House panel mulls dropping permit only pesticide category
Washington reports House farm leaders plan to water down Nixon EPA pesticide controls by omitting the permit only classification. The shift aims to keep general and restricted use categories while critics warn it may hinder rapid action against pests. EPA plans to wait on committee draft before commenting further.
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Washington
UPI
House
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Louse Agriculture Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Soybean Checkoff Bill Approved by Iowa Governor
DES MOINES Gov Ray signs half cent soybean checkoff bill creating a referendum for producer support and a twelve member Iowa Soybean Promotion Board to oversee spending on market development and research with voluntary refunds for nonparticipants. Referendum likely in late summer or early fall.
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Des Moines
Ray
Dick Elijah
Soybean Association
Ebijah
Iowa Soybean Promotion Board
Pond Management Meeting Scheduled in Iowa City Area
A public meeting on farm pond care and management will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. on the Don Schott farm one mile south of Hills along highway 218. Clair E. Hein and Robert B. Moorman of ISU will discuss weed and algae control, undersized fish, and general pond management, with a casting demonstration and practice机会 for attendees.
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Iowa City
Don Schott
Hillson Highway
Clair E. Hein
Johnson County
Robert B. Moorman
Extension Wildlife J
ISU
Moorman
Washington County Names 4 H Delegates
Washington County 4 H members were named delegates to the 1971 state 4 H conference at Iowa State University. The outing runs July 14 to 17 at the Madrid camping center with boys and girls aged 12 or older training in dairy projects and camping skills. Delegates include Hotchkiss, Shearer, Pfeifer, Reed, Ponteton, Strabala, Lea, and Eddie Anderson with Mauricle Sutton guiding the county group.
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Washington
Towa
Las
Towa Dairy
Come State University
Madrid
Dim Hotchkiss
Jane Shearer
Chery
Pfeifer
Bernice Reed
Washingponeton
Anne Strabala
Riverside
Sharon Lea
Eddie Anderson
Bills
Crawfordsville
Hotchkiss
Mauricel
Sutton
Town Dairy Association
State Brown Swiss Field Day Planned
RICEVILLE The Town Brown Swiss field day and picnic will be held at the Bill Church farm near Riceville on Sunday June 27. Those attending will view the Church herd and visit with Brown Swiss breeders. A potluck dinner will be served at 1 pm with beverages and ice cream furnished by the Iowa Brown Swiss Association.
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Riceville
Bill Church Farm
Iowa
Brown Swiss Association
Beckers Sweep Holstein Show in Monticello District
In Monticello on Monday Ted Becker and his 14 year old daughter Debbie swept the district Holstein show. Debbie won the junior showmanship class while Ted exhibited the champion and reserve cow. Kristi Bernick of Walcott showed the junior champion female. Princess Karla Kehoe of Hopkinton announced ribbons with Karla planning to attend Town State University. The champion junior show was shown by Randal Paper, son of Elmer Paper of Stockton, who also earned the get a sire awards for the Paper family.
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Tom Hayes
Kristi Bernick
Monchar Adel
Kristi
Walcol
Monticelli
Monticello
Ted Becker
Debbie
Ted
Attemeneee
Teo Becker
Walcott
Karla Kehoe
Hopkinton
Princess Karla
Town
State University
Randal
Paper, Son
Elmer 1 Paper
Stockton
Grain Belt Has Enough Water for Now
Washington reports that the nation’s grain belts have adequate water for the moment but the Florida Everglades and the Southwest remain severely dry. Southern Florida suffers its worst drought with less than normal rainfall, nearly 16,000 acres burned recently, and Everglades ecology threatened. Texas faces severe to extreme drought in about three quarters of the state as heat and winds raise fire risk. Iowa’s spring started dry, but recent rains partially revived seed crops.
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Washington
UPI
Florida Everglades
Southwest
Florida
Everglades
Texas
Towa
All-Iowa Fair Sets Saturday Deadline for Entries
All-Iowa Fair entry closes Saturday with postmark deadline for livestock shows. Pen limits may shorten entry windows. mail to Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce office. Exposition runs July 2 to 11 at Hawk Eye Downs with dairy sheep July 2–6 and beef swine 4H FFA July 7–11. junior livestock open to Iowa 4H and FFA members. Swine show limited to pigs farrowed this year.
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Billy ‘Greiner
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
FFA
Iowa
Brown Swiss Beef International crosses into beef records
The Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association in Beloit Wisconsin has branched into beef by forming Brown Swiss Beef International Inc to record and register crossbreeding outcomes. Two registries will run in parallel the Brown Swiss beef purebred registry and the Brown Swiss beef cross record to document bulls and cows used in beef crossbreeding and to extend records for mixed blood cattle up to 50 percent Brown Swiss. The move follows successful crossbreeding results and aims to boost dairy and beef production by leveraging first generation and three-quarter blood animals.
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Beloit
Wis
Associationtion of America
Swiss Beef International, Inc
Brown Swiss Association
Marvin L. Kruse
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Dairy 4-H
Brown
Center Pt. Rd. NE
Arun Fa Pe
Hereford
LINN
Fairground
General City
Owa
Brown Swiss Dairy Registry
Maurice Sutton
Iowa Dairy Association
Insurance Exchange
Iowa Dairy Convention
Iowa State University Cooperative Extension Service
The
Cedar Rapids Galette
Africa
Gazette
Schwinn
Arthur Conrad
Ellis Blvd
Tre Ave
Bob Kucera
Ave. NE
W. Panek Marlon
Igany
Advertiser
DIAL
Canoe
Norman Boers
Richard Dy
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