Dutch dairy farmer to stay with Elgin family through June
Albert Visser of the Netherlands arrives to join the Earl Lehmann family near Elgin under the International Farm Youth Exchange 4-H program. He begins Friday after the state 4-H conference in Ames and will depart June 29. Visser is a dairy farmer.
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Elgin
Albert Visser
Netherlands
Earl Lehmann
International Farm Youth Exchange
Visser
Lehmann
Ames
Iowa Farm Bureau contest winners and 4-H alumni named
Vernon Jurgemeyer of Klemme won the Iowa Farm Bureau public speaking contest at the mid year convention. Janet Lindsay of Washta took second and George Henning of Jefferson third. Four former 4-H members will be named state 4-H alumni award winners Friday including Arnold Berglund Marcus Ruth Blahauietz Elmer Paper and Ruth Willers. A grain inspection agency ownership proposal would shift duties in Des Moines Iowa Falls and Davenport to private firms amid a federal law change.
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Des Moines
Hancock County
Vernon Jurgemeyer
Klemme
Iowa Farm Bureau
Janet Lindsay
Washta
George Henning
Jefferson
Ames
Iowa 4-H
Arnold Berglund
Marcus
Ruth Blahauietz
Harris
Elmer Paper
Stockton
Ruth Willers
Davenport
Berglund
Cherokee County
Blahauietz
O’brien County
Paper
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Iowa Holstein Hall of Fame
Willers
Iowa
Congress
Iowa Falls
James A. Tuttle
Andy E. McComb
Des Moines Grain Exchange
Davenport Grain Exchange, Inc
Eastern Iowa Grain Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc
Federal
Grain Inspection Service
U.S
Iowa corn may beat heat with early planting this spring
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Rob ert Lounsberry says the early planting season gives the corn a better chance to tassel out and pollinate before July August heat. He cautions that timely rains are still needed and subsoil moisture remains low. Crop forecasters will issue July 12 based on July 1 conditions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Lounsberry
Lounsberry
John Markham
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Beef Checkoff Referendum Registration Opens
Registration for a nationwide referendum on a beef checkoff plan opens in Washington. Backers led by the Beef Development Task Force seek a large turnout as the program would levy 0.3 percent on cattle sales for promotion, advertising and research amid opposition from the National Farmers Union and some Farm Bureau units. Voting runs July 5 to 15 and a simple majority of registered voters plus two thirds of those voting approve the plan.
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Washington
UPI
Beef Development Task Force
Congress
American National Cattlemen’s Assn
National Farmers Union
NFU
Robert Mullins
Mullins
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Farmers Union
Agriculture Secretary
Ister
American National Cattlemen's Assn
American Farm Bureau Federation
Feeder Pig Champs Named at National Show
A pen of pigs shown by Frank Bloomer of Sparta Missouri won grand champion at the national feeder pig show in West Plains. The Chester White Hamp shires pen took 500 dollars plus 75 as best heavyweight. Reserve champion went to Tony and Ronnie Doernellas of Sullivan Illinois for Chester White-Duroc crossbreds and 250 dollars. Lightweight winner was Bill Riggan of Washington Iowa with Farmers Hybrid-Duroc crossbreds. Thomas Olds of Sikex Missouri won middle weight with Hampshire Yorkshire crossbreds and 75 dollars.
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West Plains
UPI
Frank Bloomer
Sparta
Chester White Hampshires
Chester White
Thomas Olds
Silex
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