Swine Expo Farms 500 hog entries at Cedar Rapids
Nearly 500 head entered in Swine Expo 78 at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids with 492 entries up 177 from last year. Breakdown includes derby trucklots junior and adult classes. Merle Peterson of Guthrie Center owns the fastest gaining central tested Landrace. Local sales in Fayet te. Grinnell crowns Poweshiek pork queen Susie Ford 17. Delhi elects cattlemen officers. Mason City notes Iowa Farm Bureau predicts spring return to fields amid strike.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Eldon Hans
Merle Peterson
Guthrie Center
Farmland Industries
Lisbon
James Taylor
Springville
Grinnell
Susie Ford
Brooklyn
Miss Ford
Detmar Ford
BGM High School
Eagles Hall
Melvin McClenathan
Roger van Ersvelde
Poweshiek County
Mason City
UPI
Iowa Farm Bureau
Dean Kleckner
KIMT
Kleckner
Iowa
Reserve rate dispute may stall wheat grain reserve plan
The National Association of Wheat Growers urges raising the storage loan rate to at least 25 cents a bushel to fund a three year reserve for 1976 and 1977 crops. Bergland aims to store 330 million bushels of wheat and 670 million bushels of corn, with White House budget talks delaying the increase.
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Washington
National Association of Wheat Growers
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Glenn Moore
Association
Agriculture Department
Moore
White House
USDA
Borlaug Links Human Rights to Food Security in Cedar Rapids
Norman Borlaug told an Executives Club audience in Cedar Rapids that food sufficiency must come before other rights. He cited China as a model where national priority to agriculture reduced hunger and warned that six basic needs must be met before human rights can be pursued. He also criticized a plan to ban herbicides and urged action to feed a rapidly growing world population.
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Carter
Norman Borlaug
Cedar Rapids
Borlaug
Iowa
Ames
Executives Club
Roosevelt Royale
Bergland seeks full control of federal food inspection
Agriculture Secretary Bergland urged the White House to propose reorganizing food oversight by merging FDA and Commerce fish inspection into USDA's Food Safety and Quality Service. He argued for department-led foreign aid tied to a broad food and nutrition policy and warned against fragmenting programs across agencies.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
White House
Bergland
Office of Management and Budget
HEW
Joseph Califano
Agriculture Department
Califano
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Commerce Department
Fish
Food Safety and Quality Service
Agriculture Secretary
Interior Department
USDA
Borlaug Defends DDT Ban and World Food Outlook
Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug argued against banning herbicides proposing a massive farm labor shift, noting malaria rises when DDT is banned. He stressed future food needs as population doubles in 40 years, and highlighted ongoing soil and crop innovations alongside Iowa award recognition.
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Borlaug
Mexico
Tunisia
India
Roosevelt Bid Ends Rough Football Era
Theodore Roosevelt threatened to ban football by executive edict unless players toned down rough play. The flying wedge was outlawed as a result, shaping the game's safety standards. Weimaraner dogs can reach speeds over 38 mph, ranking among the fastest domesticated animals alongside the whippet.
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