Strong Demand and Higher Pay for 1968 Agriculture Grads
A midwest survey of 14 land grant universities shows a 7.8 percent rise in starting salaries for 1968 agriculture graduates with B S degrees at 620 dollars per month, M S at 737 dollars and Ph D at 994 dollars. Sales and management jobs drive demand while private industry and teaching, extension, government and military service share placement.
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MES
Midwest
Illinois
Iowa State
Kansas State
Lincoln
Michigan State
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio State
Purdue
South Dakota State
Southern Illinois
Wisconsin
Ronald Kay
Iowa State University
B.S
Agriculture
Swine Show Planned at National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo event will include eight swine breeds with an all other breeds class. Francis Callahan of Milford Ill. named swine judge. Shows run Sept 26 29 with market hogs judged at Bath Packing Co Waterloo and champions advancing to overall supreme titles.
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Waterloo
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Chester
Durocs
Poland
Spots
Hampshires
Yorkshires
Berkshires
Francis Callahan
Milford
Ill
Bath Packing Co
Land Values Rise Despite Higher Interest Rates
The Agriculture Department reports scarce loanable funds and higher rates yet farm real estate values increased about 6 percent nationwide last year. Demand for land for farm enlargement and nonagricultural use sustained the uptrend despite restrained speculative buying and delayed purchases.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Poverty Group Attacks Govt Farm Programs
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference led by Rev. Ralph Abernathy criticized the Johnson era crop-control plan praising cotton wheat and feed grains. He urged abolishing a 2 billion a year land retirement payout and announced a poor people's campaign in Washington next month to press for better conditions for the needy.
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Washington
Johnson Administration
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph Abernathy
Orville L. Freeman
SCLS
Abernathy
U.S. Households Rise While Farm Families Decline
The United States now has about 59 million households up from 35 million in 1940. Farm households have fallen from 7 million to 3 million, making up 5 percent of all households vs 20 percent in 1940.
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Washington
U.S
Florida
West German farmers face similar woes as U.S. peers
Rex Conn reports the Green Report to the West German parliament shows per capita net income up 4 percent last year due to higher marketings and less labor, despite weak demand. The 1967 census records 1.4 million farms, with 35 percent sole family income and 72 percent of farms tied to commercial operations. Agriculture Minister Hoecherl urges farm consolidation and caps on imports, proposing a 1968 budget of 1.35 billion dollars driven by European Community commitments.
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Armers
West Germany
U.S
Johnson 4-H Rally Night Set for Thursday
IOWA CITY The Johnson county 4-H rally night will be held Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Iowa City high school auditorium. Speakers include Heidi Kier University of Iowa senior and former state 4 H secretary and Larry Audle helm state 4 H boys president. Two honorary members will be initiated. Five boys and five girls will be elected to the Johnson county 4 H club council. Nominees include girls Elizabeth Brown Nichols Nancy Campbell Oxford Patricia Duffy Solon Eileen Jean Riverside Bev Dann Marcia Reeve Patricia Rowland all of Iowa City. Boys John Eckermann Oxford Roger Yoder Wellman Harold Cameron David Haman John McNutt Steve Miller Curt Yoder all of Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Heidi Kier
University of Iowa
Larry Audlehelm
Elizabeth Brown
Nichols
Nancy Campbell
Oxford
Patricia Duffy
Solon
Eileen Jean
Riverside
Bev Dann
Marcia Reeve
Patricia Rowland
John Eckermann
Roger Yoder
Wellman
Harold Cameron
David Haman
John McNutt
Steve Miller
Curt Yoder
Snyder couple elected to American Angus Association
William D. and Jean A. Snyder of Center Point have been elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri. The last month saw 593 memberships issued to Aberdeen Angus breeders in the United States.
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William D
Jean A. Snyder
Center Point
Poultry Consumption Per Person Last Year
The report states that average poultry intake reached 46.4 pounds per person during the previous year, indicating steady demand and per capita usage across the population.
Poultry Prices Show Demand Inelasticity
In a study of 1967 poultry markets egg production reached 70.2 billion, up 6 percent from 1966, yet egg income fell 16 percent to 1.82 billion. Broiler output rose 0.8 percent to 2.6 billion birds while broiler income dropped 11 percent to 1.22 billion. Prospects hint moderating producer cuts amid large egg and turkey stocks that may depress prices until liquidation.
