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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1971
Page
9
Iowa brokers report land values averaged 385 per acre in 1970, nearly the same as 1969, amid rising costs and limited loan funds. Shortages of land for sale persisted, with western and southern regions most affected.
In Des Moines the Iowa Royal Shorthorn and Polled Shorthorn show and sale struggled through heavy snow and blizzard to draw a smaller crowd. Top bull sold for $1075 to William Vande Kamp Gilman. reserve champion went for $760, and overall averages ranged near $496. A notable female, Propector's Clara, fetched $580. Thor urged broader farm bargaining, cautioning that price controls invite market imbalances and production shifts. Rabbit breeders will host a meeting at the Cedar Rapids club in Marion Monday evening.
AP report quotes Eric Teer, head of Farmer Cooperative Service, at the National Agricultural Outreach Conference. He argues farmers cannot push prices by withholding produce and must join cooperatives with domestic and overseas market aims to improve economics despite large investments in land and equipment.
A fragmented notice page lists multiple farm sales and auctions across Iowa. Entries mention buyers and sellers such as Howard Carpenter and Raymond Bachman, with goods including livestock and machinery. Locations include Mechanicsville, Jesup, Oxford, Mina, and Springville, with sale dates around March and listed coordinates or roads.
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