Mini pigs aid human health research at Iowa State
At Iowa State University mini pigs are bred and raised to study disease resistance and the effects of diet and alcohol on human-like systems. Researchers note pigs closely mirror human physiology, including cholesterol handling and lung function, and have plans to expand study to fetal exposure and nutrition impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State University
Max Rothschild
Madrid
ISU
National Institutes of Health
Lawa
Rothschild
Veterinary Medicine
Richard Engen
Engen
ISU Department of Animal Science
Iowa
American Heart Association
Lynnette Walsh
Walsh
Migrant workers describe slavery like conditions in camps
Two men Oliver White and Daniel Mueller testified to the House subcommittee about migrant labor camp abuses in southwest Virginia. They cited 3 a.m. to 9 p.m. workdays, debts to contractors, and price gouging on food and housing. They described armed foremen and constant debt as tools to keep workers enslaved.
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Washington
Virginia
Oliver White
House Education and Labor Subcommittee On
White
Daniel Mueller
Mueller
George Miller
D-Calif
Labor Department
Adele Della Valle
Migrant and Seasonal Farmerworkers Association
Congress told U S needs the sodbuster bill
A leading conservation group urged Congress to pass the sodbuster bill to deny federal farm aid to producers who bring uncultivated highly erodible land into production. The proposal aims to curb soil loss amid drought and rising prices, with support from the Senate and USDA but opposition to broader package elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
USDA
House
Mekelburg
National Farmers Union
Soil Conservation Service
John Block
Time for credit to hired hands in farming toil
A reader reflects on praise for top farmers while rarely naming or crediting hired help. The piece urges recognizing workers who keep operations running, citing a farmer who paid above wages and showed respect and credit to his staff.
Corwith Farmer Elected Chairman of Meat Board
Corwith Iowa farmer James Mullins was elected chairman of the National Live Stock and Meat Board at its Wichita Kansas meeting. He will lead 99 directors directing policy and budgets for red meat research education and promotion. Mullins has served as director since 1975 and as Beef Industry Council chairman 1979 to 1981. He sits on the U S Meat Export Federation board.
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Corwith
Iowa
James Mullins
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Wichita
Kaw
Mullins
Meat Board
Beef Industry Council
U.S. Meat Export Federation
New Sharon Elevator Co License Revoked by Iowa Commission
Iowa Commerce Commission revokes grain warehouse license for New Sharon Elevator Co after a suspension on May 10 following findings of frequent shortages of corn and soybeans cited by Wallace Dick, head of the commission's warehouse division.
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Iowa Newspaper Association Des Moines
New Sharon Elevator Co
Iowa Commerce Commission
Commission
Wallace Dick
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University
Alcohol and
Beitz
U.S
Corn Belt
Great Plains
Milton Mekelburg
National Association of Conservation Districts
House Agriculture Conservation Subcommittee
Department of Agriculture
Doris Engstrom
Entre
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