Commodity Groups Seek Check-Off Legislation
Iowa producers groups representing beef swine sheep soybeans corn eggs turkeys back Senate File 622 to legalize fund collection to finance promotion and marketing programs. The bill sets a 60 percent producer vote referendum, payment via deductions, opt outs, and specific per unit rates with the state agriculture department as collector. Dairy excluded. butter fat tax and voluntary dairy promo continue separately.
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Des Moines
Senate
State Department of Agriculture
Commodity ‘Association
Dairy Leaders Seek Permanent Import Quotas for Dairy
Washington dairy leaders say Congress will approve a bill establishing permanent import quotas on dairy products. The National Milk Producers Federation backs a new act with fixed quotas not subject to later government orders, while supporting reductions under current law as a preliminary step until a permanent measure passes.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Johnson Administration
National Milk Producers Federation
Federation
Dairy
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
U. S. Tariff Commission
White House
Producers
Linn 4 H Club Skating Party Planned in Marion
Linn county 4 H members from local high schools will hold a skating party next Tuesday at the Marion Roller Drome. Proceeds fund the county's participation in the 4 H citizenship short course in Washington scheduled for June.
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Linn County
Marion
Washington
Four-H Members Are Chosen for Washington Trip
Thirty six Linn county 4 H members, 18 boys and 18 girls, were selected for a National 4 H Center citizenship short course in Washington June 11 17. Delegates depart Cedar Rapids by bus June 10 and return June 19, with chaperones Carol Wohle ben Loyd Martin Paul Atherton and Tom McCormick.
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Linn County
Washington
Paul Lillie
Marion
Dennis Owens
Palo
Edwin Trachta
Cedar Rapids
Eldon Wobhlleban
L. E. Petrak
Alburnett
Beverly Garnant
Dale Cerveny
Rick Hofmaster
Roger Novotny
Keith Bull
Center Point
John Barnts
Central City
Cathy Barker
Coggon
Janine Stastny
Linda Zahradnik
Nancy Vondra
Gary Grammer
Gilbert Lefebvre
Fairfax
Janet Henderson
Kathy Martin
Catherine Godar
Barbara Burns
Cheryl Fernow
Charity Freese
Barth Lillie
Brad Dukek
Lynn Dunn
Gary Blackford
Shelley Peterson
Diane Posptsil
Mary Krejci
Bill Bys
Tom Blinks
David Stoner
Mt. Vernon
Cheryl Frantz
Lee Lewis
Shellsburg
Beverly Merritt
Susan Stejskal
Susan Weller
Dave Hoskins
Robert Merritt
Springville
Kent Schwartz
Walker
Carol Wohileben
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Loyd Martin
Paul Atherton
Tom McCormick
Clayton Livestock Feeders Organize and elect officers
The Clayton County Livestock Feeders Association was organized at a National meeting. It will affiliate with the National and Iowa groups. Officers named include Jerry Probert of Wadena as president and Roland Wessel of Colesburg as vice-president, with Paul Smith of Elgin as secretary-treasurer. Directors listed are Ted Barrack, Stanton Klinge, Harley Radloff, Melvin Radloff, Eugene Doerring, and Elden Lenth.
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Clayton County Livestock Feeders Association
National
Iowa Livestock Feeders Associations
Jerry Probert
Wadena
Roland Wessel
Colesburg
Paul Smith
Elgin
Ted Barrack
Stanton Klinge
Farmersburg
Harley Radloff
Melvin Radloff
Eugene Doerring
Luana
Elden Lenth
Postville
Illinois economist predicts minimal rise in farmland prices in 1967
Franklin J. Reiss, University of Illinois lands economist, says farm land prices will advance little in 1967, a view that also fits Iowa. He cites high financing costs, strict buyer requirements, rising taxes and wages, and stronger land costs compared with expected returns as main pressures.
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Rbana
Illinois
Franklin J. Reiss
University of Ilinois
Iowa
Reiss
Iowa Meat Output Up Thirteen Percent in February
Iowa February meat output rose 13 percent from a year earlier to 414,021,000 pounds, with total liveweight edging up due to heavier cattle and hogs. Hog slaughter up 31 percent, calves down 30 percent, sheep and lambs down 39 percent, while cattle slaughter fell 1 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Visitor Sees Shift to Soybeans and Market Hints
Milford Davis of Reading Minnesota reports from a southern swing about rising Mississippi land values tied to soybean yields and future planting. He notes Florida citrus optimism amid milk holding action and says a Mississippi delta expansion could boost land prices. He recalls cheap orange groves and warns against long soybean futures.
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Sioux Ali
Milford Davis
Reading
Minn
Florida
NFO
Milford
Solons Hear State F B Women on Agriculture and Prices
Washington report details Iowa Farm Bureau women urging a competitive market system to keep food prices fair. Mrs Johnson and Mrs Swanstrom say government programs won’t guarantee cheap food and emphasize farmer autonomy, with notes on world corn production and Armour’s BCI program.
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Washington
Herbert Johnson
Towa Farm Bureau
Towa
Johnson
Robert Swanstrom
Wapello County
Iowa
County
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau backs modified bank for rural utilities
The American Farm Bureau urged Congress to approve a revised plan creating a bank to tap private markets for rural electric and telephone systems. If enacted, the bank would lend to financially strong cooperatives paying more than the 2 percent REA loan rate. Opponents warned of subsidized competition and risks to utility workers and jobs.
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Washington
UPI
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Iowa
Utah
Wyoming
Arizona
California
Colorado
Montana
Armour Beef Cattle Improvement tests bulls in Illinois move
Armour and Co. and American Breeders Service announce leasing progeny tested beef bulls from the Armour program at Morris Illinois. The first bulls will be moved to DeForest Wisconsin in the next few days. The move will combine the two programs into a shared herd development effort.
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Chicago
Armour and Co
American Breeders Service, Inc
DeForest, Wis
Armour Beef
Morris, Ill
DeForest
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