Iowa farm market notes Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Waterloo reports
Prices for corn soybeans oats and livestock shown in Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Des Moines markets. Quotes include White corn at 5.60 grower, yellow soybeans around 8.30 to 8.50, oats near 2.80, and hogs with receipts and price ranges for various weights and packing plants. Veterans Day holiday affected USDA butter prices.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Ra
Cedar Rapids Wilson Foods
Mid-America
Oria
Russ Olson
Air Wilson Food Lamb Processing
Ray Zamastil
Waterloo Rath Ae Co
Iowa
Iowa-southern
Minnesota
U.S
USDA
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Jon Mar
Marcie
Une
Grain futures slip on harvest forecast by Agriculture Department
Wheat and soybean futures fell sharply while corn eased on Friday at the Chicago Board of Trade. The Agriculture Department harvest forecast released Thursday was the primary influence on prices.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Agriculture Department
Tauke Breaks With GOP On Dairy Bill Over Costs
Rep. Tom Tauke of Iowa defied party lines to back a dairy bill aimed at reducing the milk surplus. He cited lower administration costs and an effective cull of dairy herds as key factors, noting voter support and expected Reagan approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Swegle Zazette
Iowa
Tom Tauke
Barber Conable
R-N.y
Congressional Budget Office
Tauke
Farm Bureau
National Pork Producers Council
Iowa Cattlemen’s Association
Milkrich
Tom Harkin
U.S. Agriculture
John Black
House
Senate
House-Senate Conference Committee
Reagan
Capital Hill
Old Farm Coalition
Congress
Tennessee Congressman Defends Memphis IH Cotton Picker Grant
Rep Don Sundquist argues the 6.6 million HUD loan to Memphis for International Harvester to develop a four row cotton picker is legal and proper. Rep Cooper Evans objects, saying federal support could cost Deere jobs in Ankeny Iowa and calls the aid unfair and invalid as UDAG funds for research. Sundquist contends the plan saves jobs and expands competition, while Evans insists grants should fund bricks and mortar not research.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Cooper Evans
Iowa
International Harvester Co
John Deere & Co
Don Sundquist
Evans
International Harvester
Deere
Ankeny
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Sundquist
Harvester
John Deere
UDAG
International
White House slows grain elevator safety rule delaying explosions fix
Labor officials clash with the Office of Management and Budget over OSHA grain elevator dust limits. Critics say OMB delays threaten the rule until after the 1984 election, while supporters argue the standard is necessary to prevent deadly explosions and protect workers.
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White House
Ashington
Labor Department
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
House
Subcommittee On
Labor Standards
Budget Office
George Miller
D-Calif
OSHA
Thorne Auchter
National Grain and Feed Association
The
Millers’ National Federation
American Feed Manufacturers Association
Barry White
Reagan
DeMuth
Congress
Miller
Washington Post
White
Marc Fleischaker
Debbie Berkowitz
Afl-Cio
Food and
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Midwest
C.R. Grain
E.I. Livestock
Des Moines
U.S. West Pone Im
Sertral
Tates Light Free
Omaha
Sioux City
Pro Farmer Grain
Barrows
Hiene
Bushe
Ava
Joliet
Soviet Union
Felicity Barringer
Washington Post Service
Tom Underwood
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