Advent Message Highlights $30 Million Relief Hope
The Rev. Leah challenged the congregation to prepare its heart for Christ on the first Sunday of Advent. The author reflects on the Iranian arms scandal era and imagines how $30 million could relieve global and national agony.
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Leah
Don Kneisel
Demand for farm loans remains low in Midwest banks
A Federal Reserve survey of 530 bankers in Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin shows demand for new farm loans stays weak despite ample lending funds and falling rates. Many farmers face debt pressures with potential forced asset sales while some lenders curb credit due to erosion of farm sector equity and cash flow.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Federal Reserve Bank
Peter Heffernan
Heffernan
Anniversary of farm shootings stirs little talk in Iowa town
In Lone Tree Iowa residents still hush discussions a year after Dale Burr killed his wife a banker and a farmer then died by suicide. Officials recall the tragedy with restrained comments while Burr's son faces foreclosure and a sheriff sale looms on 80 acres.
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Lone Tree
Iowa
Dale N. Burr
Bill Crawford
Hills Bank and Trust
John Hughes
Stephen C. Gerard II
Burr
Here
Emily
Hills
Hughes
Richard Goody
Goody
Marilyn
Mark
Burrs
John Burr
Johnson County
William R. Eads
Crawford
David Ostendorf
Des Moines
Prairiefire
Seed Exports Rise as U S Industry Expands Globally
Federal statistics show U S seed exports tripling over the past decade to nearly 364 million dollars in the year ended Sept 30 The European Community Mexico Japan and Canada are major buyers Vegetable seeds lead with 36 percent of sales Corn forage and other crops follow The Agriculture Department and private firms drive research aided by Plant Variety Protection Act Saudi Arabia’s seed imports rose after cooperative export efforts with US agencies and the American Seed Trade Association. biotech advances promise quicker gains in drought and pest resistant varieties.
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Agriculture Department
Foreign Agriculture Magazine
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Mexico
Japan
Canada
United States
American Seed Trade Association
Association
USDA
Saudi Arabia
Foreign Agricultural Service
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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