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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1983
Page
32
Hog quotes mark a 50 cent drop to 54 to 55.50 with a series of weight based discounts at Evan Wilson Foods Cedar Rapids. Spring lambs steady 48 to 50 on wool and 50 to 52 on shorn. Corn and soybeans on Cedar Rapids cash elevator market with mixed gains and steady to higher prices across futures.
Livestock prices posted mixed moves Wednesday with hogs and sows uneven and cattle trade cautious. No 1-3 butchers at 200-240 lb sold about 55.75-56.00, 240-260 lb 55.00-55.75, and 300-350 lb 50.00-51.50 while sows ranged 47.00-49.50 across weights. Cattle receipts showed steadier bids with select steers 1100-1200 lb at 58.00-59.00 and 1000-1100 lb heifers at 56.00-58.00. overall activity moderate to fairly active.
Dave Hart of Mount Vernon was elected chairman of the Linn County Extension Council. Other officers include Dave Hoke as vice chairman Linda Fisher secretary and Marlin Franckson treasurer. The council oversees ISU Extension Service programs in agriculture horticulture home economics youth and community development with meetings every first Wednesday at 8 p.m. Farmers State Bank of Marion designated as depository for district funds.
Danny P. Kaiser of Freeport Illinois was named field service director for Midland United Dairy Industry Association in Ankeny Iowa effective Saturday. A Iowa State University graduate and former extension dairyman for the University of Wisconsin, Kaiser will oversee the Iowa Dairy Expo the Iowa Dairy Princess program the Iowa Distinguished Dairyman program and serve as superintendent of the Iowa State Fair Dairy Show. He succeeds Keith Maxey who resigned to return to dairy farming in Colorado.
Federal farm workers scramble for details on the Reagan administration’s crop swap program unveiled in Dallas. Iowa officials plan to release guidance before sign-up begins January 24 at ASCS offices, with a statewide briefing January 21 for county ASCS directors.
Delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention voted to support President Reagan's crop swap as a temporary solution to price and production issues. Revisions require payments only to bona fide farmers, promote orderly marketing, and tie incentives to foreign buyers. Grazing bans on diverted acres aim to protect livestock producers. Delegates also expect broader policy changes beyond crop swap.
Documents released by Rural America indicate President Reagan would slash Farmers Home Administration funds by 36 percent for the next fiscal year, reducing overall Agriculture Department money to about 5.74 billion. The only increase targets operating loans at 1.86 billion, while home ownership loans face an 88 percent cut to 280 million and other programs see deep reductions or eliminations.
Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri accuses the Agriculture Department of illegally denying disaster loans to thousands of farmers in more than 500 counties over two years. GAO findings say reviewing only countywide losses ignores congressional intent and risks many farmers losing their farms. an official counters the policy is legal and intended to curb abuses.
In Des Moines the ASCS lien search requirement on 1982 grain loans caused a flood of requests. By Dec 31 1982 49474 searches were processed and returned to county offices with only one loan delayed by factors other than the lien search. Officials expect 25000 to 30000 more searches by May 31 1983.
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