Urban congressmen farm visit spurs corn price talk
In Dubuque county Iowa Rep Michael Blouin hosts Ed Burds and two urban congressmen Rep Bob Edgar and Rep Ron Mazzoli on a one day exchange. They discuss the corn market at $1.52 a bushel versus a proposed $2 loan rate and the need for production cuts amid prices.
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Ford
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Burds
Bob Edgar
Philadelphia
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Louisville
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Merle
Peosta
Montana
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D-Iown
Penn
Romano Mazzoli
D-Ky
Lawmaker proposes limits on corporate farm payments
Blouin laments lack of support for a bill to ban corporate farms from federal farm payments. He notes opposition misread the measure as a total ban on corporations and continues to push a tougher proposal restricting large non farm companies from family farming.
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Roundup Hog Sold for 4000 at Lisbon Sale
The top-selling hog at the National Hampshire test station sale brought 4000 dollars. Kim Brock of Anderson Missouri owned the hog sold to Eddie Brothers of Storm Lake. Other high sellers brought 2800 2600 and 1700 dollars with Kleen Leen Inc Cedar Rapids buying two of them. The 35 head average was 806 dollars and the sale total reached 28045 dollars.
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Kim Brock
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Eddie Brothers
Storm Lake
Kleen Leen, Inc
Cedar Rapids
News Conference Canceled Over Wheat Production Plan
Washington AP report says the Carter administration weighs next year’s U S wheat production limits. Agriculture Secretary Bergland canceled a news conference where acreage reductions to lift wheat prices were to be announced amid adviser concerns about effects on food prices and global grain supplies.
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Bob Bergland
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