the policy debate. The book willbe completed in the fall of 1993. Exten-sion pamphlets will be produced andwidely disseminated. Briefings for con-gressional staff and Washington policyofficials will be part of this effort.

Choices for the 21st CenturyPriority Areas: Role of Agricultural

instituV..ms, Communications and Leadership

Farm Foundation participated insponsoring the publication of a specialedition of "Choices" magazine, "Choicesfor the 21st Century," published by theAmerican Agricultural Economics Asso-

ciation, which contained articles onimportant policy issues related to agri-culture and rural development. Thepublication was widely distributed withingovernment, academic and agribusinesscircles.

U.S. and Mexican TradePriority Area: Globalization

Farm Foundation funded theparticipation of a Mexican representa-tive at an invited papers session of theWestern Agricultural Economics Asso-ciation annual meeting to discuss traderelationships between the U.S. and Mex-ico. This exchange provided U.S. agri-cultural economists with insights regard-ing Mexican concerns about the practicalproblems involved in trade between ourcountries.

National Farm-City CouncilPriority Area: Changing Rural Communities

National Farm-City Council sponsorsa variety of activities designed to in-crease mutual understanding betweenurban and rural Americans. Farm Foun-dation participates in the annual Farm-City Luncheon, provides support forother Council activities and is active inplanning the national program. TheCouncil (originally the Farm-City Com-mittee) was initiated in 1955 with guid-ance from C. Dana Bennett, the founderof what is now Farm Foundation's Ben-nett Agricultural Round Table.

Great Plains Agricultural Marketing and

Policy in the Global EconomyPriority Area: Globalization

In 1992, Farm Foundation cospon-sored a central segment of the GreatPlains Agricultural Council annual meet-ing. It focused on development of do-

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mestic and international markets andthe ramifications for the agricultural en-terprises and rural commuifities of theGreat Plains. Participants from USDAagencies administering agricultural andresource programs, land grant universi-ty administrators and other policy offi-cials gained a deeper understanding ofthe challenges they face.

Rurality and the Global EconomyPriority Area: Role of Agricultural Institutions

The 55th annual meeting of theRural Sociological Society, held in con-junction with the Eighth World Con-gress of Rural Sociology, focused on theimpact of the changing world order onrural societies. Farm Foundation spon-sored segments of the program to stimu-late better understanding of how agri-cultural institutions work with ruralsociety in a global economy.

Linking Trade, Agricultural Policy and

the EnvironmentPriority Arew.Globalization, Environmental

Issues, Role of Agricultural Institutions

Farm Foundation sponsored thissymposium at the Eighth World Con-gress of Rural Sociology. Activists andrural sociology professionals discussedthe trend toward int2rnationalization ofagriculture and its impact on familyfarms, rural communities and the quali-ty of life in rural America. Panelists de-veloped a list of suggestions for futureresearch and policy actions. A proceed-ings publication is in progress.

Interaction with Eastern European

Agricultural EconomistsPriority Area: Globalization

The American Agricultural Econom-ies Association (AAEA) Foundation

Policy Dialogue

sponsored a number of agriculturaleconomists from Eastern Europe to at-tend the 1992 and 1993 AAEA annualmeetings. These meetings provided anopportunity for economists from coun-tries with emerging market economies tointeract with professional colleagues inNorth America. Farm Foundationworked with The Chicago Farmers andUniversity of Illinois extension econo-mists to host a post-conference visit bythe East Europeans to Chicago futuresmarkets, agribusinesses and Illinoisfarms. Evaluations indicate numerousbenefits from these professional ex-changes for both U.S. and foreignparticipants.

Chinese Agricultural Development in

the 1990'sPriority Area: Globalization

Farm Foundation and the EconomicResearch Service/USDA are supportingthe publication of proceedings from aconference on Chinese policies for agri-cultural development held in Beijing inAugust, 1992. The proceedings will bedistributed throughout China and to ac-ademic, government and private econo-mists, nationally and internationally,who are interested in Chinese agri-cultural development.

American Agricultural Law AssociationPriority Areas: Globalization, Consumer Issues

This organization of over 900 law-yers and other agricultural professionalsgot its start in 1980 when Farm Founda-tion provided resources for a smallgroup of agricultural economists/lawyersto meet and explore the need for a pro-fessional association centered on thelegal issues facing U.S. agriculture. The1992 annual meeting and Continuing

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Legal Education Conference includedsessions on structuring internationaltransactions in agricultural commodities,federal farm programs, environmentalcompliance, farm management, bank-ruptcy, tax issues and ethics. About 200agricultural lawyers from academia, gov-ernment and private practice partici-pated.

Food Security Public Issues EducationPriority Area: Consumer Issues

This workshop for nutrition spe-cialists focused on awareness of societalissues affecting food security and ex-plored approaches for conducting foodsecurity policy issue education pro-grams. Participants learned process andimplementation skills for public issue ed-ucation and attended a major address oncontroversial public issues. Approx-imately 94 percent of the participants re-ported that they would be conductingfood security public issues programmingwithin the next three years.

Evolution of the Food Chain in a

Changing International EnvironmentPriority Area: Globalization

The International Agribusiness Man-agement Association Symposium met in

Oxford, England, to explore the chal-lenges faced by firms operating in aglobal economy. Farm Foundationfunded scholarships for studentsparticipating in the IAMA meetingwhich provided an opportunity for themto interact with researchers and industryleaders in the agribusiness complexfrom a number of countries.

Economics of Animal Health

Management ResearchPriority Areas: Consumer Issues, New

Technologies

Issues of animal health have eco-nomic consequences for consumers aswell as farmers and ranchers. Too oftenanimal health policies are decided with-out. considering the economic impacts onvarious segments of the food industry.Farm Foundation sponsored two foodsafety economists to participate in thisanimal health research symposium. Theinteraction between economists and bio-logical scientists on this issue was bene-ficial for all. The conference receivedsupport from other sources totaling over

$50,000.

Ownership, Rent and Taxation of

Agricultural LandPriority Area: Environmental Issues

Land tenure and taxation related toagriculture have long been topics of re-search and public policy debate. FarmFoundation helped fund a 1991 con-ference on America's future landownership patterns. The book which re-sulted from this conference serves as abenchmark for future research and pol-icy discussion related to ownership inter-ests, sources of value, geographic datasystems, taxation of land interests, andeconomic analysis of land.

Social, Economic and Institutional

Barriers to Soil ConservationPriority Area: Environmental Issues

Approximately 60 international ex-perts participated in this unique con-ference on the socioeconomics of soiland water conservation held in Honolu-lu, Hawaii. The participants had the op-

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portunity to exchange ideas on successesand failures in conservation programs inmany countries. Farm Foundation sup-ported speaker travel expenses and itsfunds were leveraged threefold by theSoil Conservation Service, USDA andthe Johnson Wax Company. In-kindcontributions valued at over $30,000were received. A proceedings publica-tion will be published.

Resource Policy ConsortiumPriority Area: Environmental Issues

The consortium's 1992 conferencewas held May 21-22 in Washington, D.C.Major topics included property rights,resource valuation and management ofpublic lands. Speakers from Australia,India, Canada, England and the UnitedStates discussed these important re-source and environmental issues. In ad-dition to Farm Foundation, EconomicResearch Service and Soil ConservationService of USDA and the EnvironmentalProtection Agency helped fund the con-ference. A proceedings document waspublished and distributed to participantsand policy officials.

Water Quantity/Quality Disputes and

ResolutionsPriority Area: Environmental Issues

Allocating scarce water resourcesand improving water quality are press-ing worldwide environmental problems.This conference was designed to com-bine technical approaches with econom-ics, game theory and dispute resolutionmethods to analyze possible solutions.Over 120 scholars from universities,government agencies and private organ-izations from around the world partici-pated in the conference held in Wash-ington, D.C. A book of selected papers

Policy Dialogue

will be published in the fall of 1993.Sponsors of the conference includedThe World Bank, ERS/USDA, TheMonaster Center and Ben-Gurion Uni-versity of the Negev, U.S. Environmen-tal Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corpof Engineers and the University of Cal-ifornia Water Resources Center.

