Illinois to harvest record soybean crop this year
The USDA projects Illinois farmers will harvest 341 million bushels of soybeans, the most in any state, and 1.18 billion bushels of corn, down from last year. Nationally, record crops are forecast for both corn and soybeans, with Iowa leading in corn and second in soybeans.
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Associated Press
U.S. Agriculture Department
Illinois
USDA
John Campen
Illinois Corn Growers Association
Campen
Gary Ellis
Illinois Farm Bureau
Iowa
Emergency loan applications due by Aug 27
Emergency Production Loss Loans from the Farmers Home Administration must be filed by August 27 in Williamson County. Paul Molinardo, county supervisor, said applications are accepted at the county FmHA office at New Illinois 13 and Carbon Street in Marion, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Loans target eligible farmers with a 20 percent or more reduction in 1978 crop yields due to drought in July and August 1978.
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Farmers Home Administration
Williamson County
Paul Molinardo
Fmha
County Farmers Home Administration
New Illinois 13
Carbon Street
Marion
Farmers get farm stored loans without drying grain
Secretary Bob Bergland announced a nationwide expansion of a pilot program allowing corn and sorghum stored on farm to qualify for government farm stored loans without drying. Eligibility mirrors feed grain program compliance and loan rates align with county levels. moisture penalties reduce loan amounts.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Department’s Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Fuel allocations for farmers could be cut by harvest
Illinois and Missouri lawmakers press to reinstate farm fuel allocations for the fall harvest as the Carter administration weighs agricultural priority amid competing demands for diesel and gasoline. Eisenstadt says the White House is watching the farm fuel situation and coordinating with Agriculture and Energy to avoid disruptions, while noting reserves are being built but the fuel pie is finite.
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Linda Sarrio
Washington
Department of Energy
Energy
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Missouri
Sen
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
White House
Tax Department
Illinis
Carter
Stuart Eisenstad
Eagleton
Eisenstadt
Departments of Agriculture and Energy
Dodd
Paul Findley
Pittsfield
Charles Percy
Farmers face fuel shortfall as rules shift in energy policy
In May the USDA urged Energy to issue Special Rule Nine, mandating 100 percent fuel for farmers, trucking, and mass transit during the energy shortage. By June 22 Rule Nine was rescinded and the base allocation system started, ignoring seasonal farm demand, drawing criticism from Illinois dealers and farmers.
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USDA
Energy
Webb
DOE
Illinois
John Merano
Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association
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