Farm Bureau Women Launch Rural Health Testing Program
Grundy County farmers join a countywide health testing drive sponsored by Farm Bureau Women. A mobile unit by American Health Profiles offers 22 tests in about 45 minutes, screening for heart, eye, lung, kidney, and other conditions with results reviewed by eight physicians and sent to each participant's doctor. Tests cost 70 dollars per adult and start January 14 in Grundy County. appointments can be arranged by calling 942-4994.
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Illinois ‘Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
American Health Profiles
Nashville
Tennessee
Brent Blanner
American Health Profiles, Inc
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Women's Committee
Grundy County
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Steele questions Percys plan to shift food regulation to FDA
Harold B. Steele, Illinois Farm Bureau president, says he is utterly amazed and disappointed by Sen. Charles Percys push to transfer all food regulatory duties from the Agriculture Department to the FDA. He urges a meeting with Illinois agricultural leaders before any action, warning of economic impact and lack of understanding of farming needs by FDA officials.
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Harold B. Steele
Illinois Farm Bureau
Sen
Charles Percy
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Steele
Percy
Illinois
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
FDA
Food
Fox Valley PCA Rep Elected to Advisory Committee
Herbert Law of Mt. Carroll Illinois, owner of a 1300 acre grain and beef cow farm, was elected to the PCA District Advisory Committee for a three year term representing Fox Valley PCA and four other Illinois associations. The committee includes nine PCA directors from Arkansas Illinois Missouri and the District’s PCA National Advisory Committee member. The Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Louis funds 44 PCAs, assisting over 38 000 farmers in 1977.
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Herbert Law
Production Credit Association
PCA
Fox Valley
Illinois
Pca-Owned
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
FICB
St. Louis
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
Arkansas
Missouri
Pca-Ficb
State
Law
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Fox Valley Pca
Northern Illinois
Dairy Seminar Jan 16 17 in Peoria Illinois
A two day Dairy Seminar hosted by the Illinois Milk Producers Association runs January 16 and 17 at Peoria’s Continental Regency Hotel. Experts from Mid American Dairymen Illinois Farm Bureau and EPA will discuss dairy outlook legislative issues and waste runoff rules along with dairy promotion programs. Reservations required with a 25 dollar fee covering meals. hotel costs not included.
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Peoria
The
Illinois Milk Producers Association
Continental Regency Hotel
Tom Townsend
Mid- American Dairymen, Inc
Leonard Gardner
Illinois Farm Bureau
Jim Frank
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
American Dairy Association
St. Louis
Harold Steele
Glenn Webb Named To Farm Credit Banks Board
Glenn Webb of Tunnel Hill is appointed director-at-large on the board of the Farm Credit Banks of St. Louis for a three-year term starting January 1. The seven-member board sets policy for the Sixth District Banks serving Illinois, Arkansas, and Missouri. Webb is vice president of FS Services, Inc.
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Glenn Webb
Tunnel Hill
Farm Credit Banks of
Illinois
Arkansas
Missouri
Webb
FS Services, Inc
Deputy secretary to speak at Land of Lincoln soybean meeting
The Land of Lincoln Soybean Association annual meeting in Champaign on Jan 19 20 will feature P R Bobby Smith acting assistant secretary of agriculture and Rep Edward Madigan of Illinois both as luncheon speakers. Also named are John R Block Austin Idleman Thomas Ottenach Carroll Brunthauer Jr Michel Oksenberg and others with sessions on market outlook trade with the Soviet Union trade with China and world agriculture. A Miss Illinois Princess Soya will be crowned at dinner January 19.
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P.R
Bobby” Smith
U. S. Agriculture Department
Edward Madigan
Illinois
U. S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee
Land of Lincoln Soybean Association
Illinois Soybean Growers Meeting
Ramada Inn Convention Center
Champaign
Smith
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
Carter- Mondale
Food and Agriculture
Jimmy Carter
Madigan
Lincoln
Congress
Agriculture
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
John R. Block
Austin Idleman
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co
Decatur
Thomas W. Ottenach
Washington
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Carroll G. Brunthauer Jr
Sparks Commodities, Inc
Memphis, Tenn
U. S
Soviet Union
Michel Oksenberg
National Security Council
Washington, D. C
China
Oksenberg
University of Michigan
Center of Chinese Studies
Soya
Judy Bowlby
Cerro Gordo
Karl Fangauf
Hamburg
Germany
American Soybean Association
Kelly M. Harrison
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Land of Lincoln
Robert Eaton
Elwood
Will County
Arthur Goeken
Delavan
Tazewell County
Russell Shriver
Ursa
Adams
One Man's Fault Is Another Man's Lesson
A reflective quote attributed to H. G. Bohn contrasts fault with learning, underscoring that mistakes become guidance for others through shared experience. The line offers a concise moral about growth from error.
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H. G. Bohn
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Carol Foreman
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman High School
Illinois Agricultural Association
Grundy County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Morris Township
Grundy Farm Bureau
Business Services, Inc
Morris, Illinois
James R. Purdue
Wiesbrook
Washington Street
Farm Credit
Federal Land Bank
Bank of Cooperatives
Land Bank
Ahh
Iaee Land Bank Ee
FOX Valley Production Credit Assoc
Morris Mark Kettelkamp
Mgr
USDA
Wayne Fell
Kansas
Edgar County
Lyle Behrns
Dieterich
Effingham County
Jerry Gates
Tamaroa
Perry County
George Fluegel
LeRoy
McLean County
Willard Severns
Moneaqua
Shelby County
Froman Hollsworth
Eldred
Green County
Lloyd Pulcher
Columbia
Monroe County
Margaret Robinson
Chicago
Frank Otherfer
Gail Williams
Illinois Grain Corporation
Calhoun St. Morris
Insurance Planning Department
IRA
Keogh
Health & Life
Wiliomet
Lefay Wayne D. Ryder
Dave Potts Morris
Don Brown Gardner-Mazon
Dave Borger
Kenneth Bjelland Verona
Steve Butler
Morris
Arthur Trotter
Coal City
E. Washington Morris, Ill
Wayne D. Buter
Country Mutual
Country Life
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