Agency promises faster service on foreclosures
The Farm Credit Banks of Omaha and the Iowa Farmer Creditor Mediation Service say new agreements will speed foreclosure mediation. The service will handle about 1,300 cases in its first month under the 42 day law, with regional processing to meet deadlines. Banks worry about staff, but officials aim to set dates quickly and prioritize critical cases.
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Iowa Farmer Creditor Mediation Service
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The
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Farm Credit
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Des Moines
Mike Dunn
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids Farmstead Prices for Lambs and Hogs
Farmstead Foods quotes spring lambs 90 to 110 pounds at 369 to 570 per hundredweight, with Ray Zamastil reachable at 846-2694. Iowa hog receipts Thursday show 70,000 head, down from 42,000 last week and 85 this Wednesday, with barrows and gilts mostly 1.00 lower than midsession, slow trade but fair demand. Regional quotes list 210-250 Ibs hogs at 58.00 to 59.00, larger weights 56.25 to 58.50, sows 48.75, with packing plants 58.50 to 60.00 for 210-250 Ibs.
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Gieice
Dairy farmer seeks Iowa secretary of agriculture bid
Preston area dairy farmer Delbert Banowetz announced plans to run as an independent for Iowa secretary of agriculture. He must collect 1000 signatures by August 29 to appear on the November ballot with Democrat Dale Cochran and Republican Thatcher Johnson. Banowetz aims to preserve Iowa farmland after selling his dairy operation amid a dispute over raw milk sales.
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Jackson County
Delbert Banowetz
Iowa
Banowetz
Dale Cochran
Thatcher Johnson
Banowett
Nationwide grain glut forces storage on barges and bases
The Commodity Credit Corp. is scrambling to store up to 1.5 billion extra bushels of wheat and corn on river barges ground sites and possibly U S military bases as record stocks overwhelm facilities. Officials cite bumper harvests and price support loans that push farmers to deliver crops to the CCC when prices fall.
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U.S
Commodity Credit Corp
Ralph Klopfenstein
Minnesota
Don Friedrich
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
CCC
Klopfenstein
Jim Nichols
U.S. Agriculture Department
Arizona
California
Idaho
Great Lakes
Southwest
Ag groups resist delay of clear title law for buyers
A coalition of about 30 farm and trade groups opposes delaying the 1985 Farm Security Act clear-title provision which protects buyers of farm commodities from second payments when liens exist. The ABA seeks a Dec 23 1988 start to allow technical amendments.
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Washington
American Bankers Association
ABA
Congress
Banks
Coalition
Farm
Clear Lake farmer named executive of Iowa ASCS
Clear Lake farmer Robert Furleigh has been approved by the Reagan administration as executive director of the Iowa Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization Service. He will replace Graydon Hunk Anderson, who resigned last year. Senator Charles Grassley praised Furleigh for his farming and leadership experience and his 440 acre grain and livestock operation with 80 acres in strawberries and vegetables.
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Des Moines
Clear Lake
Robert Furleigh
Iowa Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization Service
Furleigh
Graydon
Hunk” Anderson
ALCS
Charles Grassley
Lown
Bob Furleigh
Grassley
Report urges enforcement against tainted animal feed
A federal task force from the Agriculture Department the EPA and FDA urged stronger action against illegal use of pesticide treated grains as livestock feed. They cited treated seeds like corn and sorghum left over after planting as a feed source with possible nationwide cases.
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Agriculture Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Cathy Carnavale
Chicago
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Missouri
Oklahoma
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