Farm Bill Veto Looms As Ford Pressured By Editors
The Emergency Farm Bill faces a likely veto by President Ford, echoed by Secretary Earl Butz. Congressman Foley supports the bill but doubts enough votes to override a veto. A possible increase in loan rates to 1.85 for corn is discussed, with Penn State economist H Louis Moore predicting modest price effects and shifting incentives for growers and feeders in Southeast Pennsylvania.
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Ford
Washington
Farm Editors of America
Earl Butz
Tom Foley
House Agriculture Committee
Foley
Pennsylvania
Penn State Farm
H. Louis Moore
Moore
Farmers cutback movement yields little impact on fall corn prices
Farm editors across the nation report the push to prune corn and grain output to boost autumn prices has little effect. At a Washington conference of the Newspaper Farm Editors of America Lou Moore of Penn State cites sources predicting only a three percent drop in corn plantings and a 1.75 to 2.25 dollar per bushel range for the 1975 crop.
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Ames
Iowa
Washington
Farm Editors of America
Lou Moore
Penn State
Moore
Illinois
Cattle on Feed in 23 States Hit 12 Year Low
Apr 1 cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in 23 states totaled 8.452 million, down 31 percent from last year and 37 percent below April 1, 1973, the lowest April 1 total since 1963. Sharp declines traced to California Texas New Mexico and Montana with Nebraska Iowa steady to down.
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California
Texas
New Mexico
Montana
Nebraska
Iowa
Broiler Hatch Runs Below Year Ago in March
March broiler type hatch reached 2774 million chicks, down 6 percent from a year earlier, marking the 12th straight month below the prior year. First quarter broiler hatch totaled 768.4 million, down 7 percent from last year, while egg type hatch was 46.0 million in March, down fractionally with the Jan March total at 118.3 million, down 1 percent.
Strange Love April 27 Devotional on God’s Everlasting Love
The piece reflects on Jacob’s Well in Nablus and Jesus offering living water. It contrasts fleeting material wealth with divine love that never fails. It cites Isaiah 55 and John 4, urging readers to seek the Lord and return to Him for mercy and pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Nablus
Israel
West Bank
Sychar
Jesus
Elias
John
Isaiah
God
Farm land tax aid discussed as 1976 option for Lancaster county
Article notes a new special assessment program based on land capability rather than market value with tentative 1976 timing. Applications due by July 1 at the County Tax Assessment Office in Lancaster, with on-file possibility for 1977 if 1976 cannot begin.
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Leo Grasser
County Tax Assessment Office
County
North Duke St
Lancaster
Farm Calendar Activities Highlight April May Events
The schedule lists farm related events from April 26 to May 24 including Little International Livestock Exposition at Penn State Ice Pavilion, Lebanon Valley Expo at Lebanon Fair Grounds, sewage sludge education meeting at Lancaster Farm and Home Center, Ayrshire breeders tour at Elizabethtown, conservation district meeting at Lancaster Farm and Home Center, a retirement dinner for J Lin Huber of the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board in Hershey, PSU Ag Alumni events at Borland Lab and HUB dining room, a Lancaster Horse Show, Southeast Grape Industry Association field day at Pequea Valley Winery, Ephrata Young Farmer meeting at Ephrata HLS, and Expo Corp square.
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Penn State
Lebanon Valley Expo
Corp
Lebanon Fair Grounds
Lancaster Farm and Home Center
Ayrshire
Masonic Homes
Elizabethtown
Lancaster County Conservation District Board of Directors
J. Lin Huber
Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board
Hershey Country Club
PSU
Borland Lab
PSU Ag
HUB
Lancaster
Lancaster Riding and Tennis Club
Southeast Grape Industry Association
Pequea Valley Winery
Ephrata Area
Young Farmer
Baler
Ephrata Hls. Vo Ag
Lebanon Valley Expo Corp
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Dick Warner
Indiana
Wisconsin
IBS
Ibis Spe
BY Lawrence
Psalms
Max Smith County Agr
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