GAO Faults First Year Poverty Loans For Rural Families
Government investigators say an antipoverty loan program run by the Farmers Home Administration is not helping most borrowers. The GAO report criticizes counseling and eligibility, noting fewer than 20 percent saw income gains and many borrowers face obstacles beyond their control.
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Lernard Brenner
Art Farm
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAQ
Office of Economic Opportunity
Agriculture, Department
Farmers Home" Administration
GAO
FHA
Albia Livestock Sales Director to Nat's Meet in Oklahoma
KANSAS CITY MO Donald E Peterson of Albia Iowa will represent Iowa livestock market executives at the State Associations Council meeting in Stillwater Oklahoma September 13. He will join presidents of nearly 40 state associations and officers of Certified Livestock Markets Assn to discuss promoting livestock market businesses. A separate Ames Iowa report notes thousands of feeder cattle arriving at Iowa feedlots daily with advice on resting cattle after arrival, feeding schedules, hay access, water management, and veterinary inspection to ensure health during the transition.
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Kansas City
Donald £. Peterson
Albia
Iowa Livestock Markets Asst
Iowa
Stillwater
Okla
Peterson
Certified Livestock Markets Assn
State Associations Council
GAO
State Assoria
Trons
Allan C. Driver
Lattle
Oklahoma State University
Ames
Nelson Gay
Iowa State University Extension
Gay
Weather outlook dampens frost fears across Northeast Iowa
The U.S. Weather Bureau issued a September outlook showing low odds of an early frost for Northeast Iowa, the region most at risk. Above average precipitation is anticipated there, a change farmers have sought to protect crops and grazing as autumn approaches.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Iowa
Grain Hedging Workshop Topics for Elevator Managers
Des Moines will host a one day grain hedging workshop on September 8 at the Holiday Inn North. John Bennett and Associates will lead the session on hedging basis carrying charges and elevator operations with Bill Palmer of Terminal Grain Corp as committee chair. Contact Bob Skinner of the Iowa Grain and Feed Assn for enrollment.
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Des Moines
Town Grain and Feed Assn
Holiday Inn North
John Bennett
Bob Skinner
The
Iowa Grain and Feed Assn
Nance to Speak at Iowa County Park Banquet
MARENGO The annual Town county Park Producers banquet and annual meeting will be held Sept. 11. The speaker will be Bob Nance, farm director at WMETV, with a special portion devoted to announcing the winners of the Town county quality pork show.
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Marengo
Bob Nance
WMETV
Big Wheat Exporters Rise And Fall In Price War
Washington reports three of five leading wheat exporters saw overall sales decline for the year ended June 30, 1969, with the United States dropping 31 percent to 7.0 million tons while Canada and Australia fell. Argentina and France gained shares as world supplies remained heavy. Losses mainly due to reduced U.S. shipments to India and Pakistan under aid programs, Canada to the Soviet Union, and Australia to India and China.
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Washington
UPT
U.S. Agriculture Department
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
France
United
States
India
Pakistan
Soviet Union
China
Northeast Iowa Timber Session in Waukon
A special meeting on Thursday Sept 11 at 1 15 p m in the Allamakee County Courthouse assembly room Waukon will cover timber marketing general principles timber quality forest projects growing black walnut windbreaks shade trees and Christmas tree management Speakers include Ed Grafton Dean Prestman and Bill Ritter with EB Weigle assisting Allamakee and Winneshiek counties rank among the state’s top timber and black walnut sale counties.
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Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee County Court House
EB. J. Weigle
Winneshick Extension
Alla
Meat prices may edge higher as cattle prices ease
Government experts warn that sustained demand and rising costs could lift retail meat prices despite a dip in mid August cattle values. The Agriculture Department notes mid August cattle averaged 27 dollars per hundredweight, down from 28 in July and 29.60 in June, while national retail beef prices averaged 95.8 cents per pound for April to June, higher than a year earlier. Hog and pork outlook remains tight with fall supplies uncertain, keeping overall red meat prices under pressure.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Department
Farmers Granted Pasture for Diverted Acres Under Feed Grain Plan
Farmers may pasture diverted acres under the government feed grain program. The pasturing provisions were issued Monday by Linn County ASL office manager Robert Wegmuller. Grazing is allowed but no harvesting by mechanical means. haymaking and green chopping are prohibited.
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Robert Wegmuller
Linn County
ASL
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