Farm Labor Bill Sparks GOP Divide and Union Push
Washington voices clash as a House labor subcommittee examines a bill to grant collective bargaining rights to farm workers. AFL CIO president Meany and UAW chief Reuther back the measure, while Farm Bureau warns of higher wages, mechanization, and Mexico-leaning crop shifts. National Farmers Union signals support for family farmers.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson Administration
Organized Labor
House
Senate
George Meany
AFL- Cto
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Meany
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
National Council of Churches
Catholic Bishops Committee
Commission On Social Action of Reformed Judaism
Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Mexico
National Council For Agricultural Employers
National Council of Farmers Cooperatives
National Farmers Union
5 Breed Dairy Show at West Union Planned for July 15
A 1967 5 Breed Dairy Show is scheduled at the Fayette county fairground in West Union on July 15 at 11 a.m. Breed groups include Iowa Brown Swiss District 1 Guernsey Jersey Ayrshire and Milking Shorthorn associations. Committee members and plans for judging showmanship a picnic and animal selection for Cedar Rapids state fair Aug 9-12 are announced.
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West Union
Northeast Iowa
Fayette County Fairground
Iowa
Jerseys
Harold Hannerman
Decorah
Ayrshires
Maurice Meyer
McGregor
Cedar Rapids
Tomato price deals set by Farmers Marketing Assn
CHICAGO Contracts for processing tomatoes will pay growers at least 4 dollars per ton above 1966 prices. During three months state Farm Bureau marketing associations approved contracts with 18 tomato processing companies. Non price terms include frost damaged plant payments, higher delivery limits, unloading aid, better grading, removal of low yield crop clauses, and lower bulk bin rental costs.
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Chicago
Harold J. Hartley
American Agricultural Marketing Assn
American Farm Bureau Federation
State Farm Bureau Marketing Associations
Hartley
Iowa Leads in Hog Cattle Marketings
USDA reports show 45.3 million head of cattle and 77.1 million hogs marketed nationwide in 1966. Iowa ranked first in both cattle and hog marketings, with Texas second in cattle and Illinois second in hogs in 1966 and 1985.
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Iowa
Washington
USDA
Texas
Off the Record echoes on farm income impact
Rex Conn recalls the Iowa Farm Bureau Fact Book claim that each farm dollar adds 3.50 dollars to the wider economy. He notes an old Off the Record Club in Cedar Rapids where critics challenged such assertions, with Carl Wilkin proposing a seven to one impact in the 1930s and Dean Chester Phillips raising Maine lobstermen as a counterexample.
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Town Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
Tedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
Carl Wilkin
Woodbury County
Maine
Dairy Co-Op in Bind on Milk Order Vote
A New York New Jersey milk cooperative calls the proposed 20 cent Class I price raise inadequate but cannot alter it. Members will vote on the entire federal market order as amended rather than the raise alone. A negative vote could derail the whole order.
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Dairy Co-Op
Washington
New York-New Jersey
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman to Hold Shirtsleeve Farm Policy Meetings in South
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman announced two shirtsleeve farm policy meetings in the South following Midwest sessions. One will be May 22 at 9:30 a.m. at the University of Georgia and another at 3 p.m. in Alexandria Louisiana at Convention Hall.
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Freeman
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
South
Midwest
University of Georgia
Convention
Alexandria
Fifteen Iowa Farm Girls Named Semi Finalists
The tenth annual Iowa's Favorite Farmer's Daughter contest names fifteen semi finalists from 252 entries across 77 counties. Semi finalists include Kathy Brownlee and Susie Gipple among others with finals on May 15 and the winner announced May 26 to follow Kayel Pritchard as reigning titleholder.
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Iowa
Jesup
Kristin Lucas
Winterset
Lynda McLuckie
Fort Dodge
Martha McNutt
Town City
Susan McQuilkin
la Porte City
Patricia Plagman
Shelby
Mary Riche
Stanley
Jill Rife
Wilton Junction
Sharon Sorensen
Nevada
Jill Trousdale
Alden
Carol Wilson
West Liberty
Lynda Wylam
Waverly
Eight Students Named for Rural Electric Youth Tour
The Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative announced eight high school juniors selected for this year’s Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington. Winners include Nancy Manning DeWitt Barbara Hawley West Liberty Elizabeth Townsend Tipton Jerry L. Mays Durant, with a June 11 meeting in Wilton Junction and a June 2 Des Moines departure for a five day trip with 70 other state winners.
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Wilton Junction
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
Rural Electric
Nancy Manning
DeWitt
Central Community High School
Jerry L. Mays
Durant
Elizabeth Townsend
Tipton
Wilton Community High School
Barbara Hawley
West Liberty
Iowa
Washington
Per Capita Milk Use Down in Sixty Six
The United States household milk use across all dairy products averaged 603 pounds per person in 1966, down from 616 in 1965 and well below the 1947-49 average of 742. Butter, evaporated milk, and ice cream declined while cheese gains offset losses, with American cheese reaching a record 63 pounds per person.
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Washington
U. S
USDA
Clayton County Poland Chinas On Farm Testing
On the Rudy W Possehl and Sons farm near Elkader a on the farm performance test of pigs sired by Mohawk 3d is under way. The test, conducted with county extension service and Elkay der Cooperative Company, measures rate of gain feeding efficiency and market desirability of the herd sire s progeny as meat type breeding stock. Pigs are fed corn and protein supplement with no other feed or pasture. Weighing occurs when pigs reach 200 to 215 pounds and at least three fourths will be slaughtered with backfat loin eye size and carcass length recorded.
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Elkader
Mohawk 3d
Rudy W. Possehl and Sons
County Extension Service
Elkayder Cooperative Company
Poland China Record Association
Galesburg
Ill
Keokuk County Fair Dates Set in July
Parker named office manager for Keokuk County Fair at What Coon Rapids. fair runs July 20 to 23 with horse racing planned. Johnson named Cheer, temporary vacancy filled after Vernon J. DeWeerdt resignation. dates earlier than usual per fair board president Glen Moothart.
Dairy Farm Receipts Hit Record in 1966
Washington reports cash receipts from dairy farm marketings reached 5.5 billion dollars in 1966, up 10 percent from 1965's 5 billion and 15 percent above 1960 totals.
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Washington
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Fifth Avenue SE
Marilyn Wehr
Darrell Jordan
Rex Conn
Ray Anderson
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Dr. T. W., Schultz
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Iowa State
Allen Kline
Vinton
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The
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Roy Joslin
Clarence
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Wellman
H. M. Carpenter
Monticello
Don Wherry
Wyoming
Max Wortman
Anamosa
Harry Palmer
Allen Nash
Wilson and Co
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Wilkin
Dean Phillips
Clayton County
Poland
Parker
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