Corporate Farming ~ What Are The Issues?: PROCEEDINGS OF NORTH CENTRAL WORKSHOP CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 21-23, 1969

Foreword Summary CORPORATIONS IN AGRICULTURE ● William H. Scofield SUMMARY OF REMARKS ● Honorable Gaylord Nelson CAN THE ANTITRUST LAWS PREVENT MONOPOLISTIC FOOD PRICES? ● Willard F. Mueller WHY CORPORATE FARMING ● David William Seckler FACTORY FARMS VERSUS FAMILY FARMS … SOME CONCERNS ● Glen J. Vollmar CAN FAMILY FARMS COMPETE? -- A FARMER\u27S VIEWPOINT ● Ralph Raikes CAN FAMILY FARMS COMPETE? - AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ● David L. Armstrong FARM CORPORATIONS - PRESENT AND PROPOSED RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION ● Neil E. Harl FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAW AS AN INCENTIVE TO CORPORATE FARMING ● Donald R. Levi This publication contains the major papers presented and summary of group discussion at a Workshop on Corporation Farming -- What Are the Issues?, held in Chicago, Illinois on April 21-23, 1969. The purposes of this workshop were: 1. To present latest available information on: a. Nature, extent and growth rate of such farming enterprises in the Region and the Nation; b. Reasons why non-farm corporations are going into farming, including farm programs, and possible tax, cost and marketing advantages over family farms; c. Ability of large-scale family farms to compete successfully now and in the future; d. Applicability of existing anti-trust laws to monopolistic food pricing; e. Existing and proposed state and federal laws to prohibit or limit corporation farming. 2. To identify emerging policy issues if this form of business organization seems likely to become increasingly important in American agriculture. 3. To determine existing gaps in information and needed research and education as the basis for public policy decision-making. The need for such a workshop is demonstrated by widespread concern among farm people, state and federal legislators, church groups and others interested in rural welfare as expressed in public statements; in questions asked of agricultural economists, and in the recent series of hearings held by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin