Cattle Leaders Push for Simple Majority Beef Promotion Plan
Washington based cattle groups press to change the 1976 law requiring a two thirds producer vote for a beef checkoff. They seek Farm Bureau backing to allow a simple majority vote and a possible congressional revision. The move ahead at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Houston faces debate and possible obstacles.
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Washington
UPI
American Farm Bureau Federation
Houston
Texas
Farm Bureau
Resolutions Committee
National Cattlemen’s Association
Congress
Beef checkoff debate centers on consumer board representation
Lyle Kossman moved his windmill to Chilton after selling his dairy farm last August. He opposes beef checkoff legislation that lacks consumer representation on a promotion board, while Farm Bureau weighs whether to back majority vote rules based on registrations or actual votes in referendums.
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Lyle Kossman
Chilton
Wis
Farm Bureau
Roundup of Layoffs and Parity Trends
Deere and Co to lay off 100 workers at the Plow Plant Works in Moline following earlier cuts at Ankeny Iowa. Farm implement industry layoffs reach about 4 000 in Illinois and Iowa as weather and prices sag. Also notes Farmall Rock Island shutdowns and Massey Ferguson cuts. Parity ratio sinks to a 44 year low at 67 percent for 1977. Also announces plan to cut free milk allowances for 1.4 million children starting Feb 1 to save about 25 million annually.
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Moline
Ill
Deere and Co
Deere
Ankeny
Iowa
Illinois
International Harvester
Farmall
Rock Island
Massey Ferguson
Des Moines
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
UPI
Congress
Agriculture
Carol Foreman
Swine Expo Adds Pointer Event At Cedar Rapids
The Swine Expo 78 adds a conference program Pointers for Profit sponsored by American Cyanamid. Talks cover sulfa residue legislation herd health with Ames ISU experts Dr. Gene Lloyd and Dr. James McKean and Des Moines executive Marvin Garner will discuss producers’ role in regulation. Conference at 3 15 p m Friday Feb 10 in Hawkeye Downs Youth Center after hog judging. social hour and ham buffet at Ramada Inn. Trade show area features equipment health supplies and management demos.
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Cedar Rapids
American Cyanamid Company
Gene Lloyd
Ames
Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Marvin Garner
Des Moines
National Park Council
James McKean
Iowa State University Extension
Hawkeye Downs
Ramada Inn
Tractor parade irks governor in Omaha clash over talks
In Omaha Nebraska Agri Culture Secretary Bergland prepared for a tractorcade greeting by farm strike leaders, despite Governor Exon’s preference for negotiations. About 500 delegates from 41 states set questions for Bergland during a closed planning session of American Agriculture amid mixed attendance.
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Omaha
Neb
National Farm Strike Movement
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Nebraska
J.J. Exon
Exon
Bergland
American Agriculture
Minnesota
Bart Kaderly
Galloway
Ohio
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Bill Stockman
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Leander Kuby
Keystone
Richard Wilhelmi
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