Plow in Drainage Tubing Demonstrated on Iowa Farm
A laser guided plow method for installing corrugated plastic drainage tubing was shown at the Bill Barsa farm near Swisher. The system uses cablelaying gear adapted for tubing, operated by Dick Terrell and Lyle Zimmerman, with two Cat tractors and a Las Er- Plane command post guiding depth and grade. About 10,000 feet of four to six inch tubing are being laid on the 160 acre farm, potentially widening tillable land by five to ten acres in wet years. The method, used in Canada for years, reduces disturbance compared to trenching and was demonstrated at a field day four miles west of here. The tubing runs four to five feet deep and the project feeds runoff to a neighbor Don Sirowy’s tile system.
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Mert Swisher
Bill Barsa
Here
Iowa
Dick Terrell
Terrell Construction Co
Swisher
Lyle Zimmerman
West Liberty
Diller Tile Co
Canada
Terrell
Barsa
F.B. Ryan Manufacturing
Chariton
Zimmerman
Earsa’s
Don Sirowy
Olin Helgarson
Homestead
NFO halts marketing to beat off the SEC
Corning AP The National Farmers Organization halts grain cattle hog and specialty programs to focus on winning civil suits filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission Staley says marketing operations won t resume until July 23 and notes debts have fallen from 8 million to 2 7 million as of July 1 The SEC seeks payment of remaining notes and a receiver was once sought to force repayment
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Federal
NFC
Staley
SEC
ABP Negotiations Near Finish in Omaha
ABP negotiators from General Electric Credit Corp and the creditors' committee met in Omaha as the bankruptcy case moves toward a plan of arrangement. Judge Crawford extended the committee meeting to August 13 while GECC offered a 25 to 30 million loan contingent on Frank West resigning and the plan's approval.
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Omaha
American Beef Packers, Inc
ABP
General Electric Credit Corp
GECC
Douglas Reno
Creditors’ Committee
David Crawford
Reno
Crawford
Frank West
West
GRCC
Ag Secretaries Back Lounsberry Plan for Grain Inspection Reform
Iowa Secretary Robert Lounsberry pushes a reform package approved by 12 Midwest agriculture secretaries. The plan would boost federal grain inspectors at export ports, add producer reps on USDA committees, require federal inquiry into foreign buyers complaints, make grain standard violations felonies, and tighten oversight of testing stations to curb conflicts of interest. It notes inspectors in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids may face conflicts due to employer ties. An economist at the University of Nebraska, James Kendrick, also proposes an independent agency modeled on the Federal Reserve to coordinate long term agricultural programs.
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Rapid Crty
S.D
Iowa
Robert Lounsberry
Federal
Grain Inspection Service
Agriculture Secretaries
Mid‘west
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Lounsberry
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Kaply Lint
University of Nebraska
James Kendrick
Federal Reserve System
Gladbrook youth among 4-H delegates bound for Barbados
GLADBROOK youth 22 year old Kipp Larsen is one of 42 international 4-H youth exchange delegates. He departs June 13 for the West Indies after four days of orientation at the national 4-H center in Washington, D C. The program, run by the National 4-H Foundation for cooperative extension service, lets youths live with host families abroad for six weeks to five months to learn about youth programs and cultures.
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Gladbrook
Kipp Larsen
United States
Barbados
Larsen
Washington, D.C
West Indies
National
4- H Foundation
Cooperative Extension Service
Wheat Farmers Wonder About More Grain Sales
Wichita AP report notes Kansas wheat farmers approve the two million metric ton sale to Russia but question if more sales follow. Prices in the market had fallen to about 2.75 dollars per bushel weeks earlier as harvest continued in the Great Plains. The piece reflects farmer concerns about price support and market impact.
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Cedar Rapids
Thurs
Wichita
Kan
Russia
Kansas
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Bob Kimm
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
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Bill Wunder
Ames
Dave Humker
Ronald Pul- Tin
Tama County Fair
Toledo
Ray Cheever
Fred Foreman
Town State University
Don Pullin
Russell Steinman
Union Star
Lounsberry Plan
U.S
Great Plains
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Tipton
West Branch
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Va Horse
David Bradley
Oho
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Westinghouse
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