PIK program idles Iowa farms boosting corn prices
The Gazette details the payment in kind plan that idled 6.2 million acres in Iowa and nationwide, cutting corn output and boosting cash prices at eastern Iowa elevators. It notes critics and supporters, the $50 000 cap waiver, storage rules, and drought impact with quotes from farmers and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Swegle
Gazette
Iowa
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
PIK supporters and opponents in a Reagan program score card
The Gazette lists PIK backers and critics including corn wheat sorghum cotton and rice farmers taxpayers critics of storage costs and federal funding concerns. Support ties to the Reagan administration while opponents cite high costs altered grain movements and impacts on fertilizer seed firms detasselers cattle hogs and elevator operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drought ’83 Committee
USDA
Picking apart PIKs history chronology of crop swap program
A Gazette chronology traces the rise of payment in kind from 1982 to 1983. It covers Reagan administration proposals, congressional debate, Iowa officials and farmers opinions, insurance changes, tax questions, and cost assessments, culminating in a page 21A chronology note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Agriculture
John Black
Reagan
Congress
American Farm Bureau
Dallas
Iowa Farmers Union
Block
Iowa Agriculture
Bob Lounsberry
David Livingston
Washington
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Pork Producers State
Des Moines
Farmers Home Administration
Farm Press
USDA
Cooper Evans
Internal Revenue Service
Iowa State University
House
Evans
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
The
Gazette
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Bloomfield
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