NFO Congratulates New Agriculture Chief John Block
The National Farmers Organization lauds Ronald Reagan’s choice of John Block to head the Agriculture Department. Block, 45, Illinois state agriculture director, runs a 3000 acre grain and livestock farm near Galesburg. NFO pledges cooperation to help settle farm policy questions.
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Cedar Rapids
NFO
Corning
API
National Farmers Organization
John Block
Agriculture Department
Ronald Reagan
Usda Post
Block
Illinois
Galesburg
Iowa Hog Herd Drops One Percent
Iowa remains the nation’s top pork producer with 16.1 million hogs, the USDA reports, despite record low prices. Favorable fall weather boosted litters, limiting planned reductions and signaling pork prices may stay moderate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Shima farms 900 acres near Marengo with hogs and cattle
Edward Shima, 52, an Iowa County farmer six miles northeast of Marengo, operates 900 acres raising 1000 hogs and 100 beef cows. He and his wife Nell have five children and he holds multiple community posts while commenting on NF0, Farm Bureau, and national politics including Carter and Reagan era policies.
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the Gazette
Edward Shima
Marengo
Nell
Mark
Ann
Art Petrezelka
Marshalltown
Lamar
Jean
Tom
Iowa County
Iowa County Underwater Search Unit
Mount Pleasant
International Harvester
NFO
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Farm Bureau
Carter
Mental Health Institute
HACAP
Linn
Benton
Johnson and Jones
Devon Woodland
Oren Lee Staley
Woodland
Staley
Staley Farms
St. Joseph
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Liberal Democrat
Antique car collector in Kennewick builds 21 vehicle fleet
Fred O Lindberg of Kennewick Washington owns a fleet of 21 antique cars gathered over 12 years valued over 140000 dollars. The collection includes a 1920 Model A Ford and a 1938 DeSoto and many cars are drivable. Lindberg works as a helper at the Phillips Coulee fertilizer plant and notes the expense of registering plates.
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Kennewick, Wash
Fred O Lindberg
Lindberg
Phillips Coulee Fertilizer Plant
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al Swegle
Ed Shima
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