Iowa Cattlemen push bid to end beef futures trading gains
At the ANCA convention in Atlanta Iowa officials report growing support for halting live beef futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange while the national group tables the formal resolution. John Henning notes Oregon backing and prepares a Des Moines report for Feb 23-25.
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Iowa Cattlemen's Assn
American National Cattlemen's Assn
Iowa
ANCA
Atlanta
John Henning
Hartwick
U.S
Oregon Cattlemen Association
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Henning
National Livestock Feeders Assn
So Long A steer heads to butcher block from Leesport market
A steer offered at the Leesport Farmers Auction market in Reading Pennsylvania casts a baleful farewell glance from a window before beginning a journey from the auction block toward the butcher block.
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Leesport
Reading
Oelwein Corn Winner Named by Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Vande Varde, 68, of Stanley topped the Oelwein area master corn growers contest with a 177.67 bushels per acre yield. He farms with son John, planted 160 acres last year and plans the same this year. Drive safely.
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Oelwein
Raymond Vande Varde
Stanley
Oelwein Area
Vande Varde
John
California set to form United Farmers and Ranchers group
Willoughby Houk of Firebaugh leads a meeting in Fresno to launch the United Farmers and Ranchers, a new group with ex NFO officials aiming for a collective bargaining program for agriculture. Carrico resigns as NFC president to join UFR amid ongoing NFO defections and past holding actions.
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National Farmers Oganization
NFO
United Farmers and Ranchers
UFR
Willoughby Houk
Firebaugh
Calif
UFA
Houk
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Corning
United Farmers and Ranchers Organization
California
Illinois
Iowa
Independent Farmers Alliance
Texas
American Grain and Cattle Co
York Sells for 1175 in Ames Iowa Yorkshire Sale
York boar owned by Ron Piercy Lenox sold for 1175 to Mike Helgeson Lake Mills top bid in state Yorkshire performance tested sale. Other high prices included Brown and Brown Hampton 400 and Gary Settles Winfield 900. The sale totaled 19500 with 39 boars averaging 357 and 17 gilts 336.
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Dick Kuecker
Algona
Brown
Kellogg Farm
Morningstar
Complete soil fertility program guidance from the Crop Guide
The ad promotes a full soil fertility program via PLAN and a contact list for micronutrients and pesticides. It includes many Iowa area phone numbers and directs readers to plant and home lines for service.
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P.L.A.N
Krug's Polled Hereford Tops Sale at $2,500
Des Moines reports the top selling Polled Hereford female brought $2,500 sold by Delbert Krug of Atkins to Jerald Greenwood of Farley. A champion bull by Giles Dittmer of Lacona also fetched $2,500 to Duane Ohnemus of Milo. The sale featured 67 head averaging $696 with bulls averaging $808 and heifers $558. Devon cattle averaged $658 in the Iown Gellevieh breeders sale. Shoup farms sold the top bull for $1,850 to Golden Arrow Farms of Minnesota. Manning FFA Audubon county 4-H and University of Minnesota teams won cattle judging championships at Winter Beef Expo.
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Des Moines
Delbert Krug
Atkins
Krug
Jerald Greenwood
Farley
Giles Dittmer
Lacona
Duane Ohnemus
Milo
Gellevieh
Shoup Farms
Reinbeck
Golden Arrow Farms
Minnesota
Manning Ffa
Audubon County 4-H
University of Minnesota
Postville Farm Cooperative Sets Meeting
The Postville Farmers Cooperative holds its annual meeting at Memorial hall on Wednesday. A ham dinner starts at 11 a.m. followed by a business session at 1 p.m. last year’s review and new director elections. Lee Griffin of Land O Lakes Agricultural Services in Fort Dodge is the featured speaker.
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Postville
Postville Farmers Cooperative
Lee Griffin
Land O’lakes Agricultural Services
Fort Dodge
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