Iowa Spring Hog Show Ends With Mixed Carcass Results
The Iowa State Spring Market hog show produced mixed carcass results with two Roy Keppy hogs failing to place in the top 20 of the quality pork carcass contest. Open champion Charles Curtiss led in carcass scores, while the live grand champion from the Lutz family placed 20th in carcass. Several Derby winners from Iowa and various farms also posted top finishes in live and carcass events.
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Iowa State
Roy Keppy
Keppy
Eldridge
Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Iowa State University
Lauren Christian
Charles Curtiss
Chardan
Craig
Monte Lutz
Ames
Lee Chamra
Rose Hill
J. T. Settles
Winfield
Curti Raan
Oe Chime
I Hae
State University
Chris Stoltz
Kenneth von Lisbon
Ra Hy $A
Evan’ Bos
Larry
Kohl
Lisbon
Danny Cars van Horne
C. W. Smith
Mt. Vernon
Kenneth Siggins
David Stevens
Northwood
Ned Keppy
Walcott
Robert Schoop
Grand Mound
Schoop
Robin Greene
Ainsworth
Robert Greene
Greene
Manchester FFA names Ron Wendt star farmer at banquet
Ron Wendt, state foundation award winner for natural resources development, was named Manchester FFA chapter star farmer. He lives near Dundee and previously served as 1968-69 chapter vice-president and on the state parliamentary procedure team. The 27th annual parent son banquet also awarded Mark Zumbach the horticulture foundation and top grade awards.
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Manchester
Ron Wendt
State Foundation
FFA
Wendt
Dundee
Mark Zumbach
Horticulture Foundation
Friday and Weekend Farm Auctions Across Iowa
A sequence of farm auctions and sales scheduled: Feb 28 1 pm Loyd Martin & Sons Marion. Mar 1 1 pm public sale real estate antiques Lena Conrad estate London 12:30 pm closing out sale machinery live stock truck Eckrich 102 mi SW of Iowa City 12:30 pm public auction cattle machinery hh goods Dell Ferguson 32 mi SW of Urbana. Mar 3 closing out sale machinery hay Emil Salzman 10 mi SW of Marengo. Mar 3-4 Hawkeye Polled Hereford Assn show and sale Hawkeye Downs Atkins manager Delbert Krug. Mar 7 11:30 am closing out sale machinery hh goods straw Ray Kraklio 11 mi NW of Davenport. Mar 4 1 pm dairy dispersal Stanley Jordan 5 mi NW of Central City.
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H.h
Lena Conrad
London
Stanley Eckrich
Iowa City
Dell Ferguson
Urbana
Hay
Emil Salzman
Marengo
Ray Kraklio
Davenport
Stanley Jordan
Central City
Hardin May Go To Europe for Bean Duty Talk
Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin may visit Europe to head off Common Market tax proposals that could hurt U S soybean exports. He has attended a Council on Higher Education meeting in Bogota and is not due back until Thursday. Soybeans dominate the Nixon administration farm agenda as price supports face potential cuts to boost competitiveness and curb stockpiles.
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Hardin
Europe
Washington
Clifford M. Hardin
U.S
Council On Higher Education of the American Republics
Bogota
Colombia
Washington Beef Men To Hold Annual Meet
Washington Beef Men To Hold Annual Meet in Washington Iowa as three new Washington County Beef Producers Association directors are elected at the annual meeting set for 6 30 p m March 6 at the Willows supper club Les Kras extension farm management specialist will speak
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Washington
Iowa
Washington County Beef Producers Association
The
Willows Supper Club
Les Kras
Keokuk Delays Feed Grain Signup For Local Reviews
Keokuk county farmers are asked to delay signups for the 1969 feed grain program to allow processing of numerous base acreage appeals. Enrollment shifted from February 3 to February 17 at township centers, with officials noting the slow start and unusual practice. Statewide enrollments trail last year, with Linn county reporting 588 farms enrolled by week three versus 466 in 1968 and higher totals in earlier years.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Iowa
Ralph Alexander
Alexander
Walter C. Ferguson
Iowa Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Des Moines
Linn County
Robert Wegmueller
ASCS
John Wall to Speak at Farm Management School
John Wall of Johnson County Park Producer will speak March 5 at a farm management school in the Farm Bureau building Marion. Albert Kimler Farmers Home Administration supervisor confirms his participation on the first day of a two day program.
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John Wall
Johnson County
Farm Bureau
Marion
Albert Kimler
Farmers Home Administration
Wall
Charlotte Young
Iowa Royal Shorthorn show and sale tops charts
In Des Moines Iowa on Tuesday the Iowa Royal Shorthorn show and sale reported an average of 458 dollars on 87 head. Sixty two bulls averaged 515 dollars and 25 females 320 dollars. The champion bull shown by Ben Studer Wesley sold for 1200 dollars to Albert Anderson Ayr Nebraska. Reserve champion consigner Alice Bros Vinton sold to Watne Bros Galt for 800 dollars. Studer also had the champion female selling for 610 dollars to Linneman and Kelly Adel. ningiroth Bros Wellman had the reserve champion female selling for 350 to Circle L Ranch Beaver Creek Minnesota. Lloyd Burr and Son Lone Tree sold the second top selling female for 535 to Jack Stickrod Wall Lake Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Adel
Penningroth Bros
Wellman
Circle L Ranch
Beaver Creek
Minn
Lloyd Burr & Son
Lone Tree
Jack Stickrod
Wall Lake
California Leads States in Crops of Last Year
The Agriculture Department says California remained the top producer of agricultural crops in dollar value, with about 2.4 billion on a 22.4 billion national total. Illinois 1.7B, Iowa 1.6B, Texas 1.4B. Corn led at 4.6B, then all hay 2.8B, soybeans 2.6B, wheat 1.9B, cotton 1.4B, tobacco 1.2B.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
California
Illinois
Iowa
Texas
Fayette County Pork Show Set For March 4 at West Union
The third annual Fayette county Pork Producers market pig show will be held Tuesday March 4 in the West Union fairgrounds sales barn. Exhibitors must be Fayette County pork producers with one or two market weight pigs weighing 190 to 240 pounds. Pigs are weighed and tattooed 10 a.m. to noon. judging starts 1 p.m. Pigs head to Rath's Packing Waterloo on a grade and yield basis. On March 7 carcasses may be viewed in Rath's chill room.
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West Union
Fayette County
Waterloo
Rath’s
Iowa Farm Income Tops 1968 Nationally After California
Iowa gross farm income in 1968 reached 3.7 billion dollars, ranking second to California's 4.1 billion. The figure reflects statewide agricultural output and economic activity for the year.
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Iowa
California
New Feeder Pig Grading System Starts in April
The Agriculture Department announced new numerical feeder pig grades to take effect in April. A U.S. No. 1 grade will reward superior pigs, with No. 2 to No. 4 aligning with older grades and two lower grades utility and cull for pigs unlikely to reach desirable market weight.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
U.S
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