Independence Fair Beef Auction Tops with High Prices
The 1,131 pound grand champion beef shown by Mike Loughren sold for 60.00 per hundredweight to Farmers State Savings bank Independence. The 1,067 pound reserve grand champion Angus owned by Don Loughren sold for 45.50 to Don Jensen Jesup. Other top sellers included crossbred and Shorthorn champions and three high selling sheep, with showmanship honors awarded to David Duello and Bill Nielsen and a dairy exhibitor Duane Funk. Merlin Dodge won the top apple pie auction at 57 dollars.
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Independence
Mike Loughren
Masonville
Farmers State Savings Bank of Independence
Don Loughren
Coggon
Don Jensen
Jesup
Mike
Loretta Loughren
Don
Donald Loughren
Kellee Rathbun
Barb Fisher
Coggan
Suffolk
Curt Freed
Dubuque Packing Co
Dubuque
Freed
Sandy Fisher
David Duello
Brandon
Bill Nielsen
Rowley
Duane Funk
Winthrop
Merlin Dodge
Nature
Call for Reform in Livestock Market Measurement and Reporting
Sioux City hearing on a bill co authored by Rep Bedell and Rep Thone urged a more accurate system to curb price manipulation. Witnesses from farm groups and market services pressed for stronger USDA monitoring of wholesale meat reports and clear sale distinctions, with penalties for false reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
John Henning
Iowa Cattlemen’s Assn
Henning
Berkley Bedell
Iowa
Charles Thone
Rneb
U.S. Agriculture Department
Washington
Thone
Bedell
Tom Harkin
Drowa
Larry Pressler
R-S.d
Ers
Paul Wise
Iowa Farmer’s Union
Yellow Sheet
Iowa Firm Sells Eggs to Arabs
Lime Springs egg producers find a market in Saudi Arabia with 750 cases weekly, equaling 22 500 dozen eggs. The price is 1.75 dollars per dozen. Organizer Larry Long arranged the deal after discovering demand during a visit to Arabia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lime Springs
API
Dewell Tops Cedar Beef Show at Tipton Fair
Brad Dewell, 15, of Clarence, drove a 1,150-pound crossbred steer to grand champion at the Cedar County fair market beef show in Tipton amid muddy conditions. Judge Tom Reedy selected the steer as champion. reserve went to Brian Armstrong with a 1,185-pound Shorthorn.
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Tipton
Brad Dewell
Cedar County
Dewell
Clarence
Brad
Tom Reedy
Lovington
Ill
Brian Armstrong
Dowell
Angus
Mike Buck
London
Scott Eichhorn
Charolais
Jodi Chapman
Janet Fisher
Mechanicsville
Hereford
Brian Jackson
Craig Smith
Stanwood
Shorthorn
Tammy Thomson
Eric Hasselbusch
Jeff Fitzgerald
Kris Koch
Ann Hermiston
Bennett
Brett Peterson
Wilton
Laura Juergens
Bart Mostaert
Jolene Keppy
D-Dell Farms
Lisbon
Ayrshire
Jim Fry
Tim Fry
Kevin Gendelmann
Lisa Schwien
Guernsey
Eileen Niermeyer
Holstein
Brian Bergmann
Jersey
Cedar Rapids
Tracy Weih
Cindy Cary
Steve Cary
Steve Wieneke
West Branch
Dorset
Lincolnway Farms
Hampshire
Cedarcrest
Shropshire
Ram
James Cary
Ewe
Voss Brothers
New Liberty
Southdown
Suffolk
Huston
Huston’s
Suffolks of
Alexis, Ill
Ewe, Voss Brothers
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al Tank
Lowden
Buchanan Fair
Peoria
Quad Cities
DIV
Ingersoll Building Products, Inc
Michael Kaefring
Teri Eichhorn
Tip
Marit
Dal
Winston
SAS
Tareyton
Loviliard
FTC
Kent Golden Lights Kings
Kings
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