Beef carcass evaluation boosts profits for cattle operations
Farmers are urged to use the USDA Beef Evaluation Service to gain accurate carcass data for feeder and slaughter cattle. Experts say data support selecting stock for thick muscling and marbling without excessive fat, improving bargaining power and profits. Service costs about $1 per head, with options from whole lot ratings to detailed conformation and marbling factors. Write to Supervisor, Meat Grading Brand, USDA, 201 Federal Building, South St. Paul, MN 55076.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Christians
University of Minnesota
USDA
Consumer & Marketing Service
Federal Building
South St. Paul
Minn
Osage 4-H to Hold Council Election
Osage Iowa Mitchell County 4 H members will elect county council members during the annual rally at the Osage fairgrounds. The program for 4 H families starts at 8 15 p m and ends with a beef barbecue. Farm Youth Peace Corps and Foreign Student Exchange programs are part of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage
Iowa
Mitchell County
National Spotted Swine Show Set For December Dates
The National Spotted Spotlight Swine Show and Sale is scheduled December 11 to 13 at Crane Pavilion Mower County Fairgrounds with breeders from about 20 states. The National Spotted Assn annual meeting will be held December 10 per fair secretary P J Holand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane Pavilion
Mower County Fairgrounds
Duane Forte
Bainbridge
Ind
National Spotted Assn
P. J. Holand
Mower County
Dairy prices hold steady for June in major markets
Washington AP reports dairy farmers received an average of 6.72 dollars per hundredweight for class I milk in June, about unchanged from May and 19 cents above a year earlier. Prices varied by region from mountain states to New England and the Middle Atlantic. Consumer store prices in 25 cities averaged 54.2 cents per half gallon, about two cents higher than last year and four cents above 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Mountain States
New England
Middle Atlantic
Crop Reporting Board
Swine Jow Abscesses Cost Industry Says Vet
Swine jow abscesses cost the swine industry ten to twelve dollars per pig per year. Most abscesses come from bacteria entering through the tonsils. Dr Ray Solac of the University of Minnesota recommends sanitation, culling affected breeding stock, veterinary input on antibiotics during gestation and lactation, observing withdrawal periods, using starter feeds with antibiotics, keeping pigs on antibiotics to eight weeks, starting vaccination at 10 to 11 weeks, and vaccinating breeding stock two weeks before breeding season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Solac
University of Minnesota
Solac
Corn and soybean tours at Waseca school event
Special corn and soybean tours will be part of Visitors Day on July 1 at the University of Minnesota Southern School and Experiment Station in Waseca Minnesota. The corn tour features a long running yield study exceeding 200 bushels per acre with high population planting and nitrogen. The soybean tour showcases micronutrient fertilization and leaf applications along with phosphorus and potassium seed placement trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waseca
Minn
University of Minnesota, Southern School & Experiment Station
Southern Experiment Station
George Hamm
University
Department of Soil Science
Russ Frazier
Southern School & Experiment Station
Weather and agriculture notes from Mower County Iowa
Heavy midweek rains raise flood risk in Mower County. Crops face rust, late hay cutting, and soggy ground slowing cultivation. Warm sun needed now. July 4 often marks weather shifts for corn. 4-H and SCS events and local champion softball game announced. district Share-the-Fun participation and future shows noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mower County
Capital used to buy farm land declines
Washington AP report from the Agriculture Department notes farm land purchase funds shrink as tighter money and higher rates persist. 1968 farm mortgage lending totaled under 1.6 billion, 8 percent below 1967 and 21 percent under 1965 peak, with most loss in the second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Federal Land Banks
Farmers Home Administration
National 4H Club Foundation to raise 8 million
