Farm Groups Map 1969 Goals in New Year Messages
Leaders of American Farm Bureau Federation National Grange and National Farmers Union outline aims for 1969 stressing bigger farmer prosperity. They call for policy shifts, stronger supply management, and stronger farm legislation to combat corporate power and curb hunger while seeking rural renewal and fair market access.
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Ashington
UPI
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
National Grange
National Farmers Union
Charles B. Shuman
Farm Bureau
Nixon
Closing out sales listed across Iowa in January notices
A sequence of farm sale notices dated January with multiple listings. Each entry shows date time sale type closing out sale items such as livestock machinery grain hay and miscellaneous goods, and locations including towns like Williamsburg Tiffin Tipton Solon Springville Keystone Monticello Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine and nearby areas with owners or estates named such as Otto Stohlman Gilbert and Harold Wardenburg Dwayne Meyer Roy Berlin and Emil Varrock and Hazel Beck.
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Otto Stohlman
Williamsburg
Eister
Tiffin
Don Conway
Tipton
Lowell Weaver
Garrison
Gilbert
Harold Wardenburg
Blairstown
Clarence J. Reinhart
Solon
Franklin Kenney
Springville
Dwayne Meyer
Keystone
Roy Berlin
Monticello
Emil Varrock
Hazel Beck
Belle Plaine
Inshipments of Feeders in Nov Below Year Ago
Stocker and feeder cattle and calves shipped into the eight North Central states in November totaled 1 206 thousand head, down 6 percent from November 1967. Direct shipments totaled 884 thousand head, 4 percent below a year earlier, with 73 percent through direct movement. Public stockyards handled 322 thousand head, down 13 percent from a year earlier. July through November 1968 saw 5 million head, 6 percent above the same period in 1967, and stocker and feeder sheep and lambs totaled 808 thousand head in that period.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Master Growers In Washington Report Costs
Washington Iowa analysis shows 1966 was peak for Master Corn Grower entrants with high yields and profits. In 1968 yields fell to 127.9 bushels per acre while prices averaged 1.04 dollars per bushel. Soybean entrants posted better management returns than corn, driven by lower costs though corn gross income remained higher.
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Washington
Washington County
Jim Frier
Frier
Soils Commissioners Course Scheduled
The 24th annual short course for soil conservation district commissioners will be held in the Memorial Union at Iowa State University on January 14 and 15.
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Ames
Soil Conservation District
Memorial Union
Iowa State University
Turkeys Hatch Count Drops in Key States
Des Moines reports that poults hatched in the ten major turkey states for the week ending December 21 totaled 484,000, down 12 percent from the same week last year, per the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service.
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Des Moines
Turkey
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Weather Bureau Adopts Watch and Warning Terms for Winter Storms
The US Weather Bureau shifts to watch and warning for snowstorms and blizzards. Watch signals a storm forming and approaching. warning calls for immediate protective action. Terms standard nationwide, aiding prep for storms and extreme cold, with farm impacts and risks like frozen water systems and livestock needs.
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Weather Bureau
Eastern Iowa Jerseys Cited for Production
In Columbus Ohio the American Jersey Cattle Club honored two Eastern Iowa dairymen for outstanding herd production. L Claire Gates West Liberty reported two two year old cows with 305 day records Surville Jester Annette 10350 pounds milk 567 pounds fat and Surville Valiant Rose 9180 pounds milk 454 pounds fat. Nabholz brothers West Union noted two four year old Jerseys with 305 day records Bindlež zetta 13430 pounds milk 657 pounds fat and L Commando Xarama 11730 pounds milk 626 pounds fat.
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Columbus
Ohio
Iowa Jersey
American Jersey Cattle Club
L. Claire Gates
West Liberty
Surville
Annette
Surville Valiant Rose
Nabholz Brothers
West Union
Holstein Cow Prince Gem Hits Milestone in Milk and Butterfat
Slater Holstein of Brattleboro reports Clover brook Wis Prince Gem, a registered Holstein owned by Jay Slater of Olin, has yielded 100,290 pounds of milk and 3,998 pounds of butterfat over 2,076 days since she reached two years of age.
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Brattleboro, Vt
Holstein-Friesian Assn. of America
Jay Slater
Olin
ISU's Jay Lush Warns of Imminent Food Shortage
Ames resident and retired Iowa State University professor Jay Lush, one of 12 scientists awarded the National Medal of Science by President Johnson, warns of a real and severe world food shortage within five years. He cites Brazil India and parts of China and South America as already facing low living standards and says only a few countries have excess food. He notes no miracle will prevent population growth from outrunning food supply and highlights ongoing need for genetic science and global cooperation. He will receive the medal at a future ceremony.
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AMES
UPS
Iowa State University
Johnson
Jay L. Lush
Brazil
India
China
South America
Lush
Omaha Livestock Market Retains Nation's Largest Stockyards
The Livestock Foundation of Omaha announced that for the 14th year Omaha remains the nation s largest stockyards operation. Early totals show 3 780 817 head of salable livestock and total receipts of 4 295 086 head across the market.
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Omaha
UPI
The
Livestock Foundation of
Manchester Farmers Class To Start Monday
Manchester The first session of the Manchester adult farmer evening class will be held Monday at 7 30 p m in the vocational agriculture building at Manchester high school. Donald C Eibey Delaware county ASC chairman will explain the 1969 feed grain program and George Carlson SCS work unit leader with the county soils district will tell about the soil conservation programs in the county. Garland Ashbacher is the vocational agriculture instructor.
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Manchester
Manchester High School
Donald C. Eibey
Delaware County
ASC
George Carlson
SCS
Garland Ashbacher
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