Iowa banks weigh blanket and targeted farmer loan relief
Burlington bank leads with a blanket 10 percent ag loan rate on 5 million dollars while others use one to one relief. Iowa banks discuss buy downs with FmHA SBA and FmHA help to keep farmers in business amid credit tightening and farm exits.
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Mike Williams
Farmers and Merchants Bank and Trust of
Burlington
Iowa
Neil Milner
Iowa Bankers Association
Milner
Bill Logan
State Central Bank of
Charlie Walsh
Farmers and Merchants Bank and Trust
Logan
Iowa Legislature
Farmers Home Administration
Small Business Association
SBA
Tom Smith
Fidelity Brenton Bank and Trust Co
Marshalltown
Smith
Marshall County
Sub- Sahara
Africa
U.S
Farm Bureau
CCC
The
Farm
Dairy Expo canceled in Waterloo Iowa
The Iowa Dairy Expo, planned for March 25 26 at the Conway Civic Center in Waterloo, is canceled due to a weak farm economy and low exhibitor interest. Executive Director Dan Kaiser said organizers could not secure enough exhibitors and are planning for a 1986 show.
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Waterloo
Dan Kaiser
Conway Civic Center
Iowa State University Extension Service
Kaiser
Iowa to re-run farm debt survey with 5000 farmers
Iowa State University and the Iowa Department of Agriculture will mail a new farm debt survey to about 5,000 Iowa farmers next week. The study, a continuation of the 1984 survey, seeks current financial condition data, noting past findings of high debt loads and the need for representative responses.
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Iowa
Ames
Iowa State University
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa State University Extension
Bob Jolly
Iowa Farms
United States
Jolly
Des Moines
Swift to Close Two Pork Plants in Iowa
Swift Independent Corp will shut its Sioux City and Glenwood pork plants on Sept 1, eliminating 660 jobs. The company cites industry overcapacity and economic factors beyond its control. Sioux City employs 370 workers, Glenwood 290.
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Chicago
Swift Independent Corp
Iowa
J. Douglas Gray
Swift
Sioux City
Glenwood
Gray
Farmstead Foods Lamb Prices and Cedar Rapids Market Notes
Farmstead Foods quotes 90 115 pound lambs at 60 to 62 dollars with shorn at 62 to 64. Mid-America Lamb Processing lists 90 115 pound lambs at 64 66 dollars and wool lambs at 62 64 with contact numbers. Prices for hogs cattle and eggs follow regional market data from Cedar Rapids and Iowa with none of the details omitted.
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Cedar Rapids
Livestock Futures Report and Market Test Notes
Hogs trade moderately, futures prices around 49.50 to 51.50 for various weight classes with declines noted. Cattle volumes insufficient for market test. week shows falls across slaughter steers and cows, while feeder stock and heifers also lower. Eggs and butter prices listed. Thursday trade sentiment steady with barrow and gilt prices steady in moderate trade.
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Federal-State Market News Service
Federal State Market News Service
Iowa
Huys
Lowa
Minnesota
U.S
Choice
Iowa Department of Agriculture
N.central
Northeast
Southwest
S.central
Southeast
Otis Wise
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