Linn County teens in Iowa Youthpower Conference
Thirty four Iowa teenagers participated in the Iowa Youthpower Conference in Des Moines last weekend. Among them were three Linn County students from Marion Beth Graban Karen Timm and Lori Arrasmith. Secretary Robert Lounsberry visited. Chris Snow of Cedar Rapids completed a report but could not attend.
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Linn County
Iowa
Des Moines
Robert Lounsberry
Beth Graban
Karen Timm
Lori Arrasmith
Marion
Chris Snow
Cedar Rapids
Leach seeks state by state calc for farm deficiency payments
Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa criticized the national price averaging used to set corn deficiency payments as unfair to Iowa. He argued payments should be state based to reflect differing prices, warning Iowa farmers may not participate otherwise. He plans legislation after Easter recess to change the method.
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Vinton
Jim Leach
Iowa
Leach
USDA
Georgia
Congress
Delhi FFA names its star chapter farmers
Delhi FFA honors its star chapter farmers Bob Beitz Hopkinton and Julie Deese Delhi for stellar leadership Beitz sentinel and Deese treasurer also honored for state horse contest and DeKalb award Greenhands Lori Engelken Earlville and Shelley King Delhi named star greenhands Engelken serves as freshmen conduct of meetings vice president King as freshman team treasurer and state chorus member King attends state FFA convention in Waterloo Star agribusinessman Jim Russ Hopkinton named in addition scholarship awards to Lori Engelken and Mike Winter Proficiency awards go to Brad Sauer Chuck Bacon Ed Newman Ronny Becker Mark Kintzle Tracy Sellner Deb Beitz Mark Kramer Randy Gray New officers Deb Beitz president Mike Rola vice president Tom Fangman secretary Renee Hillers treasurer Dan Huber reporter Ron Becker sentinel Honorary farmers Leon Beitz and Beverly Davis recognized for teaching AI and scrapbook/bookkeeping work respectively.
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Delhi
Bob Beitz
Hopkinton
Julie Deese
Maquoketa Valley
Future Farmers of America
Beitz
Galen Beitz
Doese
Jack Doese
Lori Engelken
Earlville
Shelley King
Engelken
Edwin Engelken
King
Phil King
FFA
Waterloo
Jim Russ
Anthony Russ
Agribusinessman
Mike Winter
Brad Sauer
Chuck Bacon
Ed Newman
Robert Lillibridge
Ronny Becker
Mark Kintzle
Tracy Sellner
Deb Beitz
Mark Kramer
Randy Gray
Mike Rola
Tom Fangman
Renee Hillers
Dan Huber
Sentinel
Ron Becker
Ye Patna
Ben Yoder
Les Mardorf
Leon Beitz
Beverly Davis
Davis
Grant opposes meat boycotts amid beef price rise
Allan Grant of the American Farm Bureau Federation argues that consumer boycotts will worsen beef shortages and raise prices for years. He cites a New York campaign against high prices and notes consumers already switch to cheese fish pork or other foods. Gathered remarks from Hawaii show fishermen favoring tuna substitutions.
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DES Moines
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allan Grant
Grant
Hawaii
Kirkwood Educator Named to National Post Secondary Youth Board
Larry Statler head of agriculture and natural resources at Kirkwood Community College was tapped as one of four advisers to a new 14 member National Post Secondary Youth Organization board. Two Kirkwood delegates and fifteen attendees from Iowa took part in the Kansas City meeting about expanding education opportunities for agriculture students at junior colleges and vocational schools.
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Kirkwood
National Post Secondary
Larry Statler
Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Kansas City
Iowa
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