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thursday, november 12, 1981 daily nebraskan page 3 Farm executive says manufacturers will survive By Tom Shelton Emmett Barker, president of the Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute, said Tuesday he doesn't believe farm equipment manufacturers will go out of business. Addressing an audience at the Nebraska Union, Barker said that despite lower sales of farm equipment and the laying off of thousands of employees nationwide, the companies will do "what is necessary to survive. Barker was chosen by the Nebraska Council on Public Rebtions for Agriculture to talk about fears that mount ing inventories, price cutting and other financial conces sions are hurting the farming industry. Reports from Roy Frederick, an agricultural economist specializing in public policy, said one major manufacturer of farm machinery already has laid off 8,000 workers as the result of "the powerful one-two punches of soaring interest rates and weak grain prices. Barker handed out information to those attending the dinner listing recent decreases in farm equipment. Com bines, bailers, forage harvesters, mower conditioners and farm wheel tractors were among the equipment listed. Barker said farm equipment sales would be in an un certain state, but said they should pick up. "The machinery business still has two or three things going for it," Barker said. "First, there are still going to be farmers, and second, we will still have 340 million acres of land in this country that still need to be farmed. We still need productivity for the future recovery of the economy oftheUJS." The University Health Center Board will meet today at 1 1 ajn. in the health center. All interested parties are wel come. The Christian Science Organization will meet today at 6 pm. in the Nebraska Union. Room will be posted. International Folk dancers will meet Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Mabel Lee Hall basement. The University Lutheran Chapel will sponsor a SET FREE CONCERT Sunday Nov. 15, at 2 pm. in the Uni versity Lutheran Chapel. SU -v j, mflft The president of FIEI said it is impossible to say exact yijl2)u Lj SftUl I v wen m increase in the sales or farm machinery will take place, and that it will depend on commodity prices and the world economy. UNIVERSITY DAIRY STORE 2!4 pounds of aged Sharp Cheddar Cheese (aged over a year) or Husker Cheese. Try some of our many flavors of ice cream. These products and many more are all made at the DAIRY STORE. 10-5 Mon-Sat (till 5:30 on home games) 1-5 Sunday Filley Hall East Campus 38th & HokJrege Mf, v" - x Art-Craft 9 DIAMOND BRIDAL SETS Vz IFF DIAMOND PIERCED EARRINGS 4W OFF BIRTHSTONE RINGS dii OFF MEN'S DIAMUnufffl" mxr.S fiUOFF AaU lit Anniversary SALE Lay-Way Now for Christmas BANK CARDS WELCOME 1 DIAMOND 3f PENDANTS &U OF I t Kt. Cold CHAINS and BRACELETS 91 OFF Famous Brand WATCHES 21 OFF Mert the Brodkey Boys . . . Wear Diamond IBRODKEY - Lincoln Monday thru frtUy BaturfUy I IM As part of his presentation, Barker gave a slide presen tation with some background information about FIEI. He said the primary mission of FIEI is to provide an ongoing organizational structure and staff resources. That staff en ables manufacturers of farm and industrial equipment to work together to have an effective voice in the decisions of the public affecting their products, companies and industries. Barker said FIEI will become even more important to its members in providing an industry response to state and federal governmental actions. He said FIEI programs such as statistics, safety, product liability, engineering and pub lic relations will also continue to be important. FIEI consists of 227 active member companies and 208 associate companies. It functions with three divisions, 17 councils and more than 70 committees, and has about 250 industry meetings each year. Member companies of the or ganization manufacture farm, field, farmstead, industrial, construction and utility equipment. Barker is an agricultural graduate of the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining FIEI in August of 1973, he was president of Agricultural Services Association, Inc. Before that, he was public relations director for the Amer ican Feed Manufacturer's Association. Record Store "7 NO 1"h if KWnliliPip m t-H-H
