Iowa Cookout King crowned at state fair
W R McGee of Iowa City won the beef division with beef ribs in the Iowa Cookout competition and was named overall cookout king at the Iowa State Fair. He earned four Safemark tires valued at 200 dollars. Bill Doubler of Manly and Jay Jones of Winterset won showmanship and teenage honors. About 39 chefs competed in the contest.
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Des Moines
W. R. McGee
Iowa City
Iowa
McGee
Bill Doubler
Manly
Jay Jones
Winterset
New soil conservationist named Steve Probst to leave Linn County
Steve Probst, Linn County soil conservationist for three years, departs today to become state agronomist with the Soil Conservation Service in Syracuse New York on September 10. Gene Walter, 37, of Fort Dodge, will replace him. Probst notes Linn County farmers have installed over 20 miles of tile-outlet terraces and shifted to conservation and minimum tillage farming. He cites survey findings that 20 percent of the county’s land uses minimum tillage, and warns 40,000 acres could lose topsoil in 25 years without stronger erosion control. Probst stresses changing farmers’ attitudes toward erosion issues and expanding soil plans for urban areas. He will oversee soil tillage programs for New York dairying and specialty crops.
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Steve Probst
Marion
Soil Conservation Service
Syracuse
N.Y
Gene Walter
Fort Dodge
Probst
Linn County
Linn
New York
Conservation official Wolter to join Linn County staff
Pops Wolter, district soil conservationist in Webster County for 12 years, will join Linn County on September 25. He previously spent one year in Logan and two years in Primghar with the Soil Conservation Service.
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Wolter
Webster County
Linn County
Logan
Primghar
The
Soil Conservation Service
Sullivan is top dairyman at Iowa State Fair
Rick Sullivan, 17, Independence, named champion 4-H dairy member and state Holstein award recipient at the Iowa State Fair. Becky Lyons also wins Holstein. several Gazette area 4-H members named delegates to the 24th annual 4-H Dairy Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, with breed winners listed for East Iowa production.
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Des Moines
Rick Sullivan
Independence
Sullivan
Tom Sullivan
Jesup High School
Becky Lyons
Postville
Lester Lyons
Gazette Area
Madison
Wis
Allen Hempeler
Garnaville
Arlyn Hempeler
Trent Henkes
Luana
Vernis Henkes
Mark Steffens
Decorah
Erbie Steffens
Hempeler
Lori Rausch
Fort Atkinson
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
National Meat Board Elects First Woman Chairman
Marie Tyler a rancher from Bismarck North Carolina was elected chairman of the National Live Stock and Meat Board at its 1978 annual meeting in Des Moines. She is the first woman to hold the Meat Board chairmanship.
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Des Moines
Marie Tyler
Bismarck
N.C
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Meat Board
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Ray Moorman
Tiffany
John Soorholz
Melborne
National Pork Producers Council
International Boar Semen
Eldora
Hereford
Gladbrook
Mid-Iowa Hereford Association
Tama County Fairground
FFA
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Perry
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Benton
Black Hawk
Grundy
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Jasper
Marshall
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Tama
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SLATE
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National Meat Board
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California
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Russ
Queen
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Jessica
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Toni Todd
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