Olin Champ leads market beef at Olin Beer Days show
Ruthann Clapp 18 of Oxford Junction topped a 42-head market beef field with a 1 155-pound Simmental-Hereford crossbred steer. Dianne Koutny 17 of Springville took reserve honors with a 1 140-pound Angus-Chianina crossbred and was named champion showman.
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Olin
Ruthann Clapp
Oxford Junction
Dianne Koutny
Springville
Wyoming
Koutny
Rex Etten
Anamosa
Chuck Shada
Anamosa Livestock Auction
First Time Champ Crowned In Olin Beef Day Show
Ruthann Clapp, 18, Oxford Junction, won grand champion steer as Dianne Koutny, 17, Springville, earned reserve champion and top showman. Rex Etten, 14, Anamosa, placed second showman. Ribbons were awarded by Jones county Beef Queen Cindy Welter and Homecoming Queen Cathy Rockzien.
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Keokuk County
Julie Johnston
Iowa City
Michael Smith
Victor
Chris Ver Steegh
New Sharon
Double C Stock Farms
Deane Hartzell
Keswick
Lora Little
What Cheer
Louis Bos
Don Phillips
Patrick Greiner
Keota
John Rohlef
Delta
Ruthann Clapp
Oxford Junction
Dianne Koutny
Springville
Rex Etten
Anamosa
Jones County
Cindy Welter
Monticello
Cathy Rockzien
Wyoming
Checkoff Vote Goes Down To The Wire In Beef Plan
Supporters of a national beef checkoff race toward a two thirds approval as ballots cast by Friday at ASCS offices count toward validity. Projections show heavy turnout in Tennessee and Nebraska, with Texas sampling at 65 percent voting and overall results due by Wednesday.
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County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
George Strathearn
Burlingame
Calif
National Beef Development Task Force
ALCS
Tennessee
Strathearn
National Farmer’s Union
Bob Mullins
Washington, D.C
NFU
Steve Dittmer
Gibbon
Neb
Nebraska
Texas
John McCarroll
Amarillo
Texas Beef Development Task Force
Manhattan
Officials Consider Set Aside for Grain and Biomass
Washington officials review old set aside acreage plans to trim wheat production in 1978 as biomass agriculture eyed. The Farm Index says biomass could meet up to a tenth of U.S. energy needs but requires 100 million acres and faces cost and efficiency hurdles versus crude oil. If feasible, 110 million acres could join farming by 1985, though biomass remains imperfect and storage tough.
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U.S
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Keokuk Fair
Ames
Craig van Arkel
Malcolm
Iowa
P.C. Walters
Marshall Sohm
Danburg
Bob Lewis
Correctionville
van Arkel
Washington
Agriculture Department
Gene Blackledge
United Press
Dittmer
Dcry-In
Commercial Credit
Rts. Re
Commercial Credit Commercial Credit Plan, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road
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Davenport
Des Moines
Sioux City
Amana
Amana Browning
Smulekoffs
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