Panel of farm chiefs in Willmar features three presidents
In Willmar Minnesota Saturday three national farm leaders attended a panel discussion. Ben Radcliffe of the South Dakota Farmers Union sat in after Tony Dechant left. To Radcliffe’s left were Oren Lee Staley of the National Farmers Organization and Allan Grant of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Jon Wefald, former Minnesota Agriculture Secretary, stood at the podium as moderator.
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Willmar
Minn
Ben Radcliffe
South Dakota Farmers Union
National Farmers Union
Tony Dechant
Radcliffe
National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allan Grant
Minnesota Agriculture
Jon Wefald
Lamb Roundup Boosts Demand as Marketing Improves
Lamb sales rise after a Vinton booster persuades a supermarket to stock lamb in the display case. Seven carcasses have sold since April amid a broader Iowa effort to discuss corn checkoff and possible export of corn gasohol. Meetings begin this week across multiple counties at 7 30 p.m. with venue details listed.
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Harvey Weiss
Vinton
Iowa
Iowa County
Williamsburg
Linn County
Linn Co-Operative Oil Co
Marion
Johnson County
Montgomery Hall
Fairground
Cedar
Scott
Muscatine
Lamp Memorial
Durant
Benton County
State Bank of
Beef referendum push from National Cattlemen’s Assn
At the first board meeting the National Cattlemen’s Association directed staff to pursue a new national beef checkoff referendum. The prior July referendum failed to reach a two thirds yes vote, prompting consideration to require only a simple majority in the enabling legislation.
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Denver
National Cattlemen’s Association
Retail beef prices rise to over $1.41 a pound in October
October cattle prices climbed while pork remained steady as farm value and retail spreads shifted. USDA ERS preliminary figures show choice beef at about 1.39 to 1.41 per pound consumer level, with live steer values near 41.56 per 100 pounds and farm value around 84.2 cents per pound.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Economic Research Service
Middleman
Iowa Attorney General criticizes telephoned commodity pitches
Assistant Iowa Attorney General Julian Garrett notes many victims contact his office about promised profits from futures and options sales pitches. He supports Commodity Trading Commission rules to curb sales tactics and favors joint state federal enforcement. Also included are two estate auctions near Lafayette and Norway.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Julian Garrett
Garrett
Commodity Trading Commission
Funeral services for Roswell Garst Tuesday at Coon Rapids High
Roswell Garst 79 Iowa farmer and banker who hosted Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will be honored Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Coon Rapids High School Auditorium. A longtime seed corn businessman he died Saturday after a heart ailment in Carroll Hospital. Four close friends are to speak at the service. Survived by wife Elizabeth, Garst sparked controversy and goodwill with his 1955 seed corn sale to the Soviet Union and Khrushchev's 1959 visit to his Coon Rapids farm.
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Coon Rapids
Roswell Garst
Iowa
Nikita Khrushchev
Garst
Carroll
Ohde
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Elizabeth
John Stuart Mill
WIFE urge Hjort firing after Sidney speech
The seven member executive board of Women Involved in Farm Economics urged President Carter to dismiss Assistant Agriculture Secretary Howard Hjort. They said his Sidney convention talk used 1975 cost data and insulted their integrity. WIFE President Betty Majors of Osceola noted WIFE has about 5000 members across eight states and can access 1977 cost data from its members' states.
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Osceola
Neb
UPI
Carter
Howard Hjort
Betty Majors
Hjort
Sidney
Mrs. Majors
USDA
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