Urbanization and Development: Effects

on the Use of Natural ResourcesPriority Areas: Environmental Issues, Changing

Rural Communities

Policy debates related to urban de-velopment of farmland and environ-mentally sensitive lands have sufferedfrom a lack of economic research onwhat values citizens place on preserva-tion of non-developed lands. This work-shop, cosponsored by the Southern Re-gion Information Exchange Group No.10 and Farm Foundation, focused onthree different approaches to measurewhat value the public places on landpreservation and/or restricted develop-ment. Dissemination of these findingsshould add to the quality of related pol-icy discussions.

Southern Sustainable Agriculture

ConferencePriority Area: Environmental Issues

This workshop attracted about 180farmers, interest group representativesand land grant university extension rep-resentatives. The objective was to en-courage dialogue among individualswith diverse perspectives on the manyfacets of what is called "sustainable agri-culture." Participants gave the con-ference high marks. A conference sum-mary will be published and disseminatedacross the region. Farm Foundationfunds were leveraged over fourfold by

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contributions from Winrock Interna-tional, Extension Service/USDA and theSouthern Region Sustainable Agri-culture Research and Education pro-gram. The Southern Region Rural De-velopment Center and the GeorgiaCooperative Extension Service providedcoordination and logistic support.

Next Generation of Agricultural

Conservation PolicyPriority Area: Environmental Issues

Farm Foundation cosponsored aconference titled "The Next Generationof Agricultural Conservation Policy" or-ganized by the Soil & Water Conserva-tion Society. The conference was at-tended by over 400 representatives ofgovernment, academia, agriculture, agri-business, conservation groups, environ-mental groups and other interestgroups. It provided a forum for interac-tion among these groups on a wide vari-ety of conservation related policy issues.

Other organizations providing fundingfor the conference included USDA's Ex-tension Service, Economic ResearchService and Soil Conservation Service,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. En-vironmental Protection Agency, TheJoyce Foundation, Deere & Company,Monsanto, and Pioneer Hi-Bred In-ternational.

Farm Foundation has served society for 60years, bringing together agricultural producers,industry leaders, academicians andgovernment officials to identify and discussissues of concern to farmers and consumersalike. It serves a vital role stimulatingdialogues to develop solutions that will not onlylead to the betterment of agriculture butimprove our nation's economy as a whole.

Dean KlecknerAmerican Farm Bureau Federation

Agriculture Health and Safety Working

GroupPriority Area: Changing Rural Communities

This ad hoc working group mettwice during the past year under theleadership of Farm Foundation to com-plete the process of identifying commonagenda items for research, educationand policy attention. Task forces haveaddressed six areas: statistical data, oc-cupational health, incidents and injuries,rehabilitation, intervention, and ruralhealth infrastructure. This forum pro-vides the only opportunity for agri-cultural safety and rural health groupsconcerned with safety issues surround-ing agricultural and rural occupations todialogue on and develop coalitionsaround productive strategies to preventinjuries and illness.

Needs of Young Children in Rural

CommunitiesPriority Areas: Changing Rural Communities,

Role of Agricultural Institutions

North Central extension specialistsconcerned with implementing effectiveeducation programs under the exten-sion's initiative on Plight of Young Chil-dren met to exchange information aboutsuccessful models. A follow-up con-ference will explore progress and addi-tional insights gained from implement-ing the models in other states.

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Research Agenda Development

Research related to agriculture and rural America receives significant Tunding frompublic and private sources. Farm Foundation acts as a catalyst to help focus the researchagenda on priority issues by working closely with researchers, research institutions, re-search funders and those using or being affected by research results. Projects fundedduring the past year.included the following:

Agricultural and Food Marketing ConsortiumPriority Areas: Globalization, Role of Agricultural Institutions, Consumer Issues

Changes in consumer demand, processing and packaging technology, internationaltrade rules, general economic conditions, industry structure and government regulationscombine to produce an uncertain and dynamic environment within which U.S. foodcommodities and processed foods are marketed. The consortium is a joint effort of FarmFoundation and USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, Agricultural Cooperative Serv-ice, Economic Research Service and Extension Service to create an institutional frame-work for economists from government, academia and the private sector to analyze theseissues. The consortium held its first conference in January, 1993 for 45 participants. Itsagenda for the next several years will focus on public policy issues in the food marketingsystem.

Applied ForecastingPriority Area: New Technologies

Farm Foundation helped fund a learning workshop on applied forecasting at theAmerican Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting. Over 160 agriculturaleconomists attended the workshop to update themselves on recent progress in forecast-ing methodology and how to use this in their educational programs.

Commodity Promotion in a Global EconomyPriority Areas: Globalization, Consumer Issues

This conference, attended by approximately 60 university, government and com-modity promotion organization representatives, explored policy issues related to genericcommodity promotion programs in both domestic and foreign markets. Conferencespeakers provided updated research results on commodity promotion program effective-ness and the policy issues related to the expansion of these programs. The proceedingsfrom the conference were published in April, 1993 and made available to the partici-pants and a wide array of university, government agency and commodity organizationpersonnel to inform further discussion of commodity promotion issues. Cosponsors in-cluded USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, Economic Research Service and ForeignAgricultural Service, with each matching Farm Foundation's commitment.

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Research Agenda

Chinese Translation of an Agricultural

Economics TextPriority Area: Globalization

Farm Foundation provided funds tohave the widely used introductory agri-cultural economics text "Agricultural Ec-onomics and Agribusiness" translatedinto Chinese for use with agricultural ec-onomics programs in 40 universities inthe Peoples Republic of China. The pub-lisher waived royalty on the translationfor five years. The objective is to im-prove the quality of economics instruc-tion in agricultural institutions in China.

Pesticide Use and Produce QualityPriority Area: Consumer Issues

This workshop will examine the stateof knowledge about consumer prefer-ences concerning produce appearanceand chemical use, specifically the con-nection between grade standards, pro-duction practices and produce quality.Papers will focus on whether gradestandards lead to excessive use of chem-icals in the fresh produce industry andrelated issues. A planning meeting andprogram development have been com-pleted and a conference is scheduled forJune 1-2, in Alexandria, Virginia. Re-searchers, government agency officials,and representatives of industry and con-sumer groups will assess the existingstate of knowledge and stimulate the re-search needed to help increase under-standing of this public policy issue.

Costs of Tobacco MarketingPriority Area: New Technologies

Farm Foundation continued supportfor a multi-state committee of econo-mists exploring ways to increase the effi-ciency of the marketing system for flue-cured tobacco. Activities supported this

year concern efforts to examine alter-native methods for grading and market-ing tobacco that could reduce costs andincrease efficiency of the marketing sys-tem.

Farm Financial Standards Task ForcePriority Area: New Technologies

Farm Foundation provided supportfor initial organization of the Farm Fi-nancial Standards Task Force. The taskforce report has received widespread at-tention and its recommendations arebeing incorporated into teaching mate-rials for use in high school, college andextension course offerings. The objec-tive is to help farm operators prepare fi-nancial statements that meet the needsof today's lending institutions. The cur-rent task force thrust is to facilitate wide-spread adoption of the standardsthrough educational programs. FarmFoundation is funding their coordinat-ing efforts.

U.S. Agribusiness CompetitivenessPriority Areas: Globalization, Environmental

Issues

Farm Foundation supported theWestern Region Research Committee onAgribusiness Competitiveness(WRCC-72) conference in June, 1992.Particular emphasis was pla 11 the

impact of environmental issues oA agri-business competitiveness in a globaleconomy. Over 35 agricultural econo-mists attended the conference. Repre-sentatives of the California Action Net-work, a regional farmer activist group,and Del Monte Foods discussed incorpo-ration of environmental concerns intoresearch on competitiveness. The grow-ing interest in this annual conference ismanifested in a decision by Western Re-

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gion Experiment Station Directors tocontinue the coordinating committee foranother three years.

