Hearings on New Farm Bill Begin Next Week
Washington opens a farm policy fight as major groups testify before the House Agriculture Committee on Johnson's proposal to extend price supports and government controls. Debates focus on 1965 act set to expire in 1969 and potential campaign impact ahead of 1968 elections.
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Washington
UPI
House Agriculture Committee
Johnson
Grange and Farmers Union
Missouri ‘Farmers Association
Farm Bureau
Congress
House
Senate
Public Auction and Sale Listings for March Events
A series of auction and sale notices across March list numerous events. Items include machinery, livestock, dairy equipment, and household goods. Locations span Marion to Alburnett with times from morning to evening and multiple estate names such as Albert Stuart and Ray Bigelow.
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Angis
Ronald Lawrence
Marion
Albert Stuart
Norway
Charles Homolar
Elberon
Jerome German
Masonville
Ray Bigelow
Tiffin
D. &. Owens
Palo
Hampshire
Hawkeye Downs
C. W. Smith
Mr. Vernon
James Irons and Cons
Clarence
Evelyn Osweller
Keota
C. DO
Shaffer
Alburnett
ISU Farm Credit Conference Set For Next Week
The 1968 agricultural credit conference will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday in Memorial Union at Iowa State University. Economists and bank representatives will discuss agricultural credit, data processing farm accounting, land prices and contracts, futures in farm loans, and leasing.
NFO Groups Plan More Hog Killing Protests
Bureau and Sullivan county National Farmers Organization members plan further hog killings to press meat packers for higher prices. In Bureau county a spokesman said shooting hogs will stop only if packers pay 23 cents per pound. Sullivan county members slated to bury at least 10 000 pounds of pork on Friday near Graysville to back the holding action.
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Princeton, I
UPI
Bureau County National Farmers Organization
W. B. van de Velde
NFO
Randolph County
Ind
National Farmers ‘Organization
Bureau County
Sullivan, Ind
National Farmers Organization
Sullivan County
Dean Nichols
Graysville
Nichols
Harksen Elected by Clinton Poultrymen
Officers named at the Clinton County Poultry Improvement Assn tenth annual banquet in DeWitt include Wayne Harksen president Donald Paulsen vice president and William Moeller secretary treasurer Re elected board members LaVerne Skiff Harrison and Ross River named as director to replace Gerald Gisel
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Dewitt
Clinton County Poultry Improvement Assn
DeWitt Legion Club
Wayne Harksen
Camanche
Donald Paulsen
Wheatland
William Moeller
LaVerne Skiff
Clinton
Harrison
Ross River
Gerald Gisel
McGregor residents named to state farm labor panel
Fred and Virginia Dohse of McGregor are reappointed as volunteer farm labor representatives by the Dubuque office of the Iowa State Employment Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Fred
Virginia Dohse
Dubuque
Iowa State Employment Service
Four Weighmaster Schools Set for Iowa Next Week
Iowa City hosts the first of four USDA and Iowa Department of Agriculture pilot livestock weighmaster schools at 7 p.m. Monday at a Holiday Inn. Waterloo Des Moines and Fort Dodge follow on successive days with sessions at Holiday Inns. Attendees include scale owners weighers and livestock marketers. The program covers scale installation weighing procedures and testing standards.
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Iowa City
Usda’s
Packer and Stockyards Division
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Holiday Inn
Highway 218
Interstate 80
Waterloo
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Holiday Inns
Quentin H. Bierman
Omaha
P&s
Iowa
Packers and Stockyards
Bierman
J. Clair Boyd
Tom Harris
Don Music
Horsemanship course offered by Area Ten College
Area Ten College will run a ten week adult horsemanship course starting March 26. Topics include horse history breeds riding fundamentals and care. Instructor is Mrs. Fritz Coester of Iowa City. Early classes in campus rooms later outdoors. Tuition 20. Register at 366-5321.
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Area Ten Community College
Fritz Coester
Iowa City
Area Ten College
Sixth Street Road
Milk Import Flood Threatens Dairy Industry
National Milk Producers Federation warns that unchecked imports could flood the market, calling for a fixed ceiling on all dairy imports. They cite a 1968 rise to about one billion pounds milk equivalent and FDA rulings easing limits on condensed and evaporated milk from many countries.
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Washington
UPI
National Milk Producers Federation
Agricul
Ture
Milk Producers Federation
Federation
Department
Food and Drug Administration
U. S
Denmark
Canada
New Zealand
United States
Europe
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Faun News
By Bernard Brenner
Farm Organization
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farmers Union
National Grange
G.O.P
Orville L. Freeman
Democrats
Freeman
Gazette
John E. O'Nish
Morse
Hawkeye Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Assn
Roger W. Smith
Mechanicsville
Sale
Mgr
John Danly
Springville
Raymond Derby
Hiawatha
Man
Che Gedur Rapids Gusette
ISU Farm Credit
Indiana
Harksen
Clinton Poultrymen
Boyd
Solonon
Joan Deera
Ford &N
Ford
John Deere
Parizek and
Donohoe
John E. O'Neill
Ed Miick
Area 10 College
Justice Department
Arlans
Arians
Kang
Circe
Crib
POLE
Gillette
STAIR
Cedar Rapids
PYREX
First Avenue
Lindale Plaza
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