Iowa Cattle on Feed Up 3 Percent Since Last Year
Iowa cattle on grain feed July 1 estimated at 1,808,000 head, 3 percent above a year ago and 16 percent above the five year average. Second quarter marketing 970,000 head, up 10 percent from 1966 and 40 percent above the five year average. Nationwide 32 states total 8,724,100 head on feed, 2 percent below last year. Wind erosion in Great Plains damages 2.4 million acres, Texas worst affected.
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Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
the Reporting Service
Py Sepa
Iowa
Washington
Great Plains
US Soil Conservation Service
Texas
SCS
Plains
Imports of Live Cattle Down This Year
U S imports of live cattle in the first five months of 1967 totaled 305 308 head, down from 482 691 a year earlier. The drop largely reflects lower prices in the United States, with most imports coming from Canada and Mexico.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Canada
Mexico
Solon FFA to Sponsor Tractor Pull Sunday
The Solon FFA chapter will sponsor a tractor-pulling contest Sunday at 1 p.m. on the Albert Miller farm a mile south of Solon. Three weight classes will be provided with entries and weigh-in at the Krob elevator by 11 a.m., according to Vo-Ag Instructor Tom Hanna.
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Solon Ffa
SOLON
Albert Miller
Vo-Ag
Tom Hanna
Freeman Reports Actions To Support Wheat Prices
Secretary Orville Freeman outlines steps to support U.S. wheat prices amid tariff talks and harvest pressures. He cites forward buying for PL 480 programs, price floors, extended loan maturities, and a 1968 wheat acreage reduction to 59.3 million acres to counter market gluts and surplus effects.
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Freeman
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
U. S
International Wheat Agree
U. S. No
Gulf Ports
CCC
India
France Remains Growing Market For U S Farm Exports
The Agriculture Department reports France remains a growing market for U S farm products with nearly 4 billion dollars annual sales. Major purchases include oilseeds durum wheat corn and rice while 1966 imports set a new annual record of 230 million dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
France
U. S
Department
United States
Government buys more dairy products than last year
The agriculture department reports sustained June purchases for the price support program with butter 44 million pounds cheese 19 million pounds and non-fat dry milk 137 million pounds. Cumulative purchases since April 1 total 114 million pounds of butter 58 million pounds of cheese and 159 million pounds of nonfat dry milk.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Johnson
Blairstown Lions Sponsor Master Corn Grower Contest
BlairstownBlairs town Lions club sponsors a Master Corn Grower contest for farmers within ten miles of Blairstown. Entry deadline is July 28. A stray line notes world population growth at about 171000 people daily.
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Blairstown
Blairs
Resnick Attacks Farm Bureau Prompted House Endorsement
Rex Conn reports Rep Joseph Y. Resnick attacked the Farm Bureau accusing it of being an insurance combine. The House agriculture committee voted 27 to 1 to disavow any support for Resnick’s charges, while Farm Bureau leaders defended the organization and its president Charles B. Shuman.
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Joseph Y. Resnick
Dn.y
Farm Bureau
House: Agriculture Committee
Committee On Agriculture
U.S. House of Representatives
Subcommittee On Rural Development
Congress
AFBF
Charles B. Shuman
House
Roger Fleming
American Farm Bureau Federation
House Committee On Agriculture
Rep. Resnick
Study to test poultry feed residues awarded $45,550 contract
The agriculture department allocates 45 550 to Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Wooster to study poultry feedstuffs for pesticide residues and potential transfer to chicken meat and eggs under normal feeding. Also notes Iowa County fair planning meeting July 26 at 8 p m in Farm Bureau building and a Paraguay connection with Dr Bob deBaca.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Wooster
Williamsburg
Farm Bureau
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