Grain markets grow volatile as supplies loom large
The volatile U S grain markets spark concern among farmers traders and officials as weekly reports show sharp swings in winter wheat prices amid uncertain supplies. Dry conditions and favorable weather shifts drive rapid price moves with March weeks showing gains and losses while the Commodity Exchange Authority monitors for manipulation.
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Ashington
Central
Great Plains
Department
Commodity Exchange Authority
Rural America Night Set By NFO Speaker in Arlington
ARLINGTON Erhard Pring of Sergeant Bluff vice president of the National Farmers Organization will speak at Rural America Night next Tuesday at 8 30 p m in the Stormont community high school gymnasium five miles southeast of Arlington at the intersection of highways 3 and 154.
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Arlington
Erhard Pringsten
Sergeant Bluff
National Farmers Organization
Stormont Community High School
March Milk Blend Price Set at 4.45 Dollars per Cwt
Market Administrator E. H. McGuire announces the March uniform price for Cedar Rapids Town City milk deliveries at 4.45 dollars per cwt with a butterfat differential of 7.7 cents per cwt for each 0.1 percent above or below 3.5 percent. The March price drops 22 cents from February yet exceeds March 1966 by 26 cents.
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Cedar Rapids- Town
E. H. McGuire
McGuire
Winners Named In Rabbit Show
Cedar Rapids breeders dominated the first Central Iowa Rabbit Fanciers show at Tama county fairground with top honors in six of twelve classes. A total of 301 entries featured winners from Viking Rabbitry, Prairie Valley Rabbitry, and other local farms across 12 breeds including Silver Marten, Dutch, English Spot, Flemish Giant, Californian, New Zealand Red and White, American Chinchilla, Checkered Giant, Champagne Argent, Palomino, and Standard Havana.
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Gladbrook
Cedar Rapids Rabbit Breeders Association
Central Iowa Rabbit Fanciers Association
Tama County Fairground
Silver Marten
Robert K. Bex
Route 3
Frank J. Bates
Wilson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
C. Jay Miller
Kalona
Don Pierce
Mason City
Clift’s Rabbitry
Des Moines
Viking Rabbitry
Viking
Dale G. Newport
William J. Hemmer
Troxel’s Rabbitry
Keith DeWitt
New Zealand
Red
Ted Coleman
Knoxville
Lanny Huskey
Toledo
Chuck Silvey
Frank Becicka
J Street
Argent
Eugene Mercer
Palomino
Harold R. McKinney
Prairie Valley Rabbitry
George D. Prastka
Fairfax
Iowa State Second In Animal Judging
Iowa State placed second overall at the fourth annual intercollegiate meat animal evaluation judging contest in Denison. Illinois won. Al Stein of Portsmouth was second high individual and Russell Hansen of Amana ranked fifth. ISU led in reasons and live judging, and was second in breeding-class judging. SU coaches were James J. Kiser and Dr. David G. Topel. 11 universities competed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Towa State
University of Illinois
Towa
al Stein
Portsmouth
Russell Hansen
Amana
Iowa State
James J. Kiser
David G. Topel
Spring Field Work Advances Beyond State Average
Des Moines IA AP field work progresses normally across Iowa with 52 percent of oat seeding done, 65 percent of plowing completed, and topsoil moisture in short supply. Pasture conditions range from below to above average, with some deterioration in the west and north central regions.
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Des Moines
API
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Shorthorn Bull Averages Reported At Central States Show
Twenty seven bulls averaged 479 and 25 females averaged 251 at the Central States Shorthorn show and sale held Saturday at the Southern Town fairgrounds. Overall average was 370. The bull average was notably higher than recent years as 14 of the 25 females were 1966 heifer calves. A top bid came for a coming two year old bull consigned by a local breeder.
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Oskaloosa
Central States
Southern Town
Brown Swiss Sale Tops in Waterloo Auction
The Iowa Brown Swiss association state sale at the National Dairy Cattle Congress pavilion saw a sale average of 388 dollars for 37 animals. Wayne Burr of Lone Tree purchased Brown Swiss bulls and cows, with champion bull SV Caesar S3rd selling for 610 dollars and reserve champion bull at 550. Top cows included eight 4-H heifers with a 273 dollar average and two leading cows at 720 and 655 dollars. The top bull came from Iowa State University dairy farm at 475 dollars, and the top bred heifer bid 470. Interspersed notes mention a good creep ration for newborn pigs from swine specialists.
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Lloyd F. Burr
Lone Tree
Wayne Burr
SV Caesar
O. L. Seit
Singer
Rose Hill
Cowman Stock Farms
Prairie City
James Brothers
Granger
Penningroth Brothers
Wellman
Waterloo
Iowa Brown Swiss Association
National Dairy Cattle Congress
William D. Church
Riceville
Hocraffer Farms
Clarion
Charles L. Wonderlich
Ollie
Max Trousdale
Alden
Herbert and
Walter
Steger
Holy Cross
Towa State University
Alfred Albers
Wellsburg
Iowa State
C. E. Nicholas
White Sulphur Springs
Mont
Four Jersey cows named Ton of Gold in Gates herd
Near West Liberty Claire Gates registered Jerseys named Ton of Gold cows for producing over 2,000 pounds of butterfat in four lactations. They posted butterfat records of 2,247 2,441 2,097 and 2,005 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Claire Gates
Diseases Studied in Pigs At Iowa Market Hog Show
Ames Iowa swine expert Dr Maynard Spear says subclinical diseases affected top pigs at Cedar Rapids Spring Market Hog Show. Lung lesions and bacterial viral infections found in 70 head. arthritis and jowl abscesses noted. snout health mostly good. Emphasizes herd health programs and SPF practices to curb hidden disease costs.
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Iowa
Ames
Maynard Spear
Iowa State University
Cedar Rapids
Federal Meat Inspection Division
USDA
Spear
Dr. Spear
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