Farm Bureau and USDA Clash Over Cropland Retirement Plan
Washington UPI reports the Agriculture Department opposes a general cropland retirement program as a substitute for current production controls. ERS economists Vermeer and Slaughter estimate 70 million acres retired would cost $1.2 billion yearly and still leave large output of feed grains soybeans wheat and cotton, limiting land use and prices. Farm Bureau counters that such a plan undermines market protection and would not aid farmers.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
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Slaughter
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Bill expands farm loan credits by raising bank debt limit
Washington AP report notes that the House passed a measure to raise the debt to capital ratio for 12 federal intermediate credit banks from 21 to 1 to 20 to 1, aligning with federal land banks. Officials say the higher limit will help meet growing agricultural financing needs without extra government capital.
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House
Senate
Jesup FFA Names New Chapter Officers
New Jesup FFA officers include Randy Shares as president, Larry Pecenka as vice president, Gene Putnam as secretary, Chuck Kress as treasurer, Russell Darby as reporter, and Mike Pecenka as sentinel. Marshall Grosscup serves as adviser and long instructor.
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FFA
Randy Shares
Larry Pecenka
Gene Putnam
Chuck Kress
Russell Darby
Mike Pecenka
Sentinel
Marshall Grosscup
Jersey Awarded Ton of Gold Certificate in Toledo
Mary, a Jersey owned by Lyon Jerseys and Russell Lyon of Toledo and Traer, has earned a Ton of Gold certificate from the American Jersey Cattle Club. Her four lactations produced 2,263 pounds of butterfat from 43,290 pounds of milk.
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Brampton
W. R
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Russell Lyon
Traer
American Jersey Cattle Club
Farm Groups Oppose Textile Import Curbs
Eleven farm organizations telegraphed the house senate conference committee on the excise tax bill opposing an import quota on manufactured textiles. They warned quotas would hurt U S farm exports and worsen global trade conditions.
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Washington
House-Senate
Two Year Old Holstein Cow Produces High Milk Fat
In Brattleboro Vermont a test report shows To Mar Fond Sonia owned by Owen Tompkins and Son of Marengo yielded 19 182 pounds of milk and 765 pounds of butterfat in 26 days under Dairy Herd Improvement Registry rules.
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Brattleboro
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Owen Tompkins and Son
Marengo
Farm Recreation Sideline Not Magic Income Solution
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department cites that small on farm recreation ventures won’t solve farmers’ income problems. ERS notes profit requires investment and ongoing management from shelter and trails to handling diverse visitors.
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Wind Rips Fayette County Farms Causing Heavy Loss
A strip from Oelwein to north of Maynard suffered wind storm devastation. Farms of Raymond Landry and Peter Greco saw all buildings wiped out with livestock losses including 16 sows 60 pigs and six cattle at Landry farm. Greco farm reported seven cattle killed and several injuries.
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Herb Malven
Art Andrew
Kenny Bancke
Louis Gosse
Alvin Teague
Harold Teague
W. L. Halstead
Lester Warnke
G. L. Hanson
Herman Peterman
Don Wilharm
Ruben Blake
George Winkler
John Stolka
Harold Ehlers
Howard Cushing
Ervin Saddler
Donald Buxton
Deiter Erdelt
Larry Landry
Ralph Gilmer
Bob Henniges
Harry Reay
Louis Burk
Delmer
Sorge
Paarlberg to Speak at Iowa Farm Bureau Conference
Dr. Don Paarlberg Purdue economist will address a banquet session of county Farm Bureau officers fieldmen and insurance agents at the Iowa Farm Bureau midsummer conference next Tuesday May 28. He served eight years in Washington during the Eisenhower administration five in USDA and three on the White House staff and has been distinguished professor of agricultural economics at Purdue since 1961.
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Don Paarlberg
Purdue University
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Paarlberg
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USDA
White House
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Farmers Need Fair Prices Not Subsidies Says Editor
A church paper clipping argues the government can ensure fair wages for farmers without subsidies. It notes 100 billion dollars spent on price supports over 35 years and critiques five presidents for failing to achieve fair earnings for production. The Fayette County fair book lists Aug 21-25 with open livestock classes and a veteran exhibitor, Vernon Falls, recalls local farming history.
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Fayette County
West Union
Farm Desk
E. T. Alcorn
Altamakee DHIA to Hold Annual Meeting in Waukon
The Altamakee DHIA will hold its annual meeting next Monday May 27 at 8 30 p m in the county extension office in Waukon.
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The
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Iowa April Chick Hatch Down Forty One Percent
Iowa hatched 3.9 million egg type chicks in April 1968, 41 percent below April 1967 and 65 percent under the 1962-66 April average. U S hatcheries nationwide produced 311 million chicks in April 1968, down 4 percent from a year earlier, with broiler-type hatchings at 249 million, down 1 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.S
Florida Cattlemen Plan Iowa Meetings
Eastern Iowa cattlemen are invited to a Friday 7 30 p m meeting at the Holiday Inn on Highway 61 north of Davenport. Sponsored by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Florida Cattlemen's Assn the event aims to acquaint Iowa feeders with Florida cattle. A film on Florida feedlot performance will be shown with speakers Dr Robert Reddish Giff Rhodes and A L Higbie. The Davenport session is one of three Iowa meetings scheduled.
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Iowa
Holiday Inn
Highway 61
Florida Department of Agriculture
Florida Cattlemen’s Assn
Florida
Robert Reddish
Giff Rhodes
Florida Extension Service
A. L. Higbie
Delaware Fair Adds Open Steer Class At County Fair
Manchester Delaware County fair sponsors add open steer class for adults in Delaware County. Entry fee ten dollars per head funds premiums for winners. Milton Retz, president of Delaware County Beef Cattlemen's Association, notes the July 27 show.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Economists Say Large Farm Ban Won’t Solve Problems
Two University of Nebraska agricultural economics professors told a senate subcommittee that laws banning large-scale farming will not fix farm problems. They argued corporations enter farming for profit, not tax offsets, and warned corporate farming may accelerate small town decline. Tony De Chant called the corporate invasion ruthlessly depersonalizing rural America.
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OMAHA
University of Nebraska Agricultural Economics
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Everett E. Peterson
Glen Vollmar
Clinton Beef Assn Plan May Beef Month Event
DeWitt Iowa May Beef Month observance includes a sheep pit barbecue for Clinton County Beef Producers Assn members and wives at the 4 H club fair ground. The beef queen contest will crown a new queen as Dale Autry speaks and Orville Kassem presents the membership trophy.
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Clinton County Beef Producers Assn
Dale Autry
Orville Kassem of
Huxley
Iowa Beef Producers Assn
Clinton Association
Broiler Contracts Tie Handle to Feed Conversion Factor
Many contracts rely on a feed conversion factor of 2.3 pounds of feed per pound of broiler produced. This metric governs production efficiency and cost calculations for poultry suppliers and buyers.
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