Push To Hike Farm Props By Don Kendall
Washington report notes signals of another push in Congress to raise government price guarantees for wheat corn and cotton producers. Agriculture Secretary Earl L Butz remains committed to free markets and opposes new subsidies. Frick warns such steps would raise costs and create surpluses as farm income likely falls by about 12 percent to under 24 billion this year.
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Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Biltz
House Agriculture Committee
Frick
Usha Reunomists
Kirkwood Veterans Classes Expand to Six Area Towns
Kirkwood Community College announces spring veteran farming classes in six Gazette area communities with Troy Mills added. Cedar Rapids Monticello Belle Plaine Tipton Wellman join, meeting two to three evenings weekly, covering corn production swine nutrition estate planning tax management and more. About 150 veterans currently attend with some earning college credit. nonbeneficiaries may enroll at standard tuition.
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Kirkwood
Troy Mills
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Monticello
Tipton
Wellman
Kirkwood Boulevard
North Linn High School
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Charles
Kirkwood Agribusiness and Natural Resources Department
Kirkwood Community College
Farm and cloth auction notices in Wad and nearby areas
Feb 27 auctions across Wad and nearby towns list farm machinery livestock and miscellaneous goods. Gorden Mitchell and Jim Cromer host sales with items including tractors, machinery, and antiques at multiple locations. John Dawson and John Sehminkay conduct additional public sales featuring farm equipment and various goods.
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Gorden Mitchell
Gentral City
Thurs
Livestork
Jim Cromer
al'Tipton
Rat
Mach
John Dawson
Parnell
Antiquis
John Sehminkay
Rubin
Wile
Filzabeth Shimannemai
Fiolon
Hale
Obin Jaycee
George Maral
Af Malan
Fragmented OCR: unclear schedule text from holiday notes
Fragmentary OCR lines show a Sunday schedule amid holiday references with unreadable times and scattered abbreviations. Names, places, and exact events are indiscernible, leaving only hints of a timetable or program.
Ice Free Water Reminder For Dairy Herds In Cold Periods
Ames farmers face freezing weather as ISU extension dairy specialist Kent Nelson notes dairy and beef cows require five pounds of water per pound of milk. He urges dairymen and livestockmen to keep fountains and water tanks ice free to sustain production.
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Ames
Butz Defends Food Stamp Plan Against McGovern Attack
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz angrily rejected Sen. George McGovern’s charge that he sabotaged the food stamp program and should resign. The clash occurred at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing as McGovern asserted the price raise violated law and regulations to save $650 million. The plan remains frozen through 1975.
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Earl L. Butz
George McGovern
Butz
McGovern
South Dakota
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Herman E. Talmadge
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Agriculture Department
Congress
Bury
Soybean Germination Improves Over Last Year
Iowa State University Seed Laboratory head Leroy Everson reports 90 percent or better germination for 95 percent of oat seed samples tested this fall and winter, with only two percent below 70 percent. Last year 77 percent reached 90 percent, nine percent below 70. Low 1974 germination tied to pod and stem blight from heavy rains. early freezes and immature seeds also reduced quality.
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Ames
Iowa State University Seed Laboratory
Leroy Everson
Everson
Eyerson
Anderson Calls For Deregulation Of Natural Gas
J Merrill Anderson president of the Iowa Farm Bureau urged immediate deregulation of natural gas prices in Washington saying adequate gas supplies are essential for fertilizer chemicals and packaging materials in food production He called for offshore drilling reforms relaxation of air pollution rules and stressed balancing environmental economic and social impacts.
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Washington
Tice
Iowa Farm Bureau
J. Merrill Anderson
Anderson
House Energy and Power
National DHIA Plans Convention at Amana
The Dairy Herd Improvement Assn. DHIA National Convention will be held at the Amana Col onies Holiday Inn in Amana March 23 26. Co chairmen Don Voelker F L McHone and Dale Gerlach announce the meeting. Speakers include Basil Eastwood Ned Bayley and Hugh Kuhn discussing DHIA operations identity programs and dairy record futures.
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Dairy Herd Improvement Assn
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Don Voelker
Iowa State University
F.L. McHone
Ames
Dale Gerlach
Toledo
Gerlach
National Dia Board of
Hugh Ku
Crop Clinic Date Set in Johnson Iowa City
Iowa State University crop production recommendations will be discussed at a free crop clinic on February 27 from 7:45 to 9:45 p.m. at Montgomery Hall on the fairground south of Iowa City.
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Iowa State University
Montgomery Hall
Fairground
Lowa City
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