Roundup Crop Seminar at Kirkwood College
Kirkwood Community College will sponsor a two part seminar to explain last year’s crop program results. Topics include test plots herbicides and varieties with two sessions January 21 and February 11 on crop alternatives white corn popcorn and sunflowers. Jim Hynek coordinates the series with a $5 fee per program and registration at 9 30 a m in Iowa Hall.
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Agribusiness and Natural Resources Department
Jim Hynek
Iowa Hall
No Progress in Dakota City Meat Cutter Talks
No progress emerged after three days of bargaining between striking meat cutters and Iowa Beef Packers representatives at the Dakota City plant, as reported by the Federal Mediation Service. Fifteen Midwestern governors asked President Carter for a meeting to address the farm economy.
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Reno
Nev
Walter Mondale
Interior Department
Mondale
Lincoln, Neb
Iowa Beef Packers
Dakota City
Federal Mediation Service
Bismarck
N.D
Carter
Legislature endorses farm strike aims. Farm Bureau opposes
Kansas lawmakers approved a resolution urging Carter and Congress to restructure the agricultural price support program to align with parity and ensure farmer profits. Rep Ambrose Dempsey and Rep John Vogel framed the move amid broader debate on prices and farm income. The American Farm Bureau Federation, in Houston, urged market-based incomes and rejected production cuts. Omaha Livestock Exchange said dealers support strikers but cannot shut down next week.
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Ambrose Dempsey
D-Leavenworth
Kansas
Dempsey
Carter
Congress
John Vogel
Lawrence
Kansas House
Vogel
American Farm Bureau Federation
Houston
AFBF
The
Omaha Livestock Exchange
Nebraska
Auction Lineup for January Listings
Auctions begin Tuesday at 10 30 a m with Richard Wilhelmi selling property 134 mi NW of Atkins. Dairy dispersal Thursday at 11 a m by Wayside Farms Corp 186 Hol steins 3 mi N of Marion. Land auction Sunday at 2 p m 1 1/2 mi NW of Center Point. Thought for Today quotes Bernard Baruch on growing with troubles.
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Richard Wilhelmi
Atkins
Wayside Farms Corp
Marion
Center Point
Iowa farmers plan Des Moines rally tied to national strike
Iowa organizers back futures market strategy to raise grain prices as nine rallies and meetings roll into the tractorcade at the state capitol. Strikers call for withholding grain and cattle from markets in a nationwide shutdown through Jan 22, with coordinated events in Missouri Valley and Perry.
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LENOX
UPS
Des Moines
Washington
Congress
Iowa
State Capitol
Corning
Jerry Boyle
Dexter
Boyle
Rainmaking linked to girl’s allergy in Wisconsin hearing
Mrs. Donald Cummings of Reedsville Wisconsin testified before state legislators that rainmaking weather modification worsened her daughter Kelly’s allergy problems and drew angry neighbor reactions urging the family to move away. She cited an Iowa doctor's warning about silver iodide used in rainmaking.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
Donald Cummings
Reedsville
Wisconsin
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Dennis
Nina Rutledge
Pope County
Rutledge
Lowry
Minn
Bernard Baruch
Businessman and Statesman
Wes
Vane Ty
Wodeles
Tengie
Namwe
Syprteonca Mate Te
Pez Ay
Missouri Valley
Perry
Smulekoff
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