Iowa Farm Income Up Slightly Despite Higher Costs
Iowa farmers expect a small rise in 1968 net farm income as crop values edge higher and livestock prices strengthen, though costs upturn and farm consolidation trim the base. Inflation and the battle with marginal farms push many off the land while farm organizations gauge political shifts and policy prospects.
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Roger Sutherland
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Farmer’s
Iowa
IFB
Kenneth Thatcher
Thatcher
Closing out sales listed across several Iowa towns this January
A sequence of livestock, machinery, grain and hay closing out sales is posted for January in multiple towns including Williamsburg Elster Tipton Gar rison Solon Springville Keystone Monticello Blairstown Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine and Keokuk area with sales set on January 4 7 11 12 14 18. Buyers include Otto Stohlman Don Conway Clarence Reinhart Estate Gilbert Wardenburg Dwayne Meyer Fred Ledger Arthur Bezdek Emil Varrock and Hazel Beck among others.
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Otto Stohlman
Williamsburg
Misty al H
Elster
Tiffin
Don Conway
Tipton
Lowell Weaver
Garrison
Gilbert
Harold Wardenburg
Blairstown
Clarence J. Reinhart
Solon
Franklin Kenney
Springville
Arthur Bezdek
Cedar Rapids
Emil Varrock
Hazel Beck
Belle Plaine
Linn 4-H Calves Weighed At Marion Weigh-In
Amid snowfall about fifteen Linn county 4H members weighed market beef projects at Birmingham live stock yards in Marion. Linn county sets weight standards with a 700 lb maximum and 800 lb minimum by fair time in July. Nathan Soukup, 13, from Hiawatha, raises his Hereford at his grandfather's Center Point farm. this is his third year with a beef project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy Linn County 4H
Birmingham
Marion
Central City
Iowa
Linn County
Nathan Soukup
Hiawatha
Cedar Rapids
Nathan
Center Point
Merritt earns four ribbons as a Linn County 4H leader
Robert Merritt, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Merritt of Springville, earned four red ribbons during Christmas break at Iowa State University where he is a freshman majoring in animal science. He helped tag and weigh projects and previously led the Linn County 4H Leadership Club as county president two years ago, with family members Nathan and Fred Soukup noted in relation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Nathan
Fred Soukup
Robert Merritt
Iowa State University
Merritt
Linn County
Iowas State
Earl Merritt
Springville
Farm Taxes Rise to 10.8 Percent of 1967 Farm Income
A Department of Agriculture study shows farm real estate taxes in 1967 averaged 10.8 percent of net farm income, up from 9.3 percent in 1966 and 9.1 percent in 1965. Total farm real estate taxes reached $1.9 billion, an 8.4 percent rise, marking the 25th consecutive annual tax increase with per acre taxes higher in most states except Minnesota Nebraska Iowa and Hawaii.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Hawaii
Leased Raw Milk Scheme Questioned in Iowa
Sheldon AP report outlines a leasing cow plan by Henry Groot to supply raw milk directly to about fifty people. Iowa laws ban raw milk sales, prompting Secretary Liddy to call it subterfuge while Groot claims legality and lower costs by cutting out the dairy processor.
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Sheldon
Henry Groot
Groot
Iowa
L. B. Liddy
Liddy
Public hearings set on sausage standards by USDA
USDA will hold four hearings on establishing cooked sausage standards for frankfurters Wieners Vienna knockwurst bologna and other products. Hearings start 10 a.m. local time on Feb 19 20 in Washington Feb 24 25 in Atlanta Feb 27 in Chicago and March 3 in Denver. In Iowa George Kreibring estate farm near Lisbon sold at auction for 640 per acre to Francis Wolrab Mt Vernon.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Vienna
Washinton
Atlanta
Chicago
Denver
Lisbon
George Kreibring
Francis Wolrab
Mt. Vernon
Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville
Brahman Show Set for Feb 6 at Florida State Fair
The national show of the American Brahman Breeders Association will be held February 6 at the Florida State Fair in Tampa.
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Tampa
Fla
The
American & Brahman Breeders Assn
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