Grain prices hang on weather as harvest delays loom
USDA September crop report shows corn and soybeans poised for record levels with larger carryover stocks in 1978. Wisner notes August rains lift forecasts but harvest delays and potential field losses could offset price declines, while government loan and price support dynamics may keep corn prices weak. Soybeans may see a near term lift from tight old-crop supplies before a post harvest decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bob Wisner
Iowa State University Extension
USDA
Wisner
Economist
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Swine Expo entry deadlines set for Oct 1 1978 in Iowa
Iowa State Spring Market Hog Show Secretary Eldon J. Haas announced Swine Expo 78 entries must be postmarked by October 1 for the Central Test and Derby Divisions. Derby pigs must be weighed at 30 pounds or less, farrowed after August 1, and entered by Iowa 4 H, FFA members or adult producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon J. Haas
Iowa
Haas
Central Test Division
Cedar Rapids
Farmland Agri Services, Inc
Lisbon
Leach questions land owners over foreign ownership data
U S Department of Commerce moves to gather citizenship data on agricultural landowners in response to Congressman Leach. The Census Bureau plans field interviews in nine counties across nine states with about 1100 participants to test a citizenship question for possible inclusion in the 1978 Census of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Commerce
Jim Leach
Leach
Census Bureau
Manuel Plotkin
Plotkin
Bureau
Rural water system grants expanded under drought aid in Washington County
The Farmers Home Administration announces a looser formula for grant funds to aid drought impacted rural water systems in Washington County. The revised rules allow grants up to 20 percent of eligible costs and up to 50 percent if the repayment formula justifies it. Applications must be obligated by September 30, 1977 with project completion by April 30, 1978. Loans up to 40 years at 5 percent. Information from FmHA County Office in Sigourney and ASCS Office in Washington on Thursday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Farmers Home Administration
FHHA
Harold J. Laurel
Fmha
Carter
Laurel
Sigourney
J. Dennis Road
ASCS
Washington
Students told to report Social Security changes
Iowa City social security district manager James W. Higgins urges full time students aged 18 to 22 to report changes in school enrollment plans to avoid overpayments. Also note earnings tests, marital status, and eligibility tied to a parent’s benefits. Contact 400 S Clinton St, 338-9461, 8:30 to 4:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Higgins
Iowa City
Higgins
Social Security
Soviet Increases Grain Purchases From U.S.
Soviet buyers added 100000 metric tons or 3.9 million bushels of corn, the third sale announced this week. Total for 1977-78 reaches 1.2 million tons of corn and 901,600 tons of wheat, under a five year grain trade pact that requires annual purchases of at least 6 million tons of grain, with room to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Fort Atkinson Rendezvous Showcases 1840s Crafts and Buckskinners
A northeast Iowa gathering September 24-25 will bring over 70 volunteers in 1840s garb to Fort Atkinson to demonstrate ropemaking tinsmithing egg decorating and other period crafts. More than 50 buckskinners will display trade blankets and crews may contest fire making cooking with iron kettles and throwing tomahawks. The event features The Kentuckian plays by the Turkey Foot Longrifles with no admission and includes camping parking and shuttle service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Fort Atkinson
Kyle McGonigle
Buckskinners
McGonigle
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa Conservation Commission
Fort Atkinson State Preserve
Little Brown Church
Lidtke Mill
FS Services celebrates 50 years at Chicago annual meeting
FS Services Inc holds its 20th annual meeting in the Conrad Hilton Chicago September 15 16 with about 3000 attendees. The event marks 50 years of agricultural service by its farm supply affiliate under Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin Farm Bureaus and also caps FS Services first year over 500 million in sales. Management reports by E V Stevenson and Tom Mulligan open at 1 15 p m Thursday. Melvin Sims FS Services president speaks to shareholder representatives from 135 member companies Farm Bureau leaders farmers employees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FS Services, Inc
Chicago
Conrad Hilton
Farm Supply
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin Farm Bureaus
FS Services
E.V. Stevenson
Tom Mulligan
Melvin Sims
Farm Bureau
Future Farmers of America
Curtis Stutzman
Kalona
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Washington, D.C
John Culver
Dick Clark
House
Senate
Robert Bergland
Secretary of Agriculture
Edwin Augustine
Herbert J. Peiffer
Keokuk
FS Inc
Tober
Town and Country
Plymouth
DODGE
America
Washington, Iowa
Dodge Trucks
Osee
GMC
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