Iowa Small Grain Crop Plunges 45 Percent Below Average
Iowa farmers face a harsh harvest as small grain crops total 133,361,000 bushels, 45 percent under the 5 year average. Corn looks healthier but slightly down from last year with 374 bushels per acre expected. Oats face severe drought impacts while flaxseed and potatoes show record-low conditions in spots.
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Iowa
EL Moines
Mil
United States Department of Agriculture
Dusmeh
Acre
Abrupt Up-Turn in July Farm Markets Seen Across Regions
A July market survey shows rising prices and stronger demand in wheat, corn, and livestock, with hot weather limiting production but weathered by large storage. Butter and cheese prices hold firm as shipments and feed costs shape supply, while potatoes remain a leading seasonal product.
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Middle West
Marengo Wool Pool Records Wool and Mohair Shipment
Eleven Iowa farmers pooled wool and Mohair consignments totaling 456 pounds of wool and 367 pounds of mohair for the Des Moines warehouse. The group received advance payments totaling 456.60 with wool price quotes at 15 to 20 cents per pound and top grade mohair at 20 cents per pound. Local agents include Charles Misel and A Lethe among others. The report notes higher vegetable market activity and price gains feeding into the broader commodity upsurge.
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Seewisl
Marengo
Iowa
Des Moines
D. EH. Zentmire
Charles Miser
O S Miel I
Chinch Bugs Ravage 23 Percent Corn in Southern Iowa
Entomologists report chinch bugs destroyed an average of 23 percent of corn in two southern Iowa counties. A broader outbreak may spread across the state, with continued hatchings and uncertain efficacy of barriers. Dr. C. H. Richardson notes rains have not halted the damage and soil fungus has not shown activity this season.
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Iowa
C H Richardson
Richardson
Tlinois
Farmers Attend Binder Adjustment Schools In Cedar
More than thirty six farmers or about 200 attended six binder field adjustment demonstrations in Cedar county July 7 and 8. W S Peterson Ames agricultural engineer led the sessions with County Agent Emmett C Gardner. Demonstrations took place on farms of Fd Crist in Fairfield township and B H Hambright in Inland township, with additional demos on Wilson Cope and Y L Pemberton in Springdale, Amos Suchome in Cass and Earl Eliah in Dayton, Ferris Risk.
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Tipton
Cedar County
W S Peterson Ames
Emmett C Gardner
Crist
Fairfield Township
Webster Farmers Ready to Thresh Across County
Special to The Garrette reports Webster farmers cutting oats and small grains with binders already started and threshing set to begin by Saturday if weather holds. Corn in good condition but needs rain. alfalfa second cutting heavy near Center Junction with a top yield of forty eight loads from nineteen acres on the Ed Steele farm. Hazleton area notes oats in shock and tasseling corn promising bumper crop after recent rain. Walford reports haying completion and poor overall crop despite scattered hail damage.
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Gazette Center Junction
Broom
Ed Steele
Center Junction
Carl Seehusen
Hazleton
C. F. Arthaud
Arthaud
Walford
Joe Vanous
Farm Bureau Band Concert Aids State Fair Trip
The 60 member Farm Bureau band organized in Cedar county will play Sunday afternoon in Rochester's park. County Agent Emmett C. Gardner says funds raised will cover travel and expenses for the band's trip to the state fair this year.
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Rochester
Farm Bureau
Cedar County
Emmett C. Gardner
Burdick Arrested After Hen Mess Ends in Larceny Charge
In Enid Oklahoma a farmer named H Young reported five hens missing from his pen and found a letter addressed to Lewis Burdick. Officers visited Burdick's poultry pen and a hen collapsed in a fit, which Young claimed as his hen. Burdick was arrested and charged with larceny.
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Carella Enid
Okla
Lewis Burdick
H. Young
Burdick
Cedar-Scott Farm Bureau Boat Trip Planned
More than 500 members of Cedar and Scott county Farm Bureaus plan an annual Mississippi steamboat excursion from Davenport to Muscatine and back. The group departs Davenport at 10 a.m. Emmett C. Gardner, county agent, announced the details.
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Cedar-Scott Farm Bureau Folk Plan
Gazette
Tipton
Cedar and
Scott County Farm
Mississippi
Davenport
Muscatine
Emmett C. Gardner
Producers Receipts Jump at Union Stock Yards Chicago
At Union Stock Yards Chicago during June the Producers Commission Association, farmer owned, posted a 35.5 percent gain from June 1932. Total 1 412 car loads with 517 by rail and 895 by truck. Cattle receipts 13 560 head up 22.2 percent, hogs 51 301 up 40.5 percent, sheep 10 729 up 12.47 percent. Calves 4 296 head not included, up 27.3 percent.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Producers Commission Association
Linn 4-H Judging Team Tryouts Set For Thursday
Linn county 4-H livestock judging tryouts will start at 8 30 a m Thursday at the Charles Reinheimer farm near Morton with dairy cattle scoring. Beef cattle and hog judging follow as a three member team and an alternate are chosen. Grain judging results show Denny Neal Mount Vernon top with 486 8 of 500, Ray Mills Central City second, Roland Neal Mount Vernon third, Willard Neal Mount Vernon chosen alternate. Nine contestants tried for grain team. Deep River reports three truckloads of horses shipped to Galesburg Ill by a local buyer sending consignments weekly to Wisconsin and Michigan purchasers.
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Linn County
Charles Reinheimer
Moreton
George E. Dillon
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Denny Neal
Mount Vernon
Deep River
Galesburg
Ill
Wisconsin
Michigan
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