Sullivan fights for food stamp funds in farm bill clash
UPI reports Congresswoman Leonor Sullivan pressed the House Agriculture Committee to add funds for food stamps, claiming 118 supporters and threatening to block farm legislation without expanded stamp funding. Chairman Poage backs a rise to 245 million, but unsure others will join.
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Washington
UPI
Leonor K. Sullivan
D-Mo
House Agriculture Committee
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Agriculture Committee
House Rules Committee
Poage
House
Area 10 Seminar On Farm Courses Set for June 19
Area Ten Community college in cooperation with local farm implement dealers will host a farm equipment mechanics seminary on Wednesday June 19 at 8 p.m. in the college facilities at 1205 Rockford road SW. L L Statler head of agricultural education says the event will explain the new farm mechanics program and provide an overview of the agriculture program and September production agriculture classes. Speakers include Dan Schwitters Bill Eddings Francis Abel Melvin Stukenberg and a North Linn student. Edgar Scherich and Kenneth Cuhel are instructors for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Area Ten Community College
Rockford Road
L. L. Statler
Dan Schwitters
Cedar Rapids
National Farm and Power Equipment Dealers Assn
Bill Eddings
Area Ten
Francis Abel
West Branch
Vouge
Melvin Stukenberg
Des Moines
Iowa Retail Farm and Power Equipment Assn
North Linn High School
Cedar Delegates Named to 4 H State Conference
Cedar county will send Duane Davis and Bob Pedersen of West Liberty Rosalyn Dircks Terry Kroemer Becky Pruess and Marcia Soper of Clarence Dana Twachtmann of Mechanicsville Bonita Ahrens and Robert Schnack of Bennett Gary Mohr Diane Gardner and Gary Thien of Tipton Ronnie Cook of Lisbon Glenn Hinkhouse and Randy Pedersen of West Branch to the Ames conference June 18 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
Ames
Duane Davis
Bob Pedersen
West Liberty
Rosalyn Dircks
Terry Kroemer
Becky Pruess
Marcia Soper
Clarence
Dana Twachtmann
Mechanicsville
Bonita Ahrens
Robert Schnack
Bennett
Gary Mohr
Diane Gardner
Gary Thien
Ronnie Cook
Lisbon
Glenn Hinkhouse
Randy Pedersen
West Branch
Crocks Holsteins Rank 3rd in Iowa
Tipton Ray Crock Jr and family led Cedar county herds in DHIA production for the year ended April 30 with 17 087 pounds of milk and 638 pounds of butterfat from 26 3 cow years. Other Cedar county producers earning high butterfat certificates include Decker Lowden Syring Coppess Decker and Son Sauer Sander and Koch with Jersey herd by Little.
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Tipton
Ray Crock, Jr
Cedar County
Crocks
Frederick Decker
Lowdon
Harold Syring
Dale H. Coppess
Stanwood
Farnk Decker and Son
Clarence
Robert Sauer
Bennett
Herbert Sander
Lowden
Wilbur Little
West Branch
Clarence Fay
Allen D. Koch
Corn price gains limited by record 1967 crop outlook
University of Illinois analysis notes cash corn prices barely above last December and futures near season lows. A 15 percent larger 1967 crop at 4,722 million bushels, poorer quality, and high carryover with CCC loans shape slow price recovery. exports fluctuate with foreign feed grain supplies and Argentine crop trends.
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L. H. Simers
University of Illinois
Kansas City
Rotterdam
Europe
Argentina
South Africa
CCC
USDA
Iowa farm editor urges smarter bull testing program
Thompson notes early planting can aid southern Iowa farmers. Dr. Robert deBaca leads a mail survey on establishing a bull testing station modeled after boar and ram tests. Ten testing musts are proposed, including starting with young bulls and testing within breeds only. Sales data from similar tests show varied prices. The piece ends with a note on the upcoming 4-H conference at Iowa State University focusing on communication.
