Government corn shipments from Cedar Rapids move to Chicago processor
About 350000 bushels of Commodity Credit Corporation corn were moved from Cedar Rapids storage as of Friday. Most of the grain is reported to head to a Chicago processing company with a portion going to a Cedar Rapids firm. The move follows terms offering 4 1/4 cents above May Chicago corn.
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Fence Drift and Hog Prices Signal Tough Farm Year
Government corn shifts to commercial channels as hog prices are pegged. Farm program reversal and feeder cattle numbers in Iowa rise 22 percent from last year. Record high baby chick output and creation of Office of Price Administration suggest a late season start and a challenging year ahead.
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Office of Price Administration
Iowa cattle on feed up 22 percent from last year
Des Moines reports a 22 percent rise in cattle on feed in Iowa as of April 1, driven by greater stocker and feeder cattle movements in January to March and a near record feeding pace in the eastern and western corn belt. Dairy products value cited at 32 billion dollars annually.
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Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Federal
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Ohio
Minnesota
Missouri River
Eastern Iowa farmers begin oats and seed sowing
In eastern Iowa farmers start seeding as fields dry after recent showers. Vanguard oats are being planted by George Carroll and Herman Rogers near Palo and Shellsburg, with heavy Vanguard acreage expected. Other towns report oats sowing plans, wet fields delaying work, and early garden planting in Troy Mills as spring tasks begin.
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Palo
Herman Rogers
Shellsburg
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Vanguard
Troy Mills
Harry Straw
Ostville
Government plans peg hog prices at nine dollars not to curb markets
Iowa agricultural economist Lauren K. Soth notes the proposed peg of Chicago hog prices at $9 will not significantly alter overall hog price levels in the next two years. He says prices would have averaged around $9 anyway due to improving demand, with possible spring gains and smaller later-year rises.
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Ames
Chicago
Lauren K. Soth
Towa State College
Iowa Farm Economist
Iowa
Butter contest yields many superior and excellent ratings
Eleven entries from Brooklyn score 95 percent to classify as superior in the April state educational butter contest. Additional entries reach 94 percent for excellent and 93 percent for very good with judges M Mortensen A W Rudnick and Karl Wester of Ames. Local winners include T W Reida and P E Frettem among others. East Iowa entrants receiving excellent or very good ratings are named along with several from across the region.
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Estherville
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L. C. Peterson
Story City
E. R. Weiske
Burt
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Graettinger
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Hull
Martin Bleich
Titonka
John Helgason
I. L. Seeman
Algona
East Iowa
Ervin Wardenburg
Williamsburg
Edwin H. Behnke
Westgate
Harold G. Hunt
Alvin Thoreson
Garnaville
O. A. Harms
Oelwein
Darrell Otto
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Nashua
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Wadena
W. A. Schroeder
Randalia
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Garrison
Harry McLain
North English
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Edgewood
Walter R. Waskow
Waucoma
Will Behrens
Arlington
J. F. Barnes
Alpha
Albert Harms
Oclwein
F. P. Gernand
Volga City
George Heine
Waverly
Theron
A H S Congress Plans Events After Engineering Fire
The Iowa State college agriculture department says the farm mechanics and farm engineering events of the Iowa high school agricultural congress will proceed May 8 and 9 despite the fire that destroyed much of the agricultural engineering building. Student chairmen Earl Sorensen and Forrest Harbaugh announced the plan after meeting with officials. events may be adjusted due to equipment shortages.
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Iowa State College
Iowa High School Agricultural Congress
Earl Sorensen
Castana
Forrest Harbaugh
Waterloo
Agricultural Engineering Department
Hatch will likely be largest on record this year
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports a likely record hatch in 1941 with March eggs up 7 percent and chicks hatched 14 percent above 1940. April 1 orders show 24 percent more chicks on advanced orders, and prices for eggs and poultry feed remain favorable.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Great Britain
Winneshiek County Fair Sets Fourth of July Event
Decorah plans a Fourth of July celebration at the fairgrounds to offset last year’s deficit. The Winneshiek County Fair runs August 14 to 17 this year.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Million Dollar Project Boosts Iowa 4-H Baby Beef Drive
Iowa 4-H club members marketed an estimated 1,053,000 dollars of baby beef. A record 6,082 farm boys enrolled, with 9,371 calves carried to market weight. Calves averaged 423 pounds bought at 44.50, gained 521 pounds, selling at 112.50.
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Ames
Iowa
John Quist
Baby Beef Club
Quist
Clarence man injured by disc during team activity
Will Brink, 58, of Clarence, suffered a severe right foot injury Thursday afternoon when his team ran away and dragged a disc over his instep. He was taken to St. Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids where doctors found a severed tendon. His Friday condition was reported as good.
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Clarence
Will Brink
Brink
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Direct call ends conversation says it all
A country woman recalls a 13 year old ending a long phone chat with I’m going to hang up now Bill. Bill asks why and the reply is Gosh there’s nothing more to talk about. She notes the simple wisdom and wishes adults could use the same directness.
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Feeder Cattle Prices Steady Across Markets This Week
New buying of thin cattle boosted major markets with about 10 000 head offered in Kansas City on Monday. Kansas City average around 10.60 with Chicago at 9.75. Steers mixed, best in Chicago at 15, cows down 15 to 25 cents, heifers up 25 cents. total feeder movement 13 553 head for the week ending April 4.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Weigle Family Welcomes Son at Decorah
Winneshiek Farm Bureau reports County Agent E. J. Weigle and wife welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday. Their three year old Jill now has a brother.
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Decorah
Winneshiek Farm Bureau
E. J. Weigle
Farm sale near Oxford Junction changes hands
Frank Bizek sold his 150 acre farm east of Oxford Junction toward the Wapsie river to Vince Lasack for 6000 dollars, 40 dollars per acre. Lasack will take possession next March.
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Oxford Junction
Frank Bizek
Vince Lasack
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Wapsie River
Benton Cattlemen Tour Planned for April 17
The Benton county feedlot tour will visit three farms on April 17. Stops include the Ernie Lassen farm 13 miles west of Vinton, the George Konicek farm seven miles northeast of Dysart, and the Walter Brandt farm. Rex Beresford of Ames Herman Aaberg and a Chicago Producers representative will attend.
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Benton County
Don Groves
Ernie Lassen
George Konicek
Dysart
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Ames
Herman Aaberg
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