Four Iowa crop groups share West Des Moines office
Four statewide commodity organizations the Iowa Corn Promotion Board Iowa Corn Growers Association Iowa Soybean Promotion Board and Iowa Soybean Association will move into 402 West Towers 1200 35th St West Des Moines on June 1 to cut administrative costs An open house will be held in early June The Iowa Corn Growers Association urges producer participation in the 1978 farm program noting immediate relief is needed due to nearly one billion bushel corn carryover and that the checkoff will help develop new uses and markets for corn DES MOINES Allamakee and Clayton counties have top status in the federal brucellosis eradication program.
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West Des Moines
Iowa Corn Promotion Board
Iowa Corn Growers Association
Iowa Soybean Promotion Board
Iowa Soybean Association
West Towers
35Th St
Iowa Corn Growers
Francis Bjustrom
Whittemore
Des Moines
Allamakee
Clayton Counties
Roy Clark Kenny Rogers to headline National Dairy Cattle Congress
Two performers Roy Clark and Kenny Rogers are signed for this year’s National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Rogers performs at 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday Oct 1, with Clark scheduled for 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday Sept 24. The Iowa State Fair hosts the barrow contest offering over 9000 dollars in prize money for purebred and crossbred hog producers, entry details and testing dates included.
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Waterloo
Roy Clark
Kenny Rogers
Rogers
Clark
Ames
Iowa
Farms shrink in Iowa and nationwide amid farm population drop
Iowa's farm population falls from 222000 in 1935 to an estimated 128000 this year as one farmer per farm assumption persists. Nationally, 8.3 million people live on farms, down from 9.0 million in 1975, with causes tied to economic pressures and rural job growth.
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Des Moines
John Markham
Department of Agriculture
United States
Markham
Best
Iowa
Cheaper transport cuts grain shipping costs to New Orleans
A combined rail barge tariff in Iowa offers small elevators a unified rate to haul corn and soybeans by rail across Iowa to Mississippi River terminals and then by barge to the gulf at New Orleans, enabling competition with larger firms.
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Iowa
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Gulf
Leach Seeks Midterm Credit Plan for Farm Exports
Rep. Jim Leach introduces the Intermediate Term Agricultural Export Credit Act of 1978 to create a five to ten year CCC loan program aimed at expanding foreign markets for U S farm commodities including breeding livestock. The plan, tied to expanding overseas markets, would cost taxpayers nothing and carry interest above fund costs.
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Washington
U.S
Jim Leach
Iowa
Intermediate Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Leach
Grain stocks still high buoy record corn on hand
The Agriculture Department reported 3.84 billion bushels of corn in storage as of April 1, up 17 percent from a year ago and the highest for this time of year. Inventories of other grains also rose from last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
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Cattle Congress
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Iowa Daily Press Association
Bob Bergland
H.R. Schmittou
Auburn University
Auburn
Ala
Bergland
Schmittou
Everbearin Oglalla
Ozark
Toro
Jurf Builder
Hare Ee
Scotts
Scotts Spreaders
U.S. Treasury
AMC Concord
AMC
Concord
U.S. Pat
Tri
America
Duffy Schamberger Motors, Inc
Collins Road
Cedar Rapids
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