Wilson Foods Iowa hogs and grain prices steady this Wednesday
Midwest markets show hog quotes at 62.00 to 63.50 for No 1-2 butchers with lighter weights discounted. Lambs 50 to 52 steady. Waterloo Bath Packing buyers at 42.75 to 63.25. Corn soybeans and oats higher in Cedar Rapids cash market. USDA notes undertone steady for West North Central cattle, eggs and meat prices varied with demand and supplies.
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Wilson Foods
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Waterloo Bath Packing Co
Pro Farmer Grain
Federal State Market News Service
Iowa
Midwest
Interior
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Igher
N.central
Live cattle and hog prices seen steady to higher
Sioux City market reports 2000 head with 160 to 280 lb hogs selling around 61 to 64 with U S 1 and 2 weights dominating. Cattle 1200 slaughter and 700 feeders with slaughter steers 66 plus, heifers 63 to 64, cows 40 to 44, bulls 48 to 52. Trade moderate and steady overall.
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Gner
U.S
Meat futures close on CME with varied quotes
Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures closed mixed on Wednesday as traders weighed demand and supply signals. Prices for live cattle and hogs fluctuated within narrow ranges, with several contracts ending modestly higher while others finished lower.
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Lago
UPI
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Omaha Livestock Market Report Wednesday and Livestock Prices
Market notes show cattle and hogs steady to firm with higher bids for select weight classes. No 1-2 steer 200-245 lb hogs quoted at 63.75 to 64.25, cattle with prime loads near 1250 lb at 67.50, and sheep with spring lambs up 1.50 while ewes hold steady.
Two Eastern Iowans Reach Top 10 in State Fair Fashion Revue
Karen Maurer 17 of Manchester and Dana Flamme 17 of Gladbrook placed among the top 10 in the 4 H Fashion Revue at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Maurer modeled a blue blazer and matching outfit. Flamme wore an Amana woolen Scottish plaid ensemble. Both are active 4 H members with state and county roles.
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Des Moines
Gladbrook
Younker
State Fairgrounds
Karen
Dana
Amana
Delaware County
Dona
Loren
Pauline Flamme
Don
Gail Maurer
Czech decorated eggs dazzle Iowa State Fair display
Des Moines reports Mary Nejdl a Cedar Rapids artist presents Czech egg art at the Iowa State Fair. She etches, paints, batiks, and hollows eggs from hen, quail, goose, and an Australian ostrich, with a wax resist batik process and a lace cut technique. Her work, first shown at the fair, includes a lacy egg in a Czech Museum in Cedar Rapids.
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Des Moines
Mary Nejdl
Cedar Rapids
Nejdl
Australia
Cultural Center
Nejd
Neidl
Ivanhoe Road
Monroe
Martin Polehna
The
U.S
Nejdi
Geese rounded up near Lake of the Isles
Rebecca Machalow watches as Washington D C residents geese at Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis. City officials have designated the flocks a nuisance and plan to round up 450 geese for shipment to Louisiana and Oklahoma.
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Rebecca Machalow
Steve
Trish Machalow
Washington, D.C
Lake of the Isles
Minneapolis
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Eastern Iowans win at State Fair 4-H event
Sixteen Gazette area youths earned awards at the Iowa State Fair with 4-H art and photography. National competition entries include Sean Miller and Robert E Meade with color photos and Scott Stade for a black and white image. Ten more area youths join the Traveling Visual Art and Traveling 4-H Photography Exhibits for ongoing display across the year.
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Des Moines
4-H
Gazette
Sean Miller
Verna Miller
Palo
Benton County
E Robert E. Meade
Robert J. and
Lee Meade
Oxford
Russell
Scott Stade
Stan Stade
Garnaville
Chicago
Washington
Iowa
Memorial Union
Iowa State University
Ames
Gazette Area 4-H
Yvonne Oehler
Karen
Harvey Oehler
Amana
Sarah Hocker
Jim
Vicki Hocker
Marengo
Mary Wolverton
Ben and
Ann Wolverton
Walker
E Cameron Bruce
Frank Bruce
Elevator to be replaced after 500000-bushel collapse
In Whiting Iowa the 500000 bushel grain elevator built by Lakin Grain collapsed July 5 after a crack found July 4. Designers Chicago Eastern Co will build a new structure soon and may add more bins to reach about 2.6 million bushels total capacity.
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Whiting
David Taylor
Commission
Lakin Grain
Chicago Eastern Co
Rural Keystone Woman Crowned Flying Farmers International Queen
Bonnie Rohlena of Keystone, Iowa, was chosen international queen at the Flying Farmers convention in Syracuse, New York, Aug 8-12, after competing against 33 women from across the United States and Canada. She will serve as official hostess and attend delegat ed events promoting aviation in agriculture for one year. Rohlena has 11 years in the group and is Iowa chapter president.
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Keystone
Bonnie Rohlena
Flying Farmers
Syracuse
N.Y
Rohlena
United States
Canada
Marvin
Iowa
Flying Farmers of Iowa
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Darold
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Johnson County
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