Hog market slips under 40 as farmers lose per hog
Hog prices fall below 40 dollars per hundredweight after a 15 percent drop since November. Analysts say the USDA hog report sparked declines, with lighter weights and heavier hogs affecting profitability. Experts forecast muted profits into early 1981 amid higher feed costs and anticipated spring marketing.
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Department of Agriculture
Orville Sweet
Des Moines
National Pork Producers Council
Sweet
December
Gene Futrell
Ames
Iowa State University
Futrell
Iowa
USDA
Argonne study links sulfur dioxide to reduced soybean yields
Argonne National Laboratory researchers show sulfur dioxide levels within legal limits can cut soybean yields by up to 20 percent. Field fumigation near Minooka reproduced real conditions, with yields dropping 5 to 45 percent across plots. soil sulfur balance may offset some effects, and more study is urged.
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Argonne, Ill
UPI
Argonne National Laboratory
Illinois
Iowa
Argonne
Minooka
Chicago
Joseph Miller
Miller
Agency man 71 shot day before his wedding
Walter C. Bowden, 71, was found dead from a chest wound in his Agency home on Wednesday, the day before his wedding. Bowden reportedly may have been preparing to scare stray dogs when shot. He is father to Gazette editor Mark Bowden.
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Bowden
Gazette
Mark Bowden
Cedar Rapids
Pet owners willing to spend any amount to save ill pets
A Denver AP report notes over a third of 250 surveyed pet owners would spend unlimited funds to save a seriously ill pet. Many praise veterinary medicine's rising sophistication and compare pet care to human medical care.
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Denver
Low water eases Mississippi barges risk in Iowa ports
U S Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Ray Gall says logjams unlikely at Iowa ports as river water remains stable for the next days. He notes seasonal shipping slowdowns and recent rainfall help keep channels open from Dubuque to Keokuk despite occasional low flows near Davenport and Burlington.
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Mississippi
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Iowa
Ray Gall
Blytheville
Ark
Iowa-Illinois
Gall
Dubuque
Davenport
North End
Keokuk
Maurice van Nostrand
Agri Industries
West Des Moines
Quincy
Quad Cities
Iowa and surrounding towns report multiple legal and economic actions
The roundup covers a postponed murder sentence in Cresco over a new trial challenge claiming juror impartiality of the John Henry Epps case. Story City demotes Police Chief Terry Greenfield over cooperation issues. DOT revokes dealer licenses in Lamont Atlantic and Waterloo for bond failure. USDA orders seven day suspension for Dale Emberton of Nishna Valley Farms. Bank robbery audit reveals $11 675 taken from Chariton bank. two Heffern brothers face federal charges. Lt Governor Branstad named to Reagan transition liaison. Iowa traffic drops in November while livestock slaughter falls from prior months.
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Epps
Waterloo
Martin McNally
Damsgaard
Wegman
Iowa
Chariton
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Montgomery County
Alabama
Hollywood
Tuesday Weld
NBC
France
Lana Turner
Miss Weld
Holly Richardson
James Kay
Htad
Iowa News
Story City
Harold Holm
Terry Greenfield
Holm
Greenfield
Bruce Kann
Hamburg
Dale Emberton
U.S. Agriculture Department
Packers and Stockyards Act
Emberton
Nishna
Branstad
Terry Branstad
Council of State Governments
Ronald Reagan
Iowa Department of Transportation
DOT
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Howard Johnsons Motor
John Blair
Alien
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