Lubben siblings sweep at Delaware county fair hog show
Delhi siblings Brian and Carlin Lubben came within a eyelash of sweeping non-purebred hog honors at the Delaware county fair. Brian, 16, won grand championships in the pen of three market hogs and in the commercial gilt class while Carlin, 13, captured the grand champion market hog and reserve in the pen and commercial gilt. Bryce, 10, won the junior showman award in his first year showing. Others from Manchester and nearby towns placed in various hog, sheep, and dairy divisions.
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Klein Lubben
Delhi
Bryce
Carlin
Brian
Manchester
Carlin Lubben
Delaware County
Chester White-Hampshire
Randy Hillers
Steve Koering
Masonville
Koering
Hillers
David Koering
Lounsberry Heads Orient Trade Tour
RAPID CITY S D AP Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry is named to two leadership posts by Midwestern farm leaders and will head a 12 state trade delegation visiting the Orient later this month He becomes vice president of the Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture and president of the Midwest International AgriTrade Council The Orient trip will include food fairs in several cities.
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Rapid City
5.D
Iowa
Robert Lounsberry
Lounsberry
Midwest Assn. of
State Departments of Agriculture
Midwest International AgriTrade Council
Corn Watchers Eye Iowa Sky for Drought Threat
Des Moines reports crop observers monitor fields and forecast potential another midsummer drought. If rains do not come in the silking stage, corn yields may fall 30 to 40 bushels per acre, raising prices and hurting farmers. Weather officials warn of back to back droughts, with this weekend offering only a chance of rain and no soaking rainfall expected soon.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Eorn Belt
Iowa Agriculture
Robert Fl. Lounsberry
LS. Department of Agriculture
Lounsberry
Jim Kaplan
National Weather Service
Crop Seen as Having Little Impact on Prices
CHICAGO based midwestern agriculturist says this year's bumper grain corn and soybean crops will have little effect on prices consumers pay for bread meat and other farm products.
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Chicago
Record Corn Crop Dependent on Weather in Des Moines
An official from the U S Crop and Livestock Reporting Service in Des Moines says a billion bushel corn crop hinges on favorable weather. Lloyd Stuber notes that avoiding drought and early frost seen last year could yield a strong crop.
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U.S. Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Des Moines
Lloyd Stuber
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