Rain Needed in West and North Iowa Crops Slump
DES MOINES UP I The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service says moisture shortages hit the west central and northern Iowa corn crop while southeast districts stay good to excellent. Statewide corn condition 14 percent excellent 40 percent good 27 percent fair 19 percent poor. Soybeans mostly fair to good. hay yields vary with moisture and haying advances slowly.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
West Central
Farm weather and feed worries stretch across Iowa and Texas
Iowa reports topsoil moisture forty four percent adequate while subsoil shows thirty three percent adequate amid dry conditions. State official Robert H Lounsberry warns winter feed shortages and early corn silage cuts may hit cattle and hog operations hard as scattered showers fail to alleviate drought. In Texas delegates may feel at home in the Big Thicket a biological crossroads with interwoven forests and species.
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Towa
Robert H. Lounsberry
Lounsberry
East
Texas
North America
Mexico
Indianola pairs dominate state fair hog show
Indianola breeders Carl and Harlan Hirsch led a busy day at the Iowa State Fair hog show featuring grand and reserve champion boars, premier and reserve boar awards, premier exhibitor wins, and top sow honors. Other results include Conover family sweep in Berkshire hogs and Yorkville’s Thurow siblings with multiple awards.
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Des Moines
Carl and
Harlan Hirsch
Poland
Iowa State Fair
Conover
Tom Conover
Bonnie Acre Farms
Craig Conover
Cr. Berkshires
Craig
Bruce
Bonnie Acres
Albert and
Erik Thurow
Yorkville
Peter Bobendrier
Pipestone
Minn
Steven Secrest
Altoona
Holstein Champion Crowned at Fayette Fair
Stardell Farms of Fredericksburg presented the supreme Holstein at the Fayette county fair Blue Ribbon Dairy show. The farm also claimed reserve grand Holstein. 261 total entries across six breeds competed.
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West Union
Stardell Farms, Inc
Fredericksburg
Fayette County
Stardell Farms
Hy Howard Koehner
Guttenberg
Earl Lehmann
Family of
Elgin
Jersey
Nachholz Farm
Tri State Ag Days Set for September 1 2 near Dubuque
Seven speakers from Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin join 60 plus commercial and educational exhibits at the Tri State Ag Days fairgrounds Dubuque September 1 2 1976. Displays run 9am to 4pm with talks on swine finishing beef conservation milking and home decor plus a women’s program featuring Farm Wife News editor Ann Kaiser and designers.
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Dubuque
Tri-State Ag
Art Muehling
University of Illinois
Bill Zmolek
Towa State University Extension
Bill Oschwald
Iowa State University Extension Agronomist
al Bringe
University of Wisconsin Extension Dairyman
Ann Kaiser
Farm Wife News
Karen Seemeyer
Roshek’s
Lincoln Community plans eleventh Eastern Iowa carcass show
The Lincoln Community adult farmers class announced the eleventh annual Eastern Iowa quality carcass beef show to be held Monday Sept 20 at the Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission in Mechanicsville. A follow up carcass meeting is Sept 22 at Wilson and Co in Cedar Rapids with Wilson's purchasing the animals and providing cutout information. Ribbons and trophies will be awarded, premium money funded by the Cedar County Bankers Assn. About 67 entries last year. entry forms mailed to prior entrants. For info contact the Lincoln Community school vocational agriculture department in Stanwood or call 45-3331.
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Stanwood
Eastern Iowa
Lincoln Community
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission, Inc
Mechanicsville
Wilson & Co, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Wilson's
Cedar County Bankers Assn
Lincoln Community School Vocational Agriculture Department
Soviets Attend American Picnic at Living History Farms
Six Soviet exchangees visited an American picnic hosted by International Harvester in Des Moines at Living History Farms. Four visitors are staying with host families in The Gazette area. The Soviets are agricultural specialists studying U S farming practices.
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Soviet Union
International Harvester, Inc
Living History Farms
Des Moines
Gazette
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Northwood
Gary McKinney
Kent
Carl Hirsch
Berkshires
Secrest
Clifford Graff, Adams
Neb
Fayette Fair
Lyon
Toledo
Ralph Bright
Eldora
Kruses
Earlville
Frank Sivesind
Waukon
Kae Mar
Elkader
Irvine Meyer
McGregor
Lenora Landry
University of Wisconsin
Cooperative Extension Services
Iowa State University
University of Tinois
Dubuque Area
Canada
Ken Dolezal
Lowa
George Reyhons
Mit
Vernon
Gene Tomash
3Arette
Phote
Ran Sterk
Engst
Migs Nico
Only & MG
Jim
Kent Golden Lights
FIC
Wan
Dad
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