Buch Has Top Selling Steer at Vinton Fair
Rod Buch of Keystone owned the reserve grand champion beef steer, a 1200 pound Simmental Angus cross sold for 70 per hundredweight to Citizens State Savings Bank of Belle Plaine at the Benton county fair sale in Vinton. The event saw 33 steers sold with prices to 63 per hundredweight. other winners included Buch's champ commercial crossbred heifer and various senior junior showmen named in the daylong beef show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
INTON
Rod Buch
Keystone
Citizens State Savings Bank of
Belle Plaine
Kent Meyer
Vinton Future Farmers of America
Farmers’ Grain Co. of
Vinton
Janet Boddicker
Newhall
Benton Fair
Buch
Kevin Coffland
Blairstown
Hereford
Laurie Freese
van Home
Della Krug
Atkins
Andrea Urice
Maria Urice
Angus
Steve Weming
Andy Hartz
Ron Tiedemann
Chad Hennings
Elberon
Shorthorn
Don Tiedemann
Doug Yanecek
Walford
JM Boddicker
Peg Hanneman
Jill Boddicker
Bill Zmolek
Iowa State University
Ames
Rod Buck
Center
Benton County Fair
Benton County
Jo Radeke
Luzerne
Jane Boddicker
Farm News highlights top junior swine showman and dairy champions
Gene Schwartz, 17, of Vinton earned reserve pen honors in three pigs, while Todd Hagen showed the champion gilt and Paul Hagen, 16, of Van Horne claimed reserve in swine. Alan Schminke, Pan Reinhardt, Terry Walker, and others led in Chester White Hampshire and Spotted classes. John Schulte exhibited the grand champion Brown Swiss dairy animal, a seven-year-old cow, with Mark Schulte as reserve. Other dairy winners included Jersey, Ayrshire, and junior showman distinctions for several youths from multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Tom Wickersham
Winton
Brenda Degner
Dysart
Suffolk
Dave Stamy
Norway
Lisa
Terry Becker
Watkins
Kathy Krafka
Mary Parr
Luzerne
Alan Schminke
van Horne
Gene Schwartz
Vinton
Todd Hagen
Paul Hagen
Paul
Chester White
Patty Schminke
Hampshire
Pan Reinhardt
Spotted
Terry Walker
Vinton Ffa
Lee Inman
John Schulte
Mark Schulte
John Becker
Steve Bierschenk
Jersey
Bart Frash
LaPorte City
Bret Frash
Ayrshire
Kathy Kusel
Keystone
Ron Schanbacker
Newhall
Eileen Wittmer
Benton County Fair
van Home
Benton County
Kristi Krafka
Market Swine and Lambs Top Beef at West Liberty Fair Sale
Market animals dominated the West Liberty fair auction led by swine. Tom Townsley of Letts sold two hogs for 61 dollars per hundredweight totaling 415 pounds. Lambs ranged to 50 dollars per hundred, with the sale averaging 44 for lambs and 38.75 for cattle. Judges announced multiple champions across beef, dairy, and swine divisions with firms and farms from Muscatine to Durant earning top honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Farmers of America
Tom Townsley
Letts
Scott Kraft
Larry Salemink
Nichols
West Branch State Bank
J. Paul Dierick
Stockton
Ralph Danner
Olsen Coordinates Hay Relief Program for Three Dry States
Cedar Rapids extension worker Eldon Olsen coordinates hay relief for drought victims in Wisconsin Minnesota and South Dakota. He gathers Eastern Iowa farmers willing to sell hay or rent pasture and writes officials in three states to enlist aid. South Dakota may be too far for Iowa hay shipments but expects pasture rental. prices cited around 60 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olsen
Cedar Rapids Area
Eldon Olsen
Wisconsin
Minnnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Tes
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Parr
Farm News
Benton
Danner Bros. of
Muscatine
Sheri
Lloyd Burr
Lone Tree
H. W. McElhinney
Theresa Danner
Durant
G. Bar T Red Angus
Ben Buskohi
Buffalo
Shadyrest
Herbert Sywassink
Todd Larsen
Long Grove
McHone Farms
Harry Goetsch and Sons
Walcott
H. J. Schroeder
Proske Bros
Blue Grass
Randy Edler
Tipton
Yorkshire
Robert Einfeldt and Sons
Larry
Jess
Rich Etscheidt
Hill Mungerford
Cegar
Cedar Rapids
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