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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1973
Page
13
DES MOINES The Iowa attorney general consumer protection division cautions farmers about spending large sums on comfrey as a forage substitute. Despite high claimed yields and value the plant is costly to plant and harvest by hand, yields little more than alfalfa, and has no seed requiring root cuttings and transplanting.
DES MOINES May 3 A Farm Bureau workshop gathered Iowa farm groups railroads grain firms and state officials to address grain transport problems. Ideas include unit trains barge use faster track maintenance and west coast exports with plans to reply to questions and develop a summary report for state regulators.
Farmers in Delaware Dubuque Fayette Jones and Linn counties have until May 8 to apply for low interest and partial forgiveness disaster loans from the Farmers Home Administration. The aid covers losses from August and September storms including tornadoes heavy rain and flooding. Senator Harold Hughes noted Congress opened the program for 18 days after the law was signed April 20 setting the May 8 deadline.
A federal district court dismissed the lawsuit filed by American Beef Packers of Omaha to block a proposed merger involving Iowa Beef Processors of Dakota City and Missouri Beef Packers of Amarillo. The judge noted no current agreement exists and negotiations have ceased. the suit claimed the merger would lessen competition or create a monopoly. Iowa Beef was described as the nation’s largest slaughterer of federally inspected fed cattle.
Soviet authorities announced a weekend crash program to boost the 1973 grain harvest in the USSR. Decrees by the Central Committee and Council of Ministers shift workers from city to farm life, mobilize machinery and trucks, and compel white-collar workers, factory hands, and students to aid in around the clock harvest efforts. Workers will receive regular salaries and keep 50 percent of their pay from remaining jobs.
Harold R. Johnson a Pochantas farmer with an 800 acre operation and interests in several agribusiness firms will address the Cedar Rapids Agricultural Executives Forum on Thursday at noon at the Longbranch about modernizing grain transportation and marketing through cooperation.
A Des Moines based coalition of state farm groups urged Congress to shorten daylight savings to five months from six. Led by Monsignor John George Weber they passed a resolution at their April meeting. The group also advocated using nine percent of state funds for a new agriculture building and noted fertilizer and feed fund balances and recent fund reversions to the general fund.
Mr and Mrs Bruce Eichmeyer of 32 Twenty-ninth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids purchased a 60 acre farm near Palo from the George Sutcliffe estate with possession given March 1 Eichmeyer operates Eichmeyers Thermo King Service in Cedar Rapids
Washington AP The annual Butz report to the White House details a three year grain credit with Moscow and credits private traders with large 1972 sales. It notes talks in Moscow and Washington in spring 1972 and cites Palmby of Continental Grain Co. as a key figure who helped lock in sales before the July 8 announcement.
Washington AP reports a range war between cattlemen and chicken farmers over brand prominence at supermarkets. ANCA forms a truth squad while the National Broiler Council launches full page ads in major papers May 9 and 10 to argue poultry value against beef. Mrs James Tyler chairs cattle spokesmen visiting NY and DC to push beef fairness amid price ceilings on red meat.
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