Farm Brief: 80-Year Farmer’s May Page Photo
Gustav Lueshen, 89, pictured on an old tractor near Pilcher Nebraska, still living in the area. Jesse Travis, 85, a retired Cedar Rapids man, sold him an 80 acre farm near Pilcher about 45 years ago and plans to write to confirm if it is the same property.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Jesse Travis
Travis
Pilcher
Neb
Gustav Lueshen
Associated Press
Lueshen
Farmers Lung Alarm Spreads Across Iowa and California
A Sioux City specialist warns farmers lung disease is underrecognized as mold spores from hay and barns trigger coughs fever and shortness of breath. The article notes delayed symptoms and possible hospitalizations with continued exposure. Also covered are Iowa Falls fourth graders winning a worm cake contest in Ontario California and Iowa State University enabling emergency teaching certifications for rural agriculture educators.
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Des Moines
Dale Wassmuth
Sioux City
The
Gazette
Ontario
Calif
Iowa Falls
Blanche Stoddard
North Elementary
Ames
Iowa State University At
Grassley cautions on OSHA seat belt push for tractors
Iowa congressman Charles Grassley questions OSHA chief Eula Bingham over a possible tractor seat belt requirement. He cites her personal motive and predicts farmer opposition similar to 1970s car interlock rules, while endorsing her move to curb harassment of small businesses and some safety education efforts.
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Washington
Iowa
Charles Grassley
Riowa
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Eula Bingham
Grassley
Government Executive Agency
Bingham
Jewell Wins Tama County Milking Contest Again
Garland Hopper won the Tama county professional milking title with the Guernsey cow Jewell, marking his second win after also taking the prize previously. The event occurred during the dairy banquet as Valerie Lyon was named dairy princess and the beauty winners included Manda Shope and Amy Swangel, who will appear at future promotional events.
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TAMA
Tama County
Garland
Bud” Hopper
Toledo
Hopper
Ms. Go-Go
Pete Lyon
Valerie Lyon
Manda Shope
Amy Swangel
Gladbrook
Little Miss Squirt
Miss Lyon
Joe Lyon
Miss Shope
Jim Shope
Iowa State University
Miss Swangel
Harold Swangel
Soviet harvest seen at 215 million tons in 1977
A Soviet agriculture task force reported the 1977 grain crop may reach 215 million metric tons, down 4 percent from last year but still the third largest on record.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Farmers Union Leader Deems Beef Checkoff a Waste
Des Moines United Press International Farmers Union National President Tony Dechant criticizes a proposed national beef promotion checkoff as a waste of farmers money He urges aggressive voter registration to defeat the proposal noting registration runs June 6 17 with the election July 5 15 He argues advertising cannot solve livestock industry problems and that consumer demand hinges on disposable income while public research at state institutions already covers beef studies
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Des Moines
UPI
Farmers Union National
Tony Dechant
Dechant
National Union
United States
America
Wheat Harvest Forecast Charts Mixed Prospects
Washington AP reports farmers expect another bumper wheat crop despite uneven rainfall. In the Great Plains harvest lags due to wet weather, while USDA data from a month ago projected about 1.48 billion bushels for 1977 winter wheat, down 6 percent from 1976 but 3 percent above December’s forecast.
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Washington
Great Plains
USDA
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Marion
Iowa Agriculture Promotion Board
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Iowa Cattlemen’s Association
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C. Louis Pasteur
Gustav de Laval
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Mid-States
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Dairy Farmers’ Cooperative
North Park Avenue
Fond du Lac
New Outlooks Club
First Trust & Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids Area
Outlooks Club
First Trust and Savings Bank
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