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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1979
Page
8
Greg Pauly of Springville uses a dual wheel tractor and 21 foot disc to work corn ground on Eugene Kennedy farm two miles east of Springville. Farmers, late by weeks, push into fields hoping to catch up. Pauly notes ground is in good shape and drier than last Friday.
Federal farm program officials explained signup details as Linn County nears deadline. Only 425 of 2,282 eligible farms have enrolled, with statewide participation at 28 percent in week eight. Donnella Brady notes farmers may plant more corn than last year up to their normal crop acres, affecting potential DEFICIENCY payments.
Sunday Parade highlights Jerry Brown and Linda Ronstadt in a feature piece about their lives careers and cultural impact. The column profiles Brown's political path alongside Ronstadt's music career and public visibility.
Iowa senators approve a plan to use about two million dollars from a dormant federal program to guarantee farm operating loans and equipment purchases while farmers rent the land. The move aims to help young farmers with land access, though fears about future defaults loom amid debates over guarantees for land loans.
A USDA inspection team will visit the Swift & Co. packing plant in Marshalltown after it closed on April 11 due to pork contamination from contaminated water. About $1 million worth of pork shipped to wholesalers is being traced and recalled, while another $1 million remains held at the plant.
Bob Wegmuller has been named Mahaska County executive director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. The former Marion resident previously served six years as an agricultural aide to former Senator Dick Clark and earlier as Linn County ASCS executive director.
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