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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1978
Page
24
Two Tama County leaders describe the movement transitioning from rallies to influencing policy. They cite farm prices parity goals, opposition to farming declines, and the need to elect supportive candidates as the group expands from demonstrations to legislative pressure.
John Curry of Victoria Illinois was re elected president of the National Corn Growers Association at the annual meeting. Four vice presidents were chosen Russell Arndt LaCrosse Indiana Bill Mullins Shabbona Illinois Warrel Bailey Anita Iowa Rolland Main Altona Illinois. Keith Horn Washington was named secretary and Roger Kreutz Ciltner Nebraska treasurer.
The American Soybean Association urges repeal of a Food Drug and Cosmetic Act section requiring margarine labeling in restaurants. ASA president Nick Rose says margarine is the dominant table spread and preferred by families, with U S usage of 2.5 billion pounds in 1977 versus 945 million pounds of butter. House hearings in Rosedale Arkansas on act amendments include Rep Paul Rogers’s bill to repeal the labeling and signage requirement.
Sigourney’s Howard Linder, former Keokuk County cattlemen’s association president, was named district 15 cattleman of the year in the inaugural Iowa Cattleman of the Year contest. Linder maintains a 50 head herd and represents regional cattle interests.
Missouri farmers refuse the restricted pesticide heptachlor despite EPA clearance, citing crop rotation limits as three year restriction hampers soybeans after corn. Only about 2,500 acres treated as 2.8 million acres expected to be planted. Rescue treatments exist but are costlier and less effective.
Joe Kucera inventor and farmer recalls building a hemp turning machine during World War II to process hemp now illegal as marijuana. He notes it was one of two left, with government mills in Mendota manufacturing such machines.
Mount Pleasant Old Threshers aim to showcase the wartime hemp processing machine but liability concerns arise. Antique Acres of Cedar Falls also expresses interest in displaying the device, which had limited royalties due to development costs.
Hereford bulls led the USDA sale at the Livestock and Range Research Station in Miles City Montana. A 3-year old Line 1 bull brought $32,000 the top price while the Line 1 group averaged $8,200. The Line 1 herd, begun in 1934, remains closed and long running.
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