Consumer activist attacks payment in kind plan for farmers
Rodney E. Leonard of the Community Nutrition Institute criticizes the Reagan administration’s payment in kind program as dangerous for farmers. He warns PIK could depress prices, worsen farm income, and raise budget costs while failing to align with market needs.
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Washington
Rodney E. Leonard
Community Nutrition Institute
U.S
United States
Congress
Leonard
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
USDA
John Block
Block
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Orville Freeman
Senate
David Stockman
Block and Stockman
Christmas bonus to hog producers signals 1983 profits
Extension economist Dr. Gene Futrell of Iowa State University says hog producers are likely to post profits in the first half of 1983 based on the USDA December 22 hogs and pigs report. Inventories are down year over year while farrowing plans and future sow births could raise supplies later, potentially trimming profits in the second half and into 1984.
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Gene Futrell
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Futrell
Economist
USDA
Potatoes Go Global As U S Demand Levels Off
U S potato growers seek foreign markets as demand growth slows. Far East markets, led by Japan where imports rise, show the most potential with fast food chains driving exports. European and Arab regions offer opportunities while political instability affects South America.
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U.S
John Kennedy
Boise
Idaho
Far East
Agriculture Department
Jones
Japan
South America
Harold Butler
Simplot International
Joe French
Ore-Ida Foods Inc
Farm wives ignored by USDA earnings in Census critique
Doris Engstrom, a Woodbury County farm wife, writes that USDA reports fail to acknowledge farm wives as vital economy contributors. She notes long duties including parts runs and off farm work, and argues farm wife income should factor into per-farm statistics and IRS treatment. Readers may respond from Hornick Iowa.
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USDA
IRS
Doris Engstrom
Woodbury County
Clayton County
Benton County
Hornick
Iowa
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