Farm Embargoes Dominant Issue in Campaign
The embargo on grain shipments to the Soviet Union dominates farmer concerns this campaign. The policy sparked protests from livestock producers while price instability affected Midwest and Plains farmers as crop surpluses and high prices fluctuated.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Ford
Midwest
Plains
Russia
Afl-Cio
George Meany
U.S
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Sen
Bob Dole
Carter
Dole
United States
Kirkwood’s hands on farming program trains future agribusiness leaders
Kirkwood Community College promotes a laboratory concept in production agriculture emphasizing management and decision making. Students farm about 400 acres yearly, raise 100 beef calves and 120 swine litters while pursuing classroom work and mood to return profits to education.
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Peyton
Cedar Rapids
Agribusiness and Natural Resource Department
Talmadge Plan Seeks Costs Based Farm Price Support
Washington based report says a draft farm bill under Sen. Herman Talmadge would link target prices to production costs with loan rates near 80 percent of costs. The plan preserves the 1973 framework and faces 1978 onward crops, amid cost-estimate uncertainties.
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Ford
Carter
Ford Administration
Congress
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Corn Belt
Great Plains
Washington
UPI
Herman E. Talmadge
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Farm
Senate
Talmadge
Agriculture Department
Megown Appointed to USDA Beef Cattle Advisory Unit
John Megown of Marion was appointed Monday to a two year term on the secretary of agriculture s cattle industry advisory committee. Acting Secretary John Knebel made the appointment. Megown is vice president of marketing and communications at Vigortone Products Co in Cedar Rapids and chairs the Iowa Agriculture Promotion board.
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Megown
Usda Beef Cattle Advisory Unit
John Megown
Marion
Secretary of Agriculture
John Knebel
Cattle Committee
Vigortone Products Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Agriculture Promotion Board
Iowa
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Statler
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Gazette
DIAL
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