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Iowa Beef Improvement A Assn
Iowa
Robert deBaca
Iowa State University
Ames
deBaca
Stanford, Mont
Billings
Mont
Tucumcari
N.M
Dow Study Tour Heads Across Seven States
AY Partridge of Independence, Buchanan county extension director, joins the annual Dow Study Tour departing Des Moines for an 18 day circuit through Iowa Missouri Illinois Kentucky Tennessee Indiana and Michigan. Prof. Art Porter accompanies the group to view marketing enterprises farm operations agri business establishments extension programs and research projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AY Partridge
Independence
Buchanan County
Dow
Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Michigan
U S Soybeans Lose Major Market To Sunflower Oil
The agriculture department reports the United States is losing a key market for soybean oil as Iran shifts imports to sunflower seed oil from the Soviet bloc. Eastern Europe production and a five year swap pact reduce demand for U S soybeans, with Iran diversifying to cheaper oils.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Iran
U.S
Department
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Romania
Europe
Tama Four-H Girls To Camp Near Madrid
Tama county 4-H girls with three junior leaders and three adult leaders depart next Wednesday June 19 for a three day camp at the state 4-H camping center near Madrid. They will be quartered in Oak Village.
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Joe Baughman
SCS
Soil Conservation Service
Linn County Soil Conservation District
Marion
Eddie Kyles
Alcorn A & M College
Lorman
Miss
Allan Ciha
Willard Ciha
Center Point
Iowa State
Patrick Merchant
Clyde Merchant
Garrison
ISU
Ciha
Merchant
Ed Schermerhorn
Iowa City
Linn
Kyles
Linn County
Toledo
Madrid
Oak Village
Earlier Planting Advised in Southern Iowa
Harvey Thompson, Iowa State University extension agronomist, told a Shelby Grundy experiment farm field day that many southern Iowa farmers should plant corn one to four weeks earlier. The soil in southern Iowa is warm enough to germinate seeds earlier than in northern regions.
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Beaconsfield
Iowa
Harvey Thompson
Iowa State University Extension Agronomist
Shelby-Grundy
Carolina 4-H members visit Cedar County
Thirty-nine 4-H youths and five leaders from Moore County North Carolina arrive in Tipton for a week long exchange hosted by Cedar County 4 H families. The itinerary includes farm tours Quad Cities industries Mississippi boat ride a Tipton 4 H dance and county picnic with library and lake visits before returning home.
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Tipton
Moore County
North Carolina
Mississippi
Hoover Library
West Branch
Lake Macbride
Rootworm School Set Friday in Benton
The County Extension Director announced a corn rootworm school Friday at 7 p.m. at the Verle Sanders farm four miles south of Vinton off Highway 218. The event aims to address rootworm threats in fields where insecticide effectiveness is lacking.
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Vinton
Verle Sanders
Jerry Goldsmith
Rootworm survey demo to be held with extension staff
Goldsmith described a soil worm locating method to prevent outbreaks. Vivian Jennings, Cedar Rapids area extension agronomist, Doyle Sanders, Benton and Iowa counties extension trainee, will assist in the demonstration, spending one day weekly on county rootworm surveys.
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Goldsmith
Vivan Jennings
Cedar Rapids
Area Extension Agronomist
Doyle Sanders
Benton
Iowa
Fayette Dairy Herds Top Butterfat Benchmarks
Fifty-seven of Fayette county's 167 DHIA tested herds exceeded 450 pounds butterfat per cow in the year ending April 30, with two Fayette herds among Iowa's 20 exceeding 600 pounds. Evalyn Lueder's Guernsey herd in Fayette posted 635 pounds and Russell Pagel's Holstein herd in Sumner 634 pounds. Twenty-six other Fayette herds reached 500 pounds or more.
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West Union
Fayette County
Iowa
Evalyn Lueder
Fayette
Russel W. Pagel
Sumner
Bankers Seek Higher Corn Support to Lift Farm Income
Des Moines reports 7200 bankers and farm credit officials surveyed by Town 99 Advisory Group favor raising corn price supports from 1.05 to 1.46 dollars per bushel and extending diversion programs. They oppose feeding livestock by meat packers, endorse national food reserves, and oppose large corporate farming.
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Des Moines
Town 99
Iowa
Elmer G. Carlson
Audubon
Soils Cooperators Join Fayette County District
Vernon C. Hoffman of Aurora and Robert H. Adams of Lamont become new cooperators with the Fayette county soil conservation district. Hoffman owns farms in Center and Jefferson townships while Adams owns a Putnam township farm.
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West Union
Vernon C. Hoffman
Aurora
Center
Jefferson Townships
Robert H. Adams
Lamont
Putnam Townships
Fayette County
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Mrs. Sullivan
Area
Edgar Scherich
Kenneth Cuhel
Cedar
Crock’s Holsteins
Thompson
Art
American Dairy Science Assn
Columbus
Ohio
Venezuela
Carora
Art Porter
Tama
George Gobel
Carolina
Soils Cooperators
American Dairy Association
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