Block's partner misses loan payment
John Curry, business partner of Agriculture Secretary John Block, failed to repay a $400000 Farmers Home Administration disaster loan due January 1. The loan funded farming in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, secured by Curry crops, with ties to Block’s partnership since the 1970s and involving mortgages, foreclosures, and multiple creditors amid ongoing legal actions.
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John Curry
Agriculture
John Block
Farmers Home Administration
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Curry
Mr. Black
Mr. Curry
Mr. Block
Minneapolis
Block
Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association
Galesburg
Ill
Federal District Court
Peoria
Kaiser Chemical
Davis County Savings Bank
Bloomfield
Country Elevators
Fmha
Meat imports unlikely to reach 1985 quota trigger
The USDA estimates 1985 imports of quota type meat will not exceed 1.215 billion pounds, about 104 million pounds below the trigger level of 1.319 billion pounds. Quotas would apply if any quarterly estimate hits the trigger. law covers fresh to frozen beef veal mutton and goat, mainly low grade beef for hamburger, with Australia and New Zealand as major suppliers.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
John R. Black
Block
Australia
New Zealand
U.S
Dairy output falls as milk cuts trim November production
Agriculture Department data show butter output at 81.1 million pounds in November, down 17 percent from a year earlier. American type cheese dropped to 191 million pounds, a 12 percent decline from November 1983, while nonfat dry milk fell 30 percent to 69.7 million pounds. Ice cream held steady at 61.3 million gallons, ice milk rose 8 percent to 19.5 million gallons, and sherbet climbed 5 percent to 2.86 million gallons.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Moen Praises Diverse Appointments To Agriculture Health Panel
State Sen. Rod Moen chairs the eight member Agriculture and Human Services committee with Democrats Moen Feingold Otte Norquist Ulichny and Barbara Aliciny and Republicans Harsdorf Rude Lorman. Moen schedules briefings on agriculture January 23 and health services January 16 and 17.
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Rod Moen
Whitehall
Agriculture, Health and Human Services Committee
Sen. Moen
Mr. Moen
Russell Feingold
Carl Otte
John Norquist
Barbara Aliciny
James Harsdorf
Brian Rude
Barbara Lorman
Sen
Moen
Harsdorf
Otte
Rude
Feingold
Lorman
Middleton
Madison
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
Otto
Sheboygan
Assembly Agriculture Committee
Norquist
Ulichny
Milwaukee
Winter Calf Care and New Brucellosis Rules
Winter calf care tips address calf hutches and cold weather losses. Increase feed by 10 percent for each 10 degree drop below 30. Feedings rise to three daily when temperatures fall below zero, with a cap of 50 percent above normal. Wind chill adjustments and housing options noted. New rules: reduced-dose brucellosis vaccine required from 4 to 10 months old, effective Dec 31, 1984.
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Steve Bauer
Rusk County Ag
Polk County
Taming Wild Mustangs Shoes the Wild West Side
In New Holstein a blacksmith and apprentice shoe a wild mustang for the first time. The process shows the peril and skill as the horse fights, is restrained, and finally shod. The moment marks the start of taming transforming the wild horse into a useful servant.
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Henry Schueler
Bill Schmidt
New Holstein
Mustang
Western Plains
Short Course Centennial Century Photo Marks Legacy
Emeritus Director J Frank Wilkinson pictured with retired instructor Ken Fox and three prospective students from the mid 1960s. Wilkinson directed the Farm Short Course for 22 years from 1946 to 1968. Photo published for the Short Course Centennial Celebration held last Saturday in Madison.
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J. Frank Wilkinson
Ken Fox
Wilkinson
Madison
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Dunn County
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Dane County
Bob
Wisconsin
Schueler
Schmidt
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