Two Agriculture Service Leaders Appointed in Washington
Alan Tracy named general sales manager and associate administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service and Buzz Fitzpatrick named director of the Office of Transportation at USDA. Everett Rank appointed administrator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service with a $50 112 annual salary. Rank, a Fresno native, has long farm and state agency leadership experience.
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California
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Fresno
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Fresno County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
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American Farm Bureau Federation
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Four Iowa Nominations Await ASCS Confirmations
Sen. Roger Jepsen said Reagan Administration assurances point to quick confirmation in days for four Iowa picks to ASCS posts. Donald Johnson of Fairfield Loren Peters of Clinton Fred Reed of Truro and Graydon Anderson of Green are named as nominees for committeemen and executive director roles.
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Reagan Administration
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
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Iowa
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Fairfield
Loren Peters
Clinton
Fred Reed
Truro
ASCS
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Green
Insects at work in Linn County corn fields
Cedar Rapids extension crops specialist John Creswell reports black cutworms and dingy cutworms in Linn County corn fields with up to 25 moths per trap found in all 57 counties surveyed. Wireworms and alfalfa weevils also observed as corn planting proceeds.
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Cedar Rapids
Creswell
Ankeny Research Laboratory
Washington County
Beef prices to rise this spring amid producer losses
The Agriculture Department warns retail beef costs may climb to 2.50 per pound this spring, 5.5 percent above winter levels, with further increases possible later. Declines in red meat and poultry supplies push production down 7 percent for beef and 6 to 8 percent for pork, while feed costs and high interest rates threaten only break-even margins for producers by summer.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
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