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Wehde’s farm dream ends in city work at Cargill
Cedar County farmer’s son Wehde, educated at Iowa State, fails to make farming pay in 1970s. He shifts to city work at Cargill-Nutrena, becoming plant foreman trainee after selling 550 acres of assets in a bitter auction. The story mirrors broader shifts from small farms to larger operations and off farm incomes nationwide.
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Tipton
Ruel Wehde
Iowa State University
Iowa
Extension Service
Wehde
General Accounting Office
Congress
Cedar County
Kenneth Muller
GAO
Department of Agriculture
Donald Young
First National Bank of
Young
Oliver Hansen
Liberty Trust and Savings Bank of
Durant
Here
Harold Siebel
Sunbury
Siebel
West Liberty County
Jan
Wehde Place
Cargill-Nutrena
Cargill Grain Company
West Branch
Cargill
Wingert Auctioneers
Muller
Sharon Elijah