Garst cites Eastern Europe progress and fertilizer gains
Iowa farmer Roswell Garst warns the free world to fear malnutrition in the Americas while predicting substantial agricultural strides in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. He credits education and industry and notes fertilizer use rising as he reflects on Soviet era policies and global farming trends. Corn and soy stocks in Iowa on April 1 show gains over last year and the five-year average, with mixed results across grains and disappearances in early 1966.
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Soviet Union
Europe
Iowa
Roswell Garst
Des Moines
Lowal
4 H To Offer Program In Veterinary Science
Chicago report on a joint effort by the National 4H Service Committee and the American Veterinary Medical Association to publish a veterinary science program for 4 H members. The material covers careers in veterinary medicine and topics like anatomy physiology sanitation and diseases. A $15 000 grant from Upjohn Company funded the project.
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Chicago
National
4H Service Committee
American Veterinary Medical Association
Upjohn Company of
Kalamazoo, Mich
Germany Becomes Butter Exporter for First Time This Century
West Germany shipped three million pounds of butter in the first nine months of 1965. The same period last year saw Germany import about 35 million pounds, marking a shift to net exporter.
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Washington
Germany
National Milk Producers Federation
West Germany
Dairy imports spark concern in U S cheese trade
U S cattlemen faced a past furor over imports and today dairy spokesmen warn cheese imports threaten the industry. They cite higher cheddar quotas and possible removal of Colby limits, noting January February Colby imports 7.3 million pounds and rising butterfat product imports.
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Washingson
U.S
National Milk Producers Federation
Johnson
Australia
New Zealand
Ireland
Southeast Iowa Angus Breeders Sale Tops at Mt Pleasant
The twenty third annual Southeast Iowa Angus Breeders sale at Mt Pleasant saw average prices about 50 dollars higher than last year. Lawrence B Jamison of Columbus Junction topped the sale with a 1100 dollar bid from Hohl and Kilmer of Donnellson. The top selling female went for 850 dollars consigned by Hawkeye Acres Crawfordsville and bought by Lewis Danner Atalissa. Total proceeds exceeded 27000 dollars with 27 yearlings included.
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NY. Pleasant
Iowa
Angus Breeders Association
Mt. Pleasant
Lawrence B. Jamison
Columbus Junction
Hohl and Kimler
Donnellson
Hawkeye Acres
Crawfordsville
Lewis Danner
Atalissa
Price Set for Cedar Rapids Iowa City Class I Milk April
The Class I milk price for April in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City market is set at 4.56 per cwt. with a butterfat differential of 7.6 cents per cwt per 0.1 percent above or below 3.5 percent. Milk handlers may file two utilization reports under the two price sets or one report using a weighted Class I average price of 4.512 per cwt.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
E. H. McGuire
Rock Island
McGuire
Milk Output Still Below a Year Earlier
Washington AP reports March milk production fell 1 percent from March 1965, with four consecutive months 5 percent or more below a year earlier. Despite a price support increase to 3.50 per hundred pounds for manufacturing milk, impact is not yet evident. Declines appeared in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, and Texas.
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Agriculture Department
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
California
Texas
U.S
Av Washington
UPI
Mastitis Problem Continues To Plague U. S. Dairymen
New York report describes mastitis as a costly, widespread disease reducing milk yields. It cites losses of $500 million to $1,500 per farm annually due to infection, treatment, and reduced production, and notes seasonal susceptibility and limits of vaccination. It emphasizes identification of causes and proper milking practices to control outbreaks.
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U.S
Mastitis Battle Seen as Key to Dairy Math in Iowa
Iowa dairy industry faces a costly mastitis problem. In 1965 Iowa produced over five billion pounds of milk. elimination could add about 0.75 billion pounds. Cash milk receipts reached 192 million dollars, while scientists push new drugs and milking techniques, including Pfizer Form 5 for Mastitis, to reduce losses.
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Towa
Iowa
U.S
Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc
Increased Promotion By U S Competitors in Foreign Markets
U S agricultural attaches in the United Kingdom West Germany and Japan report rivals from Canada Australia New Zealand Denmark the Netherlands Israel South Africa and France stepping up promotional efforts. They are increasing spending on market development programs and export food campaigns.
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Washington
United Kingdom
West Germany
Japan
America
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Denmark
Netherlands
Israel
South Africa
France
Water use by U S dairy industry rises since 1959
Washington reports the U S dairy industry used 62 billion gallons of water in 1984 up from 38 billion in 1959, per the Bureau of the Census.
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Washington
U.S
Bureau of the Census
Auction Notice for Farm Items and Estates
Saturday sale opens at 12 30 pm for beef cattle machinery oats and hay. Public auction 12 30 pm includes household goods antiques Bertha Harken estate near Monticello. Closing out sale machinery edt Mrs Harry Benton 4 mi NW of Anama sa.
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Louis A. Luick
Bertha Harken
Monticello
Harry Benton
Anamasa
Feed Grain Payments Reported for 1965
Washington AP reports the government paid farmers 1.382 billion dollars in 1965 to hold down acreages of corn barley and sorghum. Payments went to 1 427 000 of about 3 182 000 feed grain farms, compared with 1.171 billion in 1964 and 846 million in 1963.
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Washington
Livestock Feed Ratios Remain Strong Through March
In the six months ending March, livestock feed ratios stayed well above recent years amid price declines. The corn-hog price ratio averaged 23.2, beef steer-corn 22.0, and the milk-feed ratio 1.51. DHIA notes high March herd: Harry Latta Jersey herd at Springville averaged 35.7 pounds milk and 1.8 pounds butterfat per cow daily.
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Washington
Dhia Correction
Linn Co-Op Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Jersey
Harry Latta
Springville
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