Keokuk County Expo Announces Livestock Winners
Gent of Webster led with the grand champion steer as Doug Gardner of Hedrick claimed reserve. Sigourney’s Philip Dumont and Peter Greiner earned junior and senior showman titles. Swine honors went to Tina Greiner Keota for champion hog and Allen Sieren Keota as junior showman. Craig Hammes Harper showed grand Holstein. Rob Wonderlich Ollie named champion dairyman. Lois Taylor Delta showed grand champion lamb with Rohloff Delta taking reserve ewe and Rohloff also grand market lamb. Todd Hammes Keswick won reserve market lamb as Brad Gambell Hedrick displayed grand pen of lambs with Nicki Snakenberg Sigourney reserve pen. Senior showman Tony Conger Ollie. Tina Greiner also claimed junior sheep showmanship.
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Sigourney
Kathy Gent
Webster
Keokuk County
Doug Gardner
Hedrick
Philip Dumont
Peter Greiner
Tina Greiner
Keota
Allen Sieren
Mitchell Pei
Fritchen
Ollie
Craig Hammes
Harper
Rob Wonderlich
Lois Taylor
Delta
Ann Rohloff
Rohloff
Todd Hammes
Keswick
Brad Gambell
Nicki Snakenberg
Tony Conger
Fewer cattle on feed in Iowa lots
Iowa cattle on feed declined 9 percent from last year to 1.18 million, with Iowa State University extension economist Gene Futrell noting lower cattle supplies. Nationwide, 23-state totals fell 6 percent to 10.3 million, and placements dropped 7 percent to 6.11 million, signaling continued lower beef supplies and potential later price upticks.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Gene Futrell
Iowa State University Extension
Futrell
Iowa farmers test sorghum as ethanol source
Three Iowa farmers including Richard Vilmont near Ames grow sweet sorghum to test its viability as a fuel. Battelle researchers, backed by a federal energy grant and Iowa Farm Bureau involvement, compare sorghum to corn for ethanol yield, with trials in Ohio and Illinois as well.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
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Ames
Vilmont
Iowa
Iowa Corn Promotion Board
Battelle Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Battelle
Farm Bureau
Dean Jordan
Ogden
Earl Hawthorn
Leon
Illinois
McLain
Midwest backs ethanol bill to boost gasohol output
Pro gasohol groups in the Midwest back a farm policy rewrite to favor ethanol fuel from grain. The bill proposes 600 million dollars in federal loan guarantees while ending old production controls, urging farmers to plant more corn with at least ten percent for distilleries.
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Washington
U.S
Midwest
Holly Hoge
National Gasphol Commission Inc
Lincoln
Neb
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
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Agriculture Com
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Prises
Garretson
S.C
Stahlberg tops Delaware show at Manchester fair
Lisa Stahlberg of Hopkinton swept 4 H and FFA dairy honors at the Delaware County Fair in Manchester. She won dairy supreme, champion and reserve Holstein, and junior showman. Others winning titles included Dan Weigel Earlville junior Holstein, Steve Schwierfert Earlville grand Ayrshire, and Terri King Hopkinton Jersey titles. 157 entries were judged by John Redecap Decorah.
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Manchester
Lisa Stahlberg
Hopkinton
Delaware County
FFA
Stahlberg
Dairy Supreme
Dan Weigel
Earlville
Joe Gibbs
Ayrshire
Steve Schwierfert
Tim Klaus
Colesburg
John Redecap
Decorah
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