FFA Chapters Sweep at Delhi Subdistrict Contest
Maquoketa Valley led with 10 gold emblems and six advanced to district. North Linn eight gold emblems and six advancing. Manchester and Linn Mar each six gold emblems and three advancing. Anamosa three gold emblems and one advancing. Maquoketa Valley one emblem and one advancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Maquoketa Valley
Future Farmers of America
North Linn Ffa
Manchester
Linn- Mar
Anamosa
Maquoketa
Parliamentary
Steve Neighbor
North Linn
Chris Novak
Linn-Mar
Todd Ross
Joe Heinrich
Karen Timm
Grain truckers protest long lines at Cedar Rapids plants
Farmers and truckers backed by the Farm Bureau gathered in Marion to press Cedar Rapids grain processors to fix long unloading lines. They cited 4 to 10 hour delays, outdated truck dumps, and staffing shortages at Cedar Rapids plants and Corn Sweeteners, calling for longer hours and quicker unloading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Booth
Alburnett
Farm Bureau
Marion
Craig Fisher
Tabor-Corn Sweeteners
Carl Zahradnik
Ely
Dar
Farm Auctions Schedule With Multiple Sales This Month
Farm auctions listed across Iowa with multiple sales from February 24 to March 15. Items include machinery and Holsteins, Angus cattle, and a 160 acre parcel. Locations range from Shellsburg to Marion with distances provided for each sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Mullinex
Shellsburg
Art
Dick Riniker
Petersburg
Wayside Farms
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission
Mechanicsville
Mach
Dean Smith
Muscatine
James E
Emma R. Shover
Ryan
Witwer Grocer Co
Marion
Suit Settled Over Equal Pay Violations
DES MOINES AP An agreement reached in a Labor Department suit against Hybrid Corn Co of Coon Rapids for alleged equal pay violations. Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Co agreed to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act 1938 in a stipulation of dismissal filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Judge. The act requires employers to pay employees equally for the same job regardless of sex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Labor Department
Hybrid Corn Co
Coon Rapids
The
Employment Standards Administration
Garst and
Thomas Hybrid Corn Co
U.S. District Court
Fort Judge
Postville hog show winner tops event in Louisville
Postville resident Stanley Martin took first prize for an older boar at the Louisville Barrow Show in Louisville Kentucky earlier this month. Mississippi Valley Milk Producers Association reported record sales of 169 million dollars and a 10 million boost in assets at its annual meeting in Davenport. A portion of the boost came from acquiring Land O Lakes Illinois fluid milk and ice cream plants in Cedar Rapids Clinton and Rock Island. Association assets total 37 million with net worth at 14.8 million. Eastern Iowa directors Ed Kruse Aaron Zittergruen John Burhop Jr and Harold Becker were elected to new terms and Elmer Paper of Jackson was re elected president.
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Davenport
Mississippi Valley Milk Producers
Kow Illinois Division
Land Lakes Fluid Milk and
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Rock Island
Ill
Iowa
Direcors
Ed _ Kruse
Aonona
Aarvin Zittergruen
Ohn Burhop, Jr
Oxord Junction
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Toronto
Dennis Seikora
Linn County Farm Bureau
Branwen Darnell
Cargill
Nell
Fisher
Postville
Stanley Martin
Theuisville
Louisville
Earier
Harold Becker
Watkins
Rea
Cedar River
Elmer Paper
Jockton
Iown
Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Mesica
Linn County
Sioux City
Ireau Federation
Bycpenney
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