Dairy 4 H Champions Named at State Fair
DES MOINES AP Steve Kiewier 17 Grundy Center named dairy cattle showwoman after a full day of judging at the Iowa State fair. FFA and 4H champions listed include Ayrshire Brown Swiss Holstein Jersey and milking shorthorn winners from multiple towns with honors going to Dakota City and other communities.
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Steve Kiewier
Grundy Center
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Ranny
Randy Vinsand
Dakota City
Tne
Dianola Ffa Chapter
Dennis Worden
Dows
Brown Swiss
Gene Kleiss
Fredericksburg
Holstein
Karen Parroll
Greenfield
Jersey
Sherry Newell
Long Grove
Ayrshire
Janice Wadsworth
Walcott
Pamela Walther
Waverly
Guernsey
John Slater
Olin
Greg Lyon
Toledo
Dick Nichols
Atlantic
Kuhfuss Warns Nixon Food Policy Hurting Farmers
Charles Town West Virginia United Press report says American Farm Bureau Federation President William J Kuhfuss warned that ongoing Nixon admin policy uncertainties hinder efforts to increase food production. He cited possible export controls and price manipulation as major handicaps for farmers and ranchers, with overseas buyers potentially turning elsewhere for grain and soybeans.
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W. Va
Nixon
American Farm Bureau Federation
William J. Kuhfuss
Nixon Administration
Kuhfuss
Charles Town Chamber of Commerce
National Cost of Living Council
Farm Bureau
Bechka Receives King Ratio Award at Flying Farmers Banquet
Kenneth M. Bechka of Milwaukee central city youth received the King Ratio Corporation award for college competition at the International Flying Farmers annual awards banquet held Wednesday evening August 15 in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Kenneth M. Bechka
King Ratio Corporation
International Flying Farmers
Winneshiek 4-H Team Wins State Contest
Winneshiek county 4-H dairy judging team won first place among 19 teams at the Iowa State Fair contest with 1547 points defeating Marshall county. Members include Linda Rausch Fort Atkinson Robin Steffens Decorah and Seolf Broghamer Decorah alternate Cheryl Steffens Decorah coach Dennis Cline Decorah. The team advances to the National 4-H Dairy Judging contest in Columbus Ohio in October.
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Des Moines
Winneshiek County
Marshall County
Winteshick County
Linda Rausch
Fort Atkinson
Robin Steffens
Decorah
Linn County Rural Electric Co Op Plans 35th Annual Meeting
The Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative Association will hold its 35th annual meeting at Armar ballroom in Marion on Thursday August 3. Doors open at noon for registration, meeting begins at 1 pm. Officers will be elected from two of seven districts. After business, entertainment by Red Blanchard and Kenny Hofer, followed by prize awards. Meeting adjourns around 3 pm.
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Linn County Rural Electric’ Cooperative Association
Armar Ballroom
Marion
Red Blanchard
Kenny Hofer
Four Eastern Iowans Picked for National 4-H Conference
Des Moines named four Eastern Iowans as delegates to the national 4-H conference in Madison Wisconsin October 4 to 6. Nancy Jo Lyons Wallikon Julie Tenth Pust tville Gary Sacquithe Decorah Karen Sage Davenport Pamela Wallher Waverly Caral Krebill Donnellson along with Clay Norman Butland and Fred Hall Ft Dodge named delegates. Linda Newell Long Grove named champion dairy club member. Iowa fair awards to 4-H dairy youths and breed winners including Lang Brooklyn and others. Delaware county youth Norman Voelker Ryan tied fifth in state dairy production. Julie Lenth Postville tied first in production. Swine show grand champion driven by Walter Schminke Wardorne.
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Madison
Wis
Nancy Jo Lyons
Wallikon
Julie Tenth
Pusttville
Gary Sacquithe
Decorah
Karen Sage
Davenport
Pamela Wallher
Waverly
Caral Krebill
Donnellson
Clay Norman
Butland
Fred Hall
Ft. Dodge
Linda Newell
Long Grove
Dairy Club
Jawa
Towa
Lang
Dairy Cattle Congress
Rutland
Julie Leath
Postville
Dan Johnson
Boone
Dennis Worden
Dows
Guernsey
Pamela Walther
Lane Schradie
New Providence
Carol Krebill
Donnelison
Ottumwa Morrell workers find jobs at Sioux Falls plant
More than 100 Ottumwa Morrell workers laid off as the John Morrell plant here closes. About 102 Ottumwa workers join the Sioux Falls operation after the Ottumwa plant shutdown July 4. Plant manager Bob Atkins says roughly 60 workers were out of work and that beef price ceilings and market conditions affected the transition amid the shift of production to Sioux Falls.
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John Morrell & Co
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Lowd
Sioux Falls
Sioux Malls
Atkins’ Gaid
Bob Atkins
Relumwa
Atkins
Fowa
Delaware County Pork Group Plans August Missouri Tour
Delaware County pork producers finalize details for an August 20 trip to Willow Springs and West Plains Missouri. James Ryan Jr says about forty countians have reservations for the two day tour by plane and bus visiting feeder pig operations and attending a feeder pig sale. Bob Hinds of Willow Springs coordinates car arrangements.
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Manchester
Weal Piting
James Ryan
Ryan
Delaware County Pork Producers Austi
Delaware
Bob Hinds
Willow Springs
Missouri
Beef Group Plans Trip to Omaha
A Maineburg area beef group led by Clarence Haack plans a two day trip Aug 27 to Nebraska City and Omaha with stops at feedlot operations near Nebraska City and Papillion. They will discuss marketing and government regulation issues with Douglas and Sarpy county feeder groups and visit a Schram feedlot where a federal grant funds environment studies on feedlots.
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Nebraska
Clarence Haack
Willameburg
Town
Nebraska City
Omaha
Douglas
Sarpy
Schram
Papillion
Nebraska University
Linn Cattlemen Tour Missouri Visits Farm Farms
Linn County Cattlemen plan a tour to Missouri visiting University of Missouri farms at Columbia and the Purina research farm at St. Louis. Richard Freeman Linn County extension director notes the trip runs Aug 7 through Sept 7 and includes stops at the Talston Purina facilities.
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Linn County Cattlemen’s Association
Missouri
Alinvis
Richard Freeman
Linn County
University of Missouri Farms At
Columbia
St. Louis
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