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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1976
Page
10
USDA forecast shows farmers intend to plant about 80.1 million acres of corn, up from 77.9 million last year, as Spring planting pushes ahead. Wheat production may dip from last year’s record amid higher spring wheat area. Soybean output expected lower despite rising planting, with cotton and sugar beet areas also rising.
UPI reports Iowa farmers plan to plant 13.4 million acres of corn this year, up 2 percent from 13.1 million last harvest, amid rising prices. Soybean intentions at 6.0 million acres mark a 3 percent drop from 1978. Iowa officials cite prices and market shifts as drivers, noting USDA surveys covered 2,600 farms statewide.
Frank R. West, founder of American Beef Packers, says he will appeal his federal mail and wire fraud conviction after his empire collapsed in bankruptcy. In Sigourney, FFA student Marty Licas will deliver his award winning speech "The Waste of Our Precious Land" at the Reglade county beef and pork producers banquet Saturday, with serving starting at 6:40 p.m.
No 1976 production forecast is given yet yet weather favorable conditions could lift acreage toward a new crop record. Corn yields could reach about 6 billion bushels, up 200 million from 1993, aiding food supplies and possibly easing retail price pressures amid plans for larger feed grain plantings.
Senators Humphrey and Clark demand a thorough investigation by Secretary of Agriculture Benson into the shipment of 3.2 million bushels of contaminated corn to Poland. They request reports detailing the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident and the involved agencies.
Denver AF reports Texas rancher James Grote of Granite Hills Hereford Ranch Lan no Tex bought half interest and full possession of Grand Slam a 750 pound Hereford bull from Manning Iowa Glenkirk Farms Maysville Mo for 100000 setting a new stock show price record. Original owners keep some breeding rights. The deal cited a record price for the breed.
A 216 acre Urbana farm two and a half miles north of Urbana sold at auction Saturday to Glenn Kessler who farms five miles west of Walker. The John Smith estate sold the land in cooperation with Schmitz Realtors Yen Horne auction division.
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