NFO fights for right to set cattle prices in Illinois
P L Parr of the National Farmers Organization says pits for burying cattle in Southern Illinois illustrate the battle over price setting. With beef prices rising, NFO seeks 30 percent control of farm production to allow member votes on prices, potentially prompting future killings if parity is not achieved.
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John Trimble
Southern Illinois
P. L. Parr
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Parr
Union County
Illinois
Jackson
Union Counties
Wisconsin
NFC
Congress
U.S
John Melcher
D-Mont
Melcher
Robert Frank
Jackson County Agriculture Extension
Corning
Iowa
June Drop Thinning Guide for Fruit Trees
June drop reduces fruit burden on trees like apple and peach. Excess fruits should be thinned to 4 to 6 inches apart for apples and peaches and 2 to 3 inches for plums. Incomplete pollination and weather influence drop, and thinning now improves size color and quality at harvest.
California Farm Labor Law Reflects a Classic Compromise
Gov. Brown's new farm labor law aims to balance UFW, Teamsters, and growers with secret elections, petition rights, ban on most secondary boycotts, and harvest-time strikes. The law, however, leaves Illinois and national markets exposed to UFW tactics, potential for forgeries, and ongoing unease as unions contest control and workers’ petitions across firms.
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Mike Carr Lindsay-Schaub
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
United Farm Workers
UFW
Teamsters
Illinois
Jack Angel
American Farm Bureau Federation
Angel
Lopez
Gomez
Brown
Farm work to grow nicer for farmers says equipment expert
Stanley Lancaster of International Harvester predicts farms will be more desirable workplaces in coming decades. He says future gear will add comfort, enable stereo listening, and reduce hard hay handling, but big capital costs will slow sweeping changes. Farmers will stay business minded with careful profit focus.
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Paul A. Driscoll
Associated Press
Chicago (Ap
Stanley F. Lancaster
International Harvester Co
Lancaster
Museum of Science and Industry
Midwest
Let faucet run advised by water experts
Lombard II reports experts recommend letting tap water run for a few minutes each morning before using it. This flushes out water that may have collected elements such as lead or cadmium while standing in pipes overnight.
Area cattle to be sent overseas
Joe Sutton of Mt. Vernon, director of ALPI, expects to export 3,000 cattle to Yugoslavia over the next 10 months. He negotiated at a world show in Novi Sad and reported an order for 700 Holstein heifers with about 2,300 more possible. ALPI expanded exports to coal, grain, cement and soybeans. the company has shipped cattle for 20 years and flew 1,600 cattle to Bulgaria during a 90 day period last year.
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Joe Sutton
Mt. Vernon
American Livestock Producers International
Flora
Ind
Yugoslavia
Sutton
Novi Sad
J.R. Rinehart
LPI
ALPI
Bulgaria
Magnet fed cows protects stomach from metal hazards
Des Moines reports cows often swallow wire and nails. A University of Kentucky scientist cites a magnet the size of a thumb that cattle swallow and keep in the stomach to capture sharp metal pieces and prevent injury, Wallaces Farmer notes.
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Des Moines
University of Kentucky
Wallaces Farmer Magazine
Sea Turtles Protected Now Under U S List
Washington agencies place three sea turtle species the green sea turtle loggerhead and Pacific ridley on the U S threatened species list effective after July 25. Animals on the list may not be hunted in the United States.
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U.S
National Supply Fix-It Now Sale Opens All Week
A local advertisement proclaims the National Supply store running a fix-it now sale open seven days a week until 6 00 PM. The notice emphasizes convenient hours and ongoing discounts.
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