Farm program split over demand and income shifts
Carroll Brunthauer said the administration bases farm programs on strong demand with new export markets to Japan, the Soviet Union and China and seeks a four year extension of the 1970 act with changes to separate income supplements from production payments and end leases for feed grain. Senator Herman Talmadge warned of lower farm values and a volatile food supply if allotments fall away, while William Vierce urged timely action to avoid reverting to high price supports as trade talks near Tokyo and Europe.
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Washington
Senate
Carroll Brunthauer
Brunthauer
U.S
Japan
Soviet Union
China
Brunthaver
USDA
Talmadge
Farm Editor
William Vierce
Pierce
Cattle losses mount from mud and weather
Washington reports estimate 200000 cattle dead since last November due to mud and storms spreading from the Midwest. The loss could exceed 100 million dollars with plant shutdowns and weak demand. experts cite weather and hormone bans as factors in slower gains.
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Washington
McMillen
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Midwest
Iowa
Brand Law Backed by Ray for Rustling Prevention
Des Moines Governor Robert D. Ray indicated he would likely support a brand law requiring farmers and cattlemen to brand stock to curb rustling. He stressed legislation should have cattlemen’s impetus and noted recent raids by sophisticated rustlers using trucks and helicopters as major losses to farmers.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Senators Seek Federal Disaster Loans For Iowa Storm Losses
Senators Harold Hughes and Dick Clark of Iowa sent a telegram to President Nixon urging official disaster designations for 59 counties after last week's snow storm. The move would allow farmers to apply for low interest loans from the Farmers Home Administration and support a five percent rural disaster relief loan program to cover about 16 million dollars in losses.
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Washington
Harold Hughes
Dick Clark
Iowa
Clayton dairy princess contest applications due May 15
Applications for this year's Clayton county dairy princess contest must be submitted to Vernon Diers of Elkader, the contest chairman, by May 15.
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Elkader
Clayton County
Vernon Diers
Meadow Land Dairy Posts Strong Year In Sales And Milk Volumes
Meadow Land Dairy Association in Mabel Minnesota reports 1972 gross sales over 17.81 million dollars, up more than one million from 1971. Net operating margin reaches 209,555 dollars, up 85 percent, with butter and powdered milk drive totals.
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Meadow Land Dairy
Wendell A Watts
Waukon
Delbert Mandelko
Preston
Meadow Land
Co-Op
Watts
Prairie Farms
Carlinville
Ill
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Farm Editors Assn
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Tokyo
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C. W. McMillen
American National Cattlemen's Assn
Cost of Living Council
Brand Law
Nixon
Meadow Land Dairy Association
Northeast Iowa
Virgil Aberg
Mabel
Minn
Curtis Kurth
Lloyd Clark
Postville
Marsha Broghamer
Decorah
Wendell Watts
Geraldine Wille
Farmersburg
Leslie Kerndt
Mabel, Minn
A& P
Aveia Nor
Guaranty Bank
F.D.I.C
Koil
Serta
Land-O-Nod
Cone Slumberland
iehAval
Beth
Marge
Sioux City
Blue Cross Association
National Association of Blue Shield Plans
Linn County
Robert J. Sedenka
Edward A. Schlatter
Johnson County
Bert Vincent
Benton County
Lloyd Schaufenbuel
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