Iowa beef packers face possible shutdowns as truck strike
Iowa Cattlemen's Association official Bruce Berven says several plants in Council Bluffs Esterville LeMars Fort Dodge and Sioux City have slowed or paused operations due to the independent truckers strike and low cattle numbers. Analysts note ongoing transportation issues and reduced beef availability threaten further shutdowns though others caution the scale may be overstated.
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Des Moines
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Sioux City
Banner Beef
Hespers
Irwin
McGinnis
Gene Futrell
Iowa State University Extension
Wilson Foods
Cedar Rapids
Pagel Receives Fayette County Distinguished Dairy Man Award
Russel Pagel of Sumner earned the Fayette County distinguished dairy man honor at the annual dairy banquet in Fayette. Pagel, 49, milks 38 registered Holsteins on a 440 acre farm near Hawkeye and serves on the Maquoketa Valley Creamery board and Dairy Shrine Club. He and wife Joan have five children.
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Sumner
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Terry Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker
Winthrop Dairy Banquet Honors 1979 Outstanding Dairyman
Roundup Tom Sullivan of Independence received the 1979 Outstanding Buchanan County Dairyman award at the annual dairy banquet in Winthrop Tuesday evening. He was also cited earlier this year as one of Iowa's outstanding dairymen. Dairy Herd Improvement Association awards went to Sullivan Lynn Miller and Tim Harris both of Jesup Don Shonka Independence Melvin Funk Winthrop and Charles Jenz Aurora.
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Independence
Buchanan County
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Iowa
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Lynn Miller
Tim Harris
Jesup
Don Shonka
Melvin Funk
Charles Jenz
Aurora
Turkey growers vote on doubled checkoff rate in Iowa
Iowa turkey growers eligible if they produced over 200 turkeys in the year ending June 20 1979. They will vote next week in a referendum to double the current checkoff rate. Ballots must be requested in writing to the Iowa Turkey Marketing Council in Ames Iowa and mailed ballots are due by June 30.
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Hail damage meeting set for farmers near Marion
Extension crop specialist Gerry Gogan from Cedar Rapids will speak at a hail damage evaluation meeting at 9 30 a m Monday for farmers with hail affected fields. The Harold Crutchley farm three miles south of the Highway 13 151 interchange east of Marion will host the session where Gogan will aid damage assessment and discuss replanting corn and soybeans and other options. 30 years ago first steps were taken toward building an Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge library building in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Crutchley
Marion
Gogan
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
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