East Iowa REC Essay Contest Winners Named
Eight high school juniors were named winners of the Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative sponsored rural electric youth tour essay contest. Winners will receive a one week expense paid trip to Washington. The group will meet June 9 at Wilton Junction before traveling to Des Moines and then Washington.
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Wilton Junction
Eastern
Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
Washington
John Heden
Muscatine
Diane Owen
West Liberty
Margaret Brugman
Jane Walton
Dean Ibsen
Clarence
John Carhoff
West Burlington
Harold Pausti
Food Shortage Was Narrowly Escaped
In Tunis at the FAO general conference, UN food chief Addeke H. Boerma warned that last year nearly caused a global famine after one more bad harvest. He added that current food conditions allow cautious optimism for the near term.
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Tunis
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
Addeke H.boerma
Meat Animal Value Down 2 Percent From 1966 Record
The value of meat animal production last year totaled 12.2 billion dollars, a 2 percent drop from the 1966 record. Lower hog, sheep and lamb prices mainly caused the decline, while cattle and calf marketing rose 1 percent, hogs up 11 percent, and sheep and lambs down 4 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Field Work Progress in Iowa Corn Planting Steady
DES MOINES Three percent of the 1968 corn crop had been planted by Monday, matching last year and the five year average. Plowing was 89 percent complete, wet fields slowed progress, pastures improved with rains, and topsoil moisture varied with many reports of adequate conditions and some surplus in the east central and southeast districts.
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Des Moines
East Central
Northwest
West Central
North Central
Co-Ops Role in Contract Farming Speaks to Market Linkages
A National Council of Farmer Cooperatives official argues contract farming and cooperative marketing mutualize risk and profits. He says farmers need assured prices and markets, while handlers provide technical help. bargaining Cooperatives and proposed Mondale bill would bolster fair terms and negotiate effectively.
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Washington
Bob Hampton
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Hampton
University of Maryland
Mondale
May Beef Month Drive Launched
DES MOINES Beef promotion materials for May Beef Month appeal to weight watchers says Dale Awtry of the Iowa Department of Agriculture marketing division. Promos titled Spring Slim Liners With Beef highlight cooked beef dishes and in store displays as a good buy due to moderate spring prices.
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Des Moines
Dale Awtry
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Awtry
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Iowa Marketing Division
Iowa Farm Bureau
National Livestock and Meat Board
Home Economics
Anniversary of Farm Programs Observed By U S Agriculture
The Agriculture Department plans a May 15 ceremony to mark 35 years since the first government farm program act. Attendees include former secretaries Clinton P. Anderson Charles F Brannan and Ezra Taft Benson with farm legislators and group leaders. The act signed May 12 1933 has persisted in various forms. Hampton urged cooperatives to review member contracts for short term equity and long term farmer benefits.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
I Charles F. Brannan
Ezra Taft Benson
Department
Hampton
Johnson Named Extension Assistant in Two Iowa Counties
Richard Johnson of Latimer is appointed extension assistant in Johnson and Washington counties by Iowa State University extension and the two county extension councils. He starts July 1, succeeding Kenneth Cuhel who resigns May 1 for Area Ten Community College Cedar Rapids. A 1967 ISU graduate, Johnson has taught vocational agriculture at Cal Community School Latimer. The Johnsons and their infant plan to reside in Washington.
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Richard Johnson
Latimer
Johnson and
Washington
Iowa State University Extension Service
Johnson
Kenneth Cuhel
Area Ten Community College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State
Cal Community School
Farm Land Values Up 6 Percent in 1967
The Agriculture Department reports total U S farm real estate at 189.5 billion with the average farm valued at 65 700 or 173 per acre as of November 1. Values rose 6 percent in the year with Lake states and Corn Belt leading 8 percent gains.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
Lake States
Corn Belt
Mountain States
Florida
Missouri
Landscaping Help Tour Heads Through Clayton County
ELEADER-Margherits Tarr, extension landscape architect, will visit Clayton County May 16 and 17 to assist families with landscaping problems. A county tour will inspect landscape plantings and sites.
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Eleader
Margherits Tarr
Clayton County
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