Senate mulls overhaul of corporate farming bill in Iowa
Des Moines AP Sen Bass Van Gilst leads subcommittee preparing to scrap the house-passed measure. The plan would require corporate farms and partnerships to register, limit tax loopholes, and move toward accrual accounting for firms with under 80 percent farming activity. The goal is to curb nonfarm corporate profits while preserving capital for farming and inheritance needs.
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DES Moines
Senate
Iowa
Bass van Gilst
D-Oskaloosa
House
van Gilst
Neil Hari
Iowa State University
Oskatoosa
Old Flint River homestead draws trespass ire in Michigan
G W Topham has lived 65 of 66 years in a weathered house along the Flint River. He warns trespassers and snowmobilers across his land, recounts vandalism and attempted theft of antique machinery, and rejects modern offers while insisting he will keep living as before despite the encroachment.
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Columbiaville
Mich
G.W. Topham
Flint River
Michigan
Topham
West Liberty teen named Iowa Favorite Farmer's Daughter
Diane Luedtke 18, chosen from 216 entries across 76 Iowa counties, wins the 18th annual contest sponsored by Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. and WMT Cedar Rapids. She receives 500 dollars cash, 300 dollar wardrobe, Samsonite luggage, a color TV, and AM FM radio. Diane will represent Iowa at about 30 events with WMT stations.
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Diane Luedtke
Orville Luedtke
West Liberty
Towa
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Miss Luedtke
Iowa
Luedtke
Inna State University
4-IL
Iona
Armstrongs
Diane
Taxpayers Shell Out Peanut Subsidy Again
Washington AP reports the government will spend 142 million to dispose of surplus peanuts from the price support program. The 388000 tons will be crushed into meal and oil with oil donated to Food for Peace beneficiaries and domestic institutions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Food For Peace
Partment
Commodity Credit Corp
Agricuture Department
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