Interview with Joe M. McDaniel, July 19, 1985
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Farmer, Harrison County, Cynthiana, personal background, Burley Tobacco Board, role of cooperative from warehouse perspective, Commodity Credit Association, oversupply of tobacco in 1950s, No-Net Cost Program, dealings with processors, Burley Tobacco Cooperative Association, problems that flue-cured tobacco caused for burley tobacco growers, competition of foreign growers, tobacco and health issues, when measured fields used "rubber tapes", role of Secretary of Agriculture, importance of tobacco to Kentucky's economy, philosophy of quota system, factions within the tobacco industry, role of Larry Forgy, manufacturer's willingness to buy oversupply, impact of world market, export associations, farmers' role in voting for the co-op, alternate uses of tobaccoInterview Accession
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Agricultural price supports--Law and legislation Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Berry, John M., Sr. Burley tobacco Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Cigarettes--Taxation Commodity Credit Corporation Export marketing Family farms Farm production quotas International trade Tobacco farmers Tobacco industry Tobacco--Cooperative marketing Tobacco--Government policy Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Law and legislation Tobacco--PricesInterview Rights
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McDaniel, Joe M. Interview by John Klee. 19 Jul. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
McDaniel, J.M. (1985, July 19). Interview by J. Klee. Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
McDaniel, Joe M., interview by John Klee. July 19, 1985, Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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