Waldstein Proposes Conference on Limiting Farm Land Size in Iowa
Iowa Senator Arne Waldstein calls for a 1969 like conference to debate penalty taxes on large farm owners to curb concentration. He argues limits would protect schools and small towns, citing Buena Vista County example and potential rise to 1000 to 3000 acre averages.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Arne Waldstein
Storm Lake
Iowa Farmers Union Convention
Waldstein
Buena Vista
Waldstein urges conference on land tax to curb aristocracy trend
State Senator Anne Waldstein calls on the new governor to sponsor a special conference to discuss his plan addressing slow population growth and farm decline in Iowa. He defends property taxes as fair, argues for a graduated land tax to help younger operators, and opposes penalties on tenants or large livestock operations.
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Waldstein
America
Iowa
U.S
Senate
Ways and Means
Iowa Farmers Union
Rolf Craft
R-Decorah
Luther College
Republican Party
Craft
Roxanne Conlin
Terry Branstad
Midwest Markets Report From Cedar Rapids Grain and Livestock
Wilson Foods Cedar Rapids reports mixed price movements with hogs down slightly and corn and soybeans fluctuating. Futures quotes show Friday's market overall steady to lightly active as traders weigh demand, supplies, and upcoming retail features while grain prices edge lower on some contracts.
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Wilson Foods
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Seth
Promer Grain
U.S.C.A
Wwe
Federal State Market News Service
Livestock Futures Report From Friday Markets
Livestock prices mixed with hogs and calves showing limited strength. Hogs were moderately lower while sows and numbers for cattle varied, with No 2 steers and heifers around specific bid ranges and calf prices affected by market conditions.
Repeal food tax and push milk exports, says Stone
George Stone, president of the National Farmers Union, at the Iowa state convention, denounces a new federal dairy law as a milk tax up to $1 per hundredweight and urges Congress to repeal it. He calls for higher milk exports, criticizes Block for not dumping surplus, and cites debt and income figures to press for policy shifts.
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al Swegle
Des Moines
National Farmers Union
George Stone
Congress
Stone
Iowa Farmers Union
Farm Reporters
Iowa
U.S. Agriculture
John Block
Block
New Zealand
U.S
Zealand
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
American Farm Bureau Federation
Florida farmer wins record $7.3 million nematode case
Tobacco farmer Bobby Hawkins won $7.3 million from Mobil Chemical Co after a two week trial in Union County. Jurors awarded $351,330 in compensatory damages and $7 million in punitive damages for ruined 1976 and 1977 flue-cured crops from Mocap-E.C.-6.
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Florida Farmer
Lake Butler
Fla
Bobby Hawkins
Mobil Chemical Co
Union County
Hawkins
Mobil
Mobil Oil Corp
Don Turk
Nichols
Chester Chance
Mobil Chemical
Florida
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Omaha
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Sioux City
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Fhursdov
Ogo
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European Economic Community
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