Protesters press fix of Iowa interest buy down program
A small group of farmers and activists gathered at the Farmers Home Administration office in Humboldt to demand fixes to the federal interest rate buy down program. They cited only 260 Iowa farmers aided of the projected 3,000 and called for more funds and accountability from officials including Robert Pim. The protesters planned further actions and meetings to revive and expand the program during planting season.
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ES Moines
Farmers Home Administration
Humboldt
Algona
Hugh Espey
Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement
Espey
John Cain
Sioux City
Robert Pim
Fmha
Washington
Pim
Cain
Chicago
Pentagon
Iowa
Jerry Streit
West Bend
Jones & Linn CO
Anamosa
Jones and Linn County
Farmer's Home Administration
Dennis W. Wilcox
Jones and Linn
Grassley presses change to farm loan buy down rules
Iowa Senator Charles Grassley says the USDA will revise the interest rate buy down program to allow balloon payment loans. He notes only about 207 Iowa farmers benefited and says removing the balloon payment ban will expand eligibility and aid credit strapped borrowers.
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Ment
U.S. Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Grassley
Iowa
Lyng
Department
Lounsberry seeks emergency action on Command herbicide
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Robert Lounsberry plans emergency action to curb drift complaints about Command herbicide. A state advisory council will be polled by telephone on restricting Command to soil incorporation and bank aerial spraying.
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Iowa
Robert Lounsberry
Lounsberry
Iowa Pesticide and Fertilizer Advisory Council
Gazette
Dick Fawcett
Ames
Iowa State University Extension
Fawcett
Buchanan
Cedar
Johnson
Washington Counties
State
Local market report shows mixed livestock demand and priced shifts
Midwest auction notes from Friday indicate light demand for lambs and steady to lower boxed beef with modest slaughter totals. Quotes include midwest buyers with lambs at 72 to 75 dollars and varied steer, heifer, and sow carca ss pricing, while pork and calf trades show mixed movement and limited testing of trade.
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U.S
Price support cuts hit U S farm export values
Iowa officials warn export value falls as government price supports drop under the 1985 act. Lounsberry cites Spain and Portugal joining the EC and other nations turning from importers, with USDA data showing a 19 percent drop in exports to 17.3 billion dollars through April and a 12 percent forecasted yearly decline to 27.5 billion.
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Gazette
Associated Press
Iowa
Bob Lounsberry
Lounsberry
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Spain
Portugal
Agriculture Department
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
USDA
Tax shifts threaten farm leasing amid debt and land value drop
USDA economist warns in Washington that proposed tax reforms could remove investment tax credits and slow depreciation, making leases less attractive for farmers facing high debt, falling land values, and cash flow stress. Leasing trends rose from 1979 to 1984 as machinery sales fell.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Bill Serlet
Department
Economic Research Service
Serletis
Outlook
Semetis
Reagan Receives Six Goats For Dairy Goat Week
The American Dairy Goat Association and Dairy Goat Journal present six young goats to President Reagan. The goats will live on a 200 acre Park Service farm in Oxon Hill Maryland. The gesture marks support for Dairy Goat Awareness Week June 14 to 21 and includes a lifetime association membership for Reagan.
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Oxon Hill
Agriculture Department
Association
Reagan
Kent Leach
Dairy Goat Journal
Nancy
California
Leach
Scottsdale
Ariz
White House
Goat Association
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