Future Priorities for Farm Management

Research

Priority Areas: New Technologies, Role of

Agricultural institutions

Recent trends toward commodity-specific analysis and multi-disciplinaryproblem solving have altered the role oftraditional farm management research.Farm Foundation provided support toRegional Research Committee on Farmand Financial Management (NCR-113)to plan a conference to help redefine therole of farm management in relation tocurrent policy issues and establish anagenda for future farm management re-search. The conference, scheduled forMay, 1993, will include ten major pre-sentations and discussions organized byleading agricultural economists.

Developing Management Skills of Farm

FamiliesPriority Areas: Globalization, New

Technologies

Farm Foundation funded a planningmeeting for a national effort to increaseeducational outreach on farm and ranchmanagement targeted at women. Theprogram is designed to better preparewomen for their active participation inthe increasingly complex farm andranch management decisions.

Analyzing Farmland PricesPriority Area: Role of Agricultural Institutions

Farm Foundation provided travelfunds for speakers at the North CentralRegional Committee on Land Values(NCR-123) conference on cointegrationanalysis of farmland prices. The newmethodology applied to agricultural

Research Agenda

land market dynamics has implicationsfor agricultural institutions :ronitoringfarmland values, particularly USDA,and several states that maintain continu-ing data series on agricultur_.1 land mar-kets.

Economics of Biotechnology and

AgriculturePriority Area: New Technologies

Support for outside participants in ameeting of North Central Regional Re-search Committee on Economics of Bio-technology (NCR-142) stimulated inter-action with committee members abo..tthe policy issues underlying bio-technology. Preliminary plans have beendeveloped to hold a conference review-ing the state of knowledge about bio-technology and its economic implicationsduring 1994. Additional researchpriority areas were also identified in thesubsequent discussion by committeemembers.

Impact of Immigration Reform on U.S.

AgriculturePriority Areas: Globalization, Changing Rural

Communities

The focus of this conference was onthe failure of immigration reform to ac-complish its original intentions from theviewpoint of agriculture. The Immigra-tion Reform Control Act appears to haveushered in a new era of super abundantsupply of farm labor. This abundancemay both slow the pace of' technologicalchange and accelerate the Latinizationof rural America, adding to the strain onsocial infrastructure faced by many ruralcommunities. The proceedings will pro-vide guidance to policy makers, re-searchers, agribusiness and rural com-munity leaders.

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Research Agenda

Evaluating Agricultural Research

ProductivityPriority Areas: New Technologies, Role of

Agricultural Institutions

Public support for agricultural re-search has been declining in rece:years. Farm Foundation and the NorthCentral Regional Research Committeeon Research Productivity (NC-208)sponsored this symposium to review re-search findings on the productivity ofagricultural research. Presenters focusedon methods for setting researchpriorities, strategies for funding andmanaging agricultural research, andnew techniques for measuring researchproductivity. The symposium resultsshould help public and private agenciesthat fund research to understand andarticulate its benefits and provide re-searchers insights for future work.

Sustainable Development and Rural

AreasPriority Area: Environmental Issues

The Southern Regional InformationExchange Group No. 10 met May 14-15,1992 in New Orleans to address issuesrelated to sustainable development andresource use in rural areas. Participantsreviewed research efforts on these topicsunderway in the South. Farm Founda-tion supported travel costs for repre-sentatives of the World Bank and theWorld Resources Institute to participatein the meeting. They reported on re-search related to sustainability of agri-cultural development and sustainableland use and economic development.

Environmental Issues and Risk AnalysisPriority Area: Environmental Issues

Farm Foundation facilitated theparticipation of an outside researcher in

the Southern Regional Research Com-mittee on Risk (S-232) meeting in JekyllIsland. Ge )rgia on March 25-26, 1993.His paper on the use of non-expectedutility techniques, an improved meth-odology for research on environmentalcosts and benefits from correcting envi-

ronmental pollution problems stimu-lated discussion on future research di-rection.

Financing Rural Local GovernmentPriority Area: Changing Rural Communities

Farm Foundation and the WesternRegional Research Committee on RuralCredit Systems (WRCC-63) sponsoredthis symposium to explore rural devel-opment and finance in the West. Re-

search and extension programs for localgovernment finance received special em-phasis. The research programs focus onthe impact of state and local tax ini-tiatives on rural development oppor-tunities. The extension programs makethe research available for the policy dis-Lussions on these issues. Additional sup-port for the symposium came from theWestern Association of Experiment Sta-tion Directors and the Utah AgriculturalExperiment Station.

Black Belt Counties: Life Conditions and

OpportunitiesPriority Areas: Changing Rural Communities,


This workshop examined living con-ditions, education, financial and socialopportunities in the historically blackmajority counties in the South. Agri-cultural professionals reviewed existingconditions and developed a set of re-search and policy action points to hecommunicated to policy makers andused to guide future research programs.A proceedings will be published.

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Society and Resource ManagementPriority Area: Environmental Issues

Farm Foundation provided 60 schol-arships for graduate students to attendthe 4th North American Symposium onSociety and Resource Management. Thesymposium focused on integratinghuman behavior and values with naturalscience knowledge to develop sustaina-ble natural resource practices and effec-tive natural resource policies. Almost700 people participated in the sym-posium.

Research Agenda

Research in ExtensionPriority Areas: Globalization, Role of


Extension professionals from 25states and 14 countries participated inthe International Symposium for Re-search and Extension Education in con-junction with the Association for In-ternational Agriculture and ExtensionEducation, May 12-16, 1992 in Colum-bus, Ohio. Farm Foundation providedfunding for a program that focused onresearch related to restructuring, pro-gram direction and preparing fbr exten-sion programs of the next century. Aproceedings volume was developed anddistributed to participants.

Farm Foundation's Board includesrepresentatives of the entire food chain, frominputs to production, processing andmarketing. This balance gives the Foundation aunique and broad perspective for assessing andaddressing the challenges that face a rapidlychanging agriculture and rural America.

Dan SmalleyRed Hill Farms

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Extension Committee Programming

The Cooperative Extension Service created by the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 is an edu-

cational institution uniquely qualified to serve agriculture, rural communities and theAmerican public. Farm Foundation is committed to helping cooperative extension fulfill

its mission for economic topics and policy issues. Regional committees provide oppor-tunities for extension personnel to collaborate on multi-state projects, address issues that

a single state would not be able to address alone and increase their knowledge of emerg-ing issues. The objective is to increase the effectiveness of extension programs in individ-

ual states. Farm Foundation provides some financial support for and staff interaction

with these committees.

North Central Public Policy Education CommitteePriority Areas: Globalization, Environmental Issues, Changing Rural

Communities

Reviewed the impact of the proposed North American FreeTrade Agreement on various aspects of the economy of the North

Central Region.

Developed a survey of farmer and rancher preferences on 1995 farm bill policy issues.

North Central Farm Management CommitteePriority Areas: Role of Agricultural Institutions, New Technologies, Environmental Issues

Provided regional leadership for a national project to improve understanding and ac-

ceptance of the new Farm Financial Standards. In addition, the committee developedan overview paper on the individual states' efforts to address farm record keeping andfinancial management to guide future programs and avoid state-to-state duplication.

Exploring mechanisms to facilitate multi-state farm management programming in the

region.

North Central Producer Marketing CommitteePriority Areas: Globalization, New Technologies, Role of Agricultural Institutions

Developed plans to disseminate committee materials through private electronic media

networks. The objective is to make extension developed data and market analysis avail-

able throughout. the region to traditional and non-traditional audiences through alter-

native media outlets.

Reviewed and revised 18 existing marketing fact sheets arid started development on 21

new fact sheets, all of which will be disseminated through a variety of publicationmedia.

