Reserve Champion Brings $57 at Johnson Fair Sale
The Johnson county fair sale saw the reserve grand champion steer from West Branch weighing 1 185 pounds fetch $87 per hundredweight, while the reserve champion Hereford from Iowa City topped per-pound bidding at $61. Hills Bank and Trust bought the top animal, and a total of 240 market beef animals averaged $39.50 per hundredweight. Sheep sales included a grand champion lamb at $1.60 per pound and several high bids, with receipts expected to exceed $100 000 in beef.
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Sladek
Hills Bank and Trust
Hills
Angus
Julie Johnston
Iowa City
Keith Forbes
Lone Tree
Donna Zimmerman
Faye Reeve
Gringer Feed
Date Shires
Johnson
Kalona State Bank
Nick Greiner
Oxford
Scott Cline
Cline
Johnson County
Plunging Hog Prices Hit Iowa Livestock Markets
Hog prices in Iowa and southern Minnesota fell to a 15 month low at $42.62 per hundredweight for 200 to 220 pound butchers as supply and weak wholesale meat markets push values down. Cattle and sheep also declined while corn and soybean prices varied, with corn around $2.56 to $2.61 per bushel and soybeans up to $5.96. Eggs remained steady near 56 cents a dozen for large.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Ag Department Rejects Plan To Speed Milk Price Change
The Agriculture Department rejected a proposal to accelerate where price changes for raw milk in Minnesota and Wisconsin are reflected in prices paid to producers. Advanced pricing would have altered 34 federal milk marketing regions, potentially hurting producer returns and causing market disorder.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Clayton
HL. Forest
Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
Midwest
Mississippi River
Lounsberry Sets Disease Meeting For Towa Livestock Health
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert H. Lounsberry will convene a select group of Towa agriculture leaders in Des Moines to coordinate a state-wide program protecting livestock health. Immediate concerns include pseudo rabies brucellosis and swine dysentery, with scope beyond these issues. The group will work within the framework of the former Infectious Disease Committee and meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Ramada Inn for an all-day session.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
Robert H. Lounsberry
Lounsberry
Ramada Inn
Dry spell matches 200 year drouth in historical study
UW Madison researcher Reid A. Bryson links current Midwest dryness to patterns seen during North America’s 200 year drouth between 1200 and 1400. He cites similar circulation, dry westerlies, and mild winters with unusually dry summers, and warns a 200 year drought in the breadbasket is possible.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Midwest
North America
Reid A. Bryson
Institute For Environmental Studies
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Europe
Bryson
Gulf of Mexico
Magazine
Iowa
Corn Growers Group Lowers 1976 Corn Crop Outlook
The National Corn Growers Association says drought and high July temperatures will reduce the 1976 harvest from 6.252 billion bushels by over 157 million. Original USDA July 1 estimate was 6.553 billion. Hardest hit: Minnesota Wisconsin northwest Iowa central Illinois South Dakota northeast Nebraska.
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NCGA
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
South Dakota
Nebraska
Cheese Production Surges to Record 207 Million Pounds
Washington AP reports the nation's cheese production rose to over 207 million pounds in June, up from May’s 204 million and 22 percent higher than June of the previous year, per the agriculture department.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
USDA Crop Reports Do Not Push Down Prices
USDA officials released a breakdown of crops data arguing that crop and livestock estimates do not drive prices in any fixed direction. They cited price movements in corn and wheat after production estimates, noting several ups and downs that show estimates aim to help farmers gauge production value rather than trigger erratic price swings.
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Washington
UPD
Agriculture Department
USDA
Crop Reporting Board
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Johnson Fair Sale
Mark Stutsman
Fisow
Fox & Hounds
Mary Pike
Third Avenue F.E
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Benton County
Vinton
Association
Farm News
Edgewood
Slive
S.W
Mark W. Sheffert
St Paul
Prudenitial Insurance Company
St. Paul
Duluth
Northwestern Bell
Alaska
Hawaii
Missouri
Bell System
National Telephone Safes Center
Main Street
Kansas City
Tite
Beil
Cedar Rapids
Old Milwaukee
Osteo
Royal
Osco
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