Europe’s dry milk plan temporarily tightens dairy policy
European Economic Community official Carlos Trojan visits to explain a short term fix for the dairy surplus. The plan requires 401,000 metric tons of nonfat dry milk be used in animal feed or incur a penalty, aiming to reduce soybean meal use and stabilize prices amid ongoing dairy stockpiles and a past embargo.
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Europe
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EEG
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EEC
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Asen
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Trade talks warned as farm needs clash with industry
Farm leaders criticize tariff swaps linking U.S. farm goods with European industrial duties. Trojan backs separate agriculture talks citing farmworker and land constraints. Ralph Jackson warns that protectionism could spark trade wars and holds.
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Dispute Brewing Over USDA Crop Projections
Washington officials debate USDA forecasts that 1976 grain output could reach record levels. Richard Bell questions high production projections and warns the report relies too much on math, while Don Paarlberg defends department analyses. Export outlook and Soviet purchases add to the debate amid tentative yields and weather assumptions.
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Hawkeye Tech Plans Growing Food Display
The Hawkeye Institute of Technology in Waterloo plants a living display of ten major global crops along Hammond Avenue, with wheat, corn, rice, barley, potatoes, soybeans, sorghum, oats, rye and more. Additional crops such as peppermint, hops, cotton, peanuts, and triticale were added this year. Dr. Bill Anderson notes small grains rising and flax and triticale planted in April have emerged. More crops will be planted in coming weeks. the public can view the area and contact Anderson at 319-296-2920 for tours.
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the Gazette
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Anderson
Pseudorabies Control Plan Outlined for Swine Industry
Des Moines reports a pork industry plan to control pseudorabies in swine aiming at eradication. The program seeks standard testing and procedures, a central serum bank, a quarantine model, and improved information for producers and veterinarians to limit losses and protect other livestock. The disease affects cattle, wild animals, and various domestic species, with nervous, respiratory, and reproductive symptoms.
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Midwest
Congressional Action Seen on Garbage Feed
DES MOINES Iowa Congress should prohibit feeding garbage to hogs to cut cholera losses. Agriculture Secretary Robert Lounsberry and state vet Dr E A Butler say the practice widespread in the East costs at least 4 million dollars for outbreaks. Lounsberry calls garbage feeding dangerous for swine disease control and eradication.
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Movne
Iowa
Robert Lounsberry
Tueasay
Lounsberry
E.A. Butler
Lorry
Lodwick Named to Number Two Post in USDA Agency
Seeley G. Lodwick previously with the American Farm Bureau Federation staff in Washington named as associate administrator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. He will report to Kenneth E. Frick, filling a vacancy since last year. Salary cited at 27,300 annually, up from 36.000 when he left USDA years ago.
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Wever
Iowa
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Man Plans 200000 Flagflower Patch Near Atkinson Ill
Vernon Means, 37, dreams of a giant Betsy Ross flag formation on his 240 acre wheat field near Atkinson Illinois. He intends to plant red white and blue plants this spring to reproduce the flag in flowers. The plan reflects a bold garden display inspired by his daydream.
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Vernon Means
Betsy Ross
Atkinson
Ill
Rain Delays Iowa Field Work in Week Report
Des Moines reports widespread rain last week slowed field work except in the northwest and west central districts. Plowing for 1976 crops rose to 95 percent, corn planting reached 6 percent, moisture improved with topsoil mostly adequate or surplus, temperatures varied from below normal in the northeast to above normal in the southwest, and overall farmers remain ahead of the usual schedule despite wet conditions.
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