Farm exports forecast high again amid modest 1976 recovery
USDA outlook says U S agricultural exports will stay on a high plateau in 1976 as global demand improves. US export value has sat above 21 billion dollars with a 12 billion dollar trade surplus last year, boosting the dollar and American economy.
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US S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
United States
Japan
Germany
France
Agriculture Department
America
U.S
U S
Costly drug abuse crisis calls for tougher laws
Officials warn drug abuse costs billions yearly and fuels street crime. President Ford urges aggressive action against traffickers, proposing longer sentences and tougher bail reforms to deter narcotics activity and curb the narcotic trade nationwide.
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Congress
Ford
European farm tour planned by Illinois Farm Bureau in 1976
The Illinois Farm Bureau plans a European Farm Tour from Aug 19 to Sept 3 as part of its 1976 travel program. Participants will visit France Germany The Netherlands and Belgium with experiences including a Rhine River cruise and a look at the European Economic Community in Brussels. The trip costs 1356 dollars per person double occupancy, leaving Chicago O Hare for Paris. The tour is arranged through STITA with details via the IFB Travel Program Bloomington Illinois.
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Illinois Farm Bureau
France
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Roy E. Will
IFB
Will
Europe
European Economic Community
Brussels
Chicago
O’hare
Paris
STITA
Farm Bureau names Verder and Steigerwald to info division
Dennis B Verder of Normal steps into information production manager as the Illinois Farm Bureau forms a new information division. Clarke A Steigerwald, promoted to information services manager, will assist county Bureaus and oversee radio and TV ads. Both are Bloomington area residents with families.
Farm Bureau Softball Schedule Sets 1976 Season
The 1976 Farm Bureau Softball program begins June 9 at Verona Ball Park. Two round series determine league winners and festival participants with games scheduled through July 21. District playoffs start in late July and include the 35 ers. a young farmers team will be selected from league players.
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Farm Bureau
Verona
Illinois Farm Bureau
Morris
Coal City
Young Farmers
Illinois FFA Convention Draws 3000 Plus in Champaign
More than 3,000 Illinois Future Farmers of America members and guests attended the 48th annual Illinois FFA convention June 8-10 at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall in Champaign Urbana. National FFA Secretary Mike Jackson spoke, and Star Farmer finalists included Dennis Yochem and Paul Johnson among others.
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Illinois Future Farmers of America
Illinois Ffa
University of Illinois Assembly Hall
Champaign-Urbana
Illinois Farm Bureau
FS _ Services
Prairie Farms Dairy
Illinois Grain Corporation
Interstate Producers Livestock Association
IAA Trust Company
Illinois FF
FFA
Mike Jackson
Tipton
Indiana
Kenneth McFarland
Illinois Bankers
Orion Samuelson
WGN
Illinois Ffa Foundation
American Farmer
Star Farmer
Star Agribusinessman of
Illinois
Star Agribusinessman
Illinois Ffa Association
Dennis Yochem
Mt. Carroll
Paul Johnson
Genoa
Mike Yordy
Morton
Mark Crawford
Danville
Ron Milligan
Pinckneyville
Star Agri-businessman
Terry Davis
Roseville
Dennis Myers
Lexington
Michele Birkner
Brian Funk
Paxton
James Thurnau
Trenton
Illinois Farm Bureau Affiliates Set 1976 Meeting Dates
Two Illinois Farm Bureau affiliates announced dates for their annual meetings. The Illinois Grain Corporation will meet August 25-26 at the Peoria Hilton Hotel with a luncheon on the 26th. FS Services schedules September 23-24 at Chicago's Conrad Hilton Hotel with registration on the 23rd morning and a luncheon on the 24th.
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Illinois Farm Bureau
Illinois Grain Corporation
Peoria Hilton
FS Services
Chicago
Conrad Hilton
Liquid salt and calcium in feed supplements underperform studies
Feed trials at FS Services cooperative farm tested 180 steers for 140 days. A liquid supplement with salt and calcium showed poorer performance than a salt calcium free liquid given as a free choice mineral. King notes convenience may guide further tests while noting no difference between mixing liquids with complete rations and free choice feeding for finishing cattle.
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FS Services
Cooperative Feed Research Farm
Tom King
Feed Research and Development
King
Farm Bureau seeks delay in wheat grading changes
The American Farm Bureau Federation asks the USDA to postpone proposed wheat grading standard changes issued April 27 1976 to allow more time to study economic impact on all industry segments. AFBF supports reducing dark hard vitreous kernels in hard winter wheat but opposes other changes except reclassifying Red Durum. Hartley urges additional research before actions proceed.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
US Department of Agriculture
Department
USDA
Harold J. Hartley
AFBF
Afbf Board of Directors
Hartley
Minooka and Coal City Children Visit Local Farms
The Women’s Committee of the Farm Bureau held two Children to the Farm days in May. On May 19 ninety kindergarteners from Minooka visited Dana Cryder and William Smith farms in Saratoga Township. On May 25 one hundred twenty Coal City children toured Robert Hunt farm in Wauponsee Township. Children saw livestock and rode in a combine and a tractor. more outings are planned for fall.
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Women’s Committee of the
Farm Bureau
Minooka
Dana Cryder
William Smith
Saratoga Township
Coal City
Robert Hunt
Wauponsee Township
Bicentennial Style Show At IAA Meeting In Chicago
The women's committee seeks historical costumes for the Palmer House event during the December IAA annual meeting in Chicago. Each county may enter two garments with 30 modeled. contact Alice Hunt at 942-1077 for details.
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IAA
Palmer House
Chicago
Women’s Committee
Our County
Alice Hunt
Clemmons Named Assistant Director in Illinois Farm Bureau
Richard H. Clemmons former Mason County Farm Bureau executive secretary has been named assistant director in the Illinois Farm Bureau govern mental affairs division. Effective May 10, he will handle programs and information on roads drainage districts mineral resource development vehicle regulations and related issues. Clemmons, born in Edmonton Kentucky and raised near Lexington Illinois, is a 1972 Illinois State University graduate. He joined IFB in May 1973 and served as Mason County executive secretary from November 1973 until his government affairs appointment. He and his wife Gretchen and their son Christopher will move from Havana to the Bloomington Normal area soon.
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Bloomington
Daily Pantograph
Ann
Merna
McLean County
Steigerwald
Illinois Farm Bureau
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Tech Information Division
Sherry
Richard H. Clemmons
Mason County Farm Bureau
Clmmons
Leonard Gardner
IFB
Clemmons
Edmonton
Lexington
Ill
Illinois State University, Normal
Field Services Division
Mason County
Gretchen
Christopher
Havana
Bloomington-Normal
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Rte. 9
Normal
Illinois Farm Bureau Information Division
Clarke A. Steigerwald
James R. Altemus
Verder
Farm Week
Farm Bureau Family
Illinois State University
Agriculture and Communications
China
Ceramics
Equal Housing Lender
Federal Land Bank Assoc
Morris Lon Lovellette
Ela
Champaign
Grain Corporation
D.C
Grundy Farm Bureau
Business Services, Inc
James R. Purdue
Mgr
Washington Street
Calhoun S$. Morris
Insurance Planning Department
KEOGH
Health & Life
Arthur Trotter
Don Brown Gardner
Kenneth Bjelland
Kingman Mse
Wayned Rudder Agency
Mer
Country Mutual
Country Life — Mid-America Fire & Marine Insurance Companies
Country Casualty Grundy County Agency — Farm Bureau
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