Rural Electric Co-Ops Spent $110,000 in Campaign
The Action Committee for Rural Electrification spent about $110,000 this year to back friendly candidates in Congress. ACRE amplified by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association with funds raised to support 17 winning Senate candidates and 65 winning House members, mostly Democrats, while naming one Senate loser.
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Rural Electric Co
Washington
UPI
Rural Electric Co-Op
Senate
House
Action Committee For Rural Electrification
ACRE
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
NRECA
Congress
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
GOP
Gale W. McGee
Wyo
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Edward M
Goggles For Cows Who Watch Welders
The National Milk Producers Federation notes protective goggles may help cows that watch welders. New Zealand dairy farmers report cows going blind after watching a pipeline being installed, prompting the pipeline firm to provide goggles for cows that observe welder activity.
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Washington
National Milk Producers Federation
New Zealand
Walker Named Livestock Service Director at Wilson-Sinclair
Dennis Walker is appointed livestock service director at Wilson-Sinclair Cedar Rapids plant by plant manager Paul Wren. He succeeds Ross Butler now in cattle buying. Walker joined last June after Iowa State University graduation and led the Black and Bridle club horse show and meats judging teams.
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Dennis Walker
Wilson-Sinclair
Cedar Rapids
Paul Wren
Ross Butler
Butler
Walker
Wilson- Sinclair
Iowa State University
Livestock Service
Midwest and Texas Lead in Government Payment Totals
Texas tops the nation with 505 million in government payments. The Midwest follows with 260 million, and Kansas records 235 million, marking large regional disbursements in the latest fiscal data.
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Midwest
Kansas
Texas
Settlement Reached in Chicken House Odor Case Near Clare
Farmegg Products Inc. must pay Patz family 20000 dollars within six months over odors from an 85000 head chicken unit near their Clare Iowa farm. Court may issue injunction if payment not made. case set in Webster County District Court with no jury.
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Donald Patz
Clare
Patz
The
Gazette
Farmegg Products Inc
Webster County
Paul Hellwege
Boone
Farmegg Products, Inc
Humboldt
Arthur Johnson
Fort Dodge
John Mitchell
Farmegg Inc
Melbourne
Iowa
Livestock Feeders Group Elects Leaders at Iowa Meeting
Antonio Head State Livestock Feeders Group reports at Des Moines convention the FDA still enforces zero tolerance for stilbestrol in beef. G L Hadley warns of possible catastrophe if residues persist while Irving Anton is elected president and new officers are named including Richard Hyde and Alfred Teslan.
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Des Moines
National Livestock Feeders Association
G. L. Hadley
Cambridge
Ill
Iowa Livestock Feeders Association
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Hadley
Irving Anton
la Porte City
Richard Hyde
Hastings
Richard Fedler
Fort Madison
Alfred TeSlan
Rock Rapids
Dean Robinson
Atlantic
Close out sales listed for December across Iowa farms
A string of farm sale notices includes Howard Peyton near Troy Mills and Herman DeNeve near Van Horne, Coggan livestock center in Hopkinton, Marion Jamison near Mechanicsville, Carl Aven and Lulu Flexsenhar near Walker, and Delbert Harrison near Walker. Dates range December 5 to December 12 with times and items such as cattle, hogs, hay, and machinery. Johnson County Angus Assn club calf sale is set for Oxford sales barn at 7:30 p.m.
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Howard Peyton
Troy Mills
Herman DeNeve
van Horne
WR. S. Holstein Farm
Hopkinton
Coggan Livestock Center
Marion Jamison
Mechanicsville
Johnson County
Delbert Harrison
Walker
Two Farm Groups Seek Milk Order Extension
Washington reports a joint effort by the National Farmers Union and the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association to extend federal milk marketing order benefits to all Grade A milk producers and to allow all dairy plants to participate. The groups aim to ensure that Grade A producers share in blend prices offered under the orders.
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Washington
National Farmers. Union
Wisconsin Cheese Makers’ Association
Zoning Could Shield Farms In Waste Controversies
Kansas City AP report cites E A Olson urging counties to zone to protect farmers in feedlot waste legal cases. Olson notes pollution controls raise costs and should be studied for pass through. Missouri agronomist George Smith warns of fertilizer limits forcing imports, while Udall cautions on pursuing efficiency without environmental impact over the next 20 to 30 years.
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Kansas City
E. A. Olson
University of Nebraska
Olson
George E. Smith
Agron
Omy
University of Missouri
United States
Smith
Stewart Udall
Secretary of the Interior
Iowa Leads Hog Production in 1969 At One Fourth Share
Nearly a quarter of the nation’s hogs were raised in Iowa in 1969, underscoring the state’s dominant role in U.S. pork output according to agricultural data of the period.
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Iowa
Sheep Should Stay Out of Cornfields
Iowa State University extension sheep specialist Tom Wickersham warns that grazing ewes in harvested corn fields risks enterotoxemia from excess grain. The condition can cause digestive upset or death, so ewes should be kept out of picked fields this year.
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AMES
Iowa State University Extension
Tom Wickersham
Wickersham
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