Lambs Gain Faster Out Of Fleeces On Mt Vernon Farm
A six-shearer crew and two helpers moved to Ted Stinger’s farm north of Mt Vernon to shear 2 700 feeder lambs on contract for the Dubuque Packing Co. The operation features Montana lambs, 80 pounds each, with wool left at about a half inch. Lambs gain faster after shearing and begin a feeding sequence designed to push top lambs toward slaughter by late February.
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MT. Vernon
Ted Stinger
Stinger
Glenn Ferguson
Gordon Ellison
Dubuque Packing Co
Stinger Farm
Montana
Belle Fourche
M.D
Albert Myers
Unionville
Harlow Wilcox
Drakesville
Rex Conn
Lamb
Arch Marshall
Moulton
Donnie Stek
Oskaloosa
Kenny Swaim
L. H. Moore
Ottum
Independence training session for new extension council
A training session for new members of the Buchanan county extension council is scheduled for Thursday December 29 at 7 30 pm in the extension office in Independence.
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Independence
Buchanan County Extension Council
Iowa uses data processing to boost dairy and beef production
Expanded use of electronic data processing at Iowa State University benefits 2900 DHIA members as cow life records are summarized to aid culling and replacements. The program extends to beef feeders with daily feed data and monthly weights to identify superior breeding strains and improve herd profitability.
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Iowa
Iowa Dhia
Iowa State University
DeBaca
Kildee Hall
Two Wisconsin oat varieties Holden and Portal released
Madison announces release of two new oat varieties Holden and Portal for Wisconsin certified seed in spring 1967 with seed available to farmers in 1968. Holden outyields Garland by five bushels per acre and surpasses Beebee though not Lodi. Portal yields about three bushels more than Garland but fewer than Lodi.
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Madison
Wis
Holden
Portal
Wisconsin
Garland
Dodge
Goodfield
E. D. Holden
1967 Farm Outlook Sees Improved Income Then Decline From 1966
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago projects 1967 net farm income will be below the near record 1966 level but higher than any year in the prior decade. Cash receipts from marketing should stay strong due to high prices and larger marketings, while government payments drop and expenses rise. Bankers are urged to watch crop expansion, credit demand, and rising equipment costs as deposits trend upward. Per capita pork consumption is estimated at 58 pounds in 1980, down from 64.5 pounds in 1964.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Outdated Farm Equipment Auctions Listed by Date
A sequence of rural auction notices lists livestock machinery grain hay and equipment sales. Listings include bidders and locations such as Prairieburg Marengo Blairstown and Center Junction with sale dates from January 3 to January 11.
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Chaster White Boat
Jurgensen Hog Farm
M. P. Moore
Swoof Center Junction
Fay
Lee Stineford
Blairstown
Ed Holub
Prairieburg
Ed Lorente
Marengo
Laverne Rahe
Beef Weighing Timings Set in Benton County
Benton County 4 H and FFA members must weigh and tag calves for 1967 projects next week. Up to three baby beeves per member allowed. Weighing and tagging sites: Tuesday 9 am to noon Hawkeye Livestock Auction Fairfax, 1 to 4 pm Dubuque Packing Co hog buying station Keystone. Wednesday 9 am to noon Cedar Valley Livestock Exchange Vinton. Friday 9 am to noon hog weighing station south of Van Horne, noon to 4 pm for those north or south of Van Horne at the same site.
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Vinton
Benton County
FFA
Hawkeye Livestock Auction
Fairfax
Dubuque Packing Company
Keystone
Cedar Valley Livestock Exchange
van Horne
Elkader Hosts Training for 4H Club Officers
A training session for local 4H club officers will be conducted in Elkader at the municipal building in the afternoon of December 129.
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Elkader
Wheat Crop May Reach Govt. Goal
Government reports indicate winter wheat plantings could yield a 1.6 billion bushel harvest if weather cooperates. Dec 1 prospects show 54.1 million acres planted and 1.283 billion bushels expected, a record high with good to excellent conditions in northern Great Plains but erosion risk in drier areas.
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U. S
Great Plains
Kansas
Colorado
Department
Bboard
Government aims to boost wheat output amid dwindling reserves
The article notes U.S. wheat reserves have fallen to their lowest in years as the government seeks expanded production. The 1967 winter and spring allotments were set at 32 percent with hopes of a 22 percent production rise, while critics warn insufficient 1967 payments may reduce seedings. The winter crop rose 26.2 percent, beating private forecasts of 20–22 percent.
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India
U.S
Baby beef weigh-ins set in Jones County
Jones County 4H and FFA members will weigh baby beef calves next Thursday and Friday with a maximum weight limit of 650 pounds. The schedule lists weigh-in times and locations across Monticello, Cascade, Olin, Morley, and Oxford Junction at facilities including Wilson and Company, Du buque Packing, Oscar Mayer, and Mizaur yards.
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Anamosa
Jones County
FFA
Joe E. Legg
Monticello Sale Barn
Wilson and Company
Wyoming
Dubuque Packing Company
Cascade
Oscar Mayer
Center Juneller
Anamosa Livestock
Olin
Wilson
Morley
Mizaur
Oxford Junction
USDA Butter and Cheese For School Lunches
The USDA reports purchases of 65 million pounds of butter and 8.6 million pounds of cheddar cheese in November. All cheese and most butter were allocated to the school lunch program.
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USDA
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dairymen Receive Extra Herd Data by Computer
More than 2900 Iowa dairymen receive a Christmas extra with lifetime production summaries for each cow. The packets compare records to mature equivalents and herd mates, ranking cows by milk and fat production to aid culling and breeding decisions. A statewide series of 72 dairy record forums aids dairymen in using data for management.
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Don Voelker
Extension Dairyman
Iowa State University
Voelker
Minnesota U Offers World Affairs Course
The University of Minnesota creates a new international affairs program for undergraduates in agriculture and home economics replacing the minor in international agriculture. It opens in the upcoming spring quarter at St. Paul campus.
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Minnesota
ST. Paul
University of Minnesota
College of Agriculture, Forestry and
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