Congress funding gaps threaten Farmers Home loan program
Agriculture Secretary John Block seeks internal funding options to cover a loan shortfall at Farmers Home Administration for operating costs this spring. States with exhausted funds include Alabama to Wyoming. no decision yet on Congress supplemental aid.
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Washington — Agriculture
John Block
Farmers Home Administration
Dave Lane
Lane
Office of Management and Budget
USDA
Congress
David Stockman
Farmers Home
Frank W. Naylor Jr
Charles W. Shuman
Senate Appropriations
Naylor
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Illinois
Louisiana
Mississippi
Montana
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
Wyoming
Production based rewards in farming and labor policy
Doris Engstrom compares rewarding sheep by production to labor practice, arguing wages should reflect output and efficiency. She warns fixed raises fuel inflation, raise costs, and harm competitiveness, urging shift toward performance based pay and prudent feeding of flocks to sustain future production.
USDA Holds 25 Billion In Farm Commodities
The Agriculture Department reports its Commodity Credit Corp holds about 25.7 billion in farm goods as of February 28, with 9.9 billion in loans outstanding and 5.8 billion owned outright. Butter cheese nonfat milk total 3.56 billion, feed grains 1.24 billion, wheat 667.7 million.
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Washington
U.S. Agriculture Department
Everett
Department
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
California crops suffer 300 million in storm damage
California faced an estimated 300 million dollars in crop damage from storms that swept December through March. 455000 acres were affected including 65000 flooded in Tulare Basin and 2870 due to a San Joaquin River levee break. Impacts hit grains, alfalfa seed, safflower, vegetables, strawberries and fruit pollination concerns rise from bee losses.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
State Board of Food and Agriculture
Bob McGregor
State Department of Food and Agriculture
Tulare Lake
San Joaquin River
Vernalis
Sal
San Joaquin
McGregor
Civil rights critic targets Agriculture Department over enforcement declines
Chairman Clarence M. Pendleton Jr of the U S Civil Rights Commission charges Agriculture Secretary John Block and the USDA with dismantling civil rights enforcement. He cites declines in FmHA black farm loans and lower minority hiring, saying enforcement at the USDA has stalled and investigations were stopped. Pendleton blames the firing of Isidoro Rodriguez and notes Cleo Spartin’s interim oversight amid denials of improved management.
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Washington
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Agriculture
John Block
Department of Agriculture
Clarence M. Pendleton Jr
Commission
USDA
Pendleton
Department
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Black
Isidoro Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Cleo Spartin
Iowa Faces Worst Cattle Loss in 30 Years
Muddy pastures and poor hay drive Iowa cattle deaths to levels not seen in three decades. Des Moines National By-Products processes flood dead stock as storms linger. Experts blame wet weather, calving-time snows, mud-covered udders, and inadequate nutrition for calves.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Stan Rutherford
Rutherford
Clinton
Nebraska
Missouri
Fred Wood
Osceola
Wood
Iowa County Fair Buys Barn In Marengo
The Iowa County Fair signed a deal Friday to acquire a sale barn adjoining the Marengo fairgrounds for 35000. The Belle Plaine Livestock Auction Co. property will be financed by 28000 in tax revenues approved by the County Board of Supervisors, creating a one time quarter-mill levy in 1984. The barn will add space for the fairs science mechanics and arts department, though the board has not decided which department will move in.
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Marengo
Iowa County Fair
Belle Plaine Livestock Auction Co
Iowa County Board of Supervisors
Senate
Rds
Comers
Momalnine
Asal
Cdor Wi
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City
Robins Public Notice on Budget Summary and Council Proceedings
City notices budget appropriation summary for last half of 1983 and first half of 1984 on file for public inspection. Robins City Clerk Marilyn P. Cook and Mayor's offices hold the document. Council minutes note budget discussions, tax increase comments, and adjournment at 7:05 a.m. with Mark W. Clark presiding.
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Marilyn P. Cook
Robins Council
Marc Claris
Whitt
Mac Clark
Hovland
Johnson
Mark W. Clark
Maovor
Mark Clark
Kation
Eli Hares
Nebo
Reanarey
Kieck
Leck
Ion
Aacity
Ota Sphermes
Matinier Senah
Nion
Mark W Clark
Passar
Anon
Cay
Vale Rabios
Anks
Hig Ube
Univers
Topids
Lowe
Nance
Secor Siolcaie
Sheriff Sale and Estate Notices From Linn County
Public notices detail an aid execution in Linn County Iowa with sale of property at 133 Cedar Ote Unit 11 Cedar Rapids, proceeds to Avco Financial and others. The document also covers wills and probate actions for Frank Nye and Thomas Greear, with hearings set in Cedar Rapids and deadlines for creditors and heirs.
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Linn
Cedor Ote Am
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Lowa
Iowa
Don Sc
Leland Schoon
Ders@oll, Jr
Hapari
Fock Hs
Bnor
Thomas Ulysses Greeor
County
Poynce Vrenes
Aoinei
Yates
Uniess
Orl Y LeVerna Moe
Eek
Mount Wert
C. Nelson Erney
Buia
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Don Kendall
Iim Press
Shuman
Stockman
White House
Doris Engstrom
Woodbury County
Clayton County
Benton County
Hornick
Freeland
Ward Sinclair ——Aton Post
Earl Mobley
Iowa State University Extension Service
Rex Wilhelm
Stuart
Darrell Busby
Marion
Robins
Arts, Education Agency
Syren Rwyer
Cedar "Rapids, Iowa
Dwigh Nee
Wood Area
Sheriff's
Ste
Dierich
Raney T 'Ive
Frank T Nye
F Nye
Istric Court
Deboran Ann Nye
Tee Tech Ee
Analo Bay
Marie Thayer
Bae
Fem Eqiler Ao
Dork
Edor Rapids
IRS
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