Farmers Union Asks Billions For Farm Housing Program
At the National Farmers Union convention in Ashington delegates heard a plan for a federation of farm groups and a multi billion dollar federal rural housing program. Edwin Christianson urged a 10 year 3.5 billion dollar annual loan program to act as an economic pump primer and raise rural living standards.
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Farmers Union
Edwin Christianson
Minnesota Farmers Union
Christianson
Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
February Grade A Milk Price Set at 4.04 a Cwt
Market Administrator E H McGuire announced the February uniform price for Grade A milk in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City market at 4.04 per hundred pounds testing 3 5 percent. The price may adjust for plant location and a butterfat differential of 7 cents per tenth of a percent above or below 3 5. The report covers Class I and II prices, production, and shipments, noting a 38 percent daily increase in producer deliveries and more plants regulated under the order.
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E. H. McGuire
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Rinner to transfer within Wilson cattle staff in Cedar Rapids
Rinner, longtime Wilson and Company livestock service director in Cedar Rapids, is reassigned to the Cedar Rapids cattle buying staff. Robert Fix will succeed him as Cedar Rapids livestock service director, taking over next Monday. Rinner, a former 4-H standout from Washington County, built a notable career including ISU judging teams and top recognitions at major expos.
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Deane Rinner
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Henry Amalong
Robert Fix
Wilson
Albert Lea
Rinner
Amalong
Fix
Washington County
Iowa State University
Buchanan Beef and Pork Producers Elect Officers
More than 400 people attended the joint dinner meeting of Buchanan county beef and swine producers associations in Jesup. New officers include William Lemke as president and Bill Schweitzer Jr as vice president. John Hogan as secretary treasurer. Directors named for beef: James Cook Miles Gardner and John Hogan. Swine directors: Laurel Hanaway Phil Stoddard Vernon Arnold and Floyd Sales. Francis Kutish Iowa State extension economist spoke on the pork and beef outlook, noting pork in storage below two thirds of last year and a pig crop expansion unlikely to crash prices before fall 1962. Beef numbers revisions suggest steady prices for 2–3 years. Kutish, a 4-H Linn county alumnus, has earned multiple ISU alumni honors. He is a native of Scott county and a Korean War veteran. The Fix family, moving from Ackley to Cedar Rapids, includes three children and will relocate soon.
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Jesup
Buchanan County Swine and Beef Producers Associations
James Cook
Winthrop
Miles Gardner
Hazleton
John Hogan
William Lemke
Bill Schweitzer, Jr
Aurora
Hogan
Swine Producers Association
Kutish
Linn County
4-H
Iowa State University Alumni Association
Fix
Scott County
Iowa State University
Wilson's
Livestock Service Department
Albert Lea
Ackley
Douglas
Craig
Marsha
Cedar Rapids
Electric Co-Ops Set Power Buying Record
Washington dispatch reports rural electric systems set three new records in wholesale power buying for the 1960 fiscal year ending June 30. Total wholesale power bills reached 189.4 million dollars, a record high, while the average cost per kilowatt hour dropped to sixty nine one hundredths of a cent, a new record low.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Rural Electrification Administration
Reports Show Fewer Sheep and Lambs on Feed
The crop reporting board estimates 7 major states had 1,588,000 sheep and lambs on feed on March 1, down 35% from January 1. Texas rose 2% while Iowa fell 23% and Kansas dropped 61%. Also listed are California, Nebraska, Colorado, and South Dakota. The government has expanded the feeding program by purchasing nearly $37 million worth of pork and gravy, dried eggs, and lard in recent weeks.
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Washington
UPI
Crop Reporting Board
Texas
Iowa
Kansas
California
Nebraska
Colorado
South Dakota
More Cattle on Feed In Arizona California
The crop reporting board says cattle feeding in California and Arizona has turned up sharply from last year's level. Estimates 853,000 head on feed as of March 1 in the two western states, down 11% from Feb 1 but up 17% from March 1, 1960.
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Washington
UPI
Crop Reporting Board
California
Arizona
Tighter Health Rules on Feeder Pigs Are Asked
An Iowa House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to tighten health rules on pigs imported into the state. The measure requires ear tags showing state of origin and a health certificate, addressing misrepresentation of origins. Exemptions apply to hogs for immediate exhibition and swine for manufacturing biological products.
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Des Moines
Iowa House Agriculture Committee
Iowa
Wisconsin
Lincoln Named to Farm Credit Board
Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman names Murray D. Lincoln of Gahana Ohio as a representative on the federal farm credit board. Lincoln, 69, leads the U S Cooperative League and Nationwide Insurance of Columbus and has chaired CARE since 1957. Fayette County Farm Bureau Women’s Day set for March 21 in Maynard Community Hall with speaker Pat Kelsey of Hampton, a 1960 FFA delegate to Holland.
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Washington
UPI
Orville L. Freeman
Murray D. Lincoln
Gahanina
Ohio
Federal Farm Credit Board
Lincoln
U.S. Cooperative League
Nationwide Insurance Companies
Columbus
CARE
Fayette
Maynard
Midwest Agribusiness Sale Listings Schedule
A sequence of livestock and machinery auctions and closeout sales scheduled across Iowa towns. Key events include dairy dispersals near Tipton and Martelle, a Beefland Angus sale at Mississippi Valley fairground in Davenport, Hawkeye Downs shows and sales in Blairstown and Troy Mills, plus machinery auctions near North Liberty and North Liberty. Managers include Marvin Brown Creighton Barner Wayne Krouth Earl Girton William Schwartz Warren Hughson and the Eastern Iowa Angus Association.
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Marvin Brown
Tipton
Srain
Creighton Barner
Martelle
Iowa
Angus Assn
Mississippi Valley Fairground
Davenport
Wayne Krouth
North Liberty
Hawkeye Downs
Earl
Girton
William Schwartz
Blairstown
Warren L. Hughson
Troy Mills
Bigger Cotton Sales Boost U.S. Exports
U.S. farm exports in 1960 reached a record 4.8 billion dollars, about 20 percent above 1959. The rise primarily reflects higher shipments of cotton, wheat and flour with cotton exports nearly doubling from the prior year.
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U.S
Washington
U. S
USDA
Farm milk support raises prices to 3.40 per cwt
Rex Conn reports Secretary Freeman released higher support prices for manufacturing milk at 3.40 per hundredweight and butterfat at 60.4 cents per pound, with 83 percent and 81 percent of parity for milk and fat. Government will buy dairy products to back the supports, with cheese and nonfat dry milk prices adjusted.
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Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Benson
New York
Iowa
Freeman
Re Schedule NFO Meeting In Winthrop
The NFO meeting in Winthrop, postponed from last Tuesday, was canceled to aid the search for missing Jimmie Franck. It has been rescheduled for Thursday evening at Winthrop High School.
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Winthrop
NFO
Jimmie Franck
Winthrop High School
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Federation
Federation of American Agriculture
Patton
Eisenhower
General Farm Organization
McGuire
Dothan
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Buchanan Beef
Pork Producers
Vinton Ffa
Council Bluffs
Manchester
Bayard Scott, Jr
Richard Geater
Donald Holst
Edward Rhinehart
Glenn Geater
Lindley Hoyt
Farm Credit Board
Gazette
Rex Conn
Mommy
Paramount
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