Interview with Earl Peak on farming life and taxes
Earl Peak, 53, renter of 160 acres near Marengo, discusses his cattle operation, hogs, and Holsteins milking for Cedar Rapids buyers. He notes contour farming, soil conservation, and the impact of prices, taxes, and politics on small farmers, expressing mixed views on Hughes and his Democrat leanings.
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Earl Peak
Marengo
Linda Rosalie
Debra Ann
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
USDA Dodges School Lunch Butter Issue
Washington officials sidestep a political issue by transferring the decision of butter or margarine in school lunches to local administrators. With no surplus butter for donation, the Agriculture Department will not buy margarine for schools and urges local purchases to replace federally supplied spreads. Government butter stockpiles have run dry, despite earlier attempts to purchase butter on the open market.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson Administration
Agriculture Department
U S Farm Land Loss At Four Million Acres Year
The agriculture department reports the United States loses about four million acres of farm land annually to suburban development highways airports and recreation. Since 1950 roughly 68 million acres have been lost about 22 percent of cropland. Despite this the overall farmland value rises due to investments in irrigation clearing and pasture improvements. Regional farm values vary from $24 100 in the Appalachian region to $153 000 on the Pacific Coast with other regions listed.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Appalachiin
Pacific Coast
U S Poultry Shown At World Congress
One hundred eighty Americans registered at the World Poultry Congress in Kiev Russia. The U S exhibit, staffed by two USDA poultry scientists fluent in Russian, showcased the high quality and reasonable price of poultry products.
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Washington
Kiev
Russia
USDA
U.S
Neighbors Help Richard Upah Ahead of Surgery
Sixteen neighbors gathered at a farm northeast of Chelsea to stack over 1000 bales of hay for Richard Upah who is hospitalized and awaiting surgery.
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Chelsea
Richard Upah
Upah
Seed Dealers Back Metric Measurement Move
Seed dealers in Cedar Rapids urge immediate adoption of the metric system for agricultural weights and measures. They also back standards on seed testing labeling and seed seller permits, plus continued investigations into seed quality controls. Iowa State researchers discuss certified soybean seed growth, row spacing, and weed management, with notes on sorghum sudan trends and grazing extension.
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Eeting
Cedar Rapids
Town Seed Dealers Association
ASC
Harvey E. Thompson
Ames
Iowa State Extension Agronomist
Iowa
USDA Officials Eye Effect Of Decline In Wheat Price
USDA officials weigh how recent wheat price declines might curb plans for the 1967 crop. Prices eased 25 to 30 cents from summer peaks, potentially dampening the push to plant about 65 million acres, despite guaranteed payments and a $1.25 per bushel support rate.
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USDA
Washington
Agriculture Department
Farmers Union wary of feed grain increase plans
The National Farmers Union says farmers will scrutinize government plans to raise feed grain output next year. It notes farmers will demand assured returns from any production increase. The 1967 program may divert far less land than this year’s 35 million acres, with details due later this month.
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Washington
National Farmers Union
Farm Organization
Agriculture Department
Checking Corn Harvest Losses How-To From Rex Corn
University of Illinois agronomic engineer Wendell Bowers warns excessive harvest losses exceed 5 percent. He offers methods to measure field losses including a 40 by 40 inch frame, counting kernels to estimate bushels lost per acre, and tallying ears left in specified row lengths to gauge losses per acre.
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Wendell Bowers
University of Ilinois
Bowers
August Meat Output Far Above Average
Iowa meat output in August reached 399.398 million pounds, up from 362.263 million a year earlier and well above the five year average of 317.132 million. More hogs and cattle were slaughtered than last year, but fewer sheep and calves. Soybean harvest losses to be reduced by 14 percent moisture level.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and
Farm assets rise to record as debts climb higher
U S farm assets increased by 17.9 billion in 1965 to a record 255.8 billion, led by farm real estate valued at 171.1 billion. Debts rose 4.1 billion to 41.6 billion, with mortgages on farm real estate totaling 21.2 billion, more than half of total debt. Livestock and machinery values also grew, while deposits and currency rose to 10 billion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Freeman Pledges Aid To Farm Cooperatives
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman opens a one month cooperative observance pledging his agency will do all it can to help farmers organize to obtain better prices in Washington.
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Washington (Ap
Orville L. ‘Freeman
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