Joint Ventures Seen as Risky Idea for Farm Leaders
At the National Farm Institute in Altoona farm presidents from the National Farmers Union, National Farmers Organization, and Iowa Farm Bureau meet cordially but doubt lasting joint ventures. They caution about policy differences and antitrust risks while debating potential cooperative actions and pricing strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Farm Institute
Altoona
National Farmers Union
National Farmers Organization
Iowa Farm Bureau
Dean Kieckner
Rudd
Independent Farmers Organizing Committee
Dwight Joy
Ivan Gezel
Hubert Tait
Humeston
Fred Olson
Garden Grove
Farm Organization
Kleckner
Total-Farm Organization
Tony Dechant
National Farmers Union of
Denver
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization of Corning
United Price Action
Dechant
U.S
Staley
Blouin and Bergland push resolution for higher target prices
U S Representatives Blouin and Bergland introduced a resolution urging Secretary Butz to voluntarily raise target prices on grains dairy and soybeans to 90 percent of parity. They argue current targets are unrealistically low and risk farm losses if markets drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blouin
Mike Blouin
Iowa
Robert Bergland
Minn
Congress
U.S
Secretary of Agriculture
House
States Quarantined as Cholera Disease Spreads
Federal quarantines for hog cholera extend to New Jersey Rhode Island and three Massachusetts counties Norfolk Bristol and Plymouth USDA says hold orders on swine movements supplement the controls. Infected herds total about 6 000 in New Jersey 1 600 in Rhode Island and 17 in Massachusetts with locations near Deptford Tiverton and North Dartmouth. Authorities step up nationwide surveillance and inspections of garbage fed herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Norfolk
Bristol
Plymouth
Deptford Township
Gloucester County
Camden
Tiverton
Fall River
Mass
Dartmouth
Seaboard
Auctions Schedule For March Farm Machinery Sale Listings
A historical newspaper clipping lists multiple farm auctions and sales with dates starting March nine through March twenty including machines and household goods. Locations include Lamont Martella Walford Iowa City Shueyville Watkins Newhall and Monticello with sellers Leonard Wul fekuhle Harold Fischer Jim Schrader Galen Helgens Lumir Bechcka Robert Poilet Mrs Dorothy Sykes George Good and BI Spratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Wulfekuhle
Lamont
Thurs
BI Spratt
Oxford
Monticelly
Clon
Nele
Mach
Harold Shank
Iowa City
Lumir Bechcka
Shueyville
Robert Poilet
Walford
Sun
Mar
Dorothy Sykes
Watkins
Rach
George Good
Newhall
Farm Bureau Urges Action on Beef Grade Changes
The Iowa Farm Bureau urged steps by the beef industry to counter confusion from recent grade standard changes. Harold Mindermann warned feeders face financial losses and urged USDA to involve packers, reassess procedures, and promote beef supplies and retail marketing. He advised sellers avoid panic sales and move cattle toward higher grades to maintain market flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Harold Mindermann
Iowa Farm Bureau Commodity
Mindermann
USDA
Iowa Beef Industry Council
Farmers Win Policy Shift as Butz Heads New Food Committee
President Ford reorganizes agricultural policy placing Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz in charge of a new committee overseeing domestic and foreign food policy. The move dissolves prior groups led by non agricultural officials, amid soybean farmer pressure that drew 40 000 signatures from 14 states. Vice president Bill Prichard says action proves farmers can influence Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Congress
Ford
Butz
Prichard
Farm Progress Show Slated at Washington Iowa 1977
The Farm Progress Show returns to Iowa September 27 28 and 29 1977 on the Maurice Crawford farm in Washington County eight miles north of Washington. The event showcases field demos new harvest and tillage equipment crop varieties and farm chemicals with over 60 exhibits and more than 300 exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Maurice Crawford
Washington County
Keith
Edgar Stewart
Robert Jones
Crawford
Dennis
Iowa Highway Haying Sparks Biologist Concerns
Cornell biologists Dr. Paul Christiansen and Dr. David Lyon warn that two Iowa Senate bills would allow roadside haying on interstate and primary highways. They cite Linn county studies from 1971 to 1973 and argue loss of wildlife cover, noting roadsides provide vital nesting and year round shelter for pheasants and other birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Iowa
Paul Christiansen
David Lyon
Linn County
Franklin Township
Iowa Senate
Lyon
Farm Bureau Set State Meeting on Property Tax Aid
Iowa Farm Bureau leaders from across the state gather in Des Moines for a 10 a.m. meeting at the Rolling Prairie Inn Clive to review property tax increases for the 1976 fiscal year. State Sen Bass Van Gilst and Roger Shaff will discuss legislative proposals and the status of these measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Des Moines Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Rolling Prairie Inn
Clive
Marvin Selden
Bass van Gilst
Oskaloosa
Roger Shaff
Comanche
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa
Top Mare Sells at Kirkwood Community College Sale
Two registered Quarter Horse mares led the Kirkwood Community College horse sale held at Fairfax. Jer ry Graham of Rockport sold a five-year-old mare for 3150 to Larry Casey of Mystick, and a four-year-old mare went for 1650 to Elmer Garrels of Mt. Pleasant. The 28 head averaged 626, with the sale run entirely by Kirkwood horse husbandry students under instructor Bob Smoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Jerry Graham
Rockport
Kirkwood Community College
Fairfax
Larry Casey
Mystick
Elmer Garrels
Mt. Pleasant
Kirkwood College
Bob Smoot
Linn Cattlemen Plan Annual Dinner Dance
WALFORD The Linn county Cattlemen's Association will host a banquet and dance at the Ponderosa ballroom in Walford at 6 30 p m Tuesday March 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Cattlemen
Walford
Linn County Cattlemen's Assa
Ponderosa Ballroom
Welford
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George Meany
PDQ Food Stores
Weaver’s Fine Meats
34Th St. SE
Dobson’s Fine Meats
42Nd St. NE
Case Beer
Buckhorn Old Milwaukee
Bete
Soybean Farmers Land Policy Council Change
General Electric
Earl Schelly
America
Cedar Rapids
2Nd Ave
Davenport
West River Drive
Locust Street
Illinois
Gerald Ford
Lyle Grace
Champaign
Ill
Charles Parcy
Earl Butz
Merlin
West Chester
Karen
David Norman
Wellman
Clarence
Elsksburg
Grand Junction
van Horne
Fort Dodge
Wallaces Farmer
Prairie Farmer
Indiana
Caryl Shelby
Greenfield
Ind
State Senate
Transportation Committee
Lyon and
Christiansen
Farm News
Kirkwood
Sth Ave
Econo-Print
1St Ave. N.E
Xerox
Bond
First Avenue N.E
Cedar Rapids & Dubuque
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