Sisk Proposes Cleared Marketing Bill To Aid Farmers
Representative Sisk introduces H R 14987 a clarified act aimed at contract sales of agricultural products. The bill fans a five member marketing board allows independent producers opt out of associations and sets clear terms for bargaining and coverage including independent contractors and producer area qualifications. It also tightens prior dealings timeframes restricts non member purchases and narrows antitrust exemptions to actions in the bill.
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Sisk
Women promote beef in June in Grundy County
The Grundy County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee promotes beef for June with restaurant placemats urging Father’s Day dinners. They tout beef’s protein vitamins and minerals and note budget friendly cuts. The committee offers a five pound sirloin roast to the first baby born to Grundy County parents on Father’s Day.
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Grundy County
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Best Beef Stew Makes 6 Servings
Coat beef with flour and brown in hot fat in a large kettle. Add water salt and pepper. bake in a 350 degree oven for about 45 minutes. Then add onions carrots celery and potatoes. cover and bake another 25 minutes.
Quiet Capitol Hill stalls on farm labor and marketing bills
Washington lawmakers show little movement on farm labor relations and agricultural marketing bills as committees finish hearings. The Leggett-Quie bill proposes a Farm Labor Relations Board with secret ballots and strike arbitration, while the Sisk bill aims to require bargaining for contract-grown commodities. Senate and House differences over minimum wage and a proposed Environmental Pesticide Control Act 1971 also loom, with Farm Bureau backing several measures.
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Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C
Congress
House of Representatives Labor Committee
Robert L. Leggett
California
Albert H. Quie
Minnesota
al Ullman
Oregon
Charles M. Teague
Leggett-Quie
Agricultural Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
Farm Bureau
Farm Labor Relations Board
B. F. Sisk
House Agriculture Committee
Sisk
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
House
W. R. Poage
Texas
Page Belcher
Oklahoma
Bargain quiz on Farm Bureau Franchise Life Insurance
A quick quiz highlights a major value: Farm Bureau Franchise Life Insurance for Illinois Farm Bureau members. It urges members not to let their Franchise Life policy lapse to preserve the bargain and protection.
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Farm Bureau
Illinois Farm Bureau
Price Commission mislabels IPLA in profit report list
Gray O. Daly of Interstate Producers Livestock Association says Peoria based IPLA was wrongly cited among 400 firms for missing quarterly profit margin reports. IPLA insists it is exempt from such reporting as a Livestock marketing affiliate of the Illinois Farm Bureau.
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Peoria
National Price Commission
Interstate Producers Livestock Association
Commission
Livestock Marketing Association
Gray O. Daly
The
Price Commission
IPLA
Grundy Farm Bureau Set for June Annual Meeting
Notice states the Grundy Farm Bureau Business Service Inc annual meeting will convene at 1 p.m. Wednesday June 21 in the Farm Bureau building auditorium. The meeting seeks members and outlines agenda items.
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Grundy Farm Bureau Business Service, Inc
Farm Bureau
Springfield debates personal property tax relief and ballot questions
The General Assembly pursues more ways to ease the personal property tax as adjournment nears. A statewide straw vote on repealing the Firearm Owner’s Identification Act may be proposed via a referendum with petitions from two percent of voters in each county. Gov Ogilvie’s scenic rivers zoning plan fails in Senate committee but may resurface next session. The governor certifies SB 1188 to include all Illinois territory in a junior college district by Aug 1 1974 with referendums for nondistrict annexations. petitions can force a local vote, and annexation requires a majority favor.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
Ogilvie
Senate
Illinois
State Junior College Board
Softball meeting for Farm Bureau league players
Notice asks all eligible softball players to attend a Farm Bureau league meeting at Verona ball park at 7 30 p m Tuesday. If unable to attend, call the office before the meeting.
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Verona Ball Park
Farm Bureau Softball League
CF Industries Plans Tampa Phosphate Terminal
CF Industries announces a multi million dollar phosphate terminal at a new port facility in Tampa Florida with construction slated to begin around July 1 and completion expected by early 1973 The terminal will receive diammonium phosphate from CF Industries Bartow complex and granular triple superphosphate from Plant City facility and handle about 500000 tons per year.
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CF Industries
Tampa
Fla
R. R. Baxter
FS Services, Inc
United States
Canada
Bartow
Food a bargain in America amid shifting price pressures
The piece argues that while food prices leveled off for farmers, production costs remain high and consumers see stable prices. It contrasts U.S. food buying power with shortages abroad, noting Soviet prices and shortages, and suggests Americans re evaluate whether food is a bargain.
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Washington
U. S
U.S.S.R
Nixon
Soviet Union
United States
Arcola Native Larry D Graham Named IDA Public Affairs Director
Larry D Graham of Arcola has been named director of public affairs for the Illinois Department of Agriculture effective June 1. He has served as Illinois editor of Prairie Farmer since 1968 and is a 1967 University of Illinois graduate in agricultural journalism. Previously he partnered in a weekly newspaper operation in Arcola before joining Prairie Farmer staff.
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Larry D. Graham
Arcola
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Graham
Illinois
Prairie Farmer Magazine
University of Illinois
Prairie Farmer
Franchise Life benefits rise for Farm Bureau members
Benefits increase for Farm Bureau members starting July 1, rising from 10 percent to 80 percent based on policy age. Premium remains a low $25 per year. Members should keep policies in force by sending premium notices and checks to their county Farm Bureau.
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Farm Bureau
FS director clinics to aid cooperative investments
FS Services Inc will run four summer director development conferences for more than 500 FS member company directors across Illinois. Regions and sites include Mt. Vernon Ramada Inn June 23 southern region Palomar Club Pontiac July 10 eastern region Holiday Inn East Springfield July 11 western region Sauk Valley Junior College Dixon July 12 northern region.
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FS Services, Inc
Ramada Inn
Mt. Vernon
Palomar Club
Pontiac
Holiday Inn East
Springfield
Sauk Valley Junior College
Dixon
Illinois
Insurance renewal reminder urges in-force policy payment
Noting value rises without price, the notice urges policyholders to keep coverage active by paying the renewal premium now. It emphasizes timely payment to avoid lapses and maintain protection.
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Farm Bureau Franchise Life Insurance
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