Flying farmers showcase myths at Cedar Rapids flight breakfast
About 200 International Flying Farmers from eight states gathered at the Cedar Rapids airport to honor Iowa queen Bonnie Rohlena and exchange farming ideas. Leaders dispelled myths about ownership costs and acrobatics while stressing safety and practical benefits of air travel for rapid rural outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Swegle
Zette Farm
International Flying Farmers
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bonnie Rohlena
Keystone
Benton
Eickhoff
Vatican Flying Service
Experimental Plane Club
Bonnie
the Gazette
Viall
Arizona
Kansas
South Dakota
Illinois
Minnesota
Indiana
Wisconsin
Conservation official links soil plan to crop programs
Robert J. Gray of American Farmland Trust argues erosion control must tie to federal crop policies. A pilot in selected counties could idle highly erosive land for 5 to 10 years, leveraging commodity programs to reward conservation and reduce cropland erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendall
Washington
Robert J. Gray
Gray
American Farmland Trust
Norman A. Berg
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
Capitol Hill
Soil Conservation Service
Trust
Time to tighten soil conservation teeth in farming
Doris Engstrom a Woodbury County farm wife urges stronger soil conservation across Iowa after a cross state trip. She argues against neglectful farming practices that increase runoff and calls for policy changes linking federal aid to conservation compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Engstrom
Woodbury County
Clayton County
Benton County
Hornick
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chicago Board of Trade Wins Approval for Stock Index Contract
The Chicago Board of Trade won federal approval to launch a futures contract based on its own 50 stock index. The index covers industrial and manufacturing firms with one stock traded on the American Stock Exchange and 49 on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading date not set. The prior Dow Jones based contract faces litigation in Illinois Supreme Court over proprietary interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Thomas P. Cunningham
Exchange
the Exchange
American Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Illinois Supreme Court
Dow Jones & Co
Dow Jones
Rural health research urged for farmers by University of Iowa
Officials at the University of Iowa call farming communities a national health priority amid limited federal funds. Dr. Keith Long says farm illnesses lack data and funding. The Department of Preventative Medicine and Environmental Health, formed in 1955, trains rural clinicians and runs with a $560,000 annual budget, about 80 percent from federal sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Daugherty
State
Oakdale
Iowa
Department of Preventative Medicine and Environmental Health
University of Iowa
America
Keith Long
Department
Feds
Long
University of Iowa School of Medicine
Iowa City
Iowa grain dealer license revoked for nonpayment
The Iowa Commerce Commission revoked the grain dealer license of Midwest Agri Inc of Missouri Valley after an ICC probe found the firm did not pay for grain it received and questioned record accuracy. The license had been suspended June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Midwest Agri Inc
Missouri Valley
ICC
Midwest
SteerChampions Named At Two County Fairs In Iowa
Coggon held two fairs naming champion steers at the Cedar County show where the top steer sold for 75 dollars per hundredweight. Beef cattle auctions were set for Allamakee and Benton fairs with Vinton selling cattle at 8 am and Waukon at 10 am. Major fair results list Cedar County Grand champion steer Carmen Smith Stanwood and reserve Darren Dies London, with 68 steers averaging 65.31 per cwt, plus hogs and other breed winners across Allamakee and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar County
Allamakee
Benton County
Vinton
Waukon
Northeast
Iowa
Carmen Smith
Stanwood
Neal
Judy Smith
Fred
West Liberty
Darren Dies
London
Dies
Terry
Mary Jane
Rath Packing Co
Fairgrounds
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Donald Eickhoff
Fountain, Minn
International Flying Farmers Organization
The
Gazette
Midwest Dairymen
Southwest
California
Bell Jet Ranger
Colorado
Jack Viall
Maneno, Ill
Grand Island
Neb
Darrell Widman
Chapman, Neb
Index Ce’d
Trade Board
Kellogg Co
Scott Henning
Postville
Mark Eberling
Guernsey
Kevin Fossum
Waterville
Jersey
Scott Longhorn
Dorchester
Ayrshire
Ana Straka
Natalie Lomen
Todd Gruber
Jack Regan
Coggan Harvest Home
Jerry Frasher
Anamosa
Frasher
John Frasher
Robin Domer
Atkins
Bob
Joyce Domer
Anne Wilson
Miles
Kim Robinson
Mechanicsville
T. J. Carrothers
Coggan
Tony Tjaden
Monticello
Kent
Connie Kay Carruthers
Angie Domer
Scott Blackford
Marion
Nancy Beitz
Hopkinton
Simmental
Brenda Harms
Todd Duckett
Waubeek
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