Washington AP report says the National 4 H Club Foundation will raise 8 million dollars to expand the national 4 H center near Washington. The drive involves 112 executives, adding dormitories classrooms and a meeting center to boost capacity from 300 to 800. All states pledge support, with one fourth from clubs and the rest from business and industry. There are about three million 4 H members and 400,000 local leaders nationwide, with programs run under federal state extension services for youths ages 9 through 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National
Farm Calendar and Garden Notes From Local 4-H Tours
Farm calendar lists multiple 4-H tours with times and locations at Frankford, Waltham, Windom, Pleasant Valley, Woodland, Ramsey, Racine and Brownsdale facilities. Also notes Coyotes feed on small mammals, potentially overrunning farms if uncontrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankford
Art Gilbert
Adolpho
Russel Wambeam Farm
Waltham
Walter Christians Farm
Windom
Pleasant Valley
Liebenstein Hall
Caution urged before buying feeder cattle for pasture stocking
Extension economist Paul Hasbargen of the University of Minnesota advises calculating total costs before purchasing feeders. Include commission and transport, deduct selling costs from expected fall prices, and account for non pasture costs around $5 per head. Fall prices are lower due to seasonal demand and heavier feeders, with 600 lb cattle to 750 lb later likely $2 to $4 per cwt lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hasbargen
University of Minnesota
Hasbargen
Fillmore DHIA monthly report details unit milk, fat yields
Preston Minn DHIA releases show unit two cows 948 with 1203 lb milk 37.8 lb fat per cow average 3.8 percent. Unit three 968 cows 1058 lb milk 3.9 fat, 39 fat per cow. Unit four totals include 621 cows 1002 lb milk 3.78 fat. additional data for unit four lists 971 cows 1133 lb milk 3.62 fat 40.9 fat per cow. Names and herd leaders across units noted with standings and top cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Minn
Fillmore County Dairy Herd Improvement Assn
Milton Hoberg
Fillmore County
DHIA
Tillman Fingerson
Fountain
James Thesing
Gordon Peterson
Lanesboro
Louise Runge & Son's
Harmony
Ed Jorde & Sons
Eugene
Jerry Scheevel
Lowell
Conrad Hatlevig
Peterson
Fountein
Louise Runge
Floyd Hafner
Spring Valley
Seer Glenn
Lee Harmony
Fillmore
James P. Teske
Forrest Herron
Stewartville
Leo Horen
Chatfield
Robert E. Pallin
Rove Temenson
Donald Jeche
Commodity loan service fees to be boosted in farm program
Commodity loan interest remains 3 percent while service fees charged by the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service will rise to 8 dollars per loan for farm stored grains and other commodities. Warehouse stored goods carry a 4 dollar per loan fee. Park Goodsell, ASCS chairman for Mower County, outlined the change to cover administrative costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Stabilization
Conservation Service
Park Goodsell
Mower County
ASCS
Dry cow approaches aid sediment-free milk
University of Minnesota extension dairy industries specialist Vern Packard urges dry approaches and holding areas to keep dairy cows clean and reduce mud and manure tracked into barns and milking parlors. Paved areas are best with 20 square feet per cow for herds up to 20, scaling by herd size. guidance notes eight-foot long approaches, drainage away from the barn, and a Dairy Industries Fact Sheet No 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Packard
University of Minnesota Extension Dairy Industries
Packard
Dairy Industries
Bulletin Room
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
4-H Cattle Feeding Farm Tour Planned in Osage
Osage Iowa A farm tour to visit 4 H advanced cattle feeding projects will be held Monday reports Edgar Dorow Mitchell County extension director The tour starts 8 a m viewing cattle belonging to Robert Noble Riceville at a farm three and a half miles west of Riceville north side of Hwy 9 or one and a half miles east of the Mossville corner With stops at eleven farms the tour will end about noon says Dorow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OSAGE
Iowa
Edgar Dorow
Mitchell County
Robert Noble
Riceville
Hwy. 9
Mossville Corner
Dorrow
Dairy Congress to feature RCA Rodeo in Waterloo
RCA Rodeo returns as featured entertainment at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa. Five performances are set for Sept 27 28 with showtimes at 1 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 4 p.m. Sunday. The Congress runs Sept 20 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
