Kirkwood administrator wins Clover award for vocational agriculture
Larry Statler 40 of Des Moines area became the first Everett Clover award recipient. The Kirkwood Community College agriculture chair since 1968 led a program that grew from two offerings to 14 with 32 full-time staff and 28 part-time instructors serving 625 students.
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Des Moines
Kirkwood Community College
Larry Statler
Iowa Vocational Agriculture Teachers’ Assn
Everett Clover
Statler
Agriculture Department
Iowa Vocational Agriculture Teachers’ Assa
Early planted corn may endure heat with light rains
Jim Hynek of Kirkwood Community College says early planted corn will likely yield if a rain materializes before harvest. He notes silking rains would help fill ears. Late planted corn tasseling now could face serious heat problems without moisture.
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Jim Hynek
Kirkwood Community College
Hynek
Investigators study profits in aircraft engine contracts
Twenty years ago investigators planned to determine whether the aircraft engine industry earned excessive profits on military contracts, examining pricing and contract terms to assess fair returns for defense work.
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House
World Crops Point to Strong Yields Across Regions
U.S. corn and soybean prospects improve as widespread rains boost growth in the Corn Belt and other regions. Illinois corn reaches 33 percent silk, crops advance ahead of normal. cotton and winter wheat progress measured. Mositure improves eastern areas but western states remain dry amid global conditions. Soviet Union grain belt faces heavy rains in parts.
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Washington
United States
Corn Belt
Department
Illinois
Virginia
Kansas
Soviet Union
Russia
Fire Cannot Stop Delaware County Fair Improvements
Despite the grandstand fire, over $6,000 in improvements proceed at the Manchester fairground. Volunteers expanded the livestock arena built a movable 4-H food stand and work on a new wash rack progresses with donations from the dairy council pork producers and Cattlemen's Assn. Delaware county fair runs July 19 to 23.
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Wy Aters
Delaware County Fairground
Manchester
Keith Jones
Fair Board
Ray Klause
Colesbury
John
Jim Broghammer
Robert Hall
Delaware County
Hall
4-H
Jones
Dairy Council
Pork Producers and Cattlemen’s Assn
William Walker Named Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner
William Walker of Red Wing Minnesota was named commissioner of agriculture by Governor Rudy Perpich on Wednesday. Walker previously served as a state representative assistant commissioner of agriculture and director of the Alliance for Food Program.
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William Walker
Red Wing, Minn
Rudy Perpich
Walker
Alliance For Food Program
Dead Pig Disposal Warning From Washington
The agriculture department warns farmers not to discard dead baby pigs on manure piles or in loaders noting pseudorabies risks. Officials urge burial or burning of dead swine especially those under two weeks old.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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