Criticizes Land Grant Colleges for Abandoning Research Goals
Tony Dechant of Denver criticizes the Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges for failing to keep agricultural research aligned with public service. He calls for public planning and financing, broader scientific involvement, and withdrawal from private funding to avoid corporate bias.
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Tony Dechant
Denver
Colo
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
Debant
Vietnam
Wheat Is Called Corn in Farm Law Reform Push
Washington Republicans urge simplification and codification of farm and rural assistance statutes to remove obsolete provisions and clear definitions. They propose enacting parts of the U S code, creating a President's rural affairs digest, and clarifying terms like corn meaning wheat for the benefit of farmers, local ASC committees, and rural leaders.
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Washington
House
Republican Task Force
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Department of Agriculture
Bennett FFA Harvests Corn Plot In November Field
Bennett FFA concluded its harvest season by combining the corn plot on November 1 led by Dave Von Muenster and Rich Kreinbring.
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Bennett Ffa
Bennett
Dave von Muenster
Rich Kreinbring
Dairymen Milk Price Changes in Cedar Rapids Iowa Region
The October uniform milk price paid to producers in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City market is 5.50 per hundredweight with a butterfat differential of 0.1 for every 0.1 percent test variation from 8 percent. October Class I price is 5.79, up from September and last October. October Class VI and II prices rise, with November Class I price at 5.83. October receipts from producers allocated 80 percent to Class I, with output used for butter and other products.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Rural Elderly Need Aid Says Iowa Doctor
Elderly in rural Iowa areas rely on local doctors who serve up to 2,500 people. Dr John MacQueen, associate dean at the University of Iowa, warns graduates do not return to small towns, risking doctor shortages as communities must recruit physicians. Projections by 1975 show 1 doctor per 2,500 people in several counties, prompting calls for community health coordination and new training for associates to handle preventive care and emergencies.
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United States
John ©. MacQueen
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
MacQueen
Iowa
Delaware
Muscatine
Jones
Cedar
Clayton
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Towa
Lord’s Acre Sale at Shueyville United Methodist Church
A Lord’s Acre sale will be held at Shueyville United Methodist Church on Saturday November 22. Rev Clifford Carter announces the event with the country store opening at 10:30 a.m. and Methodist counter opening at 1 p.m.
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Shueyville
Shueyville United Methodist Church
Clifford Carter
Hog Prices Above Fall Levels in 1970
Bernard Brenner reports USDA economists forecast higher prices for cattle and hog producers in early 1970. The Livestock and Meat Situation study projects upticks in fed cattle and hog slaughter, with beef and pork production rising while grass beef lamb and veal supplies shrink. Feeder cattle prices are expected to rise, and the national cattle herd is to grow further in 1970. Lamb slaughter may rebound with higher prices.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Fed
Rural economies need upgrading says Hardin at Grange convention
Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin urged rapid upgrades to rural economies in a prepared speech at the National Grange convention. He warned that better environment and jobs would curb urban migration and called for making rural areas an urgent national policy to attract future Americans.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
UPI
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
United States
Hardin
National Grange
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