Farm Bureau Meets Weigh Meat Import Rules
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation plans district meetings this week as debate over 1969 meat import quotas intensifies. Under a 1964 law basic quotas set by domestic production. country by country limits only kick in if imports exceed the trigger. Senate discussions seek to replace the 10 percent override with more realistic imports controls.
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Des Moines
County Washington
UPI
Tde
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Orville L. Freeman
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
Hruska
Department
Delaware Swine Assn Seeks 400 Members
The Delaware County Swine Producers Assn launches a membership drive at a Manchester meeting with speaker Mike Ford from the Iowa Park Producer Assn. A goal of 400 members is set by Delhi president Don Guetzke. County Farm Bureau committees meet, discuss tax assessments, government surveys, budgets, and local resolutions. Eastern Iowa meetings follow in Fayette Cedar Rapids and Mt. Pleasant.
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Manchester
Delaware County Swine Producers Assn
Mike Ford
Iowa Park Producer Assn
Delaware Association
Don Guetzke
Delhi
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Fayette
Teamsters Hall
Cedar Rapids
Iris Court
Mt. Pleasant
Closing out sales list across multiple Iowa locations
A sequence of closing out sale notices describes events for January with multiple bidders. Entries include livestock machinery hay and grain at locations near Keystone Cedar Rapids Merengo Belle Plaine Centralcity Norway Coggon and other areas. Named executors include Fred Ledger Arthur Bezdek Sam Slaymaker Emil Varrock Hazel Beck Harold J DeSotel and Jake Hansen Est. with farm and acreage details.
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Gilbert
Harold Wardenburg
Blairstown
Clarence J. Reinhart
Solon
Independence Sale Co
Buchanan County Farms
Buchanan County Cattlemen’s Assn
Arthur Graham
Brandon
Everett Gienn
Olin
Arthur Bezdek
Cedar Rapids
Sam Slaymaker
Merengo
Emil Varrock
Hazel Beck
Belle Plaine
Evelyn KK
Smith
Centralcity
Jake Hansen
Norway
Harold J. DeSotel
Public Affairs Workshops Set in Delaware
Two public affairs workshops will be held in Delaware on January 15 and 22 with 6 45 p m dinners. Programs include The Future of the Small Town and Ten Years of Change in Delaware County plus a Delaware county manpower study overview and planning discussions led by local and Iowa State University figures. Reservations can be made two days in advance through the extension office.
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Manchester
Bill Lux
Extension
Delaware County
Marvin Julius
Iowa State ‘University
Lux
Schuchmann Re elected Iowa NFO President in Des Moines
Clarence Schuchmann 50 of Hawkeye was reelected to a third one year term as president of the Iowa NFO at a Des Moines board meeting. Wilbur Garrels 37 of Mt. Pleasant was named vice president and Henry county host for a hog killing demo. The slate also includes Gene Eshelman as national secretary and Frank Huss as treasurer with Struyzinski and Nissen elected as secretaries. The NFO also named Kenneth Johnson Iowa NFC lobbyist for the 1969 session.
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Des Moines
Clarence Schuchmann
Hawkeye
Iowa Nfo
Wilbur Garrels
Mt. Pleasant
NFO
Henry County
Gene Eshelman
Bridgewater
National
Frank Huss
Royal
Ivan Struyzinski
Oxford
Marvan D. Nissen
Extra
W. W
Butch” Swaim
Unionville
Struyzinski
Swaim
iCorning
Schuchmann
Kenneth Johnson
Callender
Iowa Nfc
Johnson
USDA Consumer Advisory Panel Is Appointed
The Agriculture Department names a seven member panel to give consumers a bigger voice in regulation and consumer protection. The panel will meet in Washington for its first session amid a broad review of food programs and consumer affairs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Winn F. Finner
Consumer and Marketing Service
Finner
Clayton Extension Council Organized in Clayton County
Clarence Fuhrman of Volga was elected chairman of the 1969 Clayton county agricultural extension council at the organizational meeting January 2. Gene Watson Elkader is vice chairman Don Moon Luana secretary and Harlan Backhaus Guttenberg treasurer. The Central State Bank of Elkader was approved as depository for the district funds in 1969.
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Elkader
Clarence Fuhrman
Volga
Clayton County Agricultural Extension Council
Gene Watson
Don Moon
Luana
Harlan Backhaus
Guttenberg
Central State Bank of
Uruguayans Are Top Meat Eaters
The 1967 per capita meat consumption list from the agriculture department ranks Uruguay first at 227 pounds. New Zealand, the 1966 leader, is second with 223 pounds, followed by Argentina 212, Australia 192, the United States 178, France 159, Canada 149, and the United Kingdom 138.
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Washington
Agriculture ‘Department
Uruguay
New Zealand
Argentina
Australia
United States
France
Canada
United Kingdom
Poult Hatch Lags Behind Last Year
Poult hatches in ten major turkey states for the week ended December 28 totaled 495000, down 14 percent from the same week a year earlier. Eggs set during the week reached 1383000, two percent below the prior year.
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Des Moines
Turkey
Federal State Market News Service
U S Groundwork in Japanese Yeast Sparks Hybrid Hope
Washington AP report says U S government scientists laid groundwork for Japanese development of a hybrid yeast that outperforms its parent in making soybean sauce. Agriculture department expects this to pave the way for breeding many improved hybrids within yeast species.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
USDA Team Probes Illness from Food
A toxicology group within the USDA investigates illnesses suspected to stem from meat or poultry. The team will coordinate with the meat inspection program and field personnel to trace contaminated food sources and propose concrete improvements to inspection procedures to prevent recurrences.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Delaware DHIC Will Hear Ray Whitmore
MANCHESTER Ray Whitmore extension dairyman will be the main speaker at the Delaware County Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative annual meeting in the Farm Bureau meeting room in Manchester Tuesday evening January 21 at 8 p.m. He will explain the new herd ranking and summary with new evaluation tools including Estimated Producing Ability and Estimated Average Transmitting Ability. The meeting will include annual business and election of officers with supervisor reports.
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Manchester
Ray Whitmore
Delaware County Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative
Farm Bureau
Whitmore
Farm Power and Machinery Management fifth edition released
ISU Press in Ames releases the fifth edition of Farm Power and Machinery Management by Donnell Hunt of the University of Illinois. The book argues a farm is a factory, treats machinery as production tools, and highlights operating costs, maintenance, and replacement policies to boost profits.
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Ames
Iowa State University Press
Donnell Hunt
University of Illinois
Hunt
Holstein Breeders Sale Planned in Waterloo Saturday
The 1969 spring sale of the Iowa Holstein Breeders Assn. will be held on Saturday March 15 at the Dairy Cattle Congress ground in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Iowa Holstein ‘Breeders Assn
Dairy Cattle Congress Ground
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Eastern
Hereford Assn
Hawkeye Downs
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Dwayne Meyer
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