Cargill Defends Grain Firms Against Collusion Charge
Washington Cargill vice president Walter Saunders told a senate subcommittee that major grain firms are fiercely competitive and that there is no collusion. He offered explanations for identical bids from Minneapolis area firms and criticized staff testimony on price rigging at the Hamburg exchange.
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Cargill, Inc
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International Corporations
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North Dakota
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Germany
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Richard Gilmore
Alan W. Trick
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Farm News exposes deceptive grain price quotes by TRADAX and Cargill links
Cultural attache in Hamburg accuses grain firms of intentional deceptive quoting to influence European Community levies. Saunders cites misidentified U.S. firms and misleading TRADAX price reports as bona fide offers. Trick, now in Moscow, may testify. officials press Cargill on TRADAX, corporate structure, and global tax rate of 39 percent over five years.
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Conover
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Saunders
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Buzz Fights New Orleans Non-Quota Beef Plan
Port of New Orleans seeks a foreign trade zone to land foreign meat chop it and funnel it into the U S market under non quota beef rules. The move prompts debate on trade policy and meat imports involving government agencies and industry groups.
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New Orleans
Don Kendall
Washington
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USDA
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White House
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New Zealand
Danner Gropper Win Hawkeye Angus Show
Junior Angus showmen from across Iowa compete at the 1976 Hawkeye Angus show in Vinton. Denner wins top heifer with a February yearling. Gropper takes steer honors with a 1015 pound entry. Domer reserve in steer class. Champion showman is Ron Tiedemann. adult judging tops go to Louis Fruss and Eleanor Jacobs.
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Blairstown
Louis Fruss
Oxford Junction
Eleanor Jacobs
Monticello
Mike Gent
Webster
Dean Schneider
Muscatine
Jeff Grapper
Grinnell
Cheryl Jacobs
Monticelin
Theresa Smith
Tracr
Theresa Danner
Muscating
Stacey Grapper
Farm Bureau Pushes Alton Lock and Dam 26 Plan Support
Iowa Farm Bureau president Dean Kleckner urged Senator Culver to back the Mondale bill or similar action to replace Locks and Dam 26 at Alton Iowa. The move aims to safeguard Mississippi River transport and regional economic welfare amid hearings on water resources and proposed federal authorization for replacement methods.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa
John Culver
Alton
Sul
Dean Kleckner
Culver
Senate Public Works Committee
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Kleckner
Tows
Mondale
Corps of Engineers
Soybean Herbicide Plot Tour Planned at Hand Farm Center Point
A soybean herbicide plot tour will be held July 1 at the Phil Hand farm near Center Point. Dick Freeman Linn County extension director says the plot features 7 inch drifted rows and 8 inch planted rows. Guides include Jerry Gogan Cedar Rapids extension crop production specialist.
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Dick Freeman
Linn County Extension
Jerry Gogan
Cedar Rapid Area
Center Point
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Smith Pushes Farm Census Reform to Save Money
Rep. Neal Smith of Iowa urged a House subcommittee to approve a bill moving the farm census from the Census Bureau to the Statistical Reporting Service. He cited 13 million mailings for 1974 and 8.5 million cattle uncounted in 1969, arguing the change would reduce errors and reliance on mass questionnaires.
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Neal Smith
Iowa
House
Census Bureau
Statistical Reporting Service
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Smith
U.S
Bureau
Lews
Butéay
Ag Czar Proposal Sparks Grange Fears Over Land Control
Washington The National Grange voiced worry this week about a bill to create a government agency to buy lease and sell farmland. They fear socialized farming and private ownership loss, urging focus on long term loans and estate tax changes to help young farmers with profit incentives and farm succession.
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National Grange
Grange
John Scott
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Brucellosis Funding Gets Farm Backing
DES MOINES The Inna Farm Bureau backs continued and expanded state federal brucellosis funding. Subcommittee chair Pilent Dean Kleckner reported great progress with more than 99 percent of U S beef and dairy cattle now brucellosis free.
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Inna Farm Bureau
Inna Tetter
U.S. House Agriculture Committee
Pilent Dean Kleckner
Europe Denies Grain Firms Manipulation
The European Commission denied reports that large U.S. grain exporters manipulated the community import levy system to influence grain prices. A Brussels spokesman said price reports are only one of several cross checked sources alongside commodity exchanges and official bodies.
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Commission of the European Communities
U.S
Subcommittee On Multinational Corporations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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