Many Oats Fields Damaged By Carryover of Atrazine
Iowa State extension botanist E P Sylvester reports unusual atrazine carryover harming oats and soybeans across the state. Last year heavy atrazine use on corn, followed by a dry growing season, contributed to the damage as a blanket high rate application affected subsequent crops.
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Ames
Iowa
E. P. Sylvester
Iowa State University Extension
Sylvester
Harvey Thompson
ISU Extension Agronomist
Thompson
Swegle Joins Gazette Farm Dept Staff
Alan Swegle, 21, joins The Gazette farm department after graduating from Iowa State University. The move follows his work on agronomy and dairy and beef projects as a 4 H member from Osceola and editor of the Iowa Agriculturist. He and wife Mary Mitchell will move to Ames before July 15.
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Sylvester
Alan Swegle
Iowa State
Monday
Gazette Farm
Clark County
Osceola
Alan
Iowa Agriculturist
Iowa State Dairy
University
Mary Mitchell
Iowa State University
Swegles
Ames
Avenue
Iowa farmer Alvin Block talks farming hogs and politics
Interview with Alvin Block 52 owner of 160 acres near Shellsburg and renter of 520 acres. He details crop mix 260 acres corn 260 beans 80 oats and hay. breeds Hampshire hogs plus Duroc Spots Yorkshires. operates Case tractors and chisel planter saving time. Block outlines political shift to Nixon and Republican stance, plus views on government handouts.
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Alvin
Block
Shellsburg
Benton County
Bloomfield
Neb
Missouri River
Yankton, S.C
Air Force
Iowa State
Sheldon
Iowa City
Bob Koch
Marengo
Nate Strawn
Garrison
May pork production up 20 percent from year ago
The Agriculture Department reported May pork production rose 20 percent from May of the previous year, driving an overall 8 percent rise in red meat output for the month. Beef production increased 2 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Canadian 4 H visitors plan Linn county exchange trip
Canadian 4 H members from Watson Saskatchewan and four adults visit Linn county July 13 to 19. Host families greet them at Hawkeye Downs and Ellis Park Cedar Rapids. Tours include farms Amanas Quaker Oats plant and National Beef Pit.
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4-H
Watson, Sask
Linn
Hawkeye Downs
C. E. Herriott
Lindale Plaza
Linn County
Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids
Colony Inn
Killian’s
Manchester
Bonnie Lindale Plaza
Voss
Pat Mitchell
S. D
Minot
Westmar College
LeMars
Will D
Delaware
Dubuque
Lyon County
Pipe diameter doubles to quadruple capacity
Doubling the pipe diameter increases the flow capacity by a factor of four due to the volume and cross sectional area scaling, enhancing throughput while maintaining similar pressure characteristics.
Yo Ag Instructors To Meet Next Week
DES MOINES The annual conference of Iowa vocational agriculture instructors will be held at the Fort Des Moines hotel July 8 to 10, announced C I W Dalber chief of agricultural education in the state department of public instruction. Two days of in service training follow the conference with a grain and livestock marketing school by Iowa State University staff on July 11 and hydraulics of modern tractors plus adjustments of combines and corn pickers at the John Deere plant in Ankeny on Friday.
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Des Moines
Iowa Vocational Agriculture
Fort Des Moines
C. IW. Dalber
Ment of Public Instruction
Iowa State University
John Deere
Ankeny
Kenneth Monfort to Speak at Feeders Day Event
Kenneth Monfort a Colorado cattle feeder beef merchandiser and state legislator will be among speakers at the 50th annual cattle feeders day at Iowa State University on Aug 29 He will discuss the future of beef cattle production and merchandising Monfort operates the Monfort feedlots in Greeley and markets about 150000 cattle annually through Monfort Packing Co Iowa State specialists will discuss feed energy value cattle performance hormones and equipment Stephen Garst of Coon Rapids will speak on the beef cow role in Iowa’s future agricultural growth A morning inspection of experimental cattle and facilities at the ISU beef nutrition farm near Ames precedes the program Marengo area notes mention dairy herd data for Iowa County Dairy Herd Improvement Assn supervised by Calvin Swartzendruber.
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Ames
Kenneth Monfort
Colorado
Iowa State University
Monfort
Greeley
Colo
Monfort Packing Co
Iowa State
Stephen Garst
Coon Rapids
ISU Beef Nutrition Farm
Towa County Fair Judges Named for Marengo Event
Bob Jones president of the fair board announced the judges for the Towa County fair to be held July 29 to 31 in Marengo. Judges cover categories including beef cattle dairy cattle swine sheep horses dogs rabbits and quality beef and pork shows with judges from Ottumwa Stanwood Davenport Cedar Rapids Ely Des Moines Marengo and Marengo.
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Marengo
Towa
Bob Jones
Fair Board
Bill Shannon
Morrell and Co
Ottumwa
William Eiler
Stanwood
Ray Whitmore
Extension Dairyman
Roy Keppy
Davenport
Tom Rampy
Wilson and Co
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Marion
Ron Stevens
Long Grove
Suell Jackson and Sons
Mechanicsville
Caraway
John Lackey
Shelbina
Melanie Harms
Alden
Sumner Ffa
Tama
Swegle
Gazette Farm Dept
Rex Conn
Randy
University of Iowa
Stephen
Shellsburg High School
James
Teresa
Parkers Grove Church
Hampshire
Benton County Fair
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Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Humphrey
U.S
Congress
Don Johnson
Tom, Dick and
Harry
Carnation Farms Breeding Service
Hiawatha
Yo-Ag
Marion Area
Gazette
Oth St
Iowa County
Chia
Iowa County Dairy Herd Improvement Assn
Calvin Swartzendruber
Ltowa County
Morris Plan
Consumer Bankers Association
American Industrial Bankers Association
Dan
Peter F. Bezanson
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