Snow helps Iowa soil erosion and moisture outlook
Snow reduces wind erosion risk in north central Iowa while east regions see milder impact. Climatologist Elwynn Taylor warns dry winter may keep soils dry with limited moisture from potential February snow, stressing subsoil moisture and spring rainfall needs.
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Greg Brenneman
Brenneman
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Harold Boehmer
Mason City
Area Soil Conservationist
West Union
Boehmer
Floyd Peters
Vinton
Benton County
Peters
Elwynn Taylor
Taylor
Iowa State University
Ames
Tama
Nebraska
Iowa Family Farm Development Authority faces funding delay
Beginning farmers may wait for low interest loans as the Iowa authority seeks a federal guarantee by February 25. Director William Greiner and Assistant Attorney General Earl Willits said bond guarantees are essential. without them the program could be delayed or scrapped. If bonds can be guaranteed, loans may be available this fall.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Family Farm Development Authority
William Greiner
Iowa
Earl Willits
House Agriculture Committee
Greiner
Robert D. Ray
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Willits
Washington
Joseph Welsh
Dubuque
James Anderson
R-Brayton
Anderson
Wambold named ASCS executive director in Tama County
Craig E Wambold 34 named Tama County ASCS executive director succeeding Bud Lyon. He has six years in ASCS and prior county roles in Humboldt and Story counties, then Des Moines state agr iculture specialist. A 1971 graduate of Northeast Missouri State University he is from Winterset.
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Toledo
Craig E. Wambold
Tama County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Russell “Bud” Lyon
Rural Tracr
Wambold
Humboldt County
Story County
Des Moines
Northeast Missouri State University
Humbold
Winterset
Kennedy asks Congress to cut customs free goods imports
Twenty years ago President Kennedy urged Congress to reduce the limit on custom free goods travelers may bring home. The proposal sought to curb the value of goods that could enter duty free for American tourists returning from abroad.
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Kennedy
Congress
U.S
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