Court battle over corn planter patent closings heard
A nine member jury heard closing arguments in a two part patent dispute over a Kinze corn planter and Deere Max Emerge. Kinze alleges faulty patent filings and prior art gaps while Deere defends patent validity and similar machine operation. Executive details focus on wheel size tests and evidence gaps.
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al Swegle
Kinze
Jon Kinzenhaw
Williamsburg
John Deere
Moline
Ill
Deere
Hill
Iowa State University
Ronald Brass
Kinzenbaw
McDougall
Brass
Cedar Rapids Hog and Lamb Prices Edge Higher
Wilson Foods Cedar Rapids quotes hogs 47 to 48.50 with discounts by weight and condition and spring lambs 52 to 56 on wool and 56 to 60 on shorn. Waters Bath Packing Co reports hogs 47.50 to 48. Corn and oats mixed. grain futures listed with multiple crop price points from March to November, quoted by Pro Farmer Grain.
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Wilson Foods
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Bath Packing Co
Macy
Des Moines Market Reports on Eggs Hogs and Meats
The Federal State Market News Service notes prices largely unchanged with occasional 10 cent moves. Demand remains good, trading light, with steady undertone. Local retail eggs feature 69 cent extra large and free dozen mediums with 12 purchase. Hog and meat data cover receipts, disbursements, and carcass values across U.S. packing plants and regional markets.
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Federal State Market News Service
Chicago Produce and Livestock Prices Report Brief
Chicago produce and livestock market notes show mixed bids and steady sentiment on Thursday. Prices for eggs and large eggs held, with delivery to volume buyers steady and cattle and steer figures minimally reported amid sparse activity.
Omaha Livestock Market Prices Record Thursday Quotations
The Omaha market shows cattle and calves steady to fully steady with hogs mixed higher in heavy weights and lighter weights trading around 45 to 50.50 per cwt. Sows ease slightly while 1 2 and 1 3 hogs range near 49.25 to 49.50 for 220 to 250 pounds and 45 to 48 for 270 to 300 pounds. Cattle section notes not enough supply for a full market test.
Sioux City Livestock Prices Mixed by Weight and Type
Trade modest for cattle and hogs with varying quotes. Hogs at 49.00 to 49.25 for 250 lb lots, 1 to 3 head at 48.50 to 49.00, larger 270 to 300 lb ranges 47 to 48.75. Cattle offerings limited with steers and heifers steady, cows and bulls unchanged despite light demand.
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Livesiven Inpsgoy
Muys
Steac US
U.S
Lawmakers debate milk production fees and surplus control
lawmakers criticize Reagan dairy fees as unfair and inadequate and seek alternatives to cut the 3 billion dollar milk surplus. Officials cite government storage of over 2 billion pounds of dairy products and explore proposals from the National Milk Producers Federation and Farm Bureau to curb output and adjust price supports.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
D. Leslie Tindal
South Carolina
House Agriculture
Stewart Huber
Farmers Union Milk Marketing Cooperative
Madison
Wis
United States
Agriculture
John Black
Subcommittee On Livestock, Dairy and Poultry
National Milk Producers Federation
Robert Kastenmeier
D-Wis
Subcommittee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Agriculture Secretary
Michigan Farm Bureau
Elton Smith
House panel backs expanded government food giveaway
The House Agriculture panel approves a bill to expand surplus food donations to the poor, aiming to use about 500 million dollars in crops and support farmers by lifting prices. The plan would rely on soup kitchens and food banks with processing and distribution costs around 60 million annually.
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Washington
UPI
House Agriculture
House
Leon Panetta
D-Calif
Panetta
Reagan
Agriculture
O'Dowd urges action on cargo rules
AGRI Industries president B J O Dowd asks nine state congressional delegations to oppose extending cargo preference rules. He argues U S grain shipped on ships costs foreign buyers up to 1 75 per bushel more than justified and urges subsidies be funded from general Treasury revenues if they must continue.
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West Des Moines
UPI
U.S
Agri Industries Grain-Marketing Cooperative
B.J. O’dowd
Dairy farmer sues Block over Farmers Home action in Macomb
Randall Carson of Tennessee filed a $6 million civil rights lawsuit in Peoria federal court against Agriculture Secretary John Block and seven Farmers Home officials alleging a campaign to force him from his 193 acre farm after a Nov. 19 protest. The suit seeks damages and accuses agency action of blackening the Carsons name while asserting a lien of about $342,000 on farm assets. Carson criticized the agency during a 90 minute appeal in Macomb and faces bankruptcy pressures and debt totaling over $300,000.
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Macomb, Ill
Agriculture
John Block
Farmers Home Administration
Randall Carson
Tennessee
Farmers Home
Carson
John Bisbee
Macomb
U.S. District Court
Peoria
Bisbee
Edward Yaxley
Washington
Illinois Farm Alliance
Jim Reifstock
Illinois Farmers Home Farmer Programs
McDonough County
Bryant Bilderback
Yaxley
Susan
Farm Alliance
Carsons
Farmers Home Action
FBI
Dear Abby reruns Judge Sepe drug talk to teens
Captain Stanley J. Janus of Lackawanna Police praises Abby for airing Judge Sepe’s youth drug lecture. The letter-writer cites a 17 year old who pled guilty to hallucinogens and violence toward a Miami Beach officer. The judge warned youths that one year in stockade harms their families forever.
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Abby
Stanley J. Janus
Lackawanna Police Dept
Lackawanna, N.Y
Florida
Miami Beach
Alfonso Sepe
Sepe
A.L. Cates
Miami, Fla
Cates
Adam
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Minnesota
OWA
Iowa Department of Ans
U.S. Department of Agriculure
N.central
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Southeast
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Ibs
Juni
Ee Se
Prey Prey
Lay's
Lay
Webster City
Omaha
Joliet
Sioux City
O’dowd
Dairy Farmer
Dear Abby
Janus
P.O
Hollywood
Calif
Abigail van Buren
Universal Press Syndicate
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