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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson Contra
Costa
DATE: April 22, 1986 County
SUBJECT: DAIRY BUY-OUT PROGRAM
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Set time on next week's Board agenda for a
brief presentation by the Contra Costa Cattlemen Association for the
10: 30 a.m. calendar, if possible.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: I recently learned that the Dairy
Buy-out Program is having a crippling effect on the cattle industry.
Ranchers who have, not benefitted -from nor asked for government
subsidies over the years. are being severely hurt by the federal
government' s policy of buying dairy cattle and flooding the market
with excess beef. Many cattle ranchers in Contra Costa County face
bankruptcy because of the artificial drop in market prices. This
county should consider protesting this -policy to our Congressional
delegation, Senator Alan Cranston and Senator Pete Wilson, the USDA
and President Reagan.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON April 22, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT III ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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County Administrator
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