Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Linda Wertheimer discusses the farm crisis. Congress starting to propose remedies. Reagan Administration resisting any expensive bailout plan. Tom Daschle (D - South Dakota) is one Congressman very interested in farm issues.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Dairy cattle pan to Tom Daschle (D - South Dakota) making campaign speech in middle of dairy farm. I m here today to demonstrate the one concern perhaps above all others that we should have as a representative from South Dakota, that being agriculture. We are in a state of depression in agriculture today. Farm income is going to be lower than it was in 1929.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
CU of dandelion which is fluffy seed. Rabbit races away from camera.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Livestock. Man in cowboy hat on a cattle ranch. Calf and cattle. Pigs or hogs in a pen. Sheep and lambs.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Tractor pulling harrow down a field - plowing.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Farmer, I guess spring regenerates your enthusiasm. You get cranked up and ready to go. It s just kind of in your blood or you wouldn t be out here. optimism
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Farm with fields lying idle. Fallow
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Auctioneer in ten-gallon cowboy hat, auctioning off a farm. Farmers standing at auction.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
John Deere combine driving down wheat field toward camera.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Farmers at auction, auctioning off farm. v.o.- farmer discussing his situation. He fears no one will even buy his equipment because no other farmers have any money either, can't blame them for not wanting to borrow at high interest.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Farmer, You can t sleep and you can t eat. I d say that s pretty nervous.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Tom Daschle (D - South Dakota) at press conference, holding a scrapbook full of newspaper clippings listing farm auctions in South Dakota over past 45 days. This scrapbook represents all of the auction sales that have been listed in all of the newspapers in South Dakota for simply a 45 day period.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Tom Daschle (D - South Dakota) in office. What we want to do is enhance the farmers income. It s pure and simple. We believe that unless we enhance that farmer s income, there is no way he is going to survive on the farm. You do that by simply encouraging farmers not to plant everything they have in land. Linda Wertheimer. How do you persuade a farmer not to plant from fence to fence? How do you make it a good deal for him? Tom Daschle (D - South Dakota). Real simple, we just increase the loan rate - that rate the government gives him for planting his grain if he wants to take out a loan on that grain. And secondly, take away whatever incentive he would have not to get into it. That incentive right now is simply to participate in the farm program - to take advantage of the government programs that exist. "FARM CRISIS ACT"
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Banner for Agriculture Council of America. Workers in Washington phone bank. Workers fielding calls from farmers. Tom Daschle (D - South Dakota) on phone with a farmer agrees that most of the politicians in Washington don't know the situation on the farms.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
National Farmers Union representative entering a Congressman s office, shaking hands with Congressman, gives him information book. Farmers Union man and Congressman sitting to talk about issue.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
House Agriculture Committee hearing on the Farm Crisis Act. Farmer testifying. I am a dirt farmer. I live in central Indiana. I have farmed for 54 years. Farmer testifying. This is probably the first time that a farmer from Texas is going to be able to declare that the United States is in a full-scale depression. So I ll just go ahead and declare that right now. I think that the President and Congress should do the same. (Tom Daschle (D - South Dakota) voice over - "(To certain extent I think the farmers preaching to the choir when it comes to the House Agriculture Committee. I think to a large extent the committee itself knows. They take an interest actively in agriculture. They go back to their districts, they find out from there just how serious the situation is. ) Farmer testifying. I guess if I have a sinking heart it s because of that reason. We spent our own money to come out here. It makes me go home sad. The fact that we don t have someone here that will even sit and listen. Now they probably have reasons for not doing that, but I have to say I m pretty saddened by this. Representative Kika de la Garza (D - Texas) Your trip has not been in vain. It has been a very valuable contribution. If we would have had here a full house and no one listened to you, you probably could have gone home pretty happy. Farmer testifying. Thanks you very much Mr. Chairman. I guess that will console me for the time being. Tom Daschle (D - South Dakota) shaking hands with farmers at the hearing.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Tom Daschle (D - South Dakota) in office. I don t think there is any question that we ve already begun to target certain legislative changes to various sectors in our economy. We ve already done it for housing; we ve done it for the Savings & Loan industry. They re not necessarily bailouts, but even if they were if that industry is in such great depression that something has to be done in Washington - I don t think we need any hard and fast rule about whether it should or should not be done. It has to be done. And this is the case in agriculture. We don t have any choice. It has to be done if we re going to save agriculture.
Lawmakers - May 27, 1982 - Farm Crisis
Linda Wertheimer talks about progress of Daschle bill in Senate, says that the budget makes it a tough battle to decide which industries should get help.