Pork Producers Urge Bergland to Fast-Track Slaughter Capacity
National Pork Producers Council warns of nationwide shortages of hog slaughter facilities. President Bill Buller telegrams Agriculture Secretary Bergland and Iowa and South Dakota senators, urging study and actions to convert facilities to packing operations and prevent hog backlog and price declines.
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DES Moines
National Pork Producers Council
U.S. Agriculture
Robert Bergland
Council
Bill Buller
Bergland
Iowa
South Dakota
Buller
Agriculture Department
Calf Thefts Hit Tama County In Wave Pattern
The Tama County sheriff reports a fresh wave of calf thefts as six calves vanish from rural Toledo farms. Ambrose Foley loses two calves valued at 300, while Monte Nachazel and Delbert Weeda report missing heifers. Deputy Joe McBride describes one twin calf found missing from a tenant farm lot near a barn.
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Toledo
Tama County
Ambrose Foley
Monte Nachazel
Delbert Weeda
Belle Plaine
Salt Creek Township
Nachazel
Joe McBride
McBride
Hilderbrandt Tops Iowa Fair Draft Stallion Show
Everett Hilderbrandt of Waverly led the grand champion stallion at the All Iowa Fair draft horse show at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. He also won 2-year-old fillies 4-year-old and older mares and mare and foal, with Howard Buerckley and Hershel Griffith taking multiple awards. Other first place finishers included Rollin Gingerich Arnold Hexom and many riders and hitch teams across six-horse and specialty divisions.
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Everett Hilderbrandt
Waverly
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Hilderbrandt
Howard Buerckley
Osage
Buerckley
Hershel Griffith
Malcom
Rollin Gingerich
Parnell
Gingerich
Arnold Hexom
Hexom
Hitch
Dean Kruger
Cart Hitch
Don Smith
Stanwood
Fred Koch
Griffith
Moat Dickey
Mechanicsville
Arlie Sheckles
Delmar
Mearl Nebergall
Atalissa
Koch
Pfizer researchers collaborate with pork producer vet team
Research specialists under Dr. Robert Ritimer Assistant Director Animal Health Research at Pfizer Central Research work with the pork producer's veterinarian and his feed supplier. Another Pfizer spokesman Dr Rendle Cornwell Director of Technical Services states:
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Robert Ritimer
Pfizer Central Research
Pfizer
Rendle Cornwell
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Joe O'Neil
O'Neil
Iowa City
Danny Boy
Jerry Hatfield
Forrest Hatfield
Newton
Wayne Ehrman
Ehrman
Norman Nabholz
Nabholz
West Union
Maynard Lang
Maynard Lang and Sons
Brooklyn
Brigit
Ron Riechers
Lamont
Tulip
Jane
Jerry
Ayrshire
Paula
Blairstown
Myron VanHouweling
Van’s
Prairie City
VanHouweling
Mark Schulte
Ray Schulte
Norway
Merlin Gendelmann
Clarence
Oak Forest
Jana
Myron van Houweling
Pork Group
Linn County
Pfizer Company
Pfizer Mobile Research Laboratories
Plier
Dr. Cornwell
Prin Hanminth
Pier Ine
Meadow
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