Credit aid seen as bandage for farm economy
National and local officials say Reagan admin rural credit plan is a start but likely insufficient to fix the agricultural economy. Dean Kleckner Iowa Farm Bureau notes emergency help while Rep Dan Glickman calls it crumbs. The package would offer $650 million in federal loan guarantees to banks willing to lower rates for qualifying farmers.
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Washington
Dean Kleckner
Iowa Farm Bureau
Dan Glickman
D-Kan
Glickman
House Agriculture Committee
Equipment glisten at farm show as sales slump bites Louisville
At the National Farm Machinery show in Louisville Kentucky farmers’ downturn hurts sales. Bob Evenson of Shaver Manufacturing notes a deep long valley after 34 years on the road. Eddie Smithson of P H Manufacturing says current sales are about half of three years ago with no clear end in sight through 1985 or 1987.
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Louisville
Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center
National Farm Machinery Show
Bob Evenson
Shaver Manufacturing Co
Eddie Smithson
P&h Manufacturing Co
Shelbyville, Il
Sheep Shearing Classes Slated in Norwalk Wooster Ohio
A two day sheep shearing program will run March 1 and 2 with sessions 9 to 11 30 a m and 1 to 4 p m at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Wooster Research Operations Building. Shepherds may pick up applications from the Cooperation Extension Office Norwalk and must reserve by Friday with the Northeast District Extension and Wooster Area Sheep Improvement Association sponsoring.
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Norwalk
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Wooster
Cooperation Extension
Milan Ave
Northeast District Extension
Wooster Area
Laval University students toss pig into ice arena
A pig dressed as a referee tied to a shirt is escorted to the penalty box after being tossed onto the ice by Laval University students during a joke contest. The event sparked laughter and brief turmoil among spectators.
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Laval University
Quebec
Lorain County Dairymen Banquet Tickets On Sale
Tickets are on sale for the 50th Annual Lorain County Dairymen’s Banquet on March 23 at Firelands High School. Purchase from dairy board members or the Cooperative Extension Service in Elyria. Reservations required by March 15.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Firelands High School
Dairy Board
Coperative Extension Service
Self-reliance in hard times for family farms across nations
The piece argues farmers must rely on themselves amid credit tightening and market stress. It notes bankers' caution, government limits, and farmers seeking outside work. It highlights frugality, restructuring, and the view that many will see farming failures as opportunity for a new start.
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Elmira Wilke
Balanced budget urged to help farmers economy
Farm economist Luther Tweeten of Oklahoma State University says shrinking the federal deficit, not expanding price supports, could cut interest rates by about four percentage points and lift farm incomes by roughly eight billion dollars. He warns debt and stress peril farms as Congress shapes a four year farm bill amid Reagan era fiscal tensions.
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Congress
Luther Tweeten
Oklahoma State University
American Enterprise Institute
Tweden
Tweeten
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