Set-aside change hints weaker grain prices and more storage
Iowa State University economist Bob Wisner notes 1973 set-aside will idle 10 percent of farm feed grain base, freeing 6.3 million acres for production. Acreage may boost corn and soybean output if weather cooperates, potentially surpassing current use and influencing prices and logistics.
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Ames
Bob Wisner
Iowa State University Extension
USDA
Wisner
ISU
Auction notices for farming gear and surplus items
A sequence of sale notices lists auctions and closeouts for Holsteins machinery feed and household goods. Locations include Monticello Center Point Brandon Shellsburg Oxford Junction and Central City with times from 10 30 a m to 1 p m and various dates in April and May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Delay
Monticello
Cisoe
Mach
Goods
B. E. Clark
Center Point
Marcus Kehoe
S!raw
Robert Hay
Brandon
Marlene Palas
Shellsburg
Linn County Conservation Buileins
Central City
Sale
Winston Wessel
Oxford Junction
Poor Sanitation Criticized at Livestock Sales
Washington AP officials report APHIS survey of 1200 livestock markets finds 30 percent need better sanitation to curb hog cholera spread. Inspections in 24 priority states, including Iowa, may expand nationwide. Some markets allowed on site slaughter and pig transfers back to farms, accelerating disease spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Iowa
S. E. Saulman
APHIS
Kennedy Peace Corps first project to Tanganyika road work
President John F Kennedy announced the Peace Corps will begin in Tanganyika with road building in 1961. The note mentions Morris Plan and Instant Interest Passbook Savings alongside Open your 514% Passbook Account for Iowans.
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John F. Kennedy
Peace Corps
Tanganyika
McLaughlins Named District Farm Family of the Year
Sigourney couple David and Shirley McLaughlin win Farmers Home Administration district farm family honor covering thirteen southeastern Iowa counties. They active in St Marys church square dance. They have six children and run a family farm started in 1960 with purchase in 1967.
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David McLaughlin
Southeastern Iowa
Farmers Home Administration
Norval K.hart
Left
Sigourney
Farmers Home
Jack H. Cowen
Mt. Pleasant
David
Shirley McLaughlin
Sigourney Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Towa
Andy
Dennis
Sigourney Junior High School
McLaughlins
Shirley
Wapello County
McLaughlin
Hirsch Sells Top Poland for 2000 at Omaha Show
A boar owned by Carl Hirsch and Son of Iberia Ia sold for 2000 dollars at theNational Poland China Spotlight Show in Omaha ending a three day event. Frank Hall of Ashton Ill bought the top boar while Hirsch also sold the top gilt for 1700 to Scott Bennett of Martinsville Ind. Forty boars averaged 574 and gilts averaged 303.
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Omaha, Neb
Carl Hirsch and Son
Ingianola
Iowa
Omaha
Poland
Frank Hall
Ashton, Ill
Hirsch
Scott Bennett
Martinsville
Farm parity ratio hits 86 percent in March as prices outpace costs
USDA figures show prices received by farmers for March 15 rose 7 percent, fastest monthly gain since 1946, pushing the parity ratio to 86 percent. Beef cattle calves hogs sheep and soybeans exceeded parity, while input costs including gasoline and diesel rose two percent in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Iowa Master Farmers Named Last Week
Six Iowans were named Iowa Master Farmers in Des Moines last week. Recipients include George Busch Allison a 600 acre dairy and cow herd partner Glenn Freese 42 Vail dairy farmer on 400 acres Frank Hasenclever 43 Fort Madison dairy farmer turned beef operation Buddy Jorgenson 46 Far ragut 800 acres and markets 1200 hogs annually Edward Klodt 60 Ottumwa dairy farmer and soil conservation leader Courtney Siglin 40 Corydon farms 750 acres with beef herd feeds cattle and markets hogs.
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DES Moines
Iowa
George Busch
Allison
Glenn Freese
Vail
Frank Hasenclever
Fort Madison
Buddy Jorgenson
Far Lragut
Edward Klodt
Ottumwa
Courtiney Siglin
Corydon
Brink Wins Big River Barrow Show in Prairie du Chien
Jim Brink of Elkader Iowa won the carcass division with a 65.4 percent muscle barrow weighing 220 pounds at the Big River Barrow show in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. The live lightweight class winner was Leonard Zabel of Eastman Wisconsin with top ten carcass entries including Jerry Erickson DeSoto and Sharon Zabel Eastman. Darrell Hedemann won the senior judging contest with Walter Hagen second and Art Loudermilk third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Jim Brink
Elkader
Iowa
Big River Barrow
Hampshire Barrow
Jerry Erickson
DeSoto
Sharon Zabel
Eastman
al Stein
Lansing
Irvin Meyer
McGregor
Roger Amundson
Clermont
Jerry Brink
Jerry Oppriecht
Kathy Zabel
Dale Thompson
Farmersburg
Leonard Zabel
Katie Oppriecht
Darrell Hedemann
Walter Hagen
Waterville
Art Loudermilk
Wayner Garr
Forty Horse Hitch to Lead Cherry Blossom Parade
Schlitz sponsored forty horse hitch trained in Iowa will appear in the Cherry Blossom parade this Saturday. Dick Sparrow of Zearing Iowa will drive the Belgian teams along Constitution Avenue pulling the Columbia band wagon built in 1902 for the Barnum and Bailey circus. An estimated quarter of a million spectators are expected.
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Washington
Iowa
Dick Sparrow
Zearing
Constitution Avenue
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Sparrow
Culver Says Meat Price Ceiling Will Be Problem
Congressman John Culver, speaking at a Cedar Rapids Farm Bureau meeting, argues the meat price ceiling shows the flaws of Nixon Phase III. He criticizes policing the ceiling and warns of broader missteps in fiscal policy and budget impoundment across the administration.
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Culver
Nixon
John Culver
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Congress
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