OPA Advisory Committees Demand End to Quotas
Twenty cattle and hog raisers on OPA advisory committees unanimously urged cancellation of wartime slaughtering quotas and immediate removal of subsidies and price controls from the live stock and meat industry. They said price controls have broken down and black market activity dominates meat pages and distribution. Reese Van Vranken chaired the meeting as Avral Erickson declined to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAGO
Office of Price Administration
Avral Erickson
OPA
Washington
Erickson
Reese van Vranken
Kalamazoo County
Mich
FENCE DRIFT AND MEAT SUBSIDY TIMELINE DRAW CONTROVERSY
The piece notes a large cattle run at Chicago stockyards and cites industry and union positions on new slaughter regulations. It tallies Reconstruction Finance subsidies to livestock slaughterers totaling over 1.28 billion since 1943, with 1945 payments of 14.5 million to producers and 2.8 million in January 1946. It also mentions a lamb and sheep subsidy program begun August 5 1945 and ongoing through June 30.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Usda Bureau of Agricutural Economics
CCC
Chicago
PMA
AAA
Davidson Succeeds Dodd in PMA Post
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department names Dave Davidson to lead the Field Services Branch of the Production and Marketing Administration. He replaces N E Dodd who was recently named Undersecretary of Agriculture. Davidson previously headed the California office of the PMA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Dave Davidson
Production and Marketing Administration
N. E. Dodd
Davidson
California
Neighbors Plow Farm Land Near North Liberty
North Liberty reports nineteen neighbors aided the Ervin Lininger farm two miles west of town by plowing and harrowing fifty acres on Saturday. Lininger recently suffered an infected hand. Workers named include Whiterew Harold Laren Ford A Work Ray Cummings Lloyd L. Rinehart Lloyd Myers Floyd Myers Ray Von Stein R. P. Stoner Arthur Hill Lloyd Bowman Robert Lininger Leonard Sentman John Bowman Homer Riggle Earl Walker Rev R. M. Hudson and Guy M. Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Liberty
Ervin Lininger
Mr. Lininger
Whiterew
Harold Laren
Ford A. Work
Ray Cummings
Lloyd L. Rinehart
Lloyd Myers
Floyd Myers
Ray von Stein
R. P. Stoner
Arthur Hill
Lloyd Bowman
Robert Lininger
Leonard Sentman
John Bowman
Homer
Neighbors Help With Spring Work At Monaghan Farm
Neighbors including Coggon residents brought ten tractors and eight manure loaders to aid Francis Monaghan's farm last week. They assisted with fence building and discing corn stalks. Mr Monaghan was recently injured in a tractor accident. Ladies served noon dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Monaghan
Monaghan
Neighbors Assist Ill Resident With Farm Tasks
Neighbors in Alburnett helped Leslie Bardoner who has been ill. Milton Lyman used a manure loader while Malcolm Andrew and John Tritle used spreaders to clean barns and lots. They plowed 35 acres on Tuesday with many helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alburnett
Leslie Bardoner
Milton Lyman
Malcolm Andrew
John Tritle
G. R
Harold
Clifford
Elva Kirk
Don Jones
Forest Keller
Art Cameron
Duane Simmons
Charles Ledvina
Winneshiek County Farm Conditions Report
Farm work in Winneshiek county is reported ten days ahead of last year. Pastures are growing slowly but in excellent condition. Fruit trees were not in bud, so the fruit crop was not harmed by last week’s freezes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek
Airport planners urged to prioritize farmers in Iowa airfields
Howard Hill of Min burn told 76 airport planners that farmers will be their best customers and urged building airstrips near towns with adequate transport. Iowa officials including Guy Richardson and R C Boyd spoke at a meeting backed by the Iowa Aeronautics Commission and Iowa State College, noting Iowa has 47 municipal ports and 81 registered commercial fields.
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Ames
Howard Hill
Minburn
Guy C. Richardson
Jefferson
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
Iowa State College
R. C. Boyd
Des Moines
Iowa Commission
Iowa
Calmar Man Buys 120 Acre Farm Near Calmar
CALMAR has purchased the Frank Frana 120 acre farm north of Calmar for $18,000. The Humpals own an adjoining farm tenanted by their son, and they will move onto the newly purchased place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar
Frank Frana
Humpals
Minnesota Fair to Get Over One Million From Army Use
Officials of the Minnesota Agricultural Society expect a cash settlement exceeding a million dollars from the War Department for wartime use of the state fairgrounds. The agreement with the seventh service command at Omaha covers three years of Army occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
War Department
Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota Agricultural Society
Seventh Service Command
Omaha
Plowing Demonstration Set Near El Dorado
A clean plowing demonstration will be staged on the A. H. Berns farm south of El Dorado on Thursday April 18. Harold Gunderson of the agricultural extension service with years of experience in corn borer control will conduct the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
A. H. Berns
Eldorado
Harold Gunderson
The
Agricultural Extension Service
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