Ag Colleges See Enrollment Rise After Decline
At Kansas State University and across 19 land grant colleges enrollment in agricultural courses rose 23 percent from last year, with increases as high as 44 percent at the University of Kentucky and 15.7 percent at Iowa State. Dean Duane Acker cites broader curricula and better job marketing as key factors.
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Manhattan
Kan
Duane Acker
Kansas State University
Acker
University of Kentucky
Iowa State University
World Bank notes slow farm gains in needy nations
The World Bank reports that while industrial growth runs about 7 percent in developing countries, agricultural output climbs only around 2.5 percent annually over the past decade. It highlights uneven progress across regions and cites structural and social barriers to expanding domestic food production.
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Washington
World Bank
Republic of China
Thailand
Asia
Tunisia
Libya
Africa
Israel
Iraq
Middle East
Greece
Spain
Yugoslavia
Europe
Mexico
Peru
Venezuela
Latin America
Indonesia
Ceylon
Tanzania
Togo
Mali
Haiti
State College of Agriculture
Sys
Farm Bureau program expands aid to 484 Iowa farms
Rep Quie backs raising government grain support price cap. About 484 farm families in 74 counties participate in the Iowa Farm Bureau farm records service to aid farm income tax and price support calculations. Buchanan County Pork Producers donate to swine research drive at Iowa State University to fund facility improvements.
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Desmatnes
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Re- Washington
UPI
Scords
Glenn Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Saidj Mattson
Non
Han Quie
Farm Records Service
Agri-Lizes
Culture Department
Service of
Buchanan County
Iowa
Consolidated Iowa Farm Auctions From Jan to Feb
A listing of farm sale dates across Iowa items include livestock machinery grain hay and dairy listings. Notable organizers include Duane Whitney Paul Meineke and Marlon with Hawkeye Downs events. Several auctions specify locations near Garrison Center Point Morley Oxford Iowa City Marion and Monticello throughout January and February.
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Harry Lyons
Garrison
Duane Whitney
Center Point
Paul Meineke
Morley
Leo Robert Hospodarsky
Oxford
Berkshire
Hawkeye Downs
Milo Wolrab
Mt. Vernon
Hugo Lindahl
Vinton
Glen Svoboda
Clarence
Herb Wikiams
Iowa City
Dave Nietert
Edge
Marion
Don Meisgeier
Manchester
David Ward
Springville
Wilbert Gearhold
Atkins
Mary Jane Wolfe
Coggan
Lowell
Pat Kramer
Luzerne
David
Leonard Biderman
Ely
Iowa
George Caraway
Marlon
Misc
Kenneth Feuerbach
Keystone
Leo Becker
Coggon
Waom
Fremont Huedepohl
Willamsburg
Gilmore Schaubacher
Ralph
Russell Walters
Watkins
Art van Woert
Marton
E. L. Herndon
E. C. Nagel
Monticello
No Decision on Soybean Support Yet Says USDA
Washington reports no final decision on the 1966 soybean support price. The American Soybean Association urged $2.35 per bushel, 10 cents above the 1962 level. National Farmers Union President James G. Patton pressed for a 25 cent increase.
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USDA
Washington
UPI
Agrculture Department
American Soybean Association
National Farmers Union
James G. Patton
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Taylor Named Director of Iowa Farm Bureau Public Policy
Des Moines Iowa Glen C Taylor was named director of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation public policy division by President J Merrill Anderson, succeeding Harry Storey who retired after 20 years. Taylor a Barnes City native and Penns College graduate, was a teacher and Navy veteran before joining the staff and has 11½ years in research and public relations. Anderson also announced the Jan 1 retirement of Gene Cook after more than 30 years with the Farm Bureau and affiliates.
