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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
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Folder Title: National Agriculture Day
Box: 71 (1982)
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THE UNITED THE STATES. SO SEAL
National Agriculture Day, 1982
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The production, distribution, and preservation of America's food and fiber
supply is basic to this nation's economic, physical, and social well-being.
American agriculture has achieved a record of productivity unmatched by any
other food and fiber system on earth. In 1820, a farmer in this country
produced enough food to feed himself and three other persons. By 1940, that
same farmer was feeding himself and eleven other people. Today a single
American farmer is capable of satisfying the food requirements of seventy-
seven individuals-a sevenfold increase in the course of forty years. This
quantum leap in the productivity of our agricultural community makes it
possible for the United States to respond to the demands of a burgeoning
international population without imposing unnecessarily high food prices on
American consumers.
The contributions of this nation's agricultural sector are not limited to its
capacity to produce a plentiful supply of food. Once agricultural commodities
leave the farmgate, they generate economic activity which creates job oppor-
tunities for 19 million nonfarm workers. The success of our farmers in
marketing their production abroad has enabled this nation to sharply reduce
its balance of trade deficit and to pay for its energy imports. Our farmers are
the critical link in a food production chain that consistently yields the most
wholesome and varied range of foodstuffs known to man. In addition, the farm
community enhances our quality of life by helping preserve the family and the
individual as meaningful components of modern American society.
To recognize agriculture's contribution to the nation and create a better
understanding of each person's stake in a reliable food and fiber supply, the
97th Congress has by S.J. Res. 148 proclaimed March 18, 1982, as National
Agriculture Day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe
Thursday, March 18, 1982, as National Agriculture Day with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of March,
in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-two, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth.
Ronald Reagan