Illinois Farm Sports Festival Entries Define Various Deadlines
The Illinois Farm Sports Festival sets entry dates across sports. Softball due June 15 for several divisions. golf due June 30 with district July 7 at Highland Park Bloomington. state finals August 3 at Savoy. Trap July 1, shoot July 17 in Springfield. swimming July 15 for Aug 7 at ISU Normal. horseshoes Aug 15 with Aug 23 Springfield. tennis July 15 with Aug 7 ISU courts. All through Farm Bureau.
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Illinois Farm
Pekin
Danville
Highland Park
Bloomington
University of Illinois
Savoy
Mather Gun Club
Springfield
Horton Field Housepool
Illinois State University
Normal
Illinois State Fairgrounds
Farm Bureau
Refuse Act Applies to Large Farms Under New Program
The Refuse Act Permit Program targets large feedlots with 1,000 animal units or more, discharging at a single point source. EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus cited about 3,400 U S feedlots meet the threshold and urged regulatory clarity amid farm groups' concerns over engineering requirements and fees.
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William D. Ruckelshaus
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
U.S. House Agriculture Committee
U.S
American Farm Bureau Federation
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
The
Illinois Agricultural Association
Harold B. Steele
Farm Bureau
Army Corps
Hog prices to rise as supplies tighten and demand grows
University of Illinois economist L H Simerl predicts hog prices will improve for several months as pork supplies shrink seasonally to mid July and consumer buying power rises. U S Representative Paul Findley urges Postmaster General Winton Blount to approve a commemorative pork industry stamp, backed by the National Pork Producers Council.
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L.H. Simerl
University of Illinois Extension
Simerl
U.S
Paul Findley
Illinois
Winton Blount
Findley
House
Congress
Postmaster General
National Pork Producers Council
Illinois farmers to face crop and livestock surveys
Illinois farmers will be surveyed in late May and early June by the Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. Most will receive questionnaires while some are interviewed by telephone or in person. Enumerators will be trained and use aerial photos and county maps to select a representative sample for estimates of planted acreage, livestock numbers, and farm employment.
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Illinois
Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Robert H. Moats
Farmers oppose toll road extension across Illinois farm country
Farmers of DeKalb Ogle and Lee Counties with county Farm Bureaus and the Illinois Agricultural Association oppose the Illinois Toll Road Authority plan. They argue economic infeasibility loss of productive land drainage damage and favor using U S Alternate 30. The route would run from near Aurora northwest through Kane DeKalb Ogle and Dixon area ending near Rock Falls. A committee is formed with Rothschild Stevens Barry and Myers to oppose the project. Nesting grounds of the whooping cranes are located in Alberta Canada.
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DeKalb
Ogle
Lee Counties
County Farm Bureaus
Illinois Agricultural Association
Farm Bureau
U.S
Chicago
Rothschild, Stevens, Barry and Myers
Warning Issued Over Treated Corn In River Shipments
Grain Trade reports summer contamination of corn with treated seed corn reaching river terminals. Officials warn under the Pure Food and Drug Act that a single treated kernel can contaminate a sample and selling treated grain carries fines and imprisonment. Area grain dealers note rising incidents and mention water addition to marketed grain may fall under regulation.
Country Life health insurance card urged for hospital access
A public notice advises carrying a Country Life health insurance ID card to avoid deposits up to 300 dollars for hospital admission if uninsured. It stresses having enough cards for every family member and offers a mail-in coupon to Country Life Insurance Company in Bloomington Illinois for extra cards.
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Country Life
Country Life Insurance Company
Bloomington
Ill
Plan Summer Farm Bureau Softball Program at Verona Park
Farm Bureau plans a summer softball program with two teams at least the young adults 18 to 30 and all county players. A 35ers division may form for Farm Bureau members 35 or older with a June 1 cutoff. An entry in slow pitch and 4-H divisions may also happen. Meeting at Verona ball park 7 30 p m tonight to confirm participation and entries due June 15 for the Sports Festival.
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Farm Bureau
Verona Ball Park
Trade balance favorable from agricultural exports
The United States shows a $1.4 billion favorable balance of trade for the first three quarters, with agricultural exports exceeding imports by $1.6 billion from July 1970 to March 1971. Non agricultural trade runs a $200 million deficit, while farm exports rise about 17 percent from the prior year led by wheat, soybeans and cotton gains.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
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Steele
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Grundy Farm
Alberta
Canada
Grundy Farm Bureau
Business Services, Inc
Morris, Ilinois
James R. Purdue
Mgr
Washington Street
ONE OF
Grundy County
Wrmi-Fm
Ea la Land Bank
John D. McNair
W. Main St
Morris, Ill
Illinois Grain Corporation
St. Calhoun St. Morris
Fox Valley
Bill Decker
E. Jefferson
Morris
County Farm Bureau
Washington
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