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Des Moines
Glen C. Taylor
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
J. Merrill Anderson
Harry Storey
IFBF
Taylor
Barnes City
Penns College
Navy
Farm Bureau
Boone County
State Federation
Anderson
Gene Cook
The
Delaware Extension Heads Are Elected
Officers of the Delaware county extension council were elected at the reorganizaton meeting Monday Vance Daker Edgewood was named chairman Marwan Burns Manchester vice chairman and Mrs Glen Chrystal Manchester was chosen secretary
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Wisyien Extension Sps i
Clayton County Extension Council
Foster Mohning
Garnaville
George Leonard
Elkader
Douglas Behrens
Strawberry Point
John Davis
Mohning
Leonard
Manchester
Delaware County Extension Council
Vance Daker
Edgewood
Marwan Burns
Glen Chrystal
Farm Bureau Opposes Soybean Price Support Rise
Washington AP The American Soybean Association faces opposition as it seeks higher government price supports for soybeans this year. President Charles B. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau Federation says the Farm Bureau opposes an increase that would spur surplus production and give the government power to control prices.
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Washington
American Soybean Association
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Big Farm
Top Herds for Month Named in Delaware
November results from the Delaware County Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative highlight Leroy McQuillen of Manchester with 23 Holsteins averaging 48 pounds of butterfat per cow. Other high herds include Andrew Knipper of Earlville Elvin Gienapp of Manchester and Earl Zumbach of Ryan.
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Manchester
Delaware! County
Leroy McQuillen
DHIA
Howard Neisheim
Charles B. Lillibridge
Eugene Weigel
Andrew Knipper
Earlville
Elvin Gienapp
Earl Zumbach
Ryan
Hawkeye Angus Banquet Highlights 23.3 Bushel Lime Demo
Hawkeye Angus Assn held its annual banquet with 102 attendees at the Ox Yoke Inn in Amana. Speakers included F W Hoover Clyde Hanna and Lyle Haring. County directors were elected for two-year terms as lime trials near Camanche showed a 23.3 bushel per acre yield increase with 43 tons of lime per acre.
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Hawkeye Angus Assn
Amana
F. W. Hoover
Des Moines
Clyde Hanna
Oskaloosa
Iowa Angus Assn
Lyle Haring
DeWitt
American Angus, Assn. Fieldman
Ray Martin
van Horne
Benton County
James Clapp
Oxford Junction
Jones County
Robert Lenz
Iowa City
Johnson County
Stanley Eichhorn
Tipton
Cedar
Muller Koeper
Alburnett
Linn County
Tom Gafffey
Parnell
Iowa County
Jack Driscoll
Williamsburg
Leo Palmer
Roger Smith
Mechanicsville
Dean Yates
Riverside
Bill Dunnarm
Camanche
County Extension
Norman Goodwin
Goodwin
Merle Hillson
Area Extension Agronomist
Hughes Named New State SCS Conservationist
DES MOINES Howard M. Hughes of Hays Kansas began work January 1 as assistant state conservationist in the state Soil Conservation Service office in Des Moines. He succeeds J Dale Schott now on foreign assignment in Thailand. Hughes is Kansas State University graduate and joined SCS in 1947.
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Des Moines
Howard M. Hughes
Hays
Kan
State Soils Conservation Service
J. Dale Schott
Thailand
Kansas Stateniversity
Hughes
SCS J
Benton Swine Research Gift Totals 3515 at Iowa State banquet
At the Benton County Swine Producers Assn. banquet in Belle Plaine 200 attendees heard Rolland Paul outline support for swine research facilities at Iowa State University. The group announced a 8515 gift, with 203 to 300 more expected from Benton county hog men, and elected three new directors Duane Kromminga Marlin Schminke and Roger Geater. Holdover directors and officers were named, as was the upcoming National Livestock Feeders Assn. convention in Omaha.
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Iowa State University
Benton County Swine Producers Assn
Belle Plaine Country Club
Benton County
Iowa Pork Producers Assa
Duane Kromminga
Keystone
Marlin Schminke
van Horne
Roger Geater
Vinton
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