Fayette County Fair adds Blue Ribbon Dairy Show
The Fayette County Fair in West Union announces a Blue Ribbon Dairy Show open to purebred Holstein Guernsey Jersey Ayrshire Brown Swiss and Milking Shorthorn cattle that have won blue ribbons at other fairs or exhibitions during 1975. Open and junior winners eligible. shows include three heifer classes and multiple cow classes with payouts through 12th place. Also notes Iowa sheep and lambs on feed totals and declines from prior year.
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Fayette County Fair
Guernsey
Jersey
Holstein
Sheep Producers Call for Bonding in Iowa
DES MOINES The Iowa Sheep Producers Board urges federal or state laws to require packer bonding after Western Iowa producers suffer losses when a financially troubled packing plant cannot meet obligations. Don Pullin of Waterloo, president, says every effort should protect livestock producers from such losses.
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Des Moines
Iowa Sheep Producers Board of Directors
Iowa
Don Pullin
Waterloo
Levis Seen as Way To Assure Cattle Payments
Des Moines and Washington reports show smaller grain stocks and lower utilization. Iowa and U.S. farmers face reduced corn and soybean holdings with prices slipping, while Iowa Farm Bureau president J Merill Anderson urges bonding and payment assurances to restore confidence in live stock marketing.
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Levis
Washington
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Towa
Hawkeye
Awa
Younger Man Takes over House Ag Helm
Thomas S. Fairy, Spokane lawyer and liberal reform advocate, becomes chairman of the House agriculture committee as changes from last week shift power toward younger leadership. The new scope includes study group influence and greater participation by new members, with chairmen facing less deference and more courtesy from colleagues.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
House
Capitol Hill
Thomas S. Fairy
Spokane, Wash
Mozart
Bach
Farm News picks Foley for house chairmanship
A 46 year old figure rises in parliament, one of the youngest house chairmen in history. He calls the appointment a total thunderbolt and says he did not expect it. He had long collaborated with Poage and had repeatedly...
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Ms Place
Poage
Blouin Bill Aims 100 Percent Dairy Parity Increase
Rep. Mike Blouin and Rep. Alvin Baldus sponsor a bill to raise milk price supports to 100 percent of parity, adjusting quarterly with production costs. They cite falling prices and rising costs across Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa, with dairy cow counts and farms dropping sharply and milk production declining since 1972.
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Washington
Mike Blouin
Jaws
Festiman
Ue House
Alvin Baldus
Wisconsin
Secretary of Agriculture
Minnesota-Wisconsin
Blouin
Iowa
Kirkwood Farm Building Seminars Schedule Announced
Kirkwood Community College will hold one day seminars on farm building and storage systems in Cedar Rapids Amana Tipton Vinton and Monticello during the next two weeks. Allen Peterson coordinator says the program aims to help farmers decide on modern building profitability. Registration starts at 9 am with a $5 fee covering coffee and materials.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington
Amana
Tipton
Vinton
Monticello
al Peterson
Kirkwood
Town Hall
Allen Peterson
Division of Agribusiness and Natural Resources
Amana Communities
Amana Holiday Inn
Interstate 80
Tipton-Wilton
Anderson Names Committee Heads
Des Moines Sik Lows farmers named by Iowa Farm Bureau President J Merrill Anderson to chair commodity advisory committees. Heads include Duane Boyd Charles City swine John Dane Iowa City dairy Riley Gillette Spencer sheep Earl Taylor Silver City soybeans Eldon Hovey Badger field crops Gaylord Stadiman Sac City beef. Each committee will advise the IFBF board. an IFBF director joins for liaison.
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Sik Lows
Iowa Farm Bureau
J. Merrill Anderson
Iowa Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Duane Boyd
Charles City
John Dane
Iowa City
Riley Gillette
Spencer
Earl ‘Taylor
Silver City
Eldon Hovey
Badger
Gaylord Stadiman
Sac City
IFBF
Coming Farm Auctions Items and Locations Listed
A garbled farm auction notice lists multiple sale items and near by locations. Names include Harald Ellers Max Dod Balbert Albin David Thomnen Har ry Hegarty Lawromes Janawon Harald Sperfalagn and Kevin Kimm with distances and directions to towns such as Urbana Vinton Newhall Conmtralcit Watkins and Wilton. The page tags dates February 8 February 12 and February 18 with 11:30 am or 12:30 pm start times and mentions live stock machinery hay and milking equipment.
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Mach
Harald Ellers
Hopkinson
Hay
Max Dod
Mago
Victor
Calito
Balbert Albin
Central City
Vale
Mila
Jobnie Fulmer
Urbana
Mala
Raoda
Ford
West Brinch
Harry Hegarty
Male
Uma
David ‘Thomnen
Wort Liberty
Georgn Honning
Vinton
Sat
Annona
Glee i
McGowan
Bil
Clann
Lawromes Janawon
Newhall
Aale
Saach
Fend
Ods
Harald Sperfalagn
Mack
Goth
Kevin Kimm
Watkins
Wod
Fred
Jaraeya
Lat
Wilton
Tyan
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