Decision on Price Props Is Due Soon
Washington AP reports Secretary of Agriculture Freeman may decide this week to hold line on producer price supports for dairy, soybeans, flaxseed, cotton seed, peanuts and dry goods. Groups urge higher soybean and dairy supports. current bases include milk at 3.24 per hundred pounds and butterfat at 59.4 cents.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
National Farmers Union
American Soybean Association
Iowa Seed Law Enforcers Plan Double Checking
The Iowa Department of Agriculture will cross check seed sellers against tested seed lists from approved laboratories. The effort, led by ISU seed lab head Dr. Leroy Everson, aims to enforce labeling and testing rules and may require hearings or fines for violators. The program seeks to raise seed quality from farm to farm across the state.
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Ames
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa State University
Leroy E. Everson
ISU
Everson
Iowa
iAnyone
Fayette County Corn Club Meeting Slated
Dr. Lloyd Dumenil of Ames Iowa State will speak February 15 on corn and soybean growing at an educational Fayette County Corn Club meeting. Location to be announced by club president Robert McSweeney of Maynard.
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West Union
Lloyd Dumenil
Ames
Iowa State
Fayette County Corn Club
Robert McSweeney
Nard
Farm Auction Listings Sweep Feb. Dates Across Counties
A long sequence of farm auction notices details closing out sales and public sales for livestock machinery grain hay and related items on February 3 through February 24. Entries name sellers like Gilbert Vermimont Reggie Morse Willard Yoder Adolph Christensen Harold Piatner Lewie Renken and others along with locations near Monticello Dysart Katona Alburnett Urbana Baldwin or Prairieburg and auction houses such as Kroeger s sale barn Maquoketa and Hawkeye Downs.
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Gilbert Vermimont
Monticello
Fivestock
Reggie Morse
Wyoming
Fhalvin Holst
Dysart
Willard
Yoder
Katona
Bloom
Alburnett
Adolph Christensen
Olle Kulaemi
Prairieburg
Larry Cronbaugh
Urbana
Harold C. Piatner
Lisbon
Lewie J. Renken
Anamosa
John Edwards
Baldwin
James Norton
Wilton
Landmere Farm
New Liberty
Stetland Bros
Olsen Bros
Calamus
Kroeger’s
Maquoketa
Gifford, Hansen
Mechanicaville
E. L. Herndon and
C. Nagel
Stanley Kula
Lewis W. Vornholt
Vernon
Ray
Frank Hoss
Coggon
Marvin Timmerman
Central City
Marion Schwartz
Blairstown
Wm. T. Bunn and Sons
Winthrop
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Downs
Delbert Krug
Atkins
Beef breeders urge Iowa State to broaden research scope
Iowa Angus Association members criticized Iowa State University for focusing on low-grade cattle in feeding trials. They urged more objective beef production research at Castana Shenandoah Beaconsfield farms and the Ames beef nutrition station, noting consumer tastes shift and calling for carcass evaluation in beef shows. They contrasted hog testing stations that measure rate of gain and carcass quality with current cattle show practices.
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Yowa
Iowa State University
Iowa Angus Assn
Iowa
Castana
Shenandoah
Beaconsfield
Ames
US inspectors curb farm pest entry at ports
Federal inspectors found more than 32 000 products infested with pests last year at U S ports of entry. They intercepted over 446 000 unauthorized plants and items as part of a quarantine defense with Customs Immigration and Public Health services and state officers.
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Washington
United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
E. P. Reagan
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Reagan
Department
U.S. Customs Service
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Public Health Service
J. J. Boatman Long-Time Farm Leader Dies
Funeral services were held in Montezuma for J. J. Boatman 83 a longtime Poweshiek County farm leader. He died Sunday in an Oskaloosa hospital after a long illness following a July stroke. Survived by wife three sons a brother and a sister.
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Montezuma
J. J. Boatman
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Boatman
Powershiek County Farm Bureau
Central Iowa Production Credit Assn
Poweshiek County
Maurice W
Decatur, Illand
Leslie C
Des Moines
J. L. Boatman
Ames
F. 8. Giles
Waterloo
Angus Bull Sale Sparks Local Trade
Shellsburg resident R. M. Boyer purchased an Angus bull from H. H. Groff of Fairfax in a private sale, reflecting ongoing livestock trade among Iowa farmers.
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Shellsburg
R. M. Boyer
H. H. Groff
Fairfax
Wilton Junction Man To Head Angus Assn
DES MOINES An Eastern Towan, G. James Norton of Wilton Junction, became president of the Iowa Angus Association at a banquet Monday night in the Savery hotel. John Lazear of Chariton was named president-elect, and Clyde Hanna of Oskaloosa continues as secretary treasurer. On the association's bull show Monday at the Iowa State Fair ground, both the futurity and open class champions were shown by Welco Acres of Spencer. The firm also had exhibited both the futurity and open class champion female calf: on Sunday, Reserve champion futurity bull was exhibited by Hawkeye Acres, owned by J. Robert Carr of Crawfordsville. Bell and Sons of Osceola had the reserve champion open class bull.
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Des Moines
G. James Norton
Wilton Junction
Iowa Angus Association
Savery
John Lazear
Chariton
Clyde Hanna
Oskaloosa
Iowa State Fairground
Welco Acres
Spencer
Hawkeye Acres
J. Robert Carr
Crawfordsville
Bell and Sons of
Osceola
Linn County Land Transactions Reported in Prairieburg Area
Two farms changed hands in northeast Linn County. Kintzle bought 160 acres northeast of Prairieburg from Albert B. Holub for 318 dollars per acre and will farm it with nearby land. Eldon Pfab of Monticello purchased 160 acres one mile southeast of Prairieburg from Stanley Kula for 425 dollars per acre and will move in March 1 to operate it himself.
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Monticello
Prairieburg
Linn County
Car
Kintzle
Albert B. Holub
Eldon Pfab
Stanley Kula
Pfab
Iowa Turkey Growers Aim for Small 1966 Increase
Iowa growers plan to raise 8,187,000 turkeys in 1966, about 1 percent above 1965’s 7,704,000, with heavy breeds totaling 7,704,000 and light breeds 483,000. Nationally, turkey production could reach 112.1 million if plans hold, up 7 percent from 1965 and surpass the 1961 record by 4 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
United States
Young Farmer Talk Scheduled in Columbus Junction
Gaylord D. Elliott of Wapello Louisa county extension director will speak on farm management problems at the Young Farmer class Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the vocational agriculture building at Columbus community school.
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Columbus Junction
Gaylord D. Elliott
Wapello
Louisa County
Columbus
Angus Herd Records Show Need for Practical Progress
Mr and Mrs T Lagerstrom of Buri have kept ten years of records on weaning weights rate of gain and carcass results in their Angus herd. It notes cattle generations span longer than swine and progress is slower but emphasizes that the cattle industry needs more than show winnings to guide its future.
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T. &. Lagerstrom
Buri
Dairy CARD Session Set in Clayton County
One of the last dairy herd management meetings in the state is set for February 9 at the Elkader municipal building in Clayton County.
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Clayton County
AMES
Elkader
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