Cattlemen Tour Scheduled by Iowa Group
The Iowa Cattlemen's Association plans a two day bus tour August 25 and 26 through Northwest Iowa. Stops include the National Disease Laboratory in Ames a Fort Dodge farm a cooperative feedlot a Hereford farm and a beef packing operation. Tickets are sold by several directors and at the extension office.
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Marengo
Iowa County Cattlemen's Assn
Northwest
Iowa
National Disease Laboratory
Ames
Fort Dodge
Average U S farm land value rises to 143 900
The Agriculture Department reports the value of land for a typical U S farm stood at 143 900 on March 1 this year up from 125 000 on the same date in 1974. Real estate experts cite higher land prices as the main driver with farm size expanding gradually.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
USDA
Department
Economic Research Service
Champion steer wins at Johnson County Angus field day
Vince Elder of Nichols led the champion steer at the Johnson County Angus Association field day on Sunday. Reserve honors went to Bill Spratt of Oxford. Keifer, shown by Faye Reeve, earned champion in another division, with twin sister Kaye taking reserve.
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Iowa City
Vince Elder
Nichols
Johnson County
Angus Assn
Bill Spratt
Oxford
Angus Keifer
Faye Reeve
Kaye
Tillage Method Tours Set for Clayton County
Two conservation tillage field tours in Clayton County will run July 28 and 29. Participants will view no tillage and minimum tillage corn, interseeded forages, and pasture and alfalfa plots at multiple farms near Edgewood Garnaville Luana St Olaf and Osbourne. Sponsored by local conservation and extension services, Upper Explorers RC D and Chevron.
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Fayette
Clayton County
Clayton County Conservation Board
Osborne
Bar W
Sylvester Wille
Garnaville
Wille
Bill Eno
Luana
Harold Kunty
St. Olaf
Clayton County Soil Conservation and Extension Services
Upper Explorers
Chevron Chemical Co
Farm Bureau To Honor Its Top Young Members
Des Moines Gazette announces 61 Iowa Farm Bureau outstanding young member finalists. Twelve local farm couples from Gazette area are among honorees. top couple earns trip to the American Farm Bureau convention in St. Louis. Nine district winners also to be cited at the banquet.
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Des Moines
Gazette Area
Iowa Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau
St. Louis
Iowa
Fayette
Roger D. Arthur
Hawkeye
Roger Kuesel
Victor
Johnson
Michael Bothell
Iowa City
Linn
Dennis Seikora
Marion
Poweshiek
S. Gregory Lincoln
Grinnell
Tama
John P. Weber
Winneshiek
Leo A. Kuhn
Calmar
Hovey Tops Beef at Big-Four Fair in Postville
Decorah’s Dennis Hovey displayed the grand champion steer in the heavyweight crossbred class at the Big-Four fair. Postville’s Hall Everman won reserve champion and led top steers in medium light and lightweight divisions. Kevin Walsh’s grade Angus heifer was overall beef breed champion, with multiple exhibitors earning breed and class titles across beef, dairy, swine, and sheep segments.
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Postville
Dennis Hovey
Decorah
Hall Everman
Tom Hovey
Kevin Walsh
Dan Byrnes
Waukon
Angus
John Heck
Elkader
Hereford
Patty Suckow
Randy Samuelson
Byrnes
Guernsey
Bill Scherf
Farmersburg
Ayrshire
Randy Goeke
Luana
Jersey
Linda Rausch
Fort Atkinson
Teresa Eberling
Kirk Snitker
Gary Kregel
Guttenberg
Lori Rausch
Dave Deering
Everman
Shirleen Larson
Larson
Mike Suckow
Kevin Lansing
Dale Lansing
Kevin
Buchanan Hosts Meeting For Iowa Cedar Basin
Independence Iowa The Buchanan soil conservation district will host a public meeting for the Buchanan county resource coordinating committee at 8 p m Tuesday at the REC building. The committee aids the Iowa Cedar Conservancy District board in identifying soil and water needs in Buchanan county. Data from county committees will guide a master plan for the district, which covers land drained by the Iowa and Cedar rivers and their tributaries. The basin drains 7646000 acres and affects about one third of Iowa residents.
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Independence
Buchanan Soil Conservation District
Buchanan County Resource Coordinating Committee
REC
Ilowa-Cedar Conservancy District Board
Buchanan County
Iowa
Cedar
Soil District
Farmers Take Slightly Bigger Share Of June Food Dollar
Government figures show farmers received 42.8 cents of every consumer food dollar in June, up from 41.8 in May. Beef, hogs, broilers and fresh veg prices rose, while eggs, bakery ingredients, oilseed products and sugar fell. Retail beef hit a record near 1.58 per lb, pork near 1.31 per lb. Middleman charges rose 0.5 percent in June. bread and eggs prices shifted downward. An 1878 note marks China’s first U.S. diplomatic mission arrival.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Middleman
Bean Herbicide Plot Open for Inspection Near Maynard
An Iowa State University soybean herbicide plot at the Marvin and Gary Seegers farm near Maynard is open for inspection. It shows narrow and 30 inch rows, several herbicide treatments, inoculation trials, and a disease monitoring plot at a site three miles west and one mile north on W14 with pilot maps available.
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Maynard
Iowa State University
Marvin
Gary Seegers
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