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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1988

Page

7

Officials brace for flood of drought aid seekers

Government prepares a 3.9 billion emergency drought aid program set to begin October 3 as county ASCS offices work to receive applications. Officials warn checks may not arrive quickly and urge farmers to keep records and avoid destroying crops until appraisers assess yields.

Reagan Agriculture Department Richard Lyng Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service ASCS Linn Jones Delaware Washington, D.C Ray Waggoner Waggoner Brian Reimer Delaware County Alcs Manchester Reimer Gary Larson Jones County ALCS Larson Donella Watkinson Linn County

Nagle seeks drought crop damage aid from USDA

U.S. Rep. Dave Nagle with Rep. Dan Glickman urged the Reagan administration to provide up to 400 million in drought relief for damaged crops. They criticized the decision not to apply quality reduction disaster provisions in the drought bill, warning it could alienate farmers. The American Soybean Association says Iowa farmers face losses from immature soybeans and cornaflatoxin risks without coverage.

David Lynch Gazette Washington U.S Dave Nagle Iowa Reagan Agriculture Department American Soybean Association Nagle Dan Glickman D-Kan Secretary of Agriculture Elswhere

Pork checkoff approved 3-to-1 by hog producers

Des Moines AP reports hog farmers and importers backed continuing mandatory 25 cent per $100 checkoff by about 76.5 percent in Sept ballots. If the USDA confirms, refunds end and about $2.5 million yearly would fund promotion and research.

USDA Des Moines U.S National Pork Producers Council U.S. Department of Agriculture Virgil Rosendale Augusta Ill National Park Board

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