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Northeast Public Policy Education

Committee --

Priority Areas:

Environmental

Issues, Changing

Rural Communities

Completed work onfbur-state project titled "Public Policy

Education Related to Children, Youthand Families," cosponsored by theNortheast Regional Center for RuralDevelopment. The project included anextensive literature review and imple-mentation of a prototype planningmodel. A survey was developed toidentify stakeholders, issues, educa-tional program outcomes desired, thepotential role for extension service,preferred delivery methods and poten-tial collaborators for programs to assistchildren and families.

Completed an assessment of solidwaste management issues to provide afoundation for future policy educationin the region. It identifies regionalissues, resources and sources of sup-port and collaboration.

Assisted in the implementation of awater quality project funded by ES/USDA and the Kellogg Foundation.Over 130 extension faculty and staffattended the project workshops.

Northeast Farm Management Working

GroupPriority Areas: Environmental Issues, New

Technologies, Role of Agricultural Institutions

Developed and implemented the Pro-Dairy program, a business school ap-proach to dairy management. Imple-mentation this year was concentratedin Vermont, New Hampshire andPennsylvania.

Extension Committees --

Initiated efforts to train farmers in fi-nancial records and computer aidedmanagement decision tools.

Northeast Marketing Working GroupPriority Areas: Globalization, Role of


Helped plan the 11th Mid-Atlantic Di-rect Marketing Conference, February18-20, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Over450 individuals involved with farmer-to-consumer direct marketing from 10states participated in the conference.The trade show associated with theconference had 55 exhibitors. Con-ference participants gave the meetingvery high marks. This conference wasrecognized as an innovative marketingprogram at an organized symposiumfor excellence in extension program-ming at the 1992 AAEA annual meet-ing.

Compiled a publication titled "Bibli-ography, Selected Writings on FoodSafety" which is being reviewed forpublication.

Southern Public Affairs CommitteePriority Areas: Globalization,

Environmental Issues, New

Technologies

Provided leadership to planand conduct the 1992 SouthernOutlook Conference held Septem-ber 28-30, 1992 in Atlanta.

Developed 15 leaflets on sustainableagriculture that will be distributedthroughout the region and initiatednew projects on financing governmen-tal services, wetlands and mediationand conflict resolution.

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Extension Committees

Southern Farm Management CommitteePriority Areas: Globalization, Environmental

Issues, Consumer Issues, New Technologies

Facilitated interstate exchange of' edu-cational material to reduce duplicationof development and production costs.For example, the national IRM-SPAprogram for the livestock industry hasbeen introduced in the South on a re-gional basis. Education and trainingwere coordinated by extension spe-cialists from several states. Committeemembers report that the cost savingsgenerated by this exchange of mate-rials and expertise alone exceeds theexpenses associated with the commit-tee meeting.

New committee publications on part-time farming, incentive payments forfarm employees and computer recordkeeping will be available by July, 1993.

Southern Marketing CommitteePriority Areas: Globalization, Environmental

Issues, Consumer Issues, New Technologies

Developed and published a Bibliogra-

phy of Marketing Educational Materials,Southern Region.

Participated in development of educa-tional materials and regional trainingon the Group Risk Plan crop insurance

pilot project.

Conducted a survey of extension spe-cialists on livestock contracting issues.A bibliography and leaflet series will he

published.

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Western Public Policy Education

CommitteePriority Areas: ,-

Globalization,

Environmental

Issues ,Cosponsor-ed a workshopon environmernalconflict resolution with the WesternRural Development Center. Over 80extension faculty from the Western re-gion attended the workshop held inPortland, Oregon in February, 1992.Participants were taught skills to be-come more effective in educatingabout sensitive environmental issues.They reported that the workshophelped them improve their programsat the state level.

Designed and organized a conferenceon public lands policy. Over 125 exten-sion faculty attended this workshop toincrease their skills in dealing with pol-icy issues related to use of public landsin the Western Region.

Workshop materials were publishedand disseminated throughout the re-gion. The materials served as the basisfor several extension education activi-ties and many shorter publications.This material continues to have broaddistribution in the West.

Western Farm Management CommitteePriority Areas: New Technologies,

Environmental Issues, Role of Agricultural

Institutions

Completed development of computersoftware and accompanying publica-tions related to farm and financialmanagement issues facing agriculturalproducers in the region. Field reports

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in Oregon indicate that this softwarehas helped change traditional market-

and winter feeding programs ofseveral Oregon ranchers. Long-termimpacts on ranch profitability shouldbe measufabl2 in the future.

Developed intra-regional training pro-grams for state farm managementeconomists and other extension pro-fessionals on sustainable agriculture,cost of production, financial standardsand standard performance analysis.This has resulted in more uniform andhigher quality education programsbeing made available throughout theregion.

Western Marketing CommitteePriority Areas: Globalization, Role of


Provided marketing articles for theFarmer-Stockman regional magazine thisyear under the theme "ExploringGlobal Opportunities." This effortallows region wide dissemination ofimportant marketing data and analysisand reduces state-to-state duplicationof effort while reaching 70,000 sub-scribers.

Completed an analysis of "ChangingInstitutional Structure of Livestock."This paper will be used to inform ad-ministrators and professionals in otherdisciplines of' the changing structure ofthe livestock industry in the Westernregion.

Published a Marketing Bibliography toprovide a reference for all agriculturalmarketing publications and activitiesavailable in the Western Region.

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Western Community Levelopment

CommitteePriority Area: Environmental Issues

Developed a regional business reten-tion and expansion strategy over thepast three years. Projects from thisstrategy implemented in Montana arecredited with saving up to 1,300 jobs inthe past year. Similar efforts are un-derway in New Mexico and Idaho. Thecommittee members have workedclosely with the Western Rural Devel-opment Center to plan and implementthese programs.

Sponsored a workshop on strategicmanagement of change attended by 48extension workers. Participants havetaken their newly acquired skills incommunity leadership and develop-ment back home to work with a widevariety of groups including the SierraClub, environmental engineers,ranchers, miners and local businessleaders.

Almost 80 people from 17 states at-tended a committee sponsored work-shop on solid waste management. Em-phasis was placed on communityeducation and involvement in solu-tions. The committee also cosponsoredthe environmental conflict resolutionworkshop with the Western Public Pol-icy Education Committee.

The work of Farm Foundation grows inimportance as more and more Americans leavefarming and their rural roots. Educating thegeneral public, the media and policymakersabout significant issues facing farmersfromthe costs of a wide variety of environmentalregulations to the impact of a globalizedcommodity marketplaceis a challenge, butone that Farm Foundation has clearly metduring its 60 years of educational work.

Luther McKinneyThe Quaker Oats Company

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Leadership Development and

Recognition

Farm Foundation believes that leadership is an important, key to foster prosperity in

agriculture and rural America. "1-1)e Foundation funds activities designed to develop the

leadership skills of agricultural p.&-ofessionals. In addition, the Foundation helps recog-

nize individuals who have displayed extraordinary leadership ability and who serve as

role models in American agriculture.

Extension FellowshipsPriority Area: Communication and Leadership

Farm Foundation provided fellowships to ten extension professionals to assist them

in pursuing additional graduate training. This program helps increase the competence

of extension leadership by opening training opportunities to a group of potential lead-

ers. Many previous recipients currently serve in prominent leadership roles in the land

grant universities and related organizations. The following extension professionals re-ceived fellowships this year: Garee W. Earnest, Ohio Cooperative Extension Service;

Betty S. King, Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service; Janice G. Miller, Kentucky Co-

operative Extension Service; David G. Mitchell, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service;

C. R. Bud Motsinger, University of Missouri Cooperative Extension Service; D. Ray Rice,

Alabama Cooperative Extension Service; Judith L. Schneyer, Cornell Cooperative Exten-

sion; Claudette L. Smith, North Carolina A&T State University Agricultural Extension

Program; Martha W. Warner, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service; and Ron-

nie W. White, Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service.

