Pospisil and Rogers Named Linn County Corn and Bean Champs
Paul Pospisil of Mt. Vernon and Max Rogers of Fairfax are Linn County's corn and soybean yield champions. Pospisil posted 170.71 bushels for corn while Rogers won with 49.61 bushels. Both cited dry weather affecting fields. They will receive awards at the Linn County Better Crops club banquet on February 10 at Sirloin n Brew in Cedar Rapids.
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Paul Pospisil
Mt. Vernon
Max Rogers
Fairfax
Linn County
Better Crops Club
Cedar Rapids
Pospisil
Rogers
Linn county corn and soybean yield champs named at banquet
Rogers wins Linn county soybean yield title for the third time riding 30 inch rows after switching in 1971. He farms near Fairfax and Mt Vernon and also places high in corn with a 159.30 bushel yield. William Goudy of Mt Vernon takes reserve corn honors. Richard Olson of Fairfax is reserve soybean champ. Two directors to three year terms will be elected at the banquet. Reservations to Ken Millsap, P O Box 9, Cedar Rapids.
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Pospisil
Mt. Vernon
Rogers
Linn County
Fairfax
William Goudy
Richard Olson
Ray Keiper
Palo
Milo Wolrab
Ken Millsap
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
All-Star Lineup Judges Swine Expo ’77 Divisions
An all-star panel will judge Swine Expo ’77 at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids with divisions including on farm tested central tested non tested and tracklot. Judges include Dave Hinman Mike Dunphy Lauren Christian and Gene Todd among others with Olympic style scoring for central tested entries and a large CMS of experts guiding champions across multiple classes.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Dave Hinman
St. Ansgar
Hinman
Central
Barrow
Mike Dunphy
Waterloo
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Kirkwood Community College
Lauren Christian
Iowa State University
Ames
Dunphy
Hinman, Christian
Gene Todd
Wilson Foods
Todd
John Wall
Iowa City
Wilfred McCreedy
Ainsworth
Leonard Lasack
Oxford Junction
Eric Dee
State Center
Bob Naylor
Peoria, Ill
Emmett Stevermer
Wall, McCreedy
Lasack
Dee
Naylor
Hampshire
Stevermer
David Topel
Palmer Holden
Fred Parish
Otto Imig
Fresh Pork
Wilson's Food
Doug Mounce
Paul Queck
Des Moines
Iowa Park Producers Assn
Joel Brown
Mechanicsville
Two Day Young Farmer Institute Planned in Des Moines
A two day institute for high school vocational agriculture young adult farmer classes will be held Friday and Saturday at the Hyatt house near Des Moines airport. Iowa YFEA chapters may send voting delegates. the program aims to organize state wide education and follows a grass roots idea from Elwood Mabon. The event is not officially sponsored by the State Department of Public Instruction.
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Des Moines
Hyatt House
Iowa Young Farmer Education Assa
Young Farmer
Iowa Vocational Agriculture
Iowa Young Farmer Education Assn
YFEA
IYFEA
Elwood Mabon
State Department of Public Instruction
Linn Pork Queen Search Started
The Linn county pork queen contest opens for next year with a Feb. 24 pork dinner crowning at the Ponderosa in Walford by this year’s queen Laurie Jordan of Marion. Entry deadline is Feb. 7 for daughters of Linn Park Producer members aged 17 to 19. submit to Mrs. Jack Scott of Marion or Mrs. Richard Olson of Fairfax. ON THIS DATE in 1850 Samuel Gompers was born.
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Linn County
Ponderosa
Walford
Laurie Jordan
Marion
Linn Park
Jack Scott
Richard Olson
Fairfax
Harkin Flatly Opposes Talmadge Farm Bill Plan
Rep. Tom Harkin criticizes Sen. Herman Talmadge's proposed farm bill as unrealistically addressing farm problems. He notes lack of conservation measures, unchanged disaster payments, and unresolved crop insurance issues while urging a loan-rate based approach to cut costs and preserve price stability.
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Washington
UPI
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Talmadge
Harkin
Congress
Farm Bureau Beef Group Splits Into Two Affiliates
The Iowa Cedar Valley Marketing council dissolves to form two sales organizations Iowa Valley and Cedar Valley. New programs cover three original counties plus two more, with Interstate Producers Live stock Assn. of Peoria as cooperative marketing agent. The Cedar Valley starts Jan 24 with Duane Johnson as rep. Iowa Valley starts Feb 1 with John Gordon as rep. total Iowa feedlot sales programs rise to 11.
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Bob Cooper
Harold Crutchley
Marion
Duane Johnson
Cedar Valley Marketing Assn
Cooper
Crutchley
Linn County Farm Bureau
Iowa-Cedar Valley Marketing Council
Iowa Valley
Cedar Valley
Interstate Producers Livestock Assn
Peoria
Ill
Iowa and Illinois Farm Bureau
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jerry Hummel
Vinton
R. L. Craig
van Horne
Floyd D. Neal
Ray Heideman
Center Junction
Hay
Gerald Diesburg
Coggan
John Cope
Whittier
Mach
M. H. Strang
Fairfax
Duane Coleman
Urbana
Glenn Etscheidt
Blairstown
Fri
Vernon Hepker
Fred Ammeter
Buchanan County
Judd Decker
Independence
Linn County
Tama County
John Webb
Vince Caslavka
Clutter
Wilbur Luethje
Gladbrook
Benton County
Don Weichman
Atkins
Wayne Merchant
Garrison
Joe Zalesky
Ely
Mahaska
Keokuk
Poweshiek
Dallas Sterk
Grinnell
Iowa County
Harlan Huedepohl
Williamsburg
Johnson County
Maynard Bush
Wellman
Bob Horn
West Branch
Columbus Junction
John Gordon
Julian
Calif
Harry Reed
Interstate Producers Assn
Iowa
Clark Hearing Slated At Fairfax Sale Barn
Four state farm organization leaders are among farmers slated to testify at a farm bill hearing in Fairfax Friday morning. The session begins at 9 a.m. at the Fairfax Livestock Auction Barn and ends at noon, chaired by U S Senator Dick Clark. Thurman Gaskill, Iowa Corn Growers Assn president, and two state vice presidents from NFC and Farmers Union will testify along with Willis Hansen of Vinton and other officials.
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Fairfax
U.S
Dick Clark
Iowa
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thurman Gaskill
Corwith
Iowa Corn Growers Assn
David Kozishek
Williamsburg
NFC
Howard Lyon
Toledo
The
Farmers Union
Willis Hansen
Vinton
State
Soybean Promotion Board
Benton County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
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