Farmer Income Seen Declining Again This Year
A Piper Jaffray study notes farm gross income should rise past 56.2 billion, but rising production costs will push net farm income lower. California profits shrink as government payments fade. national trends show higher costs and rising farm investment, with mixed prospects for crops and machinery firms coping with the era’s inflation.
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Alexander R. Hammer
New York
United States
Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood
New York Stock’ Exchange
Hardin Plans Rural Development Agency In Cabinet Dept
Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. J. Hardin plans to establish a new Rural Development Service within the Agriculture Department to handle state relations under Nixon’s rural revenue sharing plan and coordinate several development programs. Aides said the unit would be a successor to a Johnson era office abolished in 1969, with Hardin signaling a near recommendation to create it.
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Bank
Krebs
California
Bby
Bernard Brenner
Hardin
Hubert J. Gimphrey
Dminn
Johnson
Hardrp
Capitol Hill
Rural Development Service
Congress
Agrculture
Orville L. Freeman
Rural Community Development Service
Rilie
Agriculture Department
Henry A. Ahlgren
Rural coalition call for stronger voice for farming
Sioux City congressman John Culver urged forming a rural coalition to press rural America and agriculture. Testifying before a Senate subcommittee on rural development chaired by Hubert Humphrey, Culver warned of the need for a resonant voice to carry agriculture and rural development claims to a public increasingly focused on urban needs. The discussion noted plans to create a Rural Development Service tied to a revenue sharing program, facing farm bloc opposition and Capitol Hill indecision.
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D+Inna
Manday
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Suncsscu
Urban Coalition
The
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Urban League
Conference of Mayors
Humphrey
America
Iowa County Names Eight Trip Delegates to Visit Congress
Congressman Culver has sponsored eight trips for Eastern Iowa 4-H members and rural and suburban youths to Washington, with plans to widen bipartisan exchanges. Lincoln Loyal Leaders and high school seniors, including Sally Mahe, are named to participate as Culver urges a coordinated effort to address rural needs and urban growth. Humphrey highlights that economic forces push people toward cities, risking rural depopulation without a living wage and a concrete rural policy.
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Marengo
Iowa
Congress
Washington
J.jay
Rauchda Vamas
House and
Sea
Coln
David
Shaill
Dayton Rockets
Sandra Farm
He/Mohr
York Yo Humans
Zen
J/Miller
Troy York Hawkeyes
Wilard Willie
Lincoln
Marilyn Jack
Jonned Mee
Farm Bureau and NFO Comment on Nixon Farm Address
A state Farm Bureau official said Nixon s 10 million export goal should lift farm income psychologically. Kenneth Thatcher noted the radio address was well received and could unite groups to boost exports. Thatcher supported insured farm ownership loans for young farmers. NFO leaders also praised the address as Linn County plans a meeting at Linn Co-Op Oil in Marion.
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Nixon
Kenneth Thatcher
the Gazette
Thatcher
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farmers Organization
Dick Pike
Prairieburg
Linn County
NFO
WFO
Linn Co-Op Oil Co
Marion
Evelyn Jones Selected as IFYE Delegate to Germany
Evelyn Jones of Williamsburg is chosen as one of five IFYE delegates to West Germany for a six month exchange. Her prior 4-H leadership, college residence government, and camp counselor work are noted along with a June Washington orientation before departure.
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Williamsburg
Evelyn Jones
Ralph Jones
International Farm Youth Exchange
IFYE
West Germany
Washington
Mis Juue
Isaj
Iowa
Sun Prairie
Jones
Hull
Two Lowans Killed Each Week in April on Tractors
Ames reports safety data from Iowa State University showing April fatalities from tractor overturns average two per week. Overturns account for 93 percent of fatal tractor accidents. backward tips are rare. Protective cabs, roll bars, seats and belts are urged as life saving equipment. TV news at 10 tonight.
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Ames
Dale Hull
Iowa State University
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