National Association of Extension Home Economists Policy Awards

Priority Area: Communication and Leadership

Farm Foundation sponsors awards to individuals or team members of the National

Association of Extension Home Economists who develop and conduct public policy edu-

cation programs that: provide individuals and/or groups with information that will help

consider alternatives and policies prior to making decisions affecting their welfare; en-

courage citizens to become involved in the public policy decision-making process; and/or

prepare citizens for leadership and methods of involvement relating to public policy

issues.

The 1992 awards were presented for:

A Connecticut public policy education program on "The Issue of State Revenues and

Expenditures for 1992" which incorporated innovative program design, multi-media

delivery and expert response to participant questions;

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A Mississippi project which resulted inan effective country-wide literacy pro-gram and formation of a LiteracyCouncil to coordinate work site literacyprograms.

European Agricultural Policy Workshop

for National Extension Leadership

Development (NELD) InternsPriority Area: Globalization

Farm Foundation paid speaker ex-penses for a workshop to prepare NELDinterns for a European trip. Interns whoparticipated in the workshop reportedthat they gained a broader perspectiveof agricultural and food policy in aglobal economy. Participants indicatedthat the seminar was especially helpful inpreparing them to meet with Europeanagricultural, environmental and govern-mental leaders.

Educating Young Reporters About

AgriculturePriority Area: Communication and Leadership

Farm Foundation and Virginia Co-operative Extension developed plans tosponsor a workshop for young news-paper reporters in Virginia, West Vir-ginia, North Carolina and Tennessee.The objective is to provide these report-ers with background information thatmay be useful when they are assigned towrite agriculturally-related stories. Abackground notebook has been pub-lished and will be distributed to potentialworkshop participants. The workshopwill be scheduled later in 1993.

AAEA Agricultural Economics Education

for YouthPriority Areas: Communication and

Leadership, Role of Agricultural Institutions

Farm Foundation allocated funds to

Leadership Development

help sponsor the pilot effort of theAAEA Economic Education Committeeto develop agricultural economic educa-tion programs for youth. The 15-monthpilot project ending August, 1993 seeksto identify outstanding programs toshare as models with agricultural econo-mists throughout the U.S.

1992 Missouri Summer Extension

Institute on AgingPriority Area: Changing Rural Communities

Sixteen extension specialists fromacross the United States received schol-arships to attend this institute designedto increase their knowledge and skills ingerontology education theory and prac-tice. The summer school is one part of alarger "Senior Series" program that re-ceives major funding from the KelloggFoundation and supplemental fundingfrom the four land grant regional ruraldevelopment centers. As rural commu-nities increasingly face social service in-frastructure needs related to the agingpopulation, extension is called upon toprovide educational programs. Work-shop participants are able to provideleadership in developing such programsin their states.

Southern Program Leaders MeetingPriority Area: Role of Agricultural Institutions

Farm Foundation paid expenses of acongressional staffer to speak to thegrnup of Southern Community andRural Development Extension ProgramLeaders, Extension Directors and Exper-iment Station Directors. This stimulateddialogue between university extensionand research leaders and congressionalpolicy makers.

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George Washington Carver AwardPriority Area: Communication and Leadership

Farm Foundation supports the an-nual George Washington Carver Awardfor the agricultural professional, affiliat-ed with the 1890 land grant institutions,Tuskegee University or organizationsserving their clientele, who exemplifiesthe public service philosophy and lead-ership qualities of George WashingtonCarver. This year the recipient was Bur-leigh C. Webb, Dean and Research Di-rector, School of Agriculture, NorthCarolina A&T State University.

H. C. Taylor ManuscriptPriority Area: Role of Agricultural Institutions

Farm Foundation cosponsored thepublication of a previously unpublishedmanuscript of the well known agri-cultural economist, Henry C. Taylor, thefirst managing director of Farm Foun-dation. Professor Taylor initiated thefirst department of agricultural econom-ics at the University of Wisconsin-Madi-son and established the Bureau of Agri-cultural Economics within USDA (thepredecessor of today's Economic Re-search Service) before coming to FarmFoundation. The publication is cospon-sored with the Depari.ment of Agri-cultural Economics, University ofWisconsin-Madison, and Economic Re-search Service/USDA. The publicationwill be available during the second halfof 1993 from the University of Wiscon-sin Press. It will be a significant additionto agricultural scholarship.

North Central Council of Administrative

Heads of AgriculturePriority Area: Communication and Leadership

Farm Foundation provides fundingand staff assistance to semi-annual meet-

ings of the North Central Council of Ad-ministrative Heads of' Agriculture.These meetings provide a forum for di-

alogue on issues of importance to col-leges of agriculture and identification ofactivities to be initiated regionally or na-tionally.

1992 Minnesota Extension Summer

SchoolPriority Areas: Environmental Issues, Role of

Agricultural Institutions, Changing Rural

Communities, Communication and Leadership

Farm Foundation provided fortyscholarships to county and state exten-sion professionals who attended theMinnesota extension summer school.Short courses covered a variety of topicsrelated to Foundation priorities. Courseevaluations from participants were verypositive and several participants relatedhow this experience helped them im-prove their local extension programs.One participant summed up her experi-

ence with these words, "Each week I findmyself revisiting the materials and notesI gathered . . . [and] consciously apply-ing some of the principles and conceptswhich were part of' the class I took. .. ."

Southern Region Leadership CommitteePriority Area: Communication and Leadership

Farm Foundation provided fundingfor outside speakers for the SouthernExtension Program Leaders conference.The 1992 theme was "Changing En-vironment of the Cooperative ExtensionService." Major presentations addressedall aspects of managing change in an or-ganization. Over 100 extension leadersattended the three-day conference.Participants reported receiving usefulinformation from the speakers and wel-comed the opportunity for interaction

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with colleagues across the region abouthow to apply the concepts they learned.

1992 AAEA Department Heads'

ReceptionPriority Area: Communication and Leadership

This gathering during the annualmeeting of the American AgriculturalEconomics Association provides an op-portunity for chairs and heads of de-partments of agricultural economicsacross the country to exchange ideas andconcerns. This exchange has been par-ticularly helpful in recent years as publicfunding for agricultural economics ex-tension and research activities has de-creased. Plans are underway to form anational department heads associationand to develop a Council on Food, Agri-cultural and Resource Economics, as dis-cussed later, to further this dialogue andestablish funding priorities.

Teaching ExcellencePriority Areas: Role of Agricultural

Institutions, Communication and Leadership

Farm Foundation provided 13 travelscholarships to allow less experiencedteachers of agricultural economics to at-tend the resident instruction workshopat the American Agricultural EconomicsAssociation annual meeting. Topics in-cluded paradigm shifts in undergradu-ate and graduate programs, interna-tionalizing curriculum and what re-cruiters want from current graduates ofagricultural economics programs. Theseteaching workshops are designed to im-prove the quality of instruction in agri-cultural economics programs at thegraduate and undergraduate levels.


International Leadership Alumni

AssociationPriority Areas: Globalization, New

Technologies, Environmental Issues,

Communication and Leadership

The goal of the 1992 conference wasto expand the understanding of ruralleaders in critical areas such as healthcare reform and rural economic devel-opment. Over 90 alumni of agriculturaland rural leadership programs fromaround the world attended. Topics ofdiscussion included leadership inchange, viable rural economies, healthcare reform, expanding agriculturalmarkets, genetic engineering, and build-ing rural leader networks.

Council on Food, Agricultural and

Resource EconomicsPriority Area: Role of Agricultural Institutions

Many agricultural economists see theneed to encourage additional public sup-port for applied economic research, in-crease the economic content of other sci-entific research and make existingapplied economic research more readilyavailable to policy makers. Farm Foun-dation organized a meeting of repre-sentatives of various segments of the ag-ricultural economics profession todevelop a proposal for a council onfood, agricultural and resource econom-ics. The council's purpose will be tofocus attention on the important contri-bution economic analysis can make onvarious issues facing agriculture, ruralcommunities, agribusiness, and environ-mental and consumer concerns. It willprovide agricultural economists with amechanism for organized participationin the priority setting process which de-termines the funding and focus of re-

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search related to broad aspects of agri-culture.

