Newham Named Executive Secretary of National Spotted Swine Record
BAINBRIDGE Ind William J Bill Newham of Willow Springs Mo is named executive secretary of the National Spotted Swine Record succeeding Rick Maloney who resigns to re enter hog production in Duncan Okla An Angus female sold for 2050 top the Hawkeye Angus Association Spring Sale at Hawkeye Downs The top seller was the junior champion shown by Heinz and Karin Blankenhagen of Martello The senior champion female shown by Ed Maschmann of Victor sold for 1225 George Reeve and Son of Iowa City showed the senior champion bull at 1600 Blankenhagen showed the junior champion bull at 1475
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Bainbridge, Ind
William J
Bill) Newham
Willow Springs
National
Spotted Swine Record
Rick Maloney
Duncan
Oklo
Hawkeye Angus Association
Hawkeye Downs
Heinz
Karin Blankenhagen
Martello
Ed Maschmann
Victor
George Reeve
Ryan Earl Zumbach Receives Progressive Breeders Registry Award
At the annual state Holstein convention in Cedar Rapids Earl Zumbach of Ryan Farms won the Progressive Breeders Registry Award. To qualify, a herd must be in the top two percent nationally for production and type with 17,368 pounds of milk and 657 pounds of butter fat in the latest Dairy Herd Improvement Registry. Zumbach's breeding stock spans from California to New York.
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Ryan
Earl Zumbach
Progressive Breeders Registry
Cedar Rapids
Zumbach
California
New York
Illinois farmer turns to mushrooms for winter income
German O Reilly of Joliet Illinois shifted from grain farming to mushroom composting. He supplies about a dozen growers in northeast Illinois who sell fresh mushrooms to Chicago area restaurants and stores. O Reilly invested about 100000 dollars and earned 120000 last year.
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German O'Reilly
Joliet
Ill
O'Reilly
Don Gillespie
Steve Breckman
Illinois
Chicago
Iowa lawmaker presses suction probe ban in grain pricing
Iowa Rep. Phil Davitt calls for banning open ended suction grain probes after ISU engineer Hurburgh shows air probes inflate foreign material and light particles, risking pricing errors. Davitt cites FGIS recommendation and criticizes House Agriculture Committee for inaction. Rep. Wendell Pellett defends study timeline and fairness to grain dealers awaiting more data.
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Des Moines
Phil Davitt
St. Charles
Davitt
Federal Grain Inspection Service
Charles R. Hurburgh
Iowa State University
Hurburgh
Wendell Pellett
R-Atlantic
ISA
Pellett
House
Lem
Secretary of Agriculture
Auctions Schedule for April Including Estates and Machinery
A sequence of upcoming auctions and sales listed by date. April 6 features a 174 acre estate auction near Riverside and a close out sale of household goods near Cedar Rapids. April 7 lists a Vern Donels Estate machine auction near Shellsburg and a hog sale near Fayette. April 8 shows aMachinery sale for Melvin Carl near Central City. April 11 includes a close out sale near Earlville. Rex Barker and A W Martin & Sons are named auctioneers.
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John Gase
Riverside
Mach
Rex Barker
Cedar Rapids
Vern Donels
Shellsburg
A.W. Martin and Sons
Faye
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