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Canada and the United States

Bruce E. Field. Harvest of Dissent: The National Farmers Union and the Early Cold War. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 1998. Pp. x, 244. $35.00.

In 1902, the Farmers Union emerged from the Texas-based Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union. By the 1920s, the association had organized farmers across the Midwest. Farmers Union leaders preached the gospel of cooperative buying and selling as well as the improvement of agricultural education and the elimination of speculation on the commodity markets. Most important, the Farmers Union advocated cost of production prices plus a reasonable profit. The advocacy of government intervention in the agricultural economy, often argued with militant fervor, earned the Farmers Union a left-of-center reputation on the political spectrum. 1

By the end of World War II, the Farmers Union also had gained a reputation as a strong voice for grain farmers who were less affluent and conservative than those who joined the Farm Bureau. The Farmers Union also voiced its collective opinion about foreign policy, particularly between 1945 and 1950: that is, during the early years of the Cold War. In fact, the Farmers Union turned away from its previous emphasis on agricultural policy making intended to increase commodity prices and improve the standard of living for farm families. Instead, during the late 1940s, the Farmers Union became a major critic of the Truman administration's foreign policy. . . .

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