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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1967
Page
13
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department says October February butter output rose 8 percent to 479 million pounds from the previous year due to modestly higher milk production, higher dairy imports, and reduced use of fluid milk and cream. Butter production is forecast to be 10 percent higher than last year.
Monticello FFA claimed the east central Iowa regional title in the DeKalb corn growing project for the fifth year in a row. Paul L Hugh and Byron Freese of Monticello led, while David Tobiarson produced the lowest cost per bushel at 46.8 cents. Eldridge North Scott placed second and Delhi Maquoketa Valley third. banquet honored the winners in Monticello.
President Johnson and Latin American leaders meet in Uruguay this week to discuss boosting agriculture through the Alliance for Progress. Despite earlier gains, farm output lagged last year amid poor weather and weak export prospects, with agriculture down in 1966 though livestock and banana production rose.
Ames Iowa Dr William P Switzer professor of veterinary microbiology at Iowa State will present a paper on Mycoplasmal Arthritis in Swine at the third Rheumatism conference in London He will be the sole veterinarian among about 45 scientists at the European workshop on human rheumatism research.
Washington reports the global wheat harvest last year reached about 10.1 billion bushels, up from just over 9 billion the year before, according to USDA data.
U.S. farm leaders fear Geneva negotiations will yield little for agriculture and expect June finalities. They warn U.S. negotiators may concede on industrial products while the European Community keeps barriers, prompting calls for a congressional hearing to force farm concessions.
The National Corn Growers Association spoke out against changes to the 1967 feed grain program. President Walter M. Goeppinger warned of pressure to cut the diversion from 20 percent to 15 percent or lower, unless the government raises the corn loan rate by 15 cents per bushel to support prices.
About 80 poultrymen with large laying flocks gathered in Independence to elect officers and directors for the Egg Producers group. Mervin Hunter of Jesup is president, Ray Kunkle of Hazleton vice president, Bill Kullmer of Dysart secretary, and Ray Youngblut of Waterloo treasurer. New directors include Mr. and Mrs. Vern Turner of Janesville and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Axler of Traer. The next meeting is set for June 29 at Sweden House in Waterloo with a panel of couples expanding their operations and Fred Roth of Iowa State University assisting.
Bill Sass of station WMT Cedar Rapids will speak and show colored slides of the Hawaiian islands at the Cedar Rapids Feed and Grain club dinner. The 7 p.m. meeting is at the Montrose Hofman hotel with reservations due by Tuesday noon to Kenneth E. Millsap at 262 7066.
Iowa county 4-H selects 9 delegates for four statewide summer workshops including Conservation June 12-17 near Madrid and State leadership July 17-22 at the camping center. Delegates include Shaull, Muller, Wetten, Hultman, Bevan, Martha, Himmler, and others. An 11-member group will attend the state 4-H conference June 21-24 at Iowa State campus with a pre-conference leadership workshop for Terry Jack and Lucena Morse.
AP reports Hudson Iowa operator La Voy Orner of Blackhawk Feeder Pigs Co faces charges under the Packers and Stockyards Act for issuing bad checks and unpaid livestock debts. USDA says liabilities exceeded assets by about 39000 as of Oct 26 1966. Meanwhile East Central Iowa Veterinary Medical Assn holds a dinner in Homestead with Dr Glen O Schubert speaking on hog cholera and pigs bought in Des Moines.
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