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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1978
Page
12
Ten young Iowa women were listed as semifinalists in the 21st annual contest. Winners will be chosen after interviews with three finalists, then a televised program on WMT April 29. Sponsors are Iowa Electric Light and Power and the WMT Stations Cedar Rapids.
The 16th annual Pork Center Market Hog Show invites entries of barrows born after March 10. Nominations are ear notched with a maximum of ten per exhibitor and a $1 weigh-in fee. Weigh-ins occur April 22 in Mechanicsville Stanwood and May 6 in Anamosa DeWitt Bennett with specified times and locations for each site.
Kirkwood Community College hosts two horse events this month. The third annual registered Quarterhorse sale begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday April 22 at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. A separate school horse show judged by Gary Werner of Wessington South Carolina starts at 9 a.m. Saturday April 29 at Kirkwood Cedar Rapids.
The National Corn Growers Association will hold its annual meeting July 16 to 19 in Lincoln Nebraska. Executive vice president Don Schlichte said about 600 delegates and growers are expected. Topics include farm legislation overseas markets weather and energy with the group comprising about 8500 members in 47 states.
Washington AP reports Richard Lyng of the American Meat Institute objects to Michael Jacobsen of the Center for Science in the Public Interest advising a U S delegation at the Codex Alimentarius Conference in Rome. Lyng cites Jacobsen's anti meat stance and seeks his replacement. Jacobsen is described as a microbiologist and founder of Food Day.
Washington AP reports farmers face confusion over 1978 crop programs. Agriculture Secretary Bergland weighs a ten day extension to May 1 for signing up in wheat cotton and feed grains acreage set aside programs at USDA offices.
The Soviet Union has started buying U.S. grain for next fall under a long term agreement. Washington reports 250000 metric tons of corn to be delivered after Oct 1 as the third year begins, with current second year purchases totaling about 12700000 metric tons.
A sequence of farm auctions and sales scheduled across multiple dates in mid to late April near Alburnett Kalona Springville Hopkinton and Cedar Rapids with times 11 a.m. 1 p.m. and 12 30 p.m. and sale types including machinery and land plus a welfare payments note for 1934 mentioning 4.7 million American families.
Washington AP reports a two man investigative team says the Brazilian soybean crop has continued to deteriorate due to drought reducing Brazil’s supply and increasing potential competition with U.S. beans on the world market.
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