Flying Farmers Take To Skies For Fun And Facts
About 200 International Flying Farmers from eight states gathered at Cedar Rapids airport for a Sunday flight breakfast to honor Iowa queen Bonnie Rohlena. Officials dispelled myths about the hobby, discussed costs and safety, and highlighted travel savings and the group’s family focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Swegle
Arctic Farm
International Flying Farmers
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bonnie Rohlena
Keystone
Benton
Eickhoff
Vatican Flying Service
Experimental Plane Club
Bonnie
the Gazette
Viall
Arizona
Kansas
South Dakota
Illinois
Minnesota
Indiana
Wisconsin
Conservation official links soil plan to federal crop programs
Robert J. Gray of American Farmland Trust says erosion control must tie to crop programs. The plan would retire highly erosive land for five to ten years, funded by cost sharing, with pilots possible in 1984 for wheat and other crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendall
Washington
Robert J. Gray
Gray
American Farmland Trust
Norman A. Berg
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
Capitol Hill
Soil Conservation Service
Trust
Time for teeth in soil conservation policy
Doris Engstrom, a Woodbury County farm wife, argues soil conservation is failing across Iowa. She urges stronger USDA plans to deny federal aid to conservation- violators, condemns farming practices that worsen runoff, and calls for policy changes to keep soil conservation alive and well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Engstrom
Woodbury County
Clayton County
Benton County
Hornick
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chicago Board of Trade Wins Approval for 50-Stock Index Contract
The Chicago Board of Trade gains federal approval to launch a futures contract tied to a 50-stock index covering industrial and manufacturing firms. One component trades on the American Stock Exchange while 49 trade on the New York Stock Exchange. trading date has not been set. The project follows a prior Dow Jones index contract stalled by Illinois litigation over proprietary interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eickhoff
Bell Jet Ranger
Colorado
Jack Viall
Maneno, Ill
The
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Thomas P. Cunningham
Exchange
the Exchange
American Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Illinois Supreme Court
Dow Jones & Co
Dow Jones
Rural health research urged for farmers by Iowa team
University of Iowa officials press on funding gaps for rural health. Dr. Keith Long says federal support is low and farming workers are a critical but under studied group. The department, created in 1955, counts five faculty and 11 staff, with a $560000 annual budget largely from federal sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Eickhoff
Fountain, Minn
International Flying Farmers Organization
Eickhoff
the Gazette
Steve Daugherty
Oakdale
Iowa
Department of Preventative Medicine and Environmental Health
University of Iowa
America
Keith Long
Department
Feds
Long
University of Iowa School of Medicine
Iowa City
Grain dealer license revoked for Midwest Agri Inc
Iowa Commerce Commission revoked the grain dealer license of Midwest Agri Inc of Missouri Valley after an ICC probe found unpaid grain receipts and questioned records. The license had been suspended June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Midwest Agri Inc
Missouri Valley
ICC
Midwest
Steer champions named at two county fairs
Coggon and Coggan Harvest Home fairs crowned champion steers with top animals selling for 75 dollars per hundredweight at Cedar County. Major fairs last weekend produced dairy and beef winners, with grand and reserve titles across Cedar and Allamakee counties and notable showmen named at Waukon and Coggan events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar County
Allamakee
Benton County
Vinton
Waukon
Northeast
Iowa
Darren Dies
London
Dies
Terry
Mary Jane
Rath Packing Co
Fairgrounds
Coggan Harvest Home
Jerry Frasher
Anamosa
Frasher
John Frasher
Robin Domer
Atkins
Bob
Joyce Domer
Anne Wilson
Miles
Kim Robinson
Mechanicsville
T. J. Carrothers
Coggan
Tony Tjaden
Monticello
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Midwest Dairymen
Southwest
California
Free Lance
Grand Island
Neb
Darrell Widman
Chapman, Neb
Index Ce’d
Trade Board
Kellogg Co
Scott Henning
Postville
Mark Eberling
Guernsey
Kevin Fossum
Waterville
Jersey
Scott Longhorn
Dorchester
Ayrshire
Ana Straka
Natalie Lomen
Todd Gruber
Jack Regan
Carmen Smith
Stanwood
Neal
Judy Smith
Fred
West Liberty
Kent
Connie Kay Carruthers
Angie Domer
Scott Blackford
Marion
Nancy Beitz
Hopkinton
Simmental
Brenda Harms
Todd Duckett
Waubeek
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