Iowan wins International beef title with first-time exhibitor
Curt Robertson of Bayard, Iowa, 15, captures grand champion at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago with Mainliner, a 1,350-pound Maine Anjou Angus cross. Judge Dr. Gary Minish praises the animal for size and high grade. Robertson, his family with a 30-head Angus herd, shines as his steer bolts but he secures top honors amid multiple Iowa entries. Monte, a 1,335-pound Hereford shown by Kevin Newman, earns reserve grand championship.
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Iowans excel as open and junior stock show champions
In Stanton Texas and Cedar Rapids area events top cattle prizes went to Montana and Iowa entrants. Kent Carruthers of Coggan won the top Shorthorn steer and spoke of his Kirkwood College ties while Shorthorn, Angus, Hereford and other breed winners from Grinnell, Muscatine, Perry and other Iowa towns claimed senior and junior class honors. The open and junior shows featured hundreds of steers and several sheep champions across divisions.
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Muddy Manor Lottery Draws Fates Of Local Farmers
In Muddy Manor the annual lottery selects who will keep farming and who must move to the city. Sid Fox presides as speaker while inflation drives land prices from 1400 to 1600 dollars an acre, with Mr M Bogs drawing the long straw and offering to sell at 1600 per acre.
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Middleman Still Affects Bread Price the Most
Washington AP reports higher wheat prices push bread costs, with middleman charges driving most increases. October loaf at 35.6 cents nationally, farm wheat value 5 cents. historically wheat cost was a minor share of bread price.
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Farm exports hit record $4.5 billion in July September
The Agriculture Department reports soaring grain and commodity prices lifted U S farm exports to a record 4.5 billion dollars for July through September, up eight percent from a year earlier though volume fell over 10 percent.
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