Govt Audit Slates CCC Deals With Cargill
GAO faults the Agriculture Department’s Commodity Credit Corporation for wasting an estimated 500000 to 1000000 dollars on questionable transactions with Cargill Inc Minneapolis. The report says CCC could have bought wheat more cheaply and that Cargill gained about 10 cents per bushel on 4 to 6.9 million bushels in 1945. The review was sent to Congress and cited hearings on related storage deals and alleged guaranteed profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
LLP
General Accounting Office
Agriculture Department
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cargill, Inc
Minneapolis
Cargill
GAO
Minneapolis Commodity Credit Corporation
Duluth-Superior
Minn
Government Corporation
Albany
Brucellosis Accredited Herds To Be Listed In Iowa
Iowa swine producers asked for a complete brucellosis accredited herd list prompting the Iowa State College extension service to publish such lists at least twice yearly. A monthly report will show newly accredited herds and those reenrolled, announced Dr. Maynard Spear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Extension Service of
Iowa State College
Maynard Spear
Spear
Neighbors Aid Brandon Lodge at Steinbeck Farm Work
Fifty six neighbors and Brandon I O C F lodge members gathered at the George Steinbeck farm Monday to prepare 74 acres of corn ground and put in 300 rods of fence. The men supplied 231 equipment for the job while Mrs Steinbeck recovers from surgery. Women of the lodge served the noon meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Brandon 1.0.C.F. Lodge
George Steinbeck
Steinbeck
Align Lodge
Owner-Sampler Co-op Tests 77 Dairy Herds
In April the Big Four Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative tested 1,511 cows across 77 herds. Average production of 1,289 milking cows and 222 dry cows was 677 pounds milk and 26.3 pounds butterfat. Herd fat averages ranged from 10.7 to 42.9 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Big Four Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative
Lloyd Mathews
Mathews
Official says price ceilings force seed plant shutdown in Bloomington
Eugene D. Funk, president of Funk Brothers Seed Co, announced the suspension of the soybean oil expeller unit at Pinachiten plant until OPS allows higher soybean meal prices. The shutdown came as price limits set by the Office of Price Stabilization render operation unprofitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington, IL
Funk Brothers Seed Co
Pinachi Tenhere
Eugene D. Funk
Office of Price Stabilization
Delaware Clayton DHIA Reports April Averages
Delaware Clayton DHIA reports April milk production at 677 pounds per cow and 26.8 pounds butterfat. Supervisor Floyd Daily cited 446 cows tested including 73 dry, noting little herd variation. Five top herds averaged 386.7 to 33.4 pounds fat.
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Manchester
Floyd Daily
Daily
Farmer Claude Von Sprecken on 120 Acre Iowa Farm
Interview with Claude Von Sprecken owner of 120 acres one mile east of Martelle. He talks about cattle pigs corn and hog markets conservation payments PMA liming politics and preferred candidates. He supports Republican change but favors Beardsley in the governor race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude von Sprecken
Martelle
Patricia
Evelyn
Iowa
Cedar. Falls
Claude
Landmark Round Barn Removed Near Strawberry Point
A year old Straw berry Point landmark disappeared from the area. Workmen dismantled the round barn on Elmer Borch herding farm three miles southeast of town. The barn, 58 feet in diameter and about 50 feet high, was torn down to make room for a new frame barn.
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Strawberry Point
Elmer Borch
Heat Relief Tips For Pigs And Local Bank Drive In
SANYARD In HATTER notes shade and watering help pigs cope with extreme heat. USDA tests show fall pigs gain more weight by day 150 than spring pigs under the same feeding. A Cedar Rapids Peoples Bank Drive In Teller window advertises quick deposits and free parking. Victor Hanson recovering after an accident at Vinton Hospital leaving him minus four toes on one foot.
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FE. L. Quaife
Towa State College
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Peoples Bank
Third Avenue Bridge
Cedar Rapids
Bank
Vinton Hospital
Victor
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Gov't Audit Agency
CCC
Norris City
Til
Cally
House Executive Ex
Senate Government Operations Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Paul Cotter
Allen J. Ellender
Graf
Casette
In Held
Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc
Brooklyn 6
New York
Iowa Livestock Exchange
12Th Avenue
12Th Street
GEC. B. Easker
A. F
Tony) Schmitz
Pollock & Christy
Walford
Rex Conn
PMA
Eisenhower
Taft
Washington
Rooselyvelt
Truman
Beardsley
Favors Taft
Second Street
Chambray
Terry Clothing
E Garanteed
Oxfords
M. Feder & Sons Iron and Steel
F Avenue
Cedar.Rapids
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