Delaware Fair crowns Angus Steer grand champion
Dennis Barber of Manchester exhibited a $25 pound Angus steer that won grand champion baby beef in the junior show at the Delaware County fair. Bennie Powell of Ryan claimed reserve grand champion red Shorthorn, while Butch Richmond of Ryan won the champion Hereford. The event featured numerous winners across cattle, swine, horses, and showmanship, with judges and local exhibitors from Manchester Earlville Coggon Ryan Hopkinton and other towns.
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Manchester
Dennis Barver
Delaware County Fair
Bennie Powell
Butch Richmond
Ryan
Hereford
Angus
Pam Haeussler
Pam Westerlen
David Nieman
Earlville
Jim Q.connor
Coggon
Northeast Iowa
Dennis Barger
Marvin Krapfl
Mark Bradke
Kathy Benner
Hopkinton
Clifford Iverson
Ottumwa
Tenco
Jimmy Britt
Dennis Erickson
John Halstead
Rash Packing Co
Columbus Junction
Steve Thacher
Randy Kebrii
Mitchel Ryan
Joyce Bishop
John Hoopes
Muscatine
Delaware County
FFA Sets Crop Variety Information Meeting
Manchester FFA will hold an information meeting at its oat and soybean variety plot Monday at the Prairie Township Grange Hall. The plot near the Joseph McMahan farmstead, seven miles southwest of Manchester, features 16 oat varieties and 12 soybean varieties.
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Manchester
Manchester Ffa
Joseph McMahan
Prairie Township
Livestock Dealer Charged Under Packers Act in Iowa
Paul Roseberry a Center Point Iowa livestock dealer is charged by USDA with violating the Packers and Stockyards Act. The complaint from July 1965 to February 1966 alleges hog purchases on a subject basis and sales at fixed prices to a Iowa meat packing firm with underpaid proceeds to producers. Roseberry may request a formal hearing and a USDA judicial officer will decide after evidence is reviewed.
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Chicago
Paul Roseberry
Center Point
Iowa
Packers and Stockyards
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Packers and Stockyards Division
USDA
Consumer and Marketing Service
Roseberry
Benny Powell Injured at Delaware County Fair
Benny Powell a 17 year old from Ryan was injured when his reserve grand champion 835 pound Shorthorn steer bolted at the Delaware County Fair. The steer crushed Powell against a car and he was knocked unconscious. He was treated at Delaware County Memorial Hospital and released. Attendance at the fair set records with about 4200 Thursday and 4000 Wednesday.
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Manchester
Benny Powell
Ryan
Delaware County Fair
Powell
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Support Loan Interest Rate To Rise Monday
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department will raise its interest rate paid to banks and lenders for farm price support programs. The rate jumps to 52 percent annually on August 1 from 4.9 percent, aligning with shifts in the money market.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Washington fair yields strong beeves and lamb prices
Washington County fair reports 132 baby beeves averaging 99 pounds selling at 26.37 per cwt. Grand champion Angus owned by George Kiefer fetched 46.50 per cwt. Reserve Angus shown by Doug Greiner, 1090 pounds, at 33 per cwt. Champion Shorthorn shown by Jan Hotle, 1120 pounds, 32 per cwt. Hereford shown by Roberta Miller at 1080 pounds, 27 per cwt. Lambs averaged 24.09 with champion lamb at 28 per cwt. Pigs sold to Bath Packing Co. on grade and yield basis.
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Washington
Washington County
Gus
George Kiefer
Riverside
Angus
Doug Greiner
Wellman
Jan Hotle
Roberta Miller
Julie Nicholls
Tom McGraw
Bath Packing Co
Corn Hog Ratio Drops From Year Ago
The hog corn price ratio now stands at 17.9 to one down from 19.1 a year ago. One hundred pounds of live hog are worth 17.9 bushels of corn versus 19.1 previously. Higher corn prices drive the decline, with No 3 yellow corn about 1.403 dollars per bushel now after 1.297 dollars last year according to agriculture department data.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Egg production targets for profitable poultry farming in Florida
Gainesville Fla. laying flock owners should aim for 240 to 250 eggs per year per bird to stay profitable, says Julian Moore of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
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Gainesville
Fla
Julian 5. Moore
The
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Feedlot Weight Results Highlight Linn County Tour Findings
Dr. Nelson Gay of Iowa State extLivestock reports on a statewide weighing and feeding project with 88 counties at the Linn county beef producers tour. Key finding: cattle slow to gain early may remain slow or improve with adjusted protein. project may resume if demand and funding allow.
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Gazella
Milt Nelson
Linn County
Edwin J. Hynes
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth “Chub” Litts
Mt. Vernon
C. E. Herriot
Linn County Beef Producers
Edmund Z. Beatty
Beatty
Beverly Road
Nelson Gay
Ames
Iowa
Gay
Southeast Iowa soils speech winner named
Christine Findley of Louilla won first place in the regional soil conservation speech contest held Wednesday night at the Holiday Inn in Ottumwa. She will compete September 13 at the state contest in Cedar Rapids.
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Ottumwa
Christine Findley
Louilla
Holiday Inn
U S Butter Output Dips 8 Percent From Prior Year
The Agriculture Department reports creamery butter production at 13 billion pounds last year, an 8 percent drop from 1964 and 7 percent below the 1959-63 five year average. Minnesota led with 27 percent of total, followed by Wisconsin, Iowa, New York and Nebraska. Cheese production reached a record 1.8 billion pounds since 1919.
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Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
New York
Nebraska
Smaller U.S. Honey Crop Forecast in AP Survey
Agriculture Department survey predicts a honey crop decline this year after a 1 percent drop in bee colonies from July 1 to 9,510,000. The report signals lower production potential for US honey.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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