Steer entry decline spans most counties in Gazette area
Weigh-in figures show steer entries down across Benton Buchanan Clayton Delaware Fayette Iowa Johnson Jones Scott Tama Washington Winneshiek counties with few gains. Fair officials add nose printing home raised steer classes and carcass shows to spice this year’s youth show season amid a four year downward trend and cattle-cycle concerns.
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Delaware
Fayette
Johnson
Tama
Winneshiek
Benton
Buchanan
Clayton
Iowa
Jones
Jim Frier
Washington County
Frier
Washington
Judy Isaacson
Independence
U.'Yn Fink
Anamosa
Fink
My County
Monticello
Ak-Sar-Ben
Omaha
Delaware County
4- H
Fayette County
Dana Burkhart
Iowa County
Johnson County
Jones County
Scott County
Tama County
Midwest Hog Markets Steady to Lower Across Cedar Rapids
Hog prices moved 50 cents lower in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo with a $39.00 to $40.00 range in Cedar Rapids and $39.00 to $39.50 in Waterloo. Sheep held at $40 to $43 per wool and $43 to $45 for shorn in Cedar Rapids. Wilson Foods quoted hogs $39.00 to $40.00 with various discounts by weight class. Bath Packing Co. listed market hogs at $39.00 to $39.50, down 50 cents from Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Wilson Foods
Wilson
Wilsons
Bath Packing Co
Grain prices rise and fall on Cedar Rapids market
On Tuesday afternoon at Cedar Rapids grain, prices moved for soybeans and yellow corn across crop months. No. 2 corn quotes ranged from 2.46 to 2.56 for various crops, and white corn held at 3.04. Soybeans showed mixed shifts with first and second half January bids at 6.01 and 5.86, and new crop at 6.10.
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Cedar Rapids
Pro Farmer Grain
Des Moines Markets Report on Eggs Livestock and Beef Prices
Federal State Market News Service notes market steady to barely steady with adequate supplies. Farmers see mixed demand with farm egg prices 39 to 52 cents per dozen for various grades and weights. hog trade active with mixed gains and losses. beef and pork prices quoted by weight with steady to higher prices for several cuts amid light to moderate demand.
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Federal State Market News Service
Midwest
Choice
Grain and Livestock Prices Move in Mixed Trading
Tuesday market reports show hogs trading moderate with loads and various weight classes around 39 to 42 dollars per cwt, sows higher, cattle and calves 5,000 head with steers and heifers largely steady and some lower, cows active with utility prices 36 to 38 dollars, lambs and pelts noted. USDA bulk prices list butter around 1.46 to 1.49 per lb, eggs steady, grains mixed with wheat near 3.81, corn 2.57, oats 2.12, soybeans 6.13 while barley ranges 2.90 to 3.30 and basis for corn up slightly.
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Chicago
United Press
Chicago Board OF Trade
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CBOT
UPI
Pecentne Exchange
Ibs
Interest rate cut for farmers loans to 12.25 percent
The Agriculture Department reduced price support loan rates to 12.25 percent from 14.5 percent under a new monthly rate system tied to CCC borrowing costs. The change affects January loans and outstanding 1981 crop loans, with storage facility loans also variable. Corn in reserve totals rose to 651.9 million bushels.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Commodity Credit Corp
U.S. Treasury
CCC
Iowa Rep Urges Federal Set-Aside for Feed Grains
Rep. Cooper Evans of Iowa asks Secretary John Block to establish a 1982 set-aside program for feed grains under the 1981 farm bill. He cites record 1981 corn production and low prices, urging early federal subsidy to spur farmer participation and curb CCC loan defaults.
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UPI
Iowa
John Block
Block
Cooper Evans
Evans
Commodity Credit Corporation
Tauke Warns Grain Embargo Could Penalty Iowa Farmers
Iowa Representative Tom Tauke voiced grave concern that a U S grain embargo on the Soviet Union would worsen the farm economy and undermine confidence in the United States as a grain supplier. He spoke at a Buchanan County Farm Bureau Women meeting noting negative impacts on agriculture and investment.
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Independence
Iowa
Tom Tauke
United States
Soviet Union
Tauke
Postville cheese plant wins Iowa grand champion honor
Postville’s Gunder Cooperative Cheese factory received the grand champion plaque for Iowa's best American-style cheese at the state dairy convention last month. Wisconsin Dairies Decorah and Wapsie Valley Independence earned championship plaques for their American cheese. Nine of Iowa's 15 cheese plants make American cheese and Iowa ranks third nationally in American cheese production.
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Postville
Gunder Cooperative Cheese Factory
Iowa
Wisconsin Dairies
Decorah
Wapsie Valley
Independence
Insurance hearing set in Marshalltown on crop program
Iowa Rep. Cooper Evans schedules a House Agriculture Committee hearing on the Federal Crop Insurance program in Marshalltown at Fisher Community Center from 1 to 4 p.m. Speakers include Wayne Fletcher of Federal Crop Insurance Corp and Rep. Pat Roberts. Those who want to testify should call Evans' Waterloo office at 1 800 772 1745.
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Cooper Evans
Iowa
House Agriculture Committee
Fisher Community Center
Wayne Fletcher
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
Pat Roberts
Evans
Waterloo
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