Farm policy battle lines drawn in Kansas debate
Kansas farmers face a policy clash between Reagan administration free market aims and calls for direct government support. A Iowa State University Missouri study compares three options free market expanded exports and 80 percent parity with production caps. The report finds lower government costs and consumer meat price drops under free market, but sharply lower farmer incomes. parity raises farm income but boosts prices and shifts costs to consumers. Land use shifts vary by model, and the debate centers on who bears the burden to keep farming viable.
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Dale Goter
Kansas
Topeka
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U.S
John Black
Iowa State University
University of Missouri
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China becomes a grain exporter amid bumper harvests
The Agriculture Department says China, once seen as a big buyer of U S grain, has produced bumper crops and will export about 3.6 million metric tons of feed grains in 1984 85. China’s corn commitments to Japan and Korea total 2.8 million tons, with the USSR and Hong Kong also likely markets.
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Don Kendall
Washington
U.S
China
Agriculture Department
United States
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Hong Kong
Frederic Surls
USDA
Economic Research Service
Three men fined for gambling tax violations in Kansas
U S District Judge Patrick Kelly placed James Blevins Larry Riggs and Danny Chapman on two years probation after no contest pleas on failing to pay federal gambling taxes The fines ranged from 500 to 1500 with separate penalties for missing stamps failing to file forms and tax evasion in 1981 82 83 and 82 respectively
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Wichita
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U.S
Patrick Kelly
James Blevins
Derby
Jack Williams
Larry Riggs
Danny Chapman
Mulvane
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