West Liberty Beef and Sheep Winners Named
West Liberty fair open class livestock judging crowned champions and reserve champions across Shorthorn Hereford Hampshire and Angus breeds. Winners included W L Anderson and Jean Anderson with Shorthorn, John W Campbell with Herefords, D L Stevens and Louis Danner with female and bull awards, and regional exhibitors across sheep divisions. Also noted were 4 H FFA horse awards, district contests and tractor pulling results amid broader farm activity and feed grain market context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
W. L. Anderson
Jean Anderson
John W. Campbell
Oxford
Tom Lehman
D. L. Stevens
Long Grove
Robert Carr
Hawkeye Acres
Crawfordsville
Louis Danner
James
Smith
Stanwood
Hampshire
Southdown
Suffolk
James Gray
Mechanicsville
Wayne French
Muscatine
Corriedale
Earl H. Siders and Sons
Tipton and Hitchcock Brothers
Shropshire
Richard and Russell Voss
New Liberty
Both
Feed Grains Become More of a Cash Crop
USDA reports feed grains are shifting from farm use to commercial channels as livestock and poultry demand grows and exports rise. In 1935 only 21 percent entered markets. for 1965 about 90 percent is expected to be marketed. Nearly half of corn, a third of oats, and most barley and grain sorghum have already been or will be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
USDA
Clutter Orly
Duponda Hall
F. N. Jensen
USDA Buys Turkeys for School Lunch Program
Washington reports the Agriculture Department has announced a purchase of 2,880,000 pounds of fresh frozen ready to cook turkeys for the school lunch program. The delivered cost was $942,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Washington
Agriculture Department
Grain harvest outlook trims bushel forecast
The current projection lowers expected ver output to about a billion bushels, roughly 10 percent below last year and the smallest since 1955, signaling tighter supplies and potential market impact.
2 Percent Milk Production Cut Seen This Year
Washington AP reports government forecasts place this year's milk production at 122 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 125.1 billion last year. Officials project output for the rest of the year to be slightly above this year’s first seven months, which were down 4 percent from a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crop Insurance Extended to 4 More Iowa Counties
Washington announces that all risk federal crop insurance will be available in Des Moines Jackson Lee and Scott counties for the 1967 crop year. The policy will raise Iowa counties covered to 89 and protects about a million acres with roughly 50 million dollars in production expenses insured in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Des Moines
Jackson, Lee
Scott
Iowa
Market Lamb Brings Top Price in 4 H Sale at Keokuk Fair
The Keokuk county fair junior livestock sale crowned Randy Martin of Sigourney as the champion market lamb with a top bid of 49. The sale also featured Richard Capps Packwood as champion pen of market pigs at 39 per cwt and David Streigle Harper as reserve at 40. Other highlights include Clifford Romberg Keota winning grand champion baby beef at 40 per cwt and Ronald Denison Keswick auctioning a Shorthorn at 31.25 per cwt. Pigs averaged 30.68 and lambs 27.51 per cwt with total sale amounting to 52,056.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk County
Randy Martin
Sigourney
Ollie Livestock Co
Richard Capps
Packwood
David Streigle
Harper
Clifford Romberg
Keola
Ronald Denison
Keswick
Cathy Wheeler
Kinross
Karolyn Kitzman
West Liberty Fair Queen Crowned in Iowa State Bid
Patricia Best 18 daughter of Elmer and Mrs Best Stockton crowned Miss West Liberty Fair on Saturday and will compete in the Iowa State Fair queen contest. She is a freshman at Iowa State University. Crowned by 1965 queen Barbara Mays. Los Angeles dairy county still leads with 78,000 cows yielding 127 million gallons of milk last year per Western Milk and Ice Cream News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Julie Ruess
Muscatine County Farm Bureau
Mt. Pleasant
West Liberty Fair
Gene Anderson
Columbus Junction
Sueppel and Miller
Solon
Spot
Orville Meeker
Letts
Hampshire
Dennis Meeker
Eldon Bothell
Iowa City
Hampshire Cross
Mike Bathell
Winks
Lanny Kay
Don Feldman
Ralph Schnoebelen
Riverside
Kenneth Kucera
Ron Bowser
West Chester
Joe Simon
Gary Hunter
Town City
Jack Simon
Wayne
Patricia Best
Elmer Best
Stockton
Iowa State University
Barbara, Mays
Los Angeles
Calif
Los Angeles County
Western Milk and Ice Cream News
Angus Top Beet Show at Waukon
Grand champion baby beef at the Allamakee County fair in Waukon was an Angus exhibited by John Byrnes. The steer sold for 45 dollars per cwt at the auction closing the fair. Reserve champion Angus was Curtis Amundson. Other winners include Byron Steiber with champion individual and pen of three market pigs, Farmers Hybrids pigs., Ronnie Curtin champion market lamb, Greg Waldron champion pen of market lambs. all winning lambs were crossbreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allamakee County
Allamakee
Waukon
John Byrnes
Curtis Amundson
Lansing
Byron Steiber
Ronnie Curtin
Greg Waldron
Farmers Get More Of Beef Dollar In 1966 Quarter
Washington AP reports the farmer's share of the consumer dollar for Choice beef averaged 60 cents in Q2 this year, up from 7 cents in 1965 and 54 cents in 1964. The farm share for pork averaged 55 cents in Q2, down from 57 cents last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Cattle Feeders Day Topics Set at Ames
Cattlemen face winter forage concerns and Iowa State will host a Cattle Feeders day on September 1. Nelson Gay will discuss high quality corn silage for finishing cattle and silage additives including urea and limestone. Roger Hunsley will cover supplements stocking rates and Iowa State trials on wintering cows and young heifers on cornstalks. Additional reports include trials of experimental feed additives and a study of shrink in feeder cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State
Nelson Gay
Gay
Roger Hunsley
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West Liberty Beef and Sheep
Shalla
Alvin Meyar
Lone Tree
Don Chalupa
Kalona
Lyle Yoder
Richard Mynatt
West Point
Barry Hayslett
Beverly Merritt
Dana Chown
Nichols
Bill Einfeldt
Durant
Elmer
Garrels
Phil Specht
Monticalla Ffa
Mr. Banker Red
Keith
Keith Noll
Milt Nelson
Paul J. Huinker
Ridgeway
Winneshiek
Poland
China
Duroc
Cedar Rapids
Mickey Ratliff
Trenton
Humker
Ratliff
Bill Malloy
Malloy Jewelers
Third Avenue
F. E. Nissen
Neils Schmidt
Toledo
Weather Bureau
Top
Dairy County
Angus
Klingers
Klinger
2Nd Ave
Feenemeeeall Oso
Nerye
Les
Harrow
Planters Diggers
Texas
Bages Sheen
Third Street
Seedar Rapids
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