FDA to prosecute farmers over illegal livestock drug residues
The FDA moves to criminally prosecute farmers shipping livestock with illegal drug and DES residues as USDA plans intensified testing. Assistant Agriculture Secretary Lyng expects up to 6000 cattle tested for DES this year, with new enforcement under the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act and penalties up to 10000 dollars and three years in jail.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agriculture
Richard E. Lyng
Lyng
Argentina
Australia
United States
van Houweling
February auction list for farms and estates across Iowa
A dense notice lists multiple farm and real estate auctions across Iowa in February. Entries include H. G. Benton estate real estate near Prairieburg and Troy Mills, Franklin Moyer near Central City, Leonard Siemens near Dysart, Don Floyd near Vinton, and Hawkeye Polled Hereford show and sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Times and locations vary from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with livestock machinery and 160 acre tracts.
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Mach
Fools
Mohr Bros
Bettendorf
H. G. Benton
Troy Mills
Camper
Leonard Hunter
Winthrop
Franklin Moyer
Central City
Angus
Leonard Siemens
Dysart
Hawkeye Polled Hereford Assn
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Quick Hearings Planned on Farm Pay Minimums
Washington reports Rep. Graham Purcell of Texas pledged rapid hearings on a bill to shield feed grain farmers from cuts in minimum federal price support payments. The move accompanies a decision on potential reductions in 1971 minimums tied to the new farm law requiring cropland idling or set asides.
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Washington
UPI
Graham Purcell
Texas
Purcell
House Agriculture
Wiley Mayne
Browa
Mayne
Agriculture Secretary
McIntyre Seeks $10,000 Cap on Farm Payments
UPI reports Senator Thomas J. McIntyre proposes a bill to cap federal farm program price support payments at 10,000 per crop per farm, arguing the limit would save taxpayers up to 200 million dollars yearly and close gaps in the prior 55,000 per crop cap.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
McIntyre
Congress
Seed Tests Are Key to Variety Selections
ISU experts urge farmers to use all information sources when selecting corn varieties. William Falck, head of Iowa corn yield tests, explains measurement methods and harvest slides. Detroy Green notes energy limits and favors early maturing, narrow row planting with good management to boost yields.
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Ames
William Falck
Iowa Crop Improvement Day
Iowa State University
Falck
Iowa
Iowa State
Joseph Burris
ISU
Detroy Green
Iowa State Agronomist
Green
Liddy Finds Hawaii Blight Not Major Scale
Des Moines secretary of agriculture L B Liddy returns from Hawaii noting corn blight is present but not widespread there. He discusses seed corn shipments to Iowa, N cytoplasm resistance, and possible blending for Midwest use while opposing moving the marketing division to the state development commission. He also outlines views on term limits and a proposed department name change.
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Liddy
Hawaii
Des Moines
L. B. Liddy
Iowa
Midwest
Texas
Agriculture Department
Iowa Development Commission
Robert D. Ray
Development Commission
Clyde Spry
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Ag Department
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Human encroachment harms Tahoe wildlife say planners
In Placerville California the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency warns that human encroachment in the Lake Tahoe basin endangers about a dozen rare and endangered species, reducing their chances of survival per a new report.
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Placerville, Calif
Lake Tahoe Basin
Tahoe
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