Farm land prices rise 2 percent to 156 percent of 1957 58 avg
U S Department survey shows farm real estate values continue booming with land at 157 per acre, total farm real estate valued at 171 billion, up from 159 billion last year. Prices up across states led by Illinois Iowa 12 percent and Missouri 10 percent as credit tightens and supply shrinks.
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Washington
Agricultre Department
Illngis
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hot Weather Harms Corn Yields Says Iowa Expert
Louis M Thompson of Iowa State University notes that corn yields rise with near normal temperatures and drop when heat exceeds nine degrees. He cites 1934 1936 447 and 1955 as summers with high temps and low yields. Dry soils reduce evaporation increasing heat impact during pollination.
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Ames
Thompson
June Linn DHIA Report Released
Forty herds averaging 43 cows were on test in Linn DHIA during June. Supervisors Wendell Donnelly and Lewis Mead report average daily production per cow at 33.5 pounds of milk and 1.2 pounds of butterfat. The average value per cow per day was $1.29 with feed costs at 35 cents, yielding 84 cents per cow per day return over feed. Nineteen cows completed 305 day lactations with 500 pounds butterfat plus. three registered Holsteins at Witwer Wayside farm north of Marion posted 630 609 and 602 pounds of butterfat respectively. A grade Holstein in the Witwer Simonsen herd southeast of Marion produced 609 pounds of butterfat.
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Linn Dhia
Wendell Donnelly
Lewis Mead
Witwer
Wayside
Marion
Witwer-Simonsen
Heat and Drouth Hit Wide Area
Agricultural regions from New Jersey to Kansas suffer drought impact as Missouri Kansas Pennsylvania and Tennessee are declared drought disaster areas. Critical days ahead threaten Midwest corn crops while New Jersey farmers fear irrigation water shortages. The West reports rain improving conditions.
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Kansas City
New Jersey
Kansas
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Midwest
West
Iowa Milk Output Drops 13 Percent From 1960s Averages
Iowa June milk production is estimated at 623 million pounds, 6 percent below June 1965 and 13 percent under the 1960-64 June average. First half output runs 2,799 million pounds, 11 percent below last year. Average per cow in June is 800 pounds. Nationwide June milk output is 11,416 million pounds, down 3 percent from a year earlier.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
United States
Dairy farmers face off-farm jobs draining dairy work
The agriculture department says dairying offers little competition to off farm jobs drawing farm people. It notes long hours, rising milk demand, and potential supply tightness in fall and early winter despite higher price supports.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Federal Milk Order Office Moves August First
Federal Milk Order Office will move on August 1 from the O R C building to 2720 First Avenue NE. The telephone number remains 36 8434. K H McGuire, administrator for the Cedar Rapids Iowa City market, bases headquarters in Rock Island with Herschel Stripe in charge of the Cedar Rapids office.
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K. H. McGuire
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
O.R.C
First Avenue
McGuire
Rock Island
Herschel Stripe
Wilson Big Hitch To Be At All-Iowa Fair
Wilson's famed six horse Clydesdale hitch will perform at the All Iowa fair for three days August 15 to 17 with afternoon and evening grandstand shows. Menzo Yeaman will ride the reins at Hawkeye Downs with Park Brown as assistant. The team averages over a ton each and has won 27 championships including nine of the last ten at Chicago International.
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Wilson and Company
Menzo Yeaman
What Cheer
Wilson
Harlan Conley
Wilson and Co
Chuck Eckels
Cedar Rapids
Farm Desk
Hawkeye Downs
Menzo
Harlan
Iman
Yeaman
Park Brown
Tangier
Ind
Iowa Egg Production Dips in June Across state and nation
Iowa farms produced 274 million eggs in June 1966, 12 percent below June 1965 and 26 percent under the 1960-64 June average. First half 1966 output fell 10 percent from the prior year as 13.97 million layers supplied the month. Nationwide lay production totaled 5.344 billion eggs, with 285.8 million layers and an average of 18.70 eggs per layer.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
All Iowa Entry Deadlines Set for Aug Exposition
All-Iowa fair announces final entry dates for five statewide events in the Aug 12 18 exposition. Open beef entries due July 27 while Pig Congress and eight-breed sheep show blanks are due Aug 1. Dairy show deadline Aug 5, with junior livestock entries due Aug 11.
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Harold Ewoldt
Iowa State Dairy Assn
Ames
Iowa
Weekly Hog Slaughter Drops to Eight Year Low
In Washington AP reports USDA data showing last week's hog slaughter at 870000 head, the smallest weekly total since July 1958. The figure is 110000 head lower than the prior week and 72000 less than the same week last year.
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Washington
USDA
Edwin Haroldsen Cited for Agricultural Communications Award
Edwin Haroldsen assistant professor and editor at Iowa State University Center of Agricultural and Economic Development received the Agricultural Communications Award at the American Association of Agricultural College Editors golden anniversary meeting. Haroldsen for notable growth in agricultural communications, with a career including work at the Salt Lake Tribune United Press Deseret News and USDA, and service as information advisor in Ankara Turkey. He and his wife Kathryn Baird of Brigham City Utah reside in Ames.
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Athens
Edwin 0. Haroldsen
Center of Agricultural and Economic Development
Iowa State University
American Association of Agricultural College Editors
AAACE
National Plant Food Institute
K. Robert Kern
Iowa State
Haroldsen
Idaho Falls
Idaho
University of Utah
Salt Lake Tribune
United Press
Deseret News
Salt Lake Telegram
USDA
Portland
Ore
Utah State University
Coggon FFA Shows Oats and Soybean Plots for Viewing
Coggon FFA prepared oat and soybean demonstration plots for viewing. FFA President Jim O Connorsaid 16 oat varieties and 12 soybean varieties are labeled for visitors at the Dick Trefz farm two and a half miles east of Coggon. An oats plot lies at Orval Bach farm four miles southwest of Troy Mills and a soybean plot at Joe Cargons farm two miles south of Troy Mills.
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FFA
Jim O’connor
O'Connor
Dick Trefz
iCoggon
Orval Bach
Troy Mills
Joe Car Gon
REC Leaders Seek Action On Bank Bill
Rural power backers urge enactment of a federal bank for future rural power financing. The bill, backed by the Johnson administration, faces slim chances this session as adjournment nears. NRECA says time is critical and hearings were dragged out by power companies.
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REC
Washington
Congress
Johnson Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
National Rural Electrification Cooperative Association
State Electric Cooperative Associations
Freeman Offers More Wheat for Aid to Pakistan
Freeman says he offered 100000 tons of wheat to famine threatened Pakistan after two days of talks with President Ayub Khan and officials. A May 26 agreement had provided 300000 tons of wheat and other farm products. long term aid to Pakistan and India had been resumed last month after a war pause.
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Lahore
Pakistan
API - US
Orville Freeman
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Freeman
United States
India
Ranchers fret over feed as Western range dries up
The Agriculture Department reports Western range conditions on July 1 at 77 percent of normal, heightening livestock producers' concerns about possible feed shortages due to dry weather in 17 western states.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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