World agricultural output dips in developed nations
A UPI report notes a 3.3 percent per capita drop in global food output led by declines in developed countries except the United States, where crops rose. World grain trade rises 10 percent as the USSR purchases 34 million tons, while US efforts to curb hunger are urged in a Carter commission summary.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Carter
Commission On World Hunger
Russia
East Asia
Latin America
Pakistan
India
West Asia
World
Hemi
Extension Council Members Named in Linn Tama and Buchanan Counties
The article lists elected ASCS committee members for Linn County townships including Bertram Boulder Clinton College Fairfax and others, with names such as Paul Wislsel Ed ward Hartl William Uhlenkamp Stanley Holub Dennis Russell, plus Putnam and North Marion, South Marion. It also names Extension Council members elected in Buchanan and Tama Counties including Fairbank Westbury Sumner Bryan Newton Jefferson Madison and Hazleton townships and Carlton Clark Crystal Grant Howard Lincoln Otter Creek Richland Spring Creek Toledo townships.
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ASCS
Linn County
Bertram
Paul Wislsel
Albert Snenicka
Edward Hartl
Boulder
William Uhlenkamp
Stanley Holub
Dennis Russell
Brown
Keith Johnson
John Vanda
Donald Clark
Buffalo
Walter Secrist
Harry DeMean
Dennis Shoop
Clinton
George Young
Vernon Rammelsberg
James Keiper
College
Norman Zahradnik
Tom Sonka
James Benesh
Fairfax
John Moynihan
Richard Olson
Lawrence Schulte
Fayette
Curtis Hayes
DeWayne Myres
Thomas Lewis
Franklin
Robert Pospisil
Denny Neal
Howard Kroul
Grant
Marvin Johnson
Lee Main
Donald Nelson
Jackson
Norman Henderson
Roy Crosby
W.T. Henderson
Linn
Lloyd Mallie
William Goudy
Richard Strother
Maine
Winton Goodlove
Paul
Buchanan County Agricultural Extension Council
Fairbank
Beverly Kane
Westbury
Clair Teale
Sumner
Walter Main
Bryan
Kathy Partridge
Newton
Kenny Cook
Jefferson Township
Richard Higgins
Madison Township
David Peterson
Hazleton
Mary Hayes
Tama County
Carlton
Stuart Nevins
Clark Township
Don Schuchart
Crystal Township
Bob Lyon
Ray Thoms
Howard
Allen Aldrich
Lincoln
Gary Bern
Otter Creek
Ella Mae Gibson
Richland
Sylvia Kucera
Spring Creek
Randy Beichly
Toledo
Randy Cooper
Wisconsin biochemists tout shiitake crop from farm waste
Two University of Wisconsin biochemists propose growing shiitake mushrooms, known as the black forest mushroom, from crop wastes. They claim 40 percent of waste compost can become market-ready mushrooms in two months, potentially selling for 1.60 dollars per pound as hog and cattle feed or delicacy.
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Madison, Wis
UPI
University of Wisconsin
Japan
Midwest
Mark Stahmann
Gary Leatham
Stahmann
Wisconsin
4 H and FFA market beef weigh-ins scheduled this week
Several 4 H and FFA market beef weigh ins have been set this week. Linn County includes December 29 from 9 to 11 am at Coggan Livestock Sales Co Hawkeye Livestock Auction Fairfax Walker Sales Barn and Birmingham Cattle Co Marion Cedar County December 27 11 am to 3 pm IPLA Yards Tipton December 28 8 30 to 11 30 am Mechanicsville Sales Barn and 1 to 3 pm at Wilsons in Clarence December 29 8 30 to 11 30 am Oscar Mayer Yards in Bennett Jones County December 27 9 am to 12 30 pm Anamosa Sale barn 9 to noon Olin Livestock Co December 28 from 9 to 11 30 am Monticello Salebarn and 1 to 3 pm Dubuque Yards at Onslow.
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Linn County
Coggan Livestock Sales Co
Hawkeye Livestock Auction
Fairfax
Walker Sales Barn
Birmingham Cattle Co
Marion
Cedar County
IPLA
Tipton
Mechanicsville
Wilson’s
Clarence
Oscar Mayer
Bennett
Jones County
Anamosa Salebarn
Olin Livestock Co
Monticello Salebarn
Dubuque
Onslow
Dairy Youth Expo Set At North Fayette High
A Dairy Youth Expo for high school students will be held Saturday January 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at North Fayette High School in West Union. The event is led by the Iowa Cooperative Extension Service and the northeast Iowa Department of Vocational Agriculture with hands on workshops. Lunch is served 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the cafeteria.
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West Union
North Fayette
Iowa Cooperative Extension Service
Northeast Iowa Department of Vocational Agriculture
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Agriculture Department
Rus
John Schwartz
Dale W. Sauer
Washington Township
Donald Lanning
Robert Denison
Gary Tisl
North
Leonard Trachta
DeWayne Beckner
Allen Platner
South
Darrell Timm
Howard Quaas
Jeff Jordan
Buchanan
Tama
Dairy
Minnesota
16Th Ave
Cedar RapiDs
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