Farm bill defeat sparks debate among Washington observers
Washington observers at the Newspaper Farm Editors of America meeting say the Dole McGovern Talmadge bill defeat shows a clear urban rural split in Congress. Bergland and Hjort discuss farm group unity, REA loan rules, and looming higher rural electric costs into the 1980s.
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Washington
Farm Editors of America
James A. Culver
House Agriculture Committee
Ture
Bergland
Howard Hjort
USDA
Farmers Home Administration
Gordon Cavanaugh
FHA
Cavanaugh
Farmers
Federal Housing Administration
Swegle Named President of Newspaper Farm Editors Group
J Alan Swegle of the Cedar Rapids Gazette is elected president of the Newspaper Farm Editors of America succeeding Michael J Carr of the Decatur Herald and Review. Other officers include Don Kendall AP Washington bureau first vice president and Glenn Cunningham executive secretary treasurer.
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Washington (Ap
J. Alan Swegle
The
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Farm Editors of America
Michael J. Carr
Decatur (Ill
Herald and Review
Association
Don Kendall
Associated Press
Washington
Glenn Cunningham
Des Moines
Mildred Bunting
Lancaster
Midwest
Don Ringler
Omaha
Neb
World Herald
Southwest
Clark W. Bolt
Waco
Texas
Tribune Herald
Carolyn Homan
Oregon Statesman
Salem
Thornton L. Hartley
Jacksonville
Fla
Times-Union
Gainesville
Swegle
Osceola
Iowa 4-H and ASCS Schedule Amid Convention Events
The Future Farmers of America convention will run Thursday through Saturday at the Municipal Auditorium in Sioux City with the theme The Way We Were the Way We Are the Way We Will Be. Linn County hosts 4-H leaders workshop and rally night while ASCS Marion extends hours to 8 p.m. for farm program signups. Iowa Angus Auxiliary offers scholarships with applications to Mrs Gene Maas in Casey Iowa.
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Hjort
Alex P. Mercure
Rural Development
Rural Electrification Administration
Future Farmers of American
Municipal Auditorium
Sioux City
Linn County
ASCS
Marion
Iowa Angus Auxiliary
Gene Maas
Iowa
Casey
Anti-Carter mood marks farm convention
About 2 000 farmers from 39 states converge in Oklahoma City for the American Agriculture movement convention. Attendees discuss farm legislation crop programs and the farm strike, with anti-Carter sentiment and talk of new political strategies and potential lawsuits against the Agriculture Department. Georgia farmer Tommy Kersey attends. Oklahoma leader George Camilli Jr. signals possible suit over emergency aid defeat.
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Oklahoma City
American Agriculture Movement
Carter
Fairground
Georgia
Kansas
Bob Duran
American Ag
Tommy Kersey
Bill Nichols
Oklahoma
George Camilli Jr
Boise City
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
U.S. Egg Production Sets Record Despite Lower Prices
The Agriculture Department reports 66.5 eggs per 100 hens by April 1, a record rate reflecting 5.7 billion eggs in spring production, with flock size at 277 million layers. Prices average 61 to 62 cents a dozen in Q1, lower than 75 cents in the prior year, and USDA forecasts 48 to 50 cents this spring.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New York
USDA
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al Swegle
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Agricul
Bobby Smith
Carol Foreman
McGovern Commission
Foreman
Food and Drug Administration
Donald Kennedy
Pcrest
U.S
Audrey Mackiewicz
Sandusky (Ohio
Nce
Delaware County
Manchester
Johnson County
City High
Iowa City
Rural Electric Cooperative Building
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