Smith pushes bill to cap dominance of beef packers
Rep. Neal Smith reintroduces a measure to limit the market shares of Iowa Beef Processors Inc. and MBPXL to 25 percent of each species, targeting pricing, retailing, and futures trading. The move follows a Cedar Rapids libel verdict against a packer and tied testimony.
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al Swegle
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Beef Processors Inc
MBPXL
Missouri Beef
Neal Smith
Iowa
Iowa Beef
Smith
Hughes Bagley
Bagley
Big Four
Midwest Hog and Lamb Prices and Grain Quotes Report
The report notes hogs steady to 50 cents higher with Cedar Rapids quotes at 52.50 to 54.00 and Rath Packing in Waterloo at 53 to 53.50, plus lamb prices seen $2 higher. It lists various discounts by weight, corn and soybean futures, oats, and livestock activity with Tuesday’s figures and delivery times, including no. 1 hogs and sows price ranges.
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Smith
Iowa Cattlemen’s Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Bagley
Wilson Foods
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
J ’ Wilson
Waterloo Rath Packing Co
U.S. West
Central States
Federal- Life Market
Federal State Market News
Todey
Midwest
Gemond Fair
Reshams
Iowa
Riment of Agriculture
N.central
Northeast
Southwest
S.central
UPI
O Mercantile Exchange
Omaha Livestock Tuesday Hogs Steady to Higher Prices
Cattle and calves total 3300 with steers and heifers fairly active and mixed gains. Prime and choice lots listed with weights from 1050 to 1300 pounds. Holsteins and cows show varied cutters and canners, while feeder pig auctions await Wednesday.
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Niger
Arthur Weber dies at 84 longtime KSU livestock judge
Topeka Kansas Arthur Dad Weber vice president emeritus of Kansas State University and a renowned livestock judge from Kansas died Tuesday at age 84. Weber served with KSU from 1924 until his 1968 retirement and was internationally known in cattle circles.
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Jude Topeka
Kan
Arthur
Dad” Weber
Kansas State University
Kansas
Chies
Weber
KSU
Farmers protest milk tax in Syracuse parade
More than 100 dairy farmers protested a 50-cent per hundredweight milk levy in Syracuse, parading 121 tractors and trucks as lawsuits over the measure moved before federal judges in Albany and Columbia. The tax funds milk price supports by $600 million, with a second increase due April 1.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Rick Amidon
Marcellus
Columbia
S.C
U.S. District Court
Matthew J. Perry
Perry
South Carolina
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Albany
Edward Mulroy
Howard G. Munson
Commodity Credit Corp
Bryan Patrick
Northeast
Dairylea Cooperative Inc
Bruce Snow
Congress
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
John Block
Block
Americans spend least on food amid rising incomes
Washington AP Americans devote a smaller share of disposable income to food than any nation, with 19 percent in 1981. The 1982 Yearbook of Agriculture notes productivity gains in farming and manufacturing drive the trend, warning cuts could stall if incomes stagnate.
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Washington
Yearbook of Agriculture
India
Sierra Leone
Agriculture Department
Lloyd Teigen
Soviets Buy Additional U.S. Wheat Under 1982-83 Shipment
The Soviet Union added 100000 metric tons of U.S. wheat about 3.7 million bushels for delivery through Sept 30 raising total 1982-83 grain purchases to over 5.52 million tons including 2.48 million tons of wheat and 3.05 million tons of corn.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Agriculture Department
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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