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...recent USA Today poll, 39% of the people surveyed said they would prefer to live in a small town. (According to U.S. Census figures, less than 24% of the population dwells in rural areas, compared with 44% in 1950.) At the very least, says former Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland, "it would be unwise for U.S. public policy to force people to leave rural North Carolina and come to Washington...
...patience and stubbornness pay off eventually. Last week American negotiators were wrapping up final details on an agreement for the Chinese to buy up to 9 million tons of wheat and corn annually for three years. Says Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland: "This is an indication that the Chinese intend to be a major customer for U.S. exports...
...million bakery has been under discussion since November 1978, when Chinese officials told visiting U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland that they wanted to supplement their country's staples-rice, noodles and dumplings-with more convenient Western bakery products. Echoing the traditional complaint of the American housewife, the Chinese are concerned that workers spend too much time in the kitchen. Under an agreement reached last month, U.S. Wheat Associates will spend about $700,000 from grower contributions and Agriculture Department funds to equip the new Peking bakery...
Some surplus grain will continue to hang over markets and may weaken prices later. In fact, a glut had weakened prices before the embargo. Despite that block, Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland expects U.S. grain exports to rise from 93 million tons in fiscal 1979 to 99 million tons this year. But if need be, the Government still has plans to buy as much as 14 million tons of the embargoed grain. Farmers are also being given more financial incentives to store grain, and the Administration is considering paying them not to plant...
...Bergland's tough talk caused Duane Linden to rise in protest, his voice quivering with emotion and anger. Said he: "We were told that we would have a free market. I was told that we would not have an embargo. I'm an enemy of the Soviet Union just as much as the President is. But you are damn unfair to make me take such a loss on the crop." The crowd applauded. After the the meeting, Linden told neighbors: "If I don't get more for my crops, I'm finished...