Seed Corn Disposal Continues in Blairstown
Funk seeds plans to dump about 40 000 bushels of Captan contaminated seed corn in a Blairstown landfill Thursday. The Belle Plaine plant discards obsolete seed instead of finding markets due to federal Captan rules from 1972. Officials urge an EPA tolerance for livestock feed as the chemical’s future remains uncertain.
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Funks
Ken Truelsen
Belle Plaine
Funk
Benton County
Truelsen
Iowa senator outraged by cookbook style dove season brochure
State Sen. Tom Slater denounces a conservation commission brochure proposing a mourning dove hunting season in Iowa with recipe ideas noting 12 to 18 breasts could make stroganoff serving eight. Exec director Fred Priewert defended the cooking notes as to show hunters eat the birds. The plan forecasts a Sept 3 to 25 season pending rules.
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Conservation Commission
Iowa
Tom Slater
Council Bluffs
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Slater
Fred Priewert
Commission
Priewert
Bert Priebe
D-Algona
Federal Department of the Interior
Priebe
the Gazette
Iowa Conservationist
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Iowa Wildlife Society
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Izaak Walton League
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Ducks Unlimited
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Dubuque
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Pleasantville
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Hardee’s Parking
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