Farm Bureau opposes shift of food regulation powers
Illinois Farm Bureau leaders in Bloomington announced gratification that Senator Charles Percy would work to delay transferring food regulatory activities from the Department of Agriculture to the Health, Education and Welfare and the FDA. The IFB pressed for hearings to assess impacts on farmers and consumers, urging testimony on meat and food inspection by trained veterinarians rather than political appointees.
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Bloomington
Ill
Illinois Farm Bureau
Charles Percy
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Percy
Harold B. Steele
IFB Board
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Food and Drug Administration
Washington
Board of Directors
Department of Agriculture
Steele
Swine producers face market uncertainties
Houston Texas Glenn Grimes University of Missouri extension economist warned swine producers that marketing uncertainties would face them in 1978. He spoke at the swine conference during the 59th annual American Farm Bureau Federation meeting noting larger producing units growing at about seven percent annually. He cited a unit with 20 000 sows and said the ceiling likely remains. Grimes said more than half the producers do not raise feed grain, making grain for hog feed a cash constant. With grain prices stable to higher and rising hog production in 1978, he projected hog slaughter and prices by quarter and discussed potential shifts in marketing and pricing patterns due to larger units.
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Houston
Texas
Glenn Grimes
University of Missouri Extension
Grimes
American Farm Bureau Federation
Gill
Annual County Farm Bureau Bowling Tournament at Echo Bowl
The Illinois Farm Bureau announces its annual bowling tournament at Echo Bowl Lanes on Friday February 3 and Saturday February 4 with 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Friday and 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM Saturday scratch play across two alleys. Eligible Farm Bureau families may enter three qualifying lines. Also notes officer elections for the Young Farmers program and promotions for the February Illinois Farm Bureau Family publication.
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County Farm Bureau
Echo
Farm Bureau
Illinois Farm Sports Festival
Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Set For Feb 11 at High School
The Farm Bureau annual gathering begins at 6 30 P M at Mazon Verona Kinsman High School with Danielson Catering handling the meal Dr Dale E Butz of the I A A Commodities Division is the featured speaker. Township caucuses follow the meal and before the official meeting
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Farm Bureau
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman High School
Danielson
Dale E. Butz
I.A.A. Commodities Division
Energy policy urged as Congress opens new session
The piece urges a comprehensive national energy policy as Congress and the Carter administration confront the issue in 1978. It argues for belt-tightening, development of domestic energy sources, and accelerated research funded by both government and private sectors to end dependence on foreign energy. It also notes energy pricing could steer supply and distribution to be fair and efficient.
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Congress
Carter
America
U.S
Keith Kennedy named president of FICB St Louis
Keith K Kennedy named President of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Louis to oversee operations of the 44 Production Credit Associations in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri. The PCA system funded over 1.7 billion dollars to more than 38 000 farmers in 1977. Kennedy, born near Turman Arkansas, has risen through Farm Credit ranks since 1962 and now serves as Chief Operating Officer. Fox Valley Credit Association notes its 44 years of service with 45 million loaned in 1977 to 770 farmers across nine counties.
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Keith Kennedy
Federal Credit Bank of St. Louis
Keith K. Kennedy
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Louis
FICB
Hilmer E. Albrecht
James F. Wright
Fox Valley Production Credit Association
Kennedy
Farm Credit Administration
New Orleans Bank For Cooperatives
Ficb of
St. Louis
Cleary College
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Fox Valley Credit Association
Fox Valley
PCA
N. Division
Morris
Mark T. Kettelkamp
Soybeans Viewed as Core in Free Market Debate in Houston
At the 59th Federation annual meeting in Houston Texas James W Gill Illinois Farm Bureau warns that preserving producer vitality keeps a free agricultural system. Other leaders say a free market guides bull and bear cycles while stressing ongoing soybean research and market analysis to overcome 1977 crop year difficulties and maintain price utilization.
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Houston
Tex
America
Illinois Farm Bureau
Smith
Gill
Wheat export boost urged to sustain farm production
Three panelists at the Federation’s 59th annual meeting urged increasing exports of wheat and feed grains to maintain current production. Howard Hjort warned farm destiny hinges partly on weather and policy, while Mike Hall projected brighter wheat export prospects and a potential 1.21 billion bushel season peak. Darwin Stolte noted rising production outpacing demand, keeping export values high but prices soft.
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Howard Hjort
USDA
Wheat and Feed Grains
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hjort
Mike Hall
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
Darwin Stolte
U. S. Feed Grains Council
Hall
U. S
Stolte
Activities of FB Women's Committee January visit to Grundy County
The Grundy County Farm Bureau Women's Committee hosted a Health Profiles van visit in January. About 200 Farm Bureau family members completed physical exams over six days, with committee thanks and a call for feedback on future offerings. A farm family incorporated seminar with the Young Farmers Committee is planned for February 14 at 1:00 PM at the Farm Bureau office. J Douglas Austermiller from the IAA in Bloomington will conduct the seminar. attendance open to interested members.
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Young Farmer's Committee
Francis Halpin
Gardner
Bill Smith
Minooka
Yvonne Foss
Morris
Dave Roe
Young Farmers
V. S.A.A
Grundy
Will
Kendall, Dupage
Cook Counties
Illinois Farm Bureau Family
The
Illinois Farm Bureau
Grundy County
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Farm Bureau
Women’s Committee
Young Farmers Committee
Farm Family Incorporated
J. Douglas Austermiller
I.A.A
Bloomington
Butz to Speak at Annual Meeting in Mazon-Verona-Kinsman
Dr. Dale E. Butz executive director of Illinois Farm Bureau Commodities Division will be the annual meeting speaker at Mazon-Verona-Kinsman High School. Dinner starts at 6 30 PM. Butz, born on an Indiana farm, has a long academic and professional record in agricultural economics.
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Dale E. Butz
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman High School
Illinois Farm Bureau
Bloomington
Farm Bureau
Illinois
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