Illinois fruit growers vote on new marketing program
Ballots mailed April 15 must be postmarked by Sunday to set a statewide vote on a proposed marketing program for Illinois fruit. If approved, growers pay per bushel or per hundredweight, elect a seven member operating board, and gain industry representation through research, advertising, and outreach.
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Illinois
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Gordon L. Ropp
James Mowery
Southern Illinois University
Ing Committee
Jim Eckert
Carbondale
Dan McGuire
Makanda
Allen Myers
Centralia
Jack Hartley
Irvin
Illinois Fruit Council
The
Fruit Council
McGuire
General Assembly
Hartley
Union
Jackson
Union County
Southern Illinois
Mowery
Export role assessed at Farm credit workshop
Albert Meyer reports from Southern Illinois University that Walter Wills foresees export markets shaping U S farm prices. He warns European Community expansion could curtail feed grains and wheat exports and urges seeking Japan and communist bloc buyers while noting rail and dock strikes threaten distant markets and may reduce planted acres.
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Walter Wills
Southern I Illinois University School of Agriculture
SIU
Japan
Wills
Illinois
United States
Beef push gains speed as Illinois weighs higher income plan
Governor names Beef Month and forms a committee to study boosted beef income in Illinois. A University of Georgia doctor counters cholesterol fears, arguing meat fat may lower cholesterol and blood pressure. Analysts see potential beef price stability around 30 per hundredweight with expansion possible but constrained by feeder cattle supply and large Western feedlots.
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Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub
Illinois
Iowa
Stanley Butts
Norris Farms
Havana
Butts
W. O. Caster
University of Georgia
Beef promotion drives consumer love of steaks
Viewpoint argues small rise in price can boost promotion as long as consumers can afford steaks. It suggests continued promotion will likely succeed because the country loves its steaks.
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Frank
Ty Holder
Luis Acosta
Pico- Rivera
Cal
Acosta
Washington
Bill Flamm
Cobden
Frederick Heaton
New Burnside
Bernard Colvis
Chester
Farm Credit Workshop
By Albert Meyer
Southern Illinois University News Service
Beef Promotions
J. C. Holbert
Betendorf
Beef Industry Council
National Livestock and Meat Board
Holbert
Fundal
Noram. Agricultural Products, Inc
Wacker Drive
Chicago
Slings Bofte
Pacific Coast
Schr Serlin/Bergkare
Orchid
Green River
Anna Stone
Lutz
Penneys
Bonanza
Cambria, Ill
S. Main Bigler Lumber Yard
Tabor’s Pest-Rid CO
Anna
Carbondale, Ill
Benton, Ill
Darrell Lauderdale
North Oakland
Hardware Mutuals Organization
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