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113346 1 (1980-09-18)

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           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                               FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                               EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M. EDT
                               THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1980

                        STATEMENT OF
                 HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR
        COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                          BEFORE THE
                  COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
             SUBCOMMITTEE ON FAMILY FARMS, RURAL
             DEVELOPMENT, AND SPECIAL STUDIES


                  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                             ON
             LRITY AND THE AGRICULTURAL SECTORj             113346



MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     WE ARE HERE TODAY AT THE REQUEST OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO

DISCUSS OUR STUDY OF PARITY AND THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. ON

SEPTEMBER 26, 1978, WE ISSUED A STUDY ENTITLED, CHANGING

CHARACTER AND STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE: AN OVER-

VIEW. BECAUSE THAT STUDY ONLY MENTIONED PARITY BRIEFLY, YOU

ASKED US TO EVALUATE THE CONCEPT OF PARITY PRICES TO A GREATER

DEGREE AND TO IDENTIFY THE IMPACTS THAT COULD BE EXPECTED

FROM PARITY-LEVEL PRICE SUPPORTS FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS,

PARTICULARLY THE SECONDARY IMPACTS. AS YOU KNOW, PARITY IS

ESSENTIALLY A CALCULATION WHICH MEASURES THE PURCHASING POWER

OF FARM COMMODITIES TODAY IN RELATION TO THEIR PURCHASING

POWER DURING THE BASE PERIOD OF 1910 TO 1914.

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