Farm Bureau Ties Mocked in Farm Policy Critique
The National Advisory Committee on Food and Fiber publishes Volume I of its technical papers titled Agriculture in the Nation's Politics by Dr. Charles M. Hardin. The study critiques price supports acreage allotments and overseas aid, showing the farming bureaucracy as a quasi independent force and examining how farmer committees and land values shape policy and hinder accountability.
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Ashington
National Advisory Committee On Food and Fiber
Charles M. Hardin
University of California
Davis
Agricultural Stabilization, and Conservation Service
USDA
Hardin
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
U. S
Iowa Exhibits Shine at Cologne Food Fair
Iowa led U.S. displays at the International Food Fair in Cologne, West Germany, as Herb Plambeck reports. The Iowa exhibit, cost under $3,000, highlighted beef, corn, soybeans, pork, and honey with a three dimensional map, and drew interest from European buyers amid looming trade restrictions.
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Iowa
Cologne
Herb Plambeck
West Germany
London
USDA
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S
Hawkeye State
Town
Robert Manion
Hazleton
Carroll Worlan
Iowa Development Commission
Europe
Konicek
Warlaw
U S.A
Ijowa
Richard R.cologne
Worlan
Sewa
Richard R. Konicek
George L. Mehren
Theo Burauen
U.S. Trade Center
Monticello 4-H sale and multiple farm dispersals listed
Auction notices show several upcoming farm sales including a Saturday October 14 7:30 pm 4-H club sale at Monticello sale barn with L K Bronemann and a 12:30 pm closing out sale for Herefords machinery hay and more. Additional entries include a Guernsey dispersal near Viola on October 1 at noon under Al Houska and other Saturday sales near Ely Coggan and Norway Cedar Valley Hereford Assn led by Royal Tuttle with details on livestock and equipment.
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Monticello Sale Barn
L. K
al Houska
Viola
Arain
L. C
Buster Long
Stami
Coggan
Hawkeye Safe
Bairfax
Iowa-Cedar Valley
Hereford Assn
Royal Tuttle
Norway
Mari Ager
Conservation Is Over Sold Says Food Commission
Washington AP report shows the National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber contends soil conservation programs were oversold. It cites about 9 billion dollars spent on conservation measures and subsidies with limeing terracing and drainage benefiting output while other programs failed. Farmers faced cash pressures and tax land value changes affected adoption.
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Washington
National Advisory Commission On Food and Fiber
Des Moines Chamber Hints At International Food Display
Commerce officials discussed potential plans for an international food display. Some proposed erecting multiple large buildings, possibly usable by the Iowa State fair, requiring extensive funding, years of preparation, and top leadership.
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Des Moines
of Commerce
Cologne
Des Moines’ Veterans Memorial Building
U.S. Honey Output Falls Below 1967 Averages
Washington reports the 1967 honey crop at 219 million pounds, 11 percent under 1966 and 13 percent below the five year average, per the Crop Reporting Board.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Mareango Holstein Completes 339 Day Milk Record
Corrine Lynn, a six year old registered Holstein owned by Owen Tompkins and Son of Marengo, completes a 339 day record with 20,610 pounds of milk and 693 pounds of butterfat.
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Owen Tompkins and Son
Marengo
Israel War Not Increasing U S Food Needs
An Agriculture Department report found the Arab Israeli war in June will not raise U S demand for supplementary food supplies. It notes no major global disruption, with grain output in Syria and Israel improving and Egypt’s harvest expected normal, though imports of around four million tons are anticipated, mainly for Egypt. Egypt has cut trade ties with the United States and must seek other suppliers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Middle East
Jordan
Syria
Israel
Egypt
Regulations for Flashers On Slow Vehicles Are Set
The Iowa Public Safety Department issued specifications for amber flashing lamps on slow moving farm equipment and implement of husbandry. The rules require up to two flashing lamps on vehicles operating at 25 mph or less on highways, with placement rules and SAE J375 compliance to ensure visibility from rear and sides.
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Des Moines
Locar Department of Public Safety
General Assembly
Norval J. Wardle
Iowa State University
American Association of Agricultural Engineers
Iowa Farm’ Safety Council
Jack M. Fulton
Iowa
Fulton
Canada Wheat Sales to Red Nations Fall
Canada's Wheat Sales to Red Nations Slump. The Foreign Agriculture Service says Canadian wheat sales to communist nations this crop year may fall short of last year. The Soviet Union has contracted to buy 75 million bushels, down from 112 million, and no signed contract exists with Communist China for deliveries in the year's second half.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Foreign Agriculture Service
Soviet Union
China
Canada
Australia
Conferees Agree on USDA Appropriation
Washington negotiators reached a record 4.95 billion dollar farm appropriation, slightly under President Johnson's request. The pact totals 244 million less than the Senate version, 182 million more than the House version, and 68 million below the administration request, then sent back to both chambers for final votes.
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Washington
Bennett FFA members repair Yo-Ag room at high school
Bennett FFA members cleaned and painted the vocational agriculture room at Bennett High School, repairing woodwork and refinishing floors over the past two weeks. The chapter reporter Dave Burmeister notes the effort. The article also cites a note that the U S now has about the same number of farms as in 1875.
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Bennett Ffa
Bennett
Dave Burmeister
U. S
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Farm Bureau
Colleges of Agriculture
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Cooperative State Research Service
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Farm Security Administration
Farmers Home Administration
The
Towans
Food Commission
Citizens Loan Corp
Landis Financial Group
First Avenue S.E
Cedar Rapids
Sedar Rapids
Tompkins Holstein
Henry Davenport
Howard Powall
East 11Th Place
Chicago
Mid-America
Illinois Central Railroad
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