Task Force on Food, Agricultural and

Resource Economics for YouthPriority Areas: Changing Rural Communities,


Farm Foundation has taken a leadrole in forming this task force which in-cludes leaders of national 4-H and FFAprograms. The objective of the taskforce is to promote use of materials itwill coordinate or prepare on the eco-nomics of agriculture, food, resourcesand rural development in educationalcurricula for youth.

Honors Programs in AgriculturePriority Areas: Role of Agricultural

Institutions, Communication and leadership

College-bound high school studentswith an interest in agriculture currentlyhave no opportunity to test for advance

My view is that Farm Foundation, through itsprograms and members, creates intellectualcapital . . . Farm Foundation should take aleading role in creating intellectual capital forfuture use by all of those interested inAmerican agrirulture.

Gary H. BaiseJenner and Block

placement in agriculturally-related sub-jects. Farm Foundation is assisting in aneffort to establish a secondary schoolhonors curriculum in agriculture and anadvance placement testing program forbiological and social agricultural sci-ences. Participating students could getadvance placement in selected entrylevel courses in schools of agriculture inthe Pacific Northwest.

Rural HealthPriority Areas: Role of Agricultural

Institutions, Changing Rural Communities

Farm Foundation is a supportingmember of the National Rural HealthAssociation and participates in their Re-search and.Education ConstituencyGroup. The purpose of the Group is tostimulate better research and extensioneducation on issues of importance to ag-riculture and rural Americans.

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Staff Activities

Farm Foundation programming goes beyond providing funding. Staff involvementhas been a hallmark of Farm Foundation programming from the beginning. Catalyticleadership requires involvement and the Foundation's professional staff actively partici-pates in many of its sponsored activities. In addition, our staff has provided leadershipfor professional, industrial and educational organizations.

This year, Foundation staff provided significant leadership to, among others, the fol-lowing program activities:

Program planning for the National Public Policy Education Conference; 1995 foodand agricultural policy project. planning; Southern Sustainable Agricultural Conferenceand regional extension committees.

Project development for the Agricultural and Food Marketing Consortium; TaskForce on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics for Youth; Council on Food, Agri-cultural and Resource Economics; and Ad Hoc Agricultural Health and Safety WorkingGroup.

Planning, organization and proceedings publications for conferences on Com-modity Promotion in a Global Economy, and Chemical Use and Produce Quality. Theseprograms are detailed elsewhere in this report.

Apart from programs directly funded by Farm Foundation, staff activities this yearincluded:

Served as officers or directors of the National Farm-City Coutwil, Inc. and its Fi-nance Committee; International Association of' Agricultural Economists; Fund for theInternational Conference of Agricultural Economists; FFA .,.arm Business ManagementContest Committee; The Chicago Farmers; the North Central Rural Development Cen-ter; and the Southern Rural Development Center.

Served as members of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Agribusiness Ad-visory Board; Public Issues Education Video Satellite Project Advisory Committee; Ex-tension Committee on Policy/Extension Service, USDA Public Issues Education TaskForce; Annenberg/CPB Social Science Telecourse Advisory Board; and Rural So-ciological Society Endowment Committee.

Reviewed proposed articles for the Journal of Rural Health and the Review of Agri-cultural Economics.

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Bennett Agricultural Round Table

Farm Foundation's Bennett Agricultural Round Table is composed of agriculturaland agribusiness leaders. The current 118 members represent a wide range of com-

modity and business interests across the nation.The Round Table meets twice yearly to provide a forum for discussion and interac-

tion among members and invited government, academic, agribusiness and other interest

group leaders. Each meeting focuses on a topic of importance to agriculture and rural

America. These policy forums are an important element of Farm Foundation program-

ming.The June, 1992 meeting in Sacramento, California explored The Agricultural, Food

and Environmental Policy Interface. Discussion topics included public policy issues in nat-

ural resource management, environmental protection and agriculture, food safety reg-

ulations for agriculture, development of alternative pesticides, and international agri-

cultural trade implications of U.S. environmental/food safety regulations.

In January, 1993 members gathered in Phoenix, Arizona to discuss Institutional

Change for a Dynamic Agriculture. Dialogue focused on the organization and mission of

USDA and other institutions serving agriculture, including financial institutions, re-

search and extension elements of land grant universities and farm organizations and in-

terest groups.

Steering Committee

Robert W. Porter, Chair

Carol Brookins, Vice Chair

Walter J. Armbruster

Paul Brower

Thomas C. Dorr

Robert L. Foster

William R. Gordon

Steve A. Halbrook

Uunald C. Hoganson

William F. Kirk

Luther C. McKinney

Daniel I. Padberg

William B. Sayre

Don Villwock

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Farm Foundation's contributions to creatingintellectual capital enablini agriculture toprofitably accommodate change is an immensecontribution to society.

Emmett BarkerEquipment Manufacturers Institute

t')

Round Tabk Members

Duane AckerAtlantic, IA

Earl Ainsworth

Farm Journal Publishing, Philadelphia, PA

Jo Ann Alumbaugh

Wal laces Farmer, West Des Moines. IA

Bill L. AmickAmick Farms, Batesburg, SC

Melvin D. AndrousRice Research Board, Yuba City. CA

Warel G. BaileyNational Corn Growers Association. Anita, IA

*Gary H. BaiseJenner & Block, Washington. DC

John Baize

John C. Baize and Associates, Falls Church, VA

Gregory L. Bamford

Bamford Realty, Inc.. Scottsdale, AZ

*Emmett Barker

Equipment Manufacturers Institute, Chicago, IL

Frank L. Bauer

Bulgarian-American Enterprise Fund. Chicago, IL

Gary L. Benjamin

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Orville G. BentleyUniversity of Illinois, Urbana, IL

*Bob Berg land

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association,Washington, DC

*John R. BlockNational American Wholesale Grocers' Association,

Falls Church, VA

William T. BoehmThe Kroger Company, Cincinnati, OH

*Robert M. BookAgri Vista, Carmel, IN

Wayne A. Boutwell

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives,Washington, DC

Carol BrookinsWorld Perspectives, Inc., Washington. DC

*Paul G. Brower

Gold Kist Inc., Atlanta, GA

Round Table ---

Willard Bunn IllThe Marine Corporation, Springfield, 11.

Bruce 0. BurnhamFairfield, CT

Earl L. Butz

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Robert V. Call, Jr.

My-T-Acres, Inc., Batavia, NY

John Campbell

Ag Processing Inc., Omaha, NE

John R. Campbell

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Martin Cancienne

Louisiana Farm Bureau Fed., Belle Rose, LA

H. D. Cleberg

Farmland Industries, Inc., Kansas Cit y, MO

Mel Coleman

Coleman Natural Meats Inc., Saguache, CO

Michael Cook

University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, M()

*Robert Colson

PM&O Shiplines, San Francisco, CA

*Robert D. CookTiburon, CA

Dean A. Cortopassi

San Tomo Partners, Stockton, CA

Wid P. Crawford

Pfizer Inc., New York, NY

Mark L. DarringtonMark L. Darrington Farms. Declo, ID

Ed Dickinson

Progressive Farmer, BirminghamAL

Thomas C. Dorr

Dorr's Pine Grove Farm Co., Marcus, IA

Richard A. Dudden

Paciley & Dudden P.C., Ogallala, NE

William H. Dunklin, Jr.W. H. Dunklin & Son, Inc., Dumas, AR

Maj. Gen. Robert Eaton (Deceased 4/93)

