Cedar Rapids Market Report Highlights Farm Prices
Cedar Rapids cash elevator market shows slight price movement with hogs at $43 and grains mixed. Livestock quotes include Cedar Pepigs 50¢ higher at $43.50 to $44 for some weights and Spring lambs at $48 to $50 per 100 pounds. Contact Rose Olson at (319) 846-2751 for more details.
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Eet Rapids Foods of
Cedar
Pepigs
Rose Olson
Ass Olson's
Waterlog Packing Co
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Market Report Friday Update
The Federal State Market News Service notes undertone steady to barely steady with light offerings and scattered trading. Live hens and trucklot volumes weak. hogs with limited demand due to approaching holiday. dressed meats show higher carcass values and steady to strong bids. Corn and soybeans rise on regional grain prices across Iowa and Minnesota markets.
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U.S
Soin Roger Ie
Iowa
Iowa Agriculture and
U.S. Department of
N.central
Northeast
Southwest
Central
Southeast
Chicago Produce Market Report Notes Limited Quotes
Market notes show thin bids and limited quotes for livestock and produce. Prices drift narrowly with few complete class quotes for hogs cattle and sows, leaving traders with uncertain demand and no clear price direction.
Omaha Livestock Friday Hogs Steady Demand Mixed
Market notes show hogs 200 to 260 pounds weak to steady with 350 to 650 pounds at 34.00. Barrows and gilts 2100 hogs quoted 40.00 to 42.00 per hundredweight, with some ranges around 43.50 for heavier lots. Cattle and calves listed around 450. Note suggests market testing feasibility.
Sioux City Livestock Report Friday Hog Prices
Hog markets show 4000 head traded with no corn, buyers steady to 25 lower on some cuts. US 1-2 200-250 Ibs at 3 sows steady to 1 lower, boars 1 to 1 lower 350-700 Ibs 32.00, week results show barrows and gilts 50 lower, sows 50 to 1.00 lower, 500-650 Ibs full decline, average weight barrows and gilts 241 Ibs vs 245 last week, sow percentage near 13% same as last year.
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L. Gia
U.S
Iowa officials warn PIK not a long term fix for farm policy
At a Des Moines congressional hearing Gov. Branstad cautioned that the payment in kind plan is only an interim step to balance supply and demand. Leaders from farm labor and church groups urged Congress to act quickly amid what they call a national agricultural crisis. The group emphasized expanding exports, improving the economy, and boosting soil conservation to avert threats to family farming.
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Iowa
Terry Branstad
Congress
David Ostendorf
Iowa Farm Unity Coalition
Maurice Dingman
Catholic Church
Branstad
U.S
Roger Jepsen
Joint Economic Committee
Iowa Farm Bureau
Jepsen
Dean Kleckner
Philip S. Lehman
Iowa Farmers Union
Rooster Wins Rogue River Crow Contest on Wheaties Diet
Crow-In Joe, a 3-year-old rooster trained by a 12-year-old handler, captured the Rogue River Rooster Crow Contest for the third time. The bird delivered 80 crows after a breakfast of Wheaties, touted as the Breakfast of Champions.
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Rogue River
Joe
All-Iowa Fair quiz opens season with trivia
The Gazette previews the All-Iowa Fair with a quiz covering Hawkeye Downs naming history gate prices and entry spots for wine contests. It asks about livestock terms, daily demonstrations, and exhibitors traveling from surrounding states.
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Gazette
Hawkeye Downs Hosts All Iowa Fair and Local Arts Events
Events include the All Iowa Fair at Hawkeye Downs and a World of Miniatures show at Gateway YWCA Clinton with 9 am to 5 pm hours. Also Panther Power Run from Mechanicsville Bank, Robins Romp bicycle tour from Bever Park, Tintypes at Old Creamery Theater in Garrison, Joffrey II Dancers at Hancher Auditorium with multiple ticket tiers.
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Hawkeye Downs
Gateway Ywca
Clinton
Mechanicsville Bank
Robins
Bever Park
Hawkeye Bicycle Association
Dick Cram
Milt Carter
Buster Brown
Bill Hames
Frontier Park Renamed After Local Contenders
The Aug 28 1937 Gazette notes Frontier Park was renamed when John M. Ely and Mrs. William S. Doherty tied with winning names in an All Iowa Livestock Show contest. Ely wanted Cedar Downs while Doherty preferred Hawkeye Park. Frontier Park opened in 1925 as a rodeo center and later saw milestones including a 1967 grandstand replacement after a 1966 collapse.
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the Gazette
Frontier Park
John M. Ely
William S. Doherty
Cedar Rapids
All- Iowa Livestock Show
Ely
Cedar Downs
Doherty
Hawkeye Park
Bank coalition promises millions in farm credit
A 12 state banking coalition announced a loan financing plan with Rabobank Nederland to underwrite farm loans through a pool that expands beyond small banks lending limits. The program aims to meet projected triple growth in agricultural credit by decade end and may involve hundreds of millions of dollars, with a test showing 6 million in farm loans.
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Des Moines
Midwest
Mabsco Agricultural Services Inc
Edward L. Tubbs
Coalition
Rabobank Nederland
Tubbs
Roger Barr
Roger Jepsen
Lown
Michigan
Illinois
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Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
South Dakota
North Dakota
Scramble puzzle from Judd's Solution Tomorrow 1983
A rearrangement game with four rows of letters to form 2 to 7 letter words. Points awarded per row using the given scoring directions. 7 letter words earn a 50 point bonus. Blanks act as any letter but carry no points.
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Judd
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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