Swine study outlines five year Iowa goals for hog quality
In Iowa City W C Haase of Swift and Company laid out five year targets for hog production including 90 percent of hogs at 190 to 225 pounds with lean meat, back fat under 1.6 inches, carcass length at least 29 inches and 35 percent or more of carcass weight in hams and loins. Extension specialists emphasized breeding, feeding efficiency, and merit-based packer purchases to reach these aims while noting current market weights and lean yield trends.
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Iowa City
W. C. Haase
Swift and Company
Iowa State Extension Service
Ames
Denison
Haase
Virgil Hays
Hays
Iowa State
Whitaker
Iowa
Volume of Trade In Corn Futures Sets New Record
The Commodity Exchange Authority reports a surge in corn futures activity linked to the 1961 feed grain program. Futures volume rose from 98 million bushels in March 1961 to 263 million in April 1962, with 1961-62 trading at 4.97 billion bushels, boosting private grain trade and hedging efficiency.
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Washington
UPI
Commodity Exchange Authority
CEA
Chicago Board of Trade
Alex C. Caldwell
Closing Out Sale Notices Near Marion and Alburnett
On Wednesday March 6 at 11 a.m. H. J. Ross and Son hold a closing out sale featuring livestock and machinery at 3 miles southeast of Marion. On Saturday March 9 at 1 p.m. Keith Miell hosts a closing out sale with beef cattle machinery and corn five miles southwest of Alburnett.
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Lynn Pardon
Brandon
Don Hennessey
Monticello
H. J. Ross and Son
Marion
Keith Miell
Alburnett
Grain Exports Topic at Pro-Ag Meeting
Pro-Ag club will hear Don Mc Gillivray of Belle Plaine discuss U S feed grain export promotion work. McGillivray, assistant to Funk Brothers plant manager, formerly served on the council. Dinner at 6 30 p m at Tony s Steak House. open to all farming interests.
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U.S
Feed Grain Council
Don McGillivray
Belle Plaine
McGillivray
Funk Brothers Hybrid Seed Company
Thailand
Tony
Kenneth D. Muller
Agriculture Imports Tie 1962 To 14 Percent Of Farm Output
In 1962 agricultural imports comprised fourteen percent of U S farm output signaling a notable share of the domestic agricultural economy.
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U. S
De Gaulle Sets Conditions for Great Britain in Common Market
In a January 14 press conference President de Gaulle states France will not accept British entry without preserving French farming outlets. He argues the Six must maintain common prices subsidies and unified consumption and questions Britain's ability to join the tariff system and forgo Commonwealth preferences.
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President de Gaulle
France
Great Britain
Britain
EEC
Co op Volume Rises While Membership Falls in 1960-61
U S farmers cooperatives showed a 3.5 percent rise in total volume to 16.2 billion dollars for the year ending June 30 1961 while cooperative memberships fell about 1 percent to 7 202 895. Number of cooperatives declined 2 percent to 51 163 with reorganizations mergers and acquisitions cited.
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Washington
U.S. Farmers’ Cooperatives
USDA
Farmer Cooperative Service
Usda Agency
U.S
Iowa Lamb Crop Down 5 Percent in 1962
Iowa's 1962 lamb crop reached 896000 head, 5 percent below 1961 and 2 percent under the five year average. About 104 lambs were saved per 100 ewes, versus 105 in 1961 and a 109 yearly average. Breeding ewes on January 1 were 858000, down 4 percent from a year earlier but 1 percent above the five year mean. The U.S. lamb crop fell 4 percent from the prior year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State
U.S
Cooperative activity rankings by state and volume
The nation had 1 159 cooperatives led by Wisconsin with 688 and Iowa with 618. California topped total cooperative business at 1.29 billion dollars, followed by Minnesota and Iowa. In farm product marketings California cooperatives reported 1.15 billion, with Minnesota second.
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Wisconsin
Iowa
California
Minnesota
Farm Machinery and Farrow Livestock Closing Out Sale
Allis Chalmers CA equipment and farm implements in very good shape including cultivator 3-section harrow 2-14 plow rubber tires J D horse spreader horse planter 7 ft tandem disc Better Bill elevator 12 hp motor red Wood Bros corn picker rubber tired wagon 36 inch box steel wheel wagon stalk cutter John Deere bar rake McDeering 6 ft horse mower endgate feeder plus small items found at closing out sale. Farrow herd reads 8 to 9 weeks old due in early April. Vaccinated.
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Wyoming
Ier
Hampshire
Bob & Connie Green
Kewanee
New Idea
New
IHC
New Holland
Bowsher Burr
John Deere
Allis Chalmers
J.D
Red Wood Bros
McDeering
J.D. Endgate
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