Eaton Associates, Inc., Chevy Chase, MD

Will ErwinEarl & Erwin, Bourbon, IN

H. Richard Farr

Farr Feeders, Greeley, CO

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Round Table -

Kenneth R. FarrellUniversity of California, Oakland, CA

*Donald V. FilesCaterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL

*Arthur J. FogertyAgway, Inc., Syracuse, NY

Mary Anne FordFord Public Issues Consultants. Ltd., Clncago, IL

Robert L. FosterFoster Brothers Farm, Middlebury, VT

Charles E. French

Nellysfbrd, VA

*Richard GadyConAgra, Inc., Omaha, NE

*William R. GordonJohn Hancock Financial Services, Boston, MA

J. B. GrantJ. B. Gram & Associates, Washington, DC

*Connie GreigLittle Acorn Ranch, Estherville, IA

Evan J. HaleWestern Farm Credit Batik, Sacramento, CA

Stuart B. HardyU.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC

Keith HeffernanIowa Farm Bureau Federation. West Des Moines, IA

Dennis R. HendersonThe Ohio State University, Columbus. OH

Roland M. HendricksonWalt Nfontgomery Associates, Inc., Darien, CT

Phillip L. HerndonAlcoma Packing Co., Inc., Lake Wales, FL

*Milton HertzHertz Farms, Mott, ND

William A. HillerAgway, Inc., Syracuse, NY

Ralph HofstadHofstad Consultants, Edina. MN

Donald C. HogansonMarsh & McLennan, Inc., Chicago, IL

David HowellHowell Farms, Middletown, IN

Ralph lchterEuroconsultants, Inc., Washington, DC

Allan JohnsonABC Publishing Ag Group, Carol Stream. IL

Martin JorgensenJorgensen Farms, Ideal, SD

*John H. KautzJohn Kautz Farms. Lodi, CA

Alan KemperKemper Farms, Lafayette, IN

Richard KingKing International Group, Los Angeles, CA

*William F. KirkE. I. duPont de Nemours, Inc., Wilmington, DE

*Dean KlecknerAmerican Farm Bureau Federation, Park Ridge, IL

Ralph KnobelKnobel Farms, Inc.. Fairbury, NE

Lee Kolmer

Ames, IA

*Robert C. Lanphier IllAGMED, Inc., Springfield, IL

Patricia LeimbachThe End o'Way, Vermilion, OH

*Max LennonClemson University, Clemson, SC

Donald LerchLerch & Company. Inc., Washington, DC

William LoughmillerLoughmiller Farms, Inc., Fwin Falls, ID

Richard LyngModesto, CA

James E. Marion

Auburn University, Auburn UniversityNL

William I. McCombsO'Connor & Company, Chicago, IL

*Luther C. McKinneyQuaker Oats Company, Chicago, IL

Bobby McKownFlorida Citrus Mutual. Lakeland, FL

C. W. McMillanMcMillan & Farrell Assoc., Inc., Washington, DC

David L. MooreWestern Growers Association. Newport Beach, CA

Richard N. MorrisonRyley, Car lock & Applewhite, Phoenix, AZ

34 Farm Foundation 3'

James R. Moseley


Bobby D. Moser

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

*Owen J. Newlin

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Des Moines, IA

John Norton

J. R. Norton Company, Phoenix, AZ

Jim Ozbun

North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

*Daniel I. Padberg

Texas A&M University, Colle,;e Station, TX

Kenneth Peoples

Farm Credit Systems Assistance Board, Arlington, VA

*Robert W. PorterDeere & Company, Moline, IL

James L. Rainey

Edmond, OK

Leo T. Rasmussen

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,

Overland Park, KS

Jim Roe

Wheaton, IL

*Orion Samuelson

WGN Radio, Chicago, IL

William B. Sayre

Agricultural Investment Associates, Inc.,

Palm Springs, CA

Robert D. Scherer

National Cooperative Business Association,

Washington, DC

*Charles G. Scruggs

Sun lean Foods Inc., Hubbard, TX

Larry Sitzman

Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Lincoln, NE

*Dan Smalley

Red Hill Farms, Guntersville, AL

Round Table

Charles Stamp, Jr.

Capital Partners, Ltd., Isle of Palm, SC

*Joseph P. Sullivan

Vigoro Corporation, Chicago, II.

Steve Tate

Tate Farms, Meridianville, AL

Laurence G. Teeter, Jr.

Teeter Farm and Seed Company, Guthrie, KY

*Robert L. Thompson


Eric Thor

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Alan T. Tracy

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,Trade and Protection,

Madison, WI

John M. Trotman

Trotman Land & Cattle Company, Montgomery. AL

Del Van HornJefferson, IA

Bob L. Vice

California Farm Bureau Federation, Sacramento, CA

Don VillwockVillwock Farms, Edwardsport, IN

Lu Achilles WallL.A.W. & Associates, McPherson, KS

John B. Weldon, Jr.

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, AZ

Paul Weller

Agri/Washington, Washington, DC

Larry Werries

Doane International, Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Dale E. Wolf

Lieutenant Governor, State of Delaware,

Wilmington, DE

*Also member of Farm Foundation Board of Trustees

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Round Table

Honorary Life Members

Edward Anderson

Waterloo, NE

Boyd C. BartlettEast Moline, IL

D. W. BrooksAtlanta, GA

Clifton B. Cox

Glendale, AZ

John C. DavisColorado Springs, CO

John H. Davis

Falls Church, VA

Eugene D. Funk, Jr.

Bloomington, IL

William W. GastonAtlanta, GA

R. J. Hildreth

Elmhurst, IL

Damian I. Hogan

Lathrop, MO

Lorenzo N. Hoopes

Oakland, CA

Charles E. Palm

Ithaca, NY

Ward L, Quaal

Chicago, IL

John W. Scott

Mechanicsburg, PA

Charles B. Shuman

Sullivan, IL

Robert TracyAvalon, WI

Delmar D. Walker

Bloomington, IL

Robert C. Wheeler

Ponte Vedra, FL

36 Farm Foundation

Farm FoundationContributions 1992-93

The Farm Foundation receives approximately ten percent of its annual income fromoutside support. Farm Foundation is indebted to the following individuals and organiza-tions for helping support this year's activities.

Agri/Washington

Agway FoundationAlcoma Packing Company, Inc.Amick Farms

Melvin D. AndrousBailey Farms

Gary H. Baise

John C. Baize and Associates

Gregory L. BamfordBank One, SpringfieldBoyd C. BartlettFrank L. Bauer

John R. Block

William T. BoehmPaul G. BrowerWillard Bunn IIIEarl L. Butz

Caterpillar FoundationRobert T. Colson

The ConAgra Foundation, Inc.Michael L. CookR. D. Cook

Mark L. Darrington FarmsDeere & Company

Deloitte & ToucheDICKEY-john CorporationDunk lin Farms

E. I. DuPont de Nemours and CompanyRobert E. L. Eaton

Economic Research ServiceUSDAEquipment Manufacturers InstituteWilliam ErwinEuroconsultants, Inc.Farm Progress Companies

Kenneth R. Farrell

Gold Kist Inc.Evan J. Hale

John Hancock Financial ServicesRoland M. Hendrickson

William A. Hiller, Sr.Donald HogansonInstitute for Land Information

John H. Kautz Farms

W. K. Kellogg FoundationAlan Kemper

Knobel Farms, Inc.

Lee Kolmer

& Associates

Robert C. Lanphier, III

Patricia P. Leimbach

Donald Lerch, Jr. & Co., Inc.

Little Acorn RanchLoughmiller, Inc.Richard LyngMarsh & McLennan

Richard N. Morrisonjim Moseley Farms, Inc.The Ohio State UniversityJ. L. Ozbun

PGF Seeds, Inc.

P M & 0 LinesDaniel I. Padberg

Padley & Dudden, P.C.