RCA Rodeo
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Hippodrome
Salute to Youth Larry Helgeson 4-H Leader and Scout
Larry Helgeson of Rose Creek son of Mr and Mrs Ervin Helgeson is highlighted for eight years in the Nevada 4-H Club including three years as a Junior Leader He held 4-H offices such as reporter treasurer and president He won a trip to the State 4-H Market Livestock Show and helped the champion softball team He attended Lyle High School where he played first trumpet in the band played football started for two seasons sang in chorus and served four years in FFA including vice president He plans to attend college next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swine
Larry Helgeson
Ervin Helgeson
Rose Creek
Larry
Nevada
Lyle High School
FFA
Weed chemical plot tours set Monday night
Blooming Prairie Vo Ag Dept schedules multiple weed control plot tours Monday. Tours start 7:30 PM and end 9:15 PM. Harold Ulrich leads the Carl Hansen farm northwest of Blooming Prairie on Highway 218. Gene Francis guides at Owen Ferguson farm west of the Newry store on the Geneva Waltham road. Tours finish at 8:30 PM at the Lawrence Ingvalson farm east of Highway 218 on the Geneva Waltham road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blooming Prairie Vo.Ag. Dept
Harold Ulrich
Carlo Hansen
Blooming Prairie
Highway 218
Gene Francis
Owen Ferguson
Newry
Genera ~ Waltham
Underground water pollution study starts in Osage Iowa
Mitchell County Extension Council forms a committee to study underground water contamination. Aimed at private wells, the plan includes mail surveys of farmers to gauge pollution prevalence, testing levels, and public concern, with a focus on individual home wells and a drive to test wells for bacteria and nitrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage
Iowa
Mitchell County
Mitchell County Extension Council
Tillage tour set July 2 at Adams school
Adams Minn. minimum tillage tour planned for July 2 at Adams High School from 8:30 a.m. to noon, visiting area farms in Mower County. Dwain Vangsness leads the effort with cooperation from the Soil and Water Conservation District Extension Service and Osmundson Bros., Adams. If weather fails, a postponement will be announced on local radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Mower County
Norman Nelsen
FFA
Russell Wambeam
Austin
4Th St
Adams
Adrian Gerber
Geigy Chemical Co
Maurice
Bob Severson
University of Minnesota and
Mower County Extension Service
Todd Park
Adams, Minn
Adams High School
Dwain Vangsness
Osmundson Bros
Important traits for sound hog selection program
Charles Christians of the University of Minnesota Extension emphasizes key hog selection traits. Low productivity, feedlot performance, carcass merit, and soundness drive production value. He urges swine producers to join the Minnesota Swine Improvement Program for reliable record keeping and genetic improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Christians
University of Minnesota Extension
Christians
Minnesota
Peters Hall
University of
4-H Leaders Council Updates Teen Drinking Focus
Mower County 4-H Leaders Council June meeting covered teen drinking with AA representative Ronald Voss sharing views. A night pedestrian protection film was shown. Sue Goodwin was named summer treasurer as Sue Gleason departs for other commitments. London Willing Workers 4-H tours July 11 starting 9:30 a.m. at Jack Kline farm with picnic, ball game, and watermelon feed. Demonstrations by Todd and Mike Cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
4-H Leaders Council
Ronald Voss
Sue Goodwin
Sue Gleason
London
4-H
Groun
Jack Kline
Todd
Mike Cooling
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Kasson
John Becker
First National Bank of Austin
Haven
Duane
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Becker
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St. Peter
Waseca School
Herald
BY Darrel Koehler
Ken Soray
Richar Nelson
Brownsdale
Austin Area
Freeborn County
Daniel Rayman
Glenville
Dale Wicks
Vickie Jerdee
Hayward
Kathy Brabee
Bonnie Anderson
4H Club Foundation
Woodland
Ramsey
Racine Rockets
Southside
Rose Creek Park
Frankford Hall
Roger Oelkers Farm
Dhia Monthly Report
Miller Bros
Whalan
Broadwater
Dairy Congress
Chaolly
Weed Chemical Plot
Adams School
Leaders Council
Diamonds Are
Roger
Oakland Avenue
S&h
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