Fayette County Fair crowns dairy sheep and hog champions
West Union Iowa Fayette county fair named dairy sheep and hog champions during 4 H and FFA shows. Champions included Larry Ruckdasher Elgin and Barbara Bissell Wadena in dairy events. Alan Steffens Clermont and Ernest Wolff Elgin with Holsteins and Ayrshire titles. Jerry Arthur Maynard and Brenda Jones Lamont lead junior and senior dairy showmanship. Grand and reserve champions emerged in pigs and sheep with Bill Fender Oelwein Dale Weber Maynard and Steve Pleggenkuhle Sumner among top winners.
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West Union
Fayette County
FFA
Larry Ruckdasher
Elgin
Charles Decker
Oelwein
Guernsey
Alan Steffens
Clermont
Barbara Bissell
Wadena
Ernest Wolff
Ayrshire
Gary Lehman
Jerry Arthur
Maynard
Jill Jellings
Brenda Jones
Lamont
John Grafenberg
Fayette County Fair
Bill Fender
Dale Weber
Mike Gibbs
Dennis Martin
Fayette
Steve Pleggenkuhle
Sumner
Bill Oakes
Randalia
Dale Rueber
Freeman and Megown Named to Cedar Rapids Agriculture Bureau
Richard Rice announced at a noon Friday bureau meeting that Richard Freeman and John Megown were named members of Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce agriculture bureau. Freeman began as Linn county extension director on June 1 and Megown serves as assistant vice president and director of public relations for Vigortone Co.
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Richard Freeman
John Megown
Cedar Rapids
Angus Champions Named at Jones County Fair Thursday
Angus grand champion was 990 lb with a 2.10 lb daily gain shown by Farrel Freeman of Clarence, with Paul Fellinger placing reserve. Peg Robertson won the Shorthorn with her brother taking the Hereford reserve. Valerie Tompkins chaired the Charolais top. Thirty eight of 238 steers failed to meet the 1.75 gain and 800 lb live weight standards. Heifer champions included Angus John Harms Monticello and Hereford Sharon Anton Center Junction.
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Monticello
Angus
Farrel Freeman
Howard Freeman
Clarence
Paul Fellinger
Jim Fellinger
Anamosa
Herefords
Freeman
Fellinger
Martello
Hereford
Peg Robertson
Claire Robertson
Steve Barber
Oxford Junction
Martelle
LaVonne Etten
Gary Robertson
Charolais
Valerie Tompkins
Wyoming
John Harms
Greg Steffens
Sharon Anton
Center Junction
Bob Montage
Shorthorn
Alan McDowell
Kevin Buol
Russell Reeder Named AHA Junior Member
Kansas City Missouri announces Russell Dean Reeder of Elgin has been named a junior member of the American Hereford Association.
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Kansas City
Russell
Dean Reeder
Elgin
American Hereford Association
David Christian
Brandon
Grass Roots Notes From Lincoln School Farm Breakfast
Lincoln school in Stanwood hosted a morning breakfast for the FFA chapter as part of the district farm notes. Kenneth Lee, the chapter advisor, recalls the menu and the tradition of honoring teachers with simple gifts. Corn beetles remain a Fayette county issue per extension director M C Wangness, while Maynard agriculture instructor Bill Stephens notes oats yields fell from 110 120 bushels to 50 60 bushels. Linn county hosts included delegations from Japan and families from Amana Cedar Rapids with participants in an Experiment in International Living.
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Lincoln School
Stanwood
FFA
Kenneth Lee
Fayette County
M. C. Wangness
Fayette
Bill Stephens
Linn County
Loyd Martins
Marion
Japan
Schmuecker
Amana
Witwer
Cedar Rapids
Four News Missouri Hosts Farm Power Show
Farm Power show officials expect about 200000 spectators for field demonstrations of farm machinery at the event three miles north of La Plata Missouri from September 19 to 21. It is among the nation’s two largest outdoor events and marks the show’s first Missouri hosting in its fifteen year history. Some 300 companies will display equipment and the world tractor pulling contest will be held at Roy Jackson farm off county road E near highway 63.
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LA Plata
United States
Missouri
Ottumwa
Iowa
Roy Jackson
Highway 63
Grain Managers Plan Elevator Workshop
DES MOINES The Iowa Grain and Feed Assn will hold a management workshop for owners managers and key sales employees of grain feed fertilizer and farm supply firms at the Ramada Inn Des Moines on Thursday and Friday Sept 4 and 5 Enrollment limited to 75 persons Contact Bob Skinner executive vice president Iowa Grain and Feed Assn
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Des Moines
Iowa Grain and Feed Assn
Ramada Inn
N.E. 14Th Street
Bob Skinner
Stevens Bull Named Wisconsin Fair Champ
An Eastern Iowa Hereford family D. L. Stevens and Sons of Long Grove showed a two year old bull to the championship at the Wisconsin State fair, besting bulls from Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota and Iowa in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Iowa
D. L. Stevens and Sons of
Long Grove
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Coalition Clashes With Farm Bureau and Hardin Faces Split
Washington officials acknowledge weak consensus among farmer groups on national policy. Agriculture Secretary Hardin aims to prepare a new program for Congress, while Palmby notes 17 Farm Coalition members back current supports with tweaks and Farm Bureau pushes a five year phaseout, highlighting deep divisions amid urban pressure and funding disputes.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon Administration
Clifford M. Hardin
Congress
Hardin
Clarence D. Palmby
Palmby
Coalition Committee
Farm Bureau
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Westmar College
LeMars
Farrel
Jones Fair
al Swegle
Stevens
Wisconsin Fair
By Bernard Brenner
Lubbock, Tex
Farm Coalition Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Paria
Ban-Lon
First Ave
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Gies
Orlon
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