Iowa Economist Seeks Corn Grading and Pricing Reform
Iowa State economist Bob Wisner urged changes at a corn quality seminar in Ames. He proposed lowering No 2 moisture from 15.5 to 14 percent, replacing test weight with direct quality tests, and adding a mechanical damage factor to protect exports. He warned current systems create farmer losses and foreign buyers’ dissatisfaction.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Bob Wisner
Wisner
University of Minnesota
University Economist
Iowa
Economist
U.S
Closeout sales posted across Iowa region
The notice lists multiple close out sales on April 7 9 and 4 with times from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. including machinery household goods and surplus equipment. Weill Marcus Kehoe Shaw and Robert Hay are among sellers with locations described as miles from Center Point Monticello Brandon Shellsburg and Oxford Junction. Auction details include central city Linn county conservation building and listings of sellers such as Mrs Marlene Palas and Winston Wessel.
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Cixoe
Mach
Clark
Center Point
Marcus Kehoe
Monticelio
Shaw
Robert Hay
Brandon
Marlene Palas
Shellsburg
Linn County Conservation Building
Central City
Sale
Winston Wessel
Oxford Junction
Minimum Tillage Day Planned at Calmar
A minimum tillage field day will be held in Calmar on Wednesday April 25 sponsored by the Area Vocational Technical School the extension service and soil conservation district in five counties and the Upper Exploreland RC and D project. Six systems will run on the school farm with plots for Case John Deere International Harvester Rotovator Allis Chalmers and Buffalo Till. Demonstrations occur morning and afternoon with lunch on the grounds. A rain date is set for Wednesday May 2 and transportation will be provided from the parking area to the demonstration area.
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Calmar
Ti- Vocational-Technical School
Extension Service and Soil Conservation District
Howard
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Clayton
Fayette
Upper
Exploreland Resource Conservation and Development Project
Case
John Deere
International Harvester
Rotova- Ae Allis Chalmers
Buffalo Till
Sheep Technician Hired To Assist In Cedar County
TIPTON Richard Voss of New Liberty will serve as a technician to assist Cedar county sheep producers. A 1972 Iowa State graduate, he farms with his father and brother on 600 acres south of Bennett and operates a 75 head ewe flock along with 200 hogs per year. The Ford Foundation award of 700 dollars supports his work with Cedar county sheep producers. He will contact producers to enroll 10 to 12 members for the year. Farm visits and meetings will aid in stock selection breeding feeding disease prevention facilities remodeling and performance analysis.
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Tipton
Richard Voss
New Liberty
Cedar County
Voss
Iowa State University
Orwen Voss
Warren
Bennett
Iowa State
Richard
Ford Foundation
Delbert Grafft
Olin
Ken Muller
Muller
NFO Leaders Credit Price Recovery After Action
NFO leaders say their action reversed a 25 percent hog price drop across eight marketing days. Mike OConnell of Cedar Rapids, president of Linn County NFC, thanked farmers after the Monticello meeting. Four factors were blamed for the decline including Nixon Phase III goals, the Cost of Living Council’s order, chain store purchases, and a threatened meat boycott.
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Monticello
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Mike—O’connell
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
NFC
O'Connell
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Farmers mobilize to defend prices at Iowa meeting
About 50 farmers in Monticello attend an NFO meeting as leaders discuss keeping hog prices up and explore options if prices fall. Dave Kozichek of Williamsburg, an Iowa NFO director, says farmers’ economic power backs price support and urges collective marketing. O'Connell notes rising costs to produce pork, beef, and milk and calls for farmer returns on investment.
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Oren Lee Staley
Dave Kozichek
Williamsburg
NFO
Iowa
O'Connell
Monticello
Litton Pushes stricter limits on farm tax data access
At a House hearing Rep. Jerry Litton urged legislation to narrow Nixon’s revised order on farmer tax data. Officials from the IRS and Agriculture Department defended the amended directive limiting access to names addresses taxpayer IDs farm activity type and farm size measures for statistical surveys only.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Agriculture Department
Congress
Nixon
Jerry Litton
D-Mo
IRS
Litton
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Donald O. 'Virdin
Don Paarlberg
Harry C Trelogan
Department
Statistical Reporting Service
Virdin
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Christian Johansen
Harold Kuehn
American Soybean Association
America
Gazette
Ragu
ROTO
NFOQ
John
Des Moines
Sioux City
Blue Crown Association
National Association of Blue Shield
Riane
Robert J. Sedenka
Edward A. Schlatter
Jones & Cedar County
Larry Brenneman
Johnson County
Bert Vincent
Benton County
Lloyd Schaufenbuel
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