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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1983
Page
26
Cash elevator prices in Cedar Rapids show corn soybeans and oats edging higher at 2:30 p.m. futures drift with gains for new and old crop values. No. 2 yellow corn around 3.95 per bushel, soybeans up to near 7.00, oats modestly higher amid market activity.
E I Livestock Cedar Rapids quoted Wilson Foods of Rapids at 46 to 47 dollars per two hundredweight for lambs or similar meat. Mid America Lamb Processing advertises choosing 1 product and offers choice and prime spring lambs with contact Russ Olson near Wilson Food Lamb Processing. Ray Zamasti at 846 2694 in Waterloo provides hog and packing market details.
Friday reports from Des Moines indicate the central U S meat market showing steadiness in steer and heifer prices with modest gains in boxed carcass values. Demand remains moderate with some late firming and varied grain prices influencing feeder cattle and calves.
Hog sales at Sioux City Friday show 600 head trading actively with barrows and gilts weak to 48.75 to 49.00. Cattle market described as a full market test with uncertain demand.
Greg Werning of Vinton captured the open steer show grand champion with his animal winning medium lightweight. His brother Gene Werning earned the reserve grand and his steer topped medium heavyweight. Todd Scholl of Fort Madison won lightweight champion with reserve by Troy Scholl.
The Soviet Union purchased 175000 metric tons of U S soybeans about 6.4 million bushels under a new long term grain agreement with the United States. The pact, replacing a wheat and corn focused deal, sets minimums for corn and wheat and allows soybean purchases as part of meeting the minimums. US sales to the Soviets totaled 199000 metric tons for 1982 83 with 683000 tons in 1981 82.
Linn County records its first spider mite infestation in a soybean field owned by Denny Neal and son Kenny, near Mount Vernon. County Extension Director Dick Freeman calls it serious and warns spraying to prevent crop loss. Entomologist Dave Foster notes statewide high mite levels, especially in southeast Iowa, and recommends scouting and targeted insecticide applications if yellowing or widespread mites appear.
Iowa officials warn drought and heat could cut corn yields by as much as 25 percent with July heat the hottest in 28 years. Secretary Robert Lounsberry notes land idling via a payment in kind program worsens losses while ISU climatologist Elwynn Taylor cites expected August heat pushing yields toward 102 bushels per acre from normal 127.
Chicago grain and soybean futures jumped to fresh highs on Friday as weather forecasts predict continued hot dry conditions across the Corn Belt. Analysts cited rising demand and external factors like the dollar as influences, with corn and soybeans posting notable gains by week's end.
Daryl Culler was arrested at his Smithland area home after deputies found 480 marijuana plants hidden in two plots and a day by day calendar detailing a treated crop. Officials expect total value over 1.5 million dollars and warn more arrests may follow in Woodbury County.
Gametrics Ltd unveils Epibloc a chemical vasectomy bait that quickly kills up to 90 percent of rats then sterilizes survivors by forming scar tissue in their reproductive systems. The product claims to cause false pregnancies when sterile males mate with females extending nonreproductive periods for rats. Zoecon markets an aerosol that aborts flea larvae and pupae.
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