Linn County CowBelles elects Patsy Neumeyer president
Patsy Neumeyer of Walker has been elected president of the newly organized Linn County CowBelles, the women's auxiliary to the Linn County Cattlemen. Officers include Gail Neumeyer, Mary Hunter, Dorothy Schwartz, Irene Beatty, and Louise Blackford with plans for beef cookoffs, a beef queen contest, and participation in May beef month and national farm city events. Entries for the Linn County beef queen are due May 15, with a district and state level Cookoff culminating in a Scottsdale Arizona prize trip.
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Iowa
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Scottsdale
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Kleckner Sees Farm Recession Despite Farmers’ Resilience
Iowa Farm Bureau President Dean Kleckner says a farm recession is underway as farmers cut costs and sell livestock early. Based on a survey of 82 county leaders in Des Moines, he notes pessimism but not despair, with reluctance toward government aid and signs of tighter finances amid low prices.
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Grassley bill aims to boost soil conservation incentives
U S Rep Charles Grassley Iowa proposes a bill to reward sound soil conservation with incentives including higher loan levels purchases and price supports plus pilot government purchases of erosion reduction practices and cost sharing. The program would also ease income loss from crop adjustment and lower loan costs depending on incentives participation and funding.
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Washington
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Charles Grassley
Iowa
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Soviet farmers set to sow spring grain for 1980 target
Moscow News reports Soviet farmers began spring sowing in the south aiming for a 235 million ton grain harvest in 1980. The paper notes this as a nationwide priority to bolster meat and dairy output, with the 10th Five-Year average targeted at 214 million tons.
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