Oil Firms Cooperate With Voluntary Fuel Allocation Plan
Washington reports oil firms are cooperating to direct gasoline to fuel-starved farming areas under a voluntary allocation plan. Interior official Ligon says the program, a few days old, appears to work, with exchanges of stocks to serve essential customers like farmers. Wakefield and Ligon caution: mandatory measures could follow if needed. shortages likely in certain regions and for some uses, though diesel for tractors and fertilizer supplies may remain adequate.
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Lounsberry warns of problems with pesticide ban in Iowa
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry warned at a University of Iowa seminar that ending pesticide use could cut crop yields by more than half and push food prices up four to five times. He cited higher costs and lower quality, noting pests harmed supplies in India and citing benefits from pesticides in boosting yields and reducing worm damage.
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Fuel Shortage May Idle Corn Planting in a Week
Des Moines dispatch notes Farm Bureau President J Mettrill Anderson urged deputy treasury secretary William E Simon to begin a priority fuel allocation for agriculture. He warned corn planters could be idle within a week if action isn’t taken, and said delayed planting will hurt yields and future food supplies. Across Iowa only 16 percent of corn is planted statewide, with 50 percent in the northwest and minimal progress in central and southern regions due to weather and poor fields.
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Salons Criticized For Tax Inaction
AMES The Town Cattle men’s Assnericleized the state legislature Thursday for not removing the personal property tax on livestock. Critics said lawmakers offered excuses as to why the bill to remove the tax was moving slowly.
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Sharp Rise in Corn Exports Not Due to Soviet Demand
Iowa State extension economist Bob Wisner notes U.S. corn exports from Oct 1972 to Apr 1973 surged mainly to Japan Spain West Germany and Communist China rather than Russia. He cites Japan as the largest single contributor and points to livestock and poultry demand shifts plus imports from Indonesia and Thailand as key factors.
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Schroeder Named Field Manager of Iowa Cattlemen
Kenneth Schouter Schroeder 42 of Yural Postville is named field manager for the Iowa Cattlemen's Association. He has 22 years farming on a 160 acre farm, sold farm equipment in Pestville, and will move his wife Ellen and two sons to Tuxley. He will focus on member services and has served as Iowa Jaycees state vice president and was named to Outstanding Young Men in America 1967.
Dubuque Founder Era Lead Mining Began in 1738
Julien Dubuque, founder of Dubuque, started mining lead in 1738 for Spain. He died in 1910.
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Handort Named to State ASC Unit in Iowa
The appointment of Ward Handort of Gladbrook to the Iowa State ASC committee is announced. He is a member of the Iowa State College Extension Service and the Iowa Agricultural Producers Association, with long farming ties in Tama and Pleasant counties.
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