Farm belt congressmen fear switch may dismantle USDA
President Carter's plan to move school lunch and child feeding programs from USDA to a new Education Department has triggered protests from farm belt lawmakers. Agriculture Secretary Bergland supports the plan but warns some USDA functions would be reshaped. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Herman Talmadge leads opposition, warning that reorganizing could erode USDA's role and rural voice.
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Carter
Agriculture Department
Department of Education
Congress
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
USDA
Bergland
Office of Management and Budget
Executive Branch
Department of Agriculture
White House
Food, Agriculture and Nutrition
HEW
Joseph Califano
Department
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Food and Nutrition
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman Talmadge
Dga
Talmadge
America
Beef producers' work pays off five years later
National Live Stock and Meat Board president Dave Stroud led a campaign to counter an April Fools beef boycott. Despite dire forecasts, beef prices rise as consumers and media show greater understanding. Persistent inflation, Earl Butz’s farm policy, and farm protests aided the shift in public sentiment.
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Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub
Dave Stroud
Hardy
Stroud
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Downstate
Illinois
Nixon
U.S. Agriculture
Carol Tucker Foreman
Meat Board
Foreman
Earl L. Butz
Butz
American Agriculture Movement
USDA plans May June farm survey across Illinois
US Department of Agriculture and the Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service will survey several thousand farm operators in late May and early June. James R. Kendall said 300 land segments spanning all soil types were selected across Illinois for a cross section view. Data will inform a June 30 report with spring planted acreages and harvest projections, guiding monthly yield estimates through the season.
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Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
James R. Kendall
Springfield
Illinois
USDA
Kendall
Agricultural Statistician
P.O. Box
Three Illinois farm families win conservation honors
Perry Franklin Randolph counties each salute a winning family in the Farm Family of the Year Contest run by the Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Perry County winners Dale and Roberta Greer and their children farm 2149 acres in Pinckneyville.
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Randolph
Association of Ilinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts
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Roberta Greer
Jack
Jeannie
Russell
Perry County
Greers
Pinckneyville
Jerry
Jerri Reummier
Suzanne
William Earl
Springfield
Association
Chicago
WGN
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