Roundup of Linn County soybean winner and pork producer talks
Richard Olson of Fairfax led with a 63.88 bushel per acre soybean yield but finished second in district competition. Milo Wolrab of Mount Vernon placed second in the Linn County contest with 59.3 bushels. Award banquet set for Feb. 7 at Sirloin and Brew in Cedar Rapids. DES MOINES AP Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carol Foreman spoke on USDA transition and drug use in pork production, urging faster tests and possible detective roles for veterinary extension agents to reduce sulfa and nitrite violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Better Crops Club
Richard Olson
Fairfax
Ken Millsap
Cedar Rapids
Olson
Northrup
DES Moines
Carol Foreman
Iowa Pork Producers
Department
Foreman
Iowa
USDA
Paul Queck
Ames man wins state contour corn title in Iowa meet
Lonnie Holthaus of Calmar topped 220 entrants with a 191.95 bushel per acre contour corn yield to win the Iowa Master Corn and Master Soybean Growers award luncheon announced here. Delos Smith Britt and Stanley Salter Logan also claimed title honors in dryland corn irrigated corn and irrigated soybean events. District results list Emil Brainard Waukon and others posting high yields across districts while Eric Jones notes long field setup and rainfall. President Carter’s 1977 remark closes the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Lonnie Holthaus
Calmar
Iowa
Delos Smith
Britt
Stanley Salter
Logan
Carl Lund
Mount Pleasant
Walter Dengler
Eldridge
C.E. Jerovsky
Blencoe
Area farm auctions set for Feb 2 to Feb 4
A sequence of farm auctions is listed for Thursday February 2 through Saturday February 4. Entries include multiple auctions and sales of machinery livestock hay and goods with locations near Clarence Independence Anamosa Center Point Van Horne Worthington Sheilsburg Fayette Olin and other nearby towns. Notable items include 100 head of Hamps Yorks and Durocs pigs and several close out sales and hay sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Armstrong
Clarence
Homer Dilts
Independence
Mach
Gary Baker
Anamosa
John Hofmann
Center Point
Hay
Louis Pieper
van Horne
Tom Ament
Worthington
Hh. Goods
Leonard Hamer
Sheilsburg
Hamps
Yorks
Durocs
A. W. Martin and Sons
Fayette
Byron Darrow
Olin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sulsa
Holthaus
Ernie Wulfekuhle
Earlville
Milton Cronbaugh
Hartwick
William D. McKechnie
Atkins
Agne Brothers
Arnold Conrad
Tipton
Eldon Prybil
Iowa City
Smith
Acre
Winneshiek County
South Winneshiek County
Robert
Carter
Soviet Union
Washington
United States
Sears
Mss J
Coto
America
ARS
Meral Hay
Mason City
Southridge
Waterloo
Dubuque Riowa City
Esterville
Area Farm Auctions
Onslow
Center Junction
McCormick Farmall
Chevrolet
Equipment International
Ingersoll Rand
Briggs and Stratton Motors
Clinton
Briggs & Stratton
Merle Lathrop
Elizabeth Lathrop
Everett Mattox
Lon Myatt
Union Trust and Savings Bank
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