Pfizer, Inc.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Robert W. PorterThe Quaker Oats FoundationLeo T. Rasmussen

Red Hill Farms

Jim Roe

William B. SayreRobert D. Scherer

Southern Progress Corporation

Joseph P. Sullivan & Jeanne M. Sullivan Foundation

Tate Farms

Teeter Farm and Seed Company

Robert L. Thompson

Alan T. Tracy

Del Van HornVillwock FarmsLarry A. Werries

Western Growers Association

World Perspectives, Inc.

Annual Report 37

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Financial Data

Fiscal Year Ending 4/30/93

Value of Farm Foundation Trust Fund 4/30/93 $14,945,761

Income for Fiscal Year Ending 4/30/93aTrust Fund Earnings

Contributions

$779,928$667,681

$112,247

Budgeted Expenses $885,000

Staff Compensation and Benefits" $323,525

Operating Expenses" $140,975

Project AreasPublic Policy $125,000

Commercial Agriculture $ 61,000

Natural Resources & Environmental Quality $ 39,000

Human & Community Development $ 39,000

Leadership Development $ 68,000

journalism & Communications $ 30,000

Bennett Agricultural Round Table $ 9,000

Travel" $ 49,500

a Unaudited.Allocations to projects are not made for staff, travel and operating expenses incurred in participating in

them.

38 Farm Foundation

PROGRAM EXPENDITURES BY PRIORITY AREA

7 Environmental Issues Globalization26%

Changing Rural

Communities22%

New Technologies

8%

Role of

Agricultural Inst.14%

Consumer Issues

5%

Publications

Disseminating information generated by research, extension and education programs cangreatly increase the impact of the original investment in those programs, a basic tenet of the FarmFoundation philosophy. To make such information available to the widest possible audience,Farm Foundation assists in the publication and distribution of workshop proceedings; regionalextension committee publications; and, occasionally, multi-author publications.

Bibliography of Marketing Educational Materials Souther?, Region. Compiled by Southern Exten-sion Marketing Committee. Athens GA: University of Georgia, 1992.

Competitive Strategy Analysis in the Food System. Gotterill. Ronald W., ed. Boulder CO: WestviewPress, Inc., 1993.

The Cost of Owning and Operating Farm Machine?), in Pacific Northwest. PNW 346. Pullman WA:Washington State University and Moscow ID: University of Idaho.

Delivering on a Hog Futures Contract. Wellman, Al. NCR Extension Publication 217, No. 7, Lin-coln NE: June 1992.

Delivering on a Live Cattle Futures Contract. Wellman, Al. NCR Extension Publication 217, No.6, Lincoln NE: June 1992.

Exploring Global Opportunities: A Monthly Column for the Farmer-Stockman Magazines. Western Ex-tension Marketing Committee, 1992.

Increasing Understanding of Public Problem.% and Policies-I 992. Halbrook. Steve A., and TeddeeE. Grace, eds. Proceedings of the 42nd National Public Policy Education Conference. Oak BrookIL: Farm Foundation, 1993,

Industrial Organization and International Trade: Alethodological Foundations for International Foodand Agricultural Market Research. Sheldon, Ian NI., and Dennis R. Henderson. eds. Proceedings ofa 1991 workshop. NCRR 334. NC-194 Research Monograph 1. Columbus OH: The Ohio StateUniversity, 1992.

Joint Region Program Committee Meeting: Proceedings of a Regional Conference. SRDC Pub. 164.Mississippi State MS: Southern Rural Development Center, 1993.

Land Ownership and Taxation in American Agriculture. Wunderlich, Gene, ed. A comprehensiveexamination of the system governing agricultural land. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1993.

Management of Public Resources. Raleigh NC: North Carolina State University. Compilation ofpapers presented at a symposium sponsored by the Resource Policy Consortium, May 21-22,1992, Washington DC.

Managing Risk in Agriculture. NCR Pub. 406. West Lafayette IN: Purdue University, 1992.

Multicommunity Collaboration: An Evolving Rural Revitalization Strategy. Korsching, Peter F.,Timothy 0. Borich and Julie Stewart, eds. Proceedings of a 1991 conference. RRD 161. Ames IA:Iowa State University, 1992.

New Directions in Local and Rural Development. Baharanyi, Ntam, Robert Zabawa, and WalterHill, eds. Proceedings of the 49th Annual (1991) Professional Agricultural Workers ConferenceTuskegee AL: Tuskegee University, 1992.

Proceedings of the Great Plains Agricultural Council. Papers from the 1992 Annual Meeting of.the GPAC. Fort Collins CO: Great Plains Agricultural Council, 1992.

Publications -

Regional Small Farm Conference and TradeShow Evaluation. Tallahassee FL: FloridaA&M University, 1992.

Quantifying Long Run Agricultural Risksand Evaluating Farmer Responses to Risk.Wilson, Paul N., ed. Proceedings of a March1992 seminar of the same name. Tucson AZ:University of Arizona, 1992.

Rural Communities: Legacy & Change. Flo-ra, Cornelia Butler, Jan L. Flora, JacquelineD. Spears, and Louis E. Swanson with MarkB. Lapping and Mark L. Weinberg. A com-panion text to the PBS college social sciencetelevision course of the same name detailingthe experiences of fifteen rural U.S. commu-nities. Boulder CO: Westview Press, Inc.,1992.

Rural Communities: Legacy & ChangePreview Booklet. A one semester televisioncourse and public television series. SouthBurlington VT: The Annenberg/CPB Col-lection, 1993.

Rural Communities: Legacy & ChangeStudy Guide. Flora, Jan L., Cornelia ButlerFlora, and Elizabeth Houdek. Developed for

use with the textbook Rural Communities:Legacy & Change (1992). Boulder CO: West-

view Press, Inc., 1992.

The Rural Family, The Rural Communityand Economic Restructuring. Root, Ken, JudyHeffernan, Gene Summers, and Julie Stew-art, eds. Proceedings of a preconference tothe 1991 Midwest Sociological Society meet-ings. RRD 159. Ames IA: University Publica-tions, Iowa State University, 1992.

Rural Information Systems: New Directionsin Data Collection and Retrieval. Buse, Rueben

C. and James L. Driscoll, eds. Proceedings of

a 1989 symposium held to determine thedata and information rural social scientistsneed to conduct research required to solve

the future problems of rural America. Ames

IA: Iowa State University Press, 1992.

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Sociology in Government: A Bibliograplry ofthe Work Division of Farm Population and RuralLife. U.S. Department of Agriculture,1919-1953. Larson, Olaf F., Edward 0. Moe,and Julie N. Zimmerman, eds. Boulder CO:Westview Press, Inc., 1992.

Strengthening Social Science Research at1890 Institutions and Tuskegee University.Zabawa, Robert, Ntam Baharanvi, WalterHill and Jacqueline Tisdale, eds. Proceed-ings of a preconference activity held in con-junction with the 1991 Annual ProfessionalAgricultural Workers Conference atTuskegee University. Mississippi State MS:Southern Rural Development Center,November 1992.

Sustainable Agriculture: Enhancing the En-vironmental Quality of the Tennessee Valley Re-gion Through Alternative Farming Practices.Johnson, Larry A., ed. Proceedings of aMarch 1992 conference of the same name.Knoxville TN: University of Tennessee,1993.

21st Century Survival of Rural A merica.Proceedings of a 1991 regional conferenceaddressing the challenges that face ruralcommunities as they approach the 21st cen-tury. SRDC Pub. 157. Mississippi State MS:Southern Rural Development Center, 1992.

Vegetable Markets in the Western Hemi-

sphere. Lopez, Rigoberto A., and Leo C. Pol-

opolus, eds. Ames IA: Iowa State University

Press, 1992.

Western Extension Marketing CommitteeMarketing Bibliography. Tronstad, Russell, ed.

Compilation of marketing work from thepast five years at different institutions acrossthe West. Tucson Az: University of Arizona,

December 1992.What Determines Your Milk Check? Part I:

Manufacturing Grade Milk. Jesse, Ed andRobert Cropp. NCR Extension Publication217, No. 16, Madison, WI: March 1993.

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