Farm Credit Urged to Market a Single Security
A special advisory committee urged the Farm Credit System to unify its three banking groups under a single market instrument. The plan aims to expand the system’s funds access, strengthen secondary markets, and reduce intramural competition while boosting investor appeal and easing cash flow through central pooling and streamlined transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Farm Credit System
Finance Advisory Committee
Farm Credit Directors
Darryl R. Francis
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Federal Land Banks
Federal Intermediate Credit
Consolidated Bank Group
New York City
Federal Reserve
Rural sale notices span farms near Prairieburg and Fairfax
Frn Oct 16 at 1 p.m. close out sale of machinery and household goods by Hubert Smith seven miles south of Prairieburg. Sat Oct 17 at 12 30 p.m. close out sale of machinery and household goods by Robert Oler two miles west of Springville. Sat Oct 31 Holstein herd disper sal by Junior Edwards seven miles southeast of Central City. Man Nov 9 Cedar County Short horn calf sale at 7 30 p.m. sale barn Mechanicsville. Sat Nov 14 Hereford 4-H calf sale Hawkeye Auction Fairfax. Iowa Cedar Valley Assn.
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Hubert Smith
Mi. S
Prairieburg
Mach
Hh. Goods
Robert Oler
Springville
Junior Edwards
Central City
Cedar County
Mechanicsville
Hawkeye Auction
Fairfax
Iowa
Cedar Valley Assn
Shamrock Texas Offers Free Watermelons to Travelers
Shamrock civic clubs supplied free watermelon to traveling motorists during Labor Day weekend. This service has been offered for 14 years. In 1968 officials estimated about 3,000 people were served free watermelon.
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Shamrock
Texas
Shamrock Civic Clubs
Survey Finds Hired Farm Hands Get Noncash Perks
Washington AP government study shows fringe benefits boost total pay. In 1966 average with noncash benefits reached 3571 dollars vs 2450 with cash only. ERS notes 1967 minimum wage rules and debates to broaden coverage. Walter Sellers says 80 percent of farm workers receive some fringe benefits, with housing and meals common on larger farms. Wages rose over time, July 1 figures show 1.38 per hour in 1969 up from 1.29 in 1969 and 1.18 in 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Congress
Sellers
California Declared Cholera Free State Sixteenth
Washington dispatch reports the agriculture department on Thursday declared California the sixteenth state officially free of hog cholera.
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California
Washington
UPS
Agriculture Department
North Linn FFA To Judge In National Dairy Contest
Four North Linn FFA members Gene Henderson Larry Zubach John Kinley and Rick Henderson plus coach Joe Yedlek travel to Kansas City Missouri for the 43rd national FFA dairy cattle judging contest during the national convention. Past honors include state and world livestock placings and district show medals.
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North Linn Dairy
North Linn
Future Farmers of America
Iowa
John Kinley
Larry Zumbach
Gene Henderson
National Dairy Cattle Congress
North Linn Ffa
Troy Mills
FFA
Kansas City
Larry Zubach
Rick Henderson
Joe Yedlek
Voca
Northeast
Des Moines
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Leonard Trachta
Trachta
Bowman Woods
Cedar Rapids
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Government
Gazette
Walter E. Sellers, Jr
ERS
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Amoco
Standard Oil Division
American Oil Company
the American Oil Company
Chicago, M
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