Fertilizer industry in broad disarray
The fertilizer industry faces broad disruption from natural and man made forces. Major producers including chemical and petroleum firms feel the impact while farmers and consumers could face higher food and fiber costs as fertilizer prices rise. Emil S. Finley notes growers of major crops feel the effects.
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New York
Emil S. Finley
International Commodities Export Corp
Fertilizer Institute
Gulf Ports
Finley
Co-Op
C.F. Industries
Allied Chemical Corp
Agrico
Williams Brothers Oil Refining Company
International Minerals Corp
Occidental Petroleum Co
Potash Co
Saskatchewan
Canada
Early warning system eyed to ease grain hopper car shortages
Assistant Agriculture Secretary P.R. Smith outlined a USDA plan to set up an early warning system with the ICC to track large grain shipments and redirect cars as needed. He cautioned it may not solve the shortage alone while detailing related farm and fertilizer industry concerns.
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Des Moines
UPS
P.R
Bobby” Smith
United States Department of Agriculture
Midwest
Smith
USDA
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
ICC
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
Food and Drug Administration
Bob Bergland
Water Mondale
Carter
Congress
Red Wing widow sells family house and homestead land
Dorothy Lemmerhirt, widowed after a 1969 auto accident, sold the Red Wing home and, with her four children, acquired or rented 36 acres of open field and woods. They built much of a basement home themselves. Her daughter Robyn and Roxanne watch as she voices faith in the land for the children's future.
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Dorothy Lemmerhirt
Red Wing
Minn
Semmerhirt
Robyn
Roxanne
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