Midwest Market Notes on Livestock and Grains
Cedar Rapids Wilson Foods quotes butchers 41 to 42 dollars while lambs range 52 to 54. Waterloo Rath Packing and Iowa grain report steady undertone with corn and soybeans fluctuating by region. Egg and hog markets show mixed movement with steady undertone and regional price shifts.
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Sedaar Rapids
Wilson Foods
Cedar Rapids
Mid-America
Russ Olson
Wilson Food
Ray
Zamastil
Waterloo Rath Packing Co
Omaha Livestock Market Report Wednesday Summary
Hog prices firm to 1.00 higher with 200-290 lb hogs 43.50 to 44.00 and 210-290 lb consignments at 43.50-44.00. Cattle and calves active with steers 60.00-61.50 for 1050-1250 lb, heifers 58.00-60.00 for 950-1050 lb, cows 35.00-39.50, canners 33.00-36.00. Slaughter lambs steady with 90-125 lb ewes scarce. lambs 52.50-55.50. Hogs 1-2 220-260 lb 43.00-43.50. 350-600 lb 37.00. Boars over 250 lb 34.00.
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Federal State Market News Service
OWA
Minnesota
U.S
Midwest
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Central
N.central
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Prey
ORK Bellies
Ae Jae
Ne Per Ib
City Briefs Pack Local Notices and Ads on Page Eight
A dense page of small town notices and advertisements lists services from family counseling to portrait specials. It notes events and sales at places like Saltbox, Mucky Duck, Corner House, and Novak Monuments, with numbers for reservations and inquiries and reminders that grave decorations will be removed starting October 17.
Cargill May Have Sold Wheat to Cover AGRI Shortage
Federal jury hears Cargill could have supplied 900000 bushels of wheat on May 5 to cover a Houston elevator short and replace government grain AGRI allegedly misused. Testimony shows AGRI paid a premium for replacement wheat and that the Fort Worth shipment was a mistake with no criminal intent.
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AGRI
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Houston
Fort Worth
Texas
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Hemmen
Jack Wyard
U.S
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Roger Jones
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Wyard
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Ment
Gulf
Curt Kroeger
Kroeger
Kansas City
Drought summit invite targets Block Bush in Missouri
Farmers led by the American Farmers Survival Save Our System Committee invite U S Agriculture Secretary John Block and Vice President George Bush to a drought summit at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville on Oct 23 The meeting seeks relief from Farmers Home Administration loan rules harming drought hit farmers with no hay corn or collateral and limited disaster loan access.
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A! Swegle Gazette
U.S. Agriculture
John Block
George Bush
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
Missouri
American Farmers Survival Save Our System Committee
Farmers Home Administration
Farmers Home
Donna Shoop
Memphis
the Gazette
Midwest governors seek drought relief hearing and policy plan
Nine governors ended a three day meeting with a call for a congressional hearing on federal drought relief programs and urged a coordinated relief effort led by the White House and USDA. They also backed soil conservation funding, a dairy program compromise, and a revitalized export program.
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Midwest
Lawrence
Kan
John Carlin
Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
White House
Carlin
U.S
Executive Branch
Block
Rudy Perpich
Minnesota
Christopher
Kit” Bond
Missouri
Robert Orr
Indiana
Perpich
Lincoln
Neb
Des Moines
Congress
Anthony Earl
Wisconsin
U.S. House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Senate
Common Market freezes farm payments hit by funds crunch
The Common Market executive commission froze subsidies to exporters across cereals dairy vegetables wine and meat through Oct 23 awaiting more member contributions. Thorn said the move avoids total cash collapse but primarily affects middlemen while farmers face delayed support as surplus production swells.
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Brussels
Belgium
Common Market
Executive Commission
Commission
Gaston Thorn
Luxembourg
Thorn
Athens
Europe
Jones County Fair moves 1984 dates to August 15
The Great Jones County Fair will be held August 15 1984 to avoid conflicts with the Iowa State Fair and 4 H judging schedules. Fair Manager Al Westhoff notes earlier judging disrupted state competition for 4 H projects and that Moore's Greater Shows will replace Evans Shows due to the new date.
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Jones-Cedar
Monticello
al Westhoff
Moore
Laredo
Texas
Evans
Westhoff
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