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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1969
Page
4
URDA notes Lita feeders may list cattle at Archbold market in Ohio using a grade and yield basis. If adopted, the plan would let the first U.S. auction house offer cattle on a grade and yield standard. Archbold cattle market discussions emphasize efficiency and market clarity for buyers and sellers.
Washington AP reports farm cooperatives and total memberships declined over the past decade but total business volume hit a record $17.1 billion for the year ending June 30 1988, up 3 percent. Memberships totaled 6.8 million, a 1 percent drop, with dairy grain and livestock leading product value.
Clinton County 4 H Fair judges were named for the agricultural department at the DeWitt show set for August 4. Leaders include Don Rinner Grundy Center Fred Foreman Iowa State University Marion Fitzgerald Iowa City Ted Pi 0- Weber Marion Kiser Towa and Eldon Hans Waterloo among others. The report notes trends toward fewer cooperatives and a large state volume for the event with beef cattle horses ponies dogs and carcass shows.
Robert E Hall collected samples of yellow leaf blight found in Delaware county fields for analysis. Iowa reports a serious outbreak in northeastern corn, with early symptoms white leaf stippling turning yellow and then brown. Canadian officials Bennett and Jennings attend the National Beef conference in Cedar Rapids to discuss performance standards and livestock markets.
Iowa June egg production fell 7 percent from a year earlier to 238 million eggs, with an average of 19.32 eggs per layer and 12,230,000 layers. National laying flock produced 5,745 million eggs in June, while U.S. farms on July 1 had 305.6 million layers, 114 eggs per 100 layers, and year-ago comparatives.
Entries for WM1 farm gadget category close on August 7 per farm director Bob Nance. Home made devices aiding farm work may win up to 700 dollars in prizes with extra awards for safety. Mail entries to WMT Cedar Rapids. Washington reports malnutrition stems from lack of knowledge about proper eating.
Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin aims to complete a series of listening conferences this summer, covering 27 of 50 states after three meetings in Lincoln Nebraska Pullman Washington and Fresno California. Officials say net farm income is the main concern, with no consensus yet on future farm policy.
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service shows corn planted this year at 10,023,000 acres, below the 1960s average of 10,763,000. Sioux and Kossuth lead counties with over 200,000 acres, Clinton heads East Central, Fayette and Delaware top Northeast, Washington leads Southeast, Monroe and Lucas smallest in South Central. France's farm output value up 30 percent since 1960.
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