Farm bill sparks eloquent Senate speeches and warnings
In a Tuesday debate on a pending farm bill, Senators Dirksen Goldwater Clark and Bellmon voiced wit and worry. Dirksen praised a colleague’s date imports amendment with a Lincoln‑like flourish, while Goldwater warned it could fuel inflation and Rome’s decline. Clark predicted farmers lose, and Bellmon doubted the bill’s impact on individual farms.
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UPI
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Middle East
Lake Michigan
Senate
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Rome
Clark
Senate House
Farm Auctions Set For Saturday And Tuesday Sales
Multiple auctions listed for Saturday March 25 including machinery sale by Vernon Dvorak 214 miles southeast of Walker at 12 30 pm and tools at 11 am for Mrs LeRoy Wart two miles southeast of Central City. A machinery sale for Darwin Gott at 24 percent mile southeast of Mount Auburn and a close out sale of machinery household goods by Hugh Norris at 4 miles west of Central City on Tuesday March 28 at 1 pm.
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Mach
Vernon Dvorak
Walker
Tools
LeRoy Wart
Central City
Darwin Gott
Mount Auburn
Hh. Goods
Hugh Norris
Iowa hog herd up 1 percent from last year
Iowa farm hog numbers reach 13.6 million as of March 1 with 11.5 million market hogs and 2.054 million breeding stock. December February pig crop runs 3 percent below the prior year with 600,000 sows farrowing and an average 6.95 pigs per litter. Producers plan 860,000 sows to farrow March through May, down 5 percent from last year.
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Des Moines
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Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Tillage Day Highlights Soil Saving At Alburnett High
Farmers at Alburnett High School discussed saving soil energy and time using minimum tillage equipment. Displays showed implements that till and plant in one operation and cited erosion reduction as a key benefit during heavy rains.
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Alburnett High School
Alburnett
Farm Bureau asks grading research
Iowa Farm Bureau representative Wendell Volkens told a federal hearing that further research is needed before meat grading and labeling changes are adopted. He warned that mandating a grade or ungraded stamp through the market could raise costs and face buyer resistance if costs are passed to producers.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Wendell Volkens
Carson
U.S
USDA
Volkens
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