Ford plans sharply lower federal payments for farmers
President Ford proposes a dramatic cut in direct farm payments for the next fiscal year reducing the total to about 401 million dollars from current levels above 1 billion. The budget also reshapes disaster aid into an all peril crop insurance paid by farmers, and trims rural housing and development loans as well as rural electrification funding.
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Cedar Rapids
Man
Ford
Washington
Congress
Drouth
Agriculture Department
USDA
Farmers Home Administration
Farmers Home
Rural Electrification Administration
Eureka College Students Start Food Gleaners Group
Sixty eight Eureka College students formed Modern Gleaners to feed hungry people. The club began last fall when Wisconsin farmers faced losses from unsold calves and sent young cattle to Eureka Illinois. Calves are fed with corn gleaned from surrounding fields.
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Eureka College
Wisconsin
Eureka
Ill
Eureka students glean crops to aid hungry worldwide
Eureka College students forming the Gleaners collect leftover corn from central Illinois fields after harvest. They plan to spare calves from mass slaughter and ship five heifers to Honduras with help from Heifer International and CROP, aiming to aid hungry populations while fostering self sufficiency.
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Woodford County
Glen Riddell
Christian Church (Disciples) Organization
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Heifers International
Papin
Wisconsin
Honduras
Record Angus weights shatter December totals in 1974
Farm News reports 4,145 weights submitted by Angus breeders to the Angus Herd Improvement Records program in December, a new monthly high. More than 17,000 weights were processed in AHIR history, with the week of December 16–20 marking a regional peak.
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ST. Joseph
Lloyd D. Miller
American Angus Assa
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Millar
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Howa City
Johnson County
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