Social Security Numbers For Pigs Proposed by ISU
Iowa State University extension veterinarians Dr. John Herrick and Dr. John Berthelsen proposed a universal social security number like tag for every pig born in Iowa to aid disease tracking. They cited Iowa’s 22 million annual swine output and noted identification could trace infections like dysentery TGE and brucellosis to farms of origin, especially with animal movement between farms and markets. They suggested using ear tags or ear tattoos and considered using the last six digits of SSNs, while calling for stricter health standards on breeding swine movement and broader disease surveillance across the industry.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University Extension
John Herrick
John Berthelsen
Berthelsen
Herrick
Wolrab Pospisil Win Linn County Yield Contests
Milo Wolrab of Mt. Vernon topped the Linn County Better Crops club corn contest with 175.97 bushels per acre and Charles Pospisil of Lisbon won the soybean contest with 55.33 bushels per acre. Second place in corn went to Max Rogers of Fairfax and Gerhardt Krug of Atkins. Soybean runners up were Roger Krug Fairfax and Milo Wolrab Mt. Vernon. Kenneth E. Millsap announced the results noting corn yields rose 22.32 bushels per acre from last year while soybeans fell from 53.10 to 50.15 bushels per acre.
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Milo Wolrab
Mt. Vernon
Linn County
Better Crops Club
Charles Pospisil
Lisbon
Kenneth E. Millsap
Millsap
Max Rogers
Fairfax
Gerhardt Krug
Atkins
Rogers
Krug
Garry Blackford
Marion
Vernon Rammelsburg
Palo
Bud Blackford
Alburnett
Wayne Blackford
Donald Lefebvre
Irvin Scott
Roger Krug
Alvin Pavks
Jack Scott
Ralph Blackford
Ted Becker
Center Point
Boland Brothers
Ben Pospisil
Paul Martin
Emil Lamparek
Cedar Rapids
Harold Sperfslage
Central City
Don Morrison
Ed Beatty
Butz Steps Up Farm Spending Says He Will Not Hesitate
Secretary Earl L. Butz has approved about 560 million dollars more than planned in farm spending since December. He moved to revoke food stamp cuts, boost wheat idle acreage payments, release rural electric loan funds, expand conservation subsidies, advance a corn price support program, fund a new pesticide management effort, and initiate an experimental land access program. He also secured 59 million dollars in previously impounded rural telephone loan funds and pledged further aggressive spending if needed to retire acreage and stabilize prices.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture
Earl l L. Butz
Congress
Butz
Agriculture Department
White House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Office of Management and Budget
REA
Boxcar Shortages Hurt Grain Trade in Senate Hearing
In Dodge City Kansas witnesses testified at a Senate hearing led by Senator James Pearson about boxcar shortages raising costs for the grain industry. Fifteen witnesses including spokesmen from Santa Fe Rock Island and Union Pacific railroads said they were doing their best to meet demand. Pearson expected the hearing to spur Senate action.
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Senate
James Pearson
R-Kan
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Pearson
Linn Extension Names Shaffer First Rural Aide
Orval Shaffer 53 of Central City is hired by Linn County Extension Service as the first agriculture aide to work part time with limited income rural residents. He will work 25 to 30 hours weekly in a two year trial with possible expansion. Shaffer has an 80 acre Alburnett area farm and has served as ASC committeeman.
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Gazette
al Sweale
Richard Freeman
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Extension Service
Orval Shaffer
Central City
Shaffer
Linn County Extension Service
Iowa
Linn County Extension
Alburnett
Township Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
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Alta
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Big Mac
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ISU
Calon Farms Inc
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Lowell Cronbaugh
Marengo
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Lloyd Lacy
Ni of
Mach
Ceci Frimmi
Blairstown
Thurs
Shorthorns
Walter Timmerman
Newhall
Montague
Wiese
Norway
Leonard Dolezal
Wolrab
Pospisil
Linn
Walker Sales CO
FBI
North English
Overhead Bridge
Rock Road
Hampshire
Allis-Chalners
John Deere
Allis- Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers
Heider
DeLaval
Sunshine Circle
Charley Banes
Mason & Mason
O'Brien & O'brien—Auctioneers
Dodge City, Kan
By al Swegle
Iowa State University Extension Service
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