Farm Bureau Unveils Plan to End Grain Controls
The American Farm Bureau Federation proposes eliminating government grain controls and price supports starting with 1968 crops. It would replace supports with insured marketing loans from private lenders, limit stockpiling, and set minimum resale prices for wheat and other grains while keeping supports for cotton rice peanuts and tobacco unchanged.
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Washington
UPI
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Agriculture Department
Thomas B. Curtis
Rmo
Curtis-Farm Bureau
Shuman
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
March livestock and machinery auctions near Mt Vernon and Oxford
Multiple auctions listed including personal property of the Clark Thompson estate and farm equipment sales at Mt Vernon Clarefice and Oxford. Entries note livestock hay grain machinery and a hawkeye Angus breeders sale with show events at Hawkeye Downs and times from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 21 to 22.
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Mt Sale
Lishertt
W. Smith
Mt. Vernon
Jifpes Irons and Sons
Clarefice
Schmidimo
Mariow
Clark Thompson Estate
Petrick Implement Co
Mi. W
Vernon
Harlan Schmidt
Oxford
Hawkeye Angus
Agen
Herd Butt
Hawkeye Downs
Howard Stone
Central City
Editor's Desk Notes on Farms and Milk Prices
The Farmers Union urges farmers not to buy machinery while the NFO tells them not to sell milk. An elderly farmer cites rent to the government and a dry cow to explain why. The piece notes machinery upgrades and dairy cooperative efforts to raise producer prices, with advocates in Washington seeking further milk-order pricing changes.
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NFO
Farmers Union
Lynn Elrod
Des Moines
CCC Price Support Investment Listed
Washington The Jan 31 investment of the Commodity Credit Corporation in price support loans and inventories totaled 4 374 051 000 USDA reported last week This included inventories amounting to 2 144 289 000 and outstanding loans of 2 229 762 000 of which financial institutions have financed 660 774 000 The total compares with 6 842 180 000 in loans and inventories Jan 31 1966.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
USDA
Maquoketa Banker Wins Senior Hog Judging Title
Edward L. Tubbs of Maquoketa State Bank received the senior division prize at the fourth annual Meat Animal Clinic hosted by the Maquoketa FFA chapter. The event drew 125 participants, with Don and Willis Burmahl of Baldwin winning the carcass contest with a 215 pound barrow.
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Maquoketa
Edward L. Tubbs
Maquoketa Ffa
FFA
Hens in US Production Surges Ahead of 1961-65 Avg
Washington reports 320,648,000 laying hens in production on February 1, up from the 1961-65 five year average of 306,338,000 on the same date. Numbers reflect a nationwide poultry trend with year over year growth.
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Washington
U.S
Lambs on Feed Down Sharply
DES MOINES Sheep and lambs on feed in Iowa March 1 totaled 153,000 head, down 23 percent from a year earlier and 46 percent from Jan 1, 1967. January February placements were 58,000 head, 32 percent below last year. Marketings for Jan February were 190,000 head, 5 percent lower. Sheep and lambs 80 pounds plus totaled 128,000, down from 197,000 a year earlier. In seven major states, total on feed was 1,014,000 head, 20 percent less than a year earlier, with a 41 percent seasonal drop from Jan 1.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Milk cow herd declines in U S by three percent annually
The number of U S milk cows has fallen about three percent each year for the past decade, signaling a steady contraction in dairy herds across the nation. Factors driving the decline include farm consolidation, feed costs, and shifting dairy production practices affecting output and regional patterns.
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U.S
GCG Dairy Price Prep Buying Reported February Totals
The Commodity Credit Corporation dairy purchases for February totaled 28.4 million pounds of butter, 6 million pounds of cheese, and 133.8 million pounds of nonfat dry milk. Since April 1, 1966, purchases reached 88.8 million pounds of butter, 36.4 million pounds of cheese, and 525 million pounds of nonfat dry milk. Uncommitted inventories on February 28 stood at 37.2 million pounds of butter, 1.3 million pounds of cheese, and 134.4 million pounds of nonfat dry milk.
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Washington — Commodity Credit Corporation
Upswing in Egg Consumption Per Person Is Seen
A Waterloo meeting of large poultry flock owners heard Dr. L. A. Wilhelm predict a rise in U S per capita egg consumption for 1967 the first increase in 12 years The audience elected five couples to serve on the new board of directors and set an April meeting to choose officers.
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U.S
Waterloo
L. A. Wilhelm
Poultry and Egg National Board
Chicago
Beef Producers Annual Meeting Plans Announced
DES MOINES The annual meeting of the Iowa Beef Producers Assn will be held March 22 and 23 in the Savery hotel. President Orville Kassem of Huxley said three issues should draw record attendance: property tax relief legislation, development of a voluntary membership, and an effort to get leg.
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Des Moines
Iowa Beef Producers Assn
Savery
Orville Kassem of
Huxley
World potato production in 1966
World output reached 5 115 million hundredweights in 1966, indicating a high level of global harvest. The figure reflects total production across major potato growing countries and markets worldwide.
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Charles B. Shuman
Gazette
Kentucky
Ancient Age Distilling CO
Frankfort
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Earl Bardach,Delwein
Wilburn
Charlene Kehri
Manchester
Lamont
Stormont Ffa
Hampshire
Glen A. Norberg
Lo Ag
Stormont
Wilbur
Charlene) Kehrli
Paul Hillman
Bath Packing Company
Daryl Rickeson
Rex Conn
CCC
Rusco
8Th Avenue
Fasy Credit
HARGE
Cepar Rapies
Third Ave
S. E
E. 4Th Street
Sirelair
GCG
Re I -Phate
Earl Bardach, Oelwein
Patricia Colvin
Hawkeye
Right
Fayette County Soil Conservation District
West Central
Maynard
Jerry Fitel
Center
Alfred Stewart
Oclwein
Fayette District Soils Commissioners
iMr
Mervin Hunter
Jesup
Ray
Kunkle
Hazleton
Bill Kullmer
Dysart
Ray Youngblut
Washburn
Robert Moore
Mt. Auburn
Dale Awtry
Marvin Skadberg
Iowa State University Extension
Iowa Association
American National Cattlemen’s Assn
Deniver
John H. Guthrie
Portersville
Calif
American National
Beef Producers
Dodge
de Jess
OshKosh
Shi
2Nd Ave
8Th Street
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