Agriculture lawn woes highlight federal gardening rule
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department, proud of its horticultural experts, must rely on the General Services Administration to plant and maintain lawns and greenery around its buildings, a rule that has long irked botanists as GSA attempts often fail to improve the shrubbery.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
General Services Administration
GSA
Agriculture
Bob
Bergland Declines Clash Over GSA Lawn Turf War
Bergland signals he will not tussle with the General Services Administration over who mows and plants grass at the agency. He jokes his son in law runs his 600 acre farm and may pose a conflict of interest while noting his department's gardening yearbook aim to promote home gardening and canning.
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Bergland
GSA
Jimmy Carter
General Services Administration
Iowa tops husker in Oakley corn husking finals
Tony Polich of Des Moines won the national corn husking title in Oakley Kansas with 408 pounds in 20 minutes. John Jackson, Osage City, Kan., finished second. Joe Anholt, Fort Dodge, Iowa, third. Over 50 contestants from nine states competed as the sport traces its roots to 1922.
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Oakley
Kan
Iowa
Kansas
Tony Polich
Des Moines
John Jackson
Osage City
Joe Anholt
Fort Dodge
Farm auctions and sales calendar across Iowa listings
Auction and sale notices run Oct 25 to Nov 4 across multiple sites in Iowa. Listings include farm acreage 280 near Walker and 179 acre farm near Fry on yg p with times from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and locations at Keokuk County Courthouse and Prairieburg area. Local names include Laurence Reece Walter Dicken Kenneth Main Hannah Corridan estate and Earl B. Weekes Turst.
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Laurence Reece
Walker
Sun
Kenneth Main
Toddville Road
Hannah Corridan
Keokuk County
Sigourney, Fri
Earl B. Weekes Turst
Fryonygp
Andrus Proposes 50 Percent Increase in Grazing Fees
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus proposed raising grazing fees for cattle and sheep on public lands by about 50 percent. Current rates are $1.51 per animal per month on BLM lands and $1.60 on Forest Service lands. the proposal would set a unified $2.38 per animal per month rate, drawing criticism from the National Cattlemen’s Association and the National Wool Growers Association as unfair and unrealistic.
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Denver
Cecil Andrus
National Cattlemen’s Association
National Wool Growers Association
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Forest Service
Andrus
Agriculture
Robert Bergland
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Iowa Corn Growers Association
House Agriculture Committee
Gaskill
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
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Hjort
Carter
Iowa City
Johnson County Soil Conservation District
Ed Saehler
Helen Lemme
National Association of Conservation Districts
Larry Sharp
North Liberty
Ardath Jagnow
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Iowa Soil Conservation
Brad Peyton
Farmland Industries
Peyton
Howard Peyton
Iowa State University
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United Church of Christ
Central City
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Prairieburg
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Hiawatha
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