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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1983
Page
24
The Cedar Rapids market lists Wilson Foods and Mid-America Lamb quotes on lambs and butchers with prices around 44 and 58 60 dollars respectively. Hogs and cattle prices move with values for various weights and grades across Iowa Minnesota and surrounding markets.
Iowa farmers brace for a potential 4 to 6 inch snow as forecasters warn of a blizzard threat. Eldon Hans advises sheltering beef cows, protecting sows, dry bedding, and higher winter rations with hay to prevent overheating or hunger. Grain farmers welcome moisture while noting wind erosion mitigation in Linn County.
Farmers Butter and Dairy Co op of Fredericksburg votes 99 percent to sell assets to Associated Milk Producers Inc. AMPI, based in New Ulm Minnesota, will use proceeds to repay government claims over whey protein substitutions in 1981 and 1982. Lonny Arthurs calls the deal best for members and employees. He expects an out of court settlement by January.
Slaughter cattle trade slow with steers and heifers mostly steady to 50 lower. cows and bulls weak to unestablished. Steers highs near 1200 lb at 64.50, 1100-1300 lb 62.50-64.00, Holsteins 54.75-55.00. Heifers 63.00-64.50 top, 58.50-61.00 avg. Cows 32.00-37.00, hogs active with barrows 46.50-46.75, sows 34.00, boars 33.50. Overall market limited by spread in classes.
Coordinated financial statement workshop at Community Savings Bank Edgewood leads a busy period of farm events across Iowa. Cattle on feed reports, 4-H weigh-ins at multiple barns, Dairy Herd Improvement Association meetings, embryo transfer seminars, estate planning with ISU expert Dr Neil Hart, and FFA and 4-H weigh-ins scheduled from Dec 15 through Dec 20 in Linn Scott Winneshiek Washington Fayette Cresco areas.
Three new directors from The Gazette circulation area were elected to the Iowa Corn Growers Association board. Don Ewoldt, Elkader. Jack Kintzle, Coggon. and Rod Wallman, Yarmouth, join Jack Parsons of Wapello as director at large. New officers will be elected in January.
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