Debates Rise Over Government Farm Payments to Big Farmers
Washington AP reports renewed talk of cutting federal farm payments to large commercial farms in crop control programs. The President's advisory panel urges ceilings on annual payments per producer, citing billions spent mostly benefiting big, corporate farms and calling for a farm enlargement program funded by expanded credit facilities.
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Secretary of Agriculture
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Meat Technology Seminar Planned
A seminar on meat technology and marketing co sponsored by the Iowa Development Commission and Iowa State University Extension Service will be held Monday January 29 in Memorial Union at the university. The sponsors say it will interest meat packers processors and retailers and focus on technology implications for marketing.
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Ames
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa State University Extension Service
Memorial Union
Poultry Short Course Rescheduled in Fayette
The first session of a two day poultry flock owners short course was postponed from Jan 13 to Thursday this week. It runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Interstate Power Co meeting room West Union with topics on disease prevention housing feeding and marketing. Three extension poultry specialists from Town State university Dr C D Lee William J Owings and L Z Eggleton will conduct the sessions. The second day is set for Thursday Feb 1 at the same location.
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M. C. Wangsness
Interstate Power Co
West Union
Wangsness
Town State University
Dr. C. D. Lee
William J. Owings
L. Z. Eggleton
Washington County Beef Producers Banquet Set
The 16th annual banquet of the Washington County Beef Producers Association will be held Thursday February 8 at 6 30 p m in the Knights of Columbus hall Washington Kenneth Falk Iowa State Fair secretary will be the speaker.
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Washington County
Washington
Iowa
Washington County Beef Producers Assn
Knights of Columbus Hall
Kenneth Falk
Farm Auctions Packed with Livestock Machinery Dates Listed
A long list of January February farm auctions appears with numerous sales noted by date time and location. The notices name buyers sellers and areas around Williamsburg Ryan Ames Dubuque Center Point Hiawatha Marengo Delhi and other towns for livestock dairy cattle Holsteins Angus Herefords and Jersey cattle along with machinery grain hay and straw offered at each site.
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Elmer Webster
Troy Mills
Toe.m
Walter M. Bladen
Marengo
Donald Wilhelm
Gena
Nedge
Dubuque
Frank Andrews
Central City
Verlyn Zuber
Leonard Seng
Hiawatha
Wayne Wilson
Delhi
Linn 4-H Leadership Club Officers Named
Linn county 4 H leadership club announces officers Gary Grammer Fairfax as vice president Bob Merrit Springville as president and John Barnts Central City as secretary All were county 4 H officers last year and will serve until May when new officers are elected for one year
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Linn County 4H
Gary Grammer
Fairfax
Bob Merrit
Springville
John Barnts
Central City
Budget Action Cuts ACP Fund in Conservation Payments
Federal budget cuts reduce conservation subsidies for farmers from 220 million to 195.5 million, trimming acres protected from 50.7 million to about 45 million and lowering the per-state allocations by about 11 percent. Officials caution impact on participant numbers is uncertain, though aims remain to reach roughly one million farmers.
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Agriculture Department
Johnson
Congress
Department
Laurence H. Manwaring
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Manwaring
Beef Feeding School Set in Dyersville
A two day beef cattle feeding school will be held February 14 and 15 from 9 30 a m to 3 p m in the Xavier auditorium at Dyersville County Extension Director Robert E Hall announced Topics will cover fundamentals of feed utilization feed analysis nutrient requirements of beef cattle and feeding systems Hall will be assisted by extension beef specialists Nelson Gay and William Zmolek
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Manchester
Xavier
Dyersville
Robert E. Hall
Hall
Nelson Gay
William Zmolek
Lee Rekow Named Outstanding Young Farmer of Postville
Lee Rekow, 33, operator of 240 acres six miles southeast of Postville, was named the Outstanding Young Farmer of the Postville area at the Jaycees award banquet last week.
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Lee Rekow
Jaycees
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