Iowa City yields lead in corn contest and county fairs
IOWA CITY farmer Roundup Lackender Farms posted a 210.22 bushels per acre winning the 1979 Iowa City Chamber of Commerce corn yield contest with Gerald Yoder of Wellman runner up at 205.37. TIPTON offers mark for 4-H FFA market beeves with weigh-ins across Cedar County December 27 to 29 at four yards. TIPTON Extension Council reelects four members and names four new ones. INDEPENDENCE Neal Rathbun wins a $500 4-H Agriculture Careers scholarship and trip to the 58th National 4-H Congress in Chicago.
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Iowa City
Lackender Farms Inc
Tipton
FFA
Cedar County
IPLA
Mechanicsville
Wilson's
Clarence
Oscar Mayer
Bennett
Chicago
DeKalb AgResearch Inc
Rathbun
Ellsworth Community College
Iowa Falls
Cooperative Extension Service
Beef research vote set for February by cattle producers
Cattle producers will vote in February on authorizing a national beef research and information program financed by a sales assessment. The 0.2 percent first-year levy could rise to 0.5 percent after two years, with refunds possible. Voting runs February 19 to 22, registration January 28 to February 6.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
P.R. Smith
Congress
Department
Agricultural, Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Cattlemen accuse Smith over meat packer probes
Iowa cattlemen led by Bob Anderson criticize Rep. Neal Smith for investigations into the meat packing industry and proposed bills. Anderson says measures would harm the industry and push consolidation, while Smith argues the bills preserve competition. The note also recalls Kissinger returning from Paris in 1972.
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DES Moines
U.S
Neal Smith
Iowa
Iowa Cattle Producers
Bob Anderson
Clarinda
Iowa Cattlemen's Association
Anderson
Smith
House
Small Business Committee
Citrus Crop Forecast Hikes to Record 259 Million Boxes
Washington agencies project this season's orange yield at 259 million boxes, up 23 percent from last year and 1 percent above the forecast issued two months earlier by the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
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Paul Boesenberg
Extension Council
Robert Niermeyer
Wayne Brown
Sue Voss
New Liberty
Dennis Treimer
John Powell
Paul Kirstein
Nicsville
Harold Timm
Dwight Niermeyer
London
Independence
Neal Rathbun
Shirlee Rathbun
Route 2
Meijers
Cedar Rapids Town & Country
1St Ave. S.E
Springhouse
Center Point Rd
Hardee’s
Edgewood
Johnson
Hilltop House
Mt. Vernon Rd
S.E. Mays City Shopping Center
16Th Ave
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Vietnam
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and CO
America
Ateres
Ron Leones Systems
Lindale Mall
Cedar Rapids
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