Duroc Boar Sells for $3,500 at Tested Sale
A Duroc boar topped the joint Duroc Chester White sale at Ames selling for 3500 to Sanford Duca of Nevada from Dennis Huinker of Decorah. Another gilt and multiple top consignments sold to various buyers, with 1040 head on test and upcoming breed sales February 9 and 16. The all breed sale averages were 407 for Durocs boars and 348 for Chester Whites.
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Ames
Sanford Duca
Nevada
Dennis Huinker
Decorah
Huinker
Edge Farm
Freeport
Ill
George Mortensen
Elkhorn
Hartman’s Durocs
Manchester
Parish Durocs
Eden
Chester
Francis Fahey
Bellvue
Wis
John
Dennis Geerdes
Primghar
Rees Broth
Ers
Crawfordsville
Howard Copp
Glidden
Steve Parker
Bussey
Iowa State University
David Humker
Yorkshire and Spotted Breed Associations
Hampshire
Poland
Landrace
United Supplier
Boar Stud
Eldora
Fuessley Named Marion Jaycees Young Farmer
Chester Fuessley, 33, of Walker, was chosen as the Marion Jaycees outstanding young farmer. He farms 750 acres, raises 500 hogs yearly, helps with the Walker baseball team and Boy Scouts, and has expanded rentals, tile drainage, and waterways across three farms while supporting a large family. King Charles I was beheaded in 1649.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Fuessley
Walker
Marion Jaycees
Fuessley
Walker Boy Scouts
Paul
Farmers of America
Marian Savage
Coggan
Troy Mills
Farmers Home Administration
Rare quadruplets born on Dunns Prairie Ridge farm near Coggon
At Dunns Prairie Ridge farm two miles northeast of Coggon a three year old ewe gave birth to quadruplets, a rare event with odds around 10 000 to 1. Farmer Ralph Dunn and wife Helen helped with the births, one lamb died later, and the couple notes the ewe’s history of multiple births as they manage 30 lambs from 16 ewes this season. Dunn, a longtime breeder, also raises hogs and beef cattle on the 100 acre farm and cherishes the flock as lawn mowing stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
Prairie Ridge
Coggon
Ralph Dunn
Hercules
Hampshire
U.S
Illinois
Helen
Cedar Rapids
Owe
Angus Bulls Bring High Prices at Iowa Beef Sale
Fifty five performance tested bulls from Eldon averaged 1046 at the Iowa Beef Improvement Assn sale. An Ardmore Oklahoma Angus topped the sale at 4000 sold to Curtiss Breeding Service Cary Illinois. Other top prices included 2025 for Byron Beukema Newton Angus and 1600 for a King Ranch Santa Gertrudis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Eldon
Iowa Beef Improvement Assn
Charles Richards
Ardmore
Okla
Curtiss Breeding Service
Cary
Ill
Byron Beukema
Newton
McCall Farms
Lorimer
King Ranch
Kingsville
Tex
Blouin pushes import embargo to halt beef price drop
Second District Congressman Mike Blouin seeks a temporary import embargo to reverse a 22 percent fall in prices paid to beef producers since December. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz he blames rising foreign beef imports for depressing the domestic market after imports reached the lawful limit in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Blouin
Iowa
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Blouin
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Shane
Holly
Blair
Angela
Charles I of England
Gazette
al Swegie
Holiday Inn
Williams Blvd
Hotidan Swi
Vlceo & Son
ACME
Axtra
Prenards
CITGO
Martin Senour
Menards
REDDY
Sander
Wen
Price
Lindale Plaza
First Avenue
S.E
Stainless
Angus
Leonard Elting
Hebron
Nebr
Kenneth Rusk
Laurel
ABC Ranch
Martinsburg
John Boswick
Greeley
Garst Co
Coon Rapids
Duane Exline
Exline
Gary Cunningham
Menlo
Sirloin ‘N” Brew
Ave. S.E
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