Iowa Dairy Association reorganizes to form House of Delegates
The American Dairy Association of Iowa moves to broaden its base by creating a House of Delegates with one vote per plant and proportional representation for larger plants. The board of directors will shrink from 23 to 10. The effort aims to be more responsive to contributors, alongside the Dairy Industry Commission and auxiliary fund schemes that collected over 590 thousand dollars last year.
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Harrison G. Weber
House of Delegates
Les, Rhodes
American Dairy Association
Iowa
Dairy Industry Commission
American Dairy Association of Iowa
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Rhodes
Chicago
Producers Assn Sets Two Meetings For F B Leaders
County Farm Bureau leaders in eastern Iowa will hear reports and discuss livestock marketing at two dinners next week. Gray Daly of Interstate Producers will outline the marketing coop's structure and future plans. Meetings begin 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ramada Inn Iowa City and Wednesday at Sweden House Waterloo.
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Iowa
Interstate Livestock Producers Association
Ilinois
Iowa Farm Bureaus
Ramada Inn
Iowa City
Sweden House
Waterloo
Gray Daly
Interstate Producers General Manager
County Farm Bureau
Allison
DeWitt
Elkader
Grinnell
Maynard
Ridgeway
Tipton
Washington
Waukon
Mt. Pleasant
Farm Act Extension Seems Unlikely This Year
Senate agriculture hearings on the Ellender bill would extend the 1965 farm act for four years and add Title II marketing orders for many commodities. Exemptions would apply to cotton soybeans tobacco forest products and all grains except flaxseed. Cattle groups seek added exemptions. House panel previously favored one year extension but Rules Committee opposition blocks floor vote.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Ellender
Mon‘dale
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
House Rules Committee
Johnson Imposes Temporary Quotas on Dairy Imports
President Johnson announced temporary import quotas on condensed and evaporated milk and cream pending Tariff Commission review. Hearings are set for July 22. European Common Market pricing and surpluses push for action as U S policy supports domestic prices, raising government buying needs.
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Didresident Johnson
Tariff Commission
U. S
Four 4-H Alumni Honored at State Conference
Four former Iowa 4 H members received the 4 H alumni recognition award at the State 4 H conference. Recipients include Mrs. Lester C. Mealiff of Humboldt, Gerald Clause of Jefferson, Mrs. Lester Baughman of Long Grove, and Landis L. Boyd of St. Paul Minnesota. Mealiff served as a state H officer and as an IFE student in Holland. Clause is president of the Home State Bank of Jefferson and active in Lions Club Chamber of Commerce and other groups. Baughman, a former seamstress, is a church functions and local cancer society board member and Red Cross worker. Boyd is a professor and head of agricultural engineering at Iowa State University.
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Ames
Iowa 4 H
Iowa
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Development Company of Jefferson
City of
Jefferson
Greene County
Iowa Crippled Children and Adult Association
American Red Cross
Clause
Greene County Youth Foundation
Baughman
Feedlot Shelters Cut Cattle Costs
Dr H L Self of Iowa State University reports five years of winter feeding tests at the Allee experiment farm near Newell showing steers with overhead shelter averaged $2.90 per hundredweight lower cost than unsheltered cattle. Summer difference was 25 to 30 cents. Results apply to northern Iowa. further research needed for other regions.
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Newell
Allee
H. L. Self
Iowa State University
Iowa
Partridge Learns About Mustard Greens on Dow Extension Tour
Independence extension director Jay Partridge learned mustard greens culture for canning in Dyer county Tennessee during a three week Dow study tour for extension men. The itinerary included a local canning plant harvest plan with lima beans spinach and greens sequence and a June 28 visit to the Amanas.
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Buchanan County
Jay Partridge
Independence
Dyer County
Tennessee
Dow
Will Bartel
Ithaca
Mich
Herbert Crown
Mt. Gilead
Ohio
Partridge
Johnny Barrett
Dyersville
Tenn
Barrett
Amanas
University of Minnesota Engineer Named at Allis-Chalmers T
A department at the University of Minnesota engineering section assigns a former Allis-Chalmers analyst and professor as coordinator of manufacturing studies and graduate instruction at Cornell Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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University of University, Engineering
Desig
Minnesota
Allis-Chalmer
Cornell
Milwaukee
Wis
National Steer Show to Feature Entries From Twenty States
Cattlemen from at least twenty states will exhibit at the first annual National Steer Show July 18 20 at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Entry deadlines vary by division with Division I July 10 and Divisions II and III July 1. Judging focuses on carcass cuttability and production efficiency. A beef problems conference bills the event with a Saturday banquet closing Saturday night.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Tom Rampy
Roosevelt Hotel
Linn Conservation Air Tour Planned at Linn-Aire Airport
A soil conservation field day and air tour will be held Tuesday July 16 at Linn-Aire airport east of Marion. ASCS Chairman Richard Louvar announced the event.
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Linn Conservation
Linn County
s:Linn-Aire
Marion
ASCS
Richard Louvar
Linn County ASUS Sponsors Agricultural Event with Agencies
The event will be sponsored by the Linn County ASUS in cooperation with local and federal agricultural agencies and conservation groups. Officials expect participation from farmers and conservationists to discuss farming practices and environmental stewardship.
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Linn County
ASUS
New Hog Grades Effective July 1
Washington officials announce July 1 effective new trade standards for slaughter barrows and gilts. The changes reflect leaner hog production with a U S No 1 grade for superior meat type hogs and revised grades 2 3 and 4 aligning to former grades 1 and 3 based on lean to fat ratios.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
U.S
Anamosa FFA installs new chapter officers
New officers of the Anamosa FFA chapter were installed Monday at a chapter meeting at the home of Kevin Monk. They are David Rickels president, Dale Slager vice president, Paul Siebels secretary, Mike McGovern treasurer, Mike Hansen reporter, Tom Kraus sentinel, and Paul Stiffler parliamentarian.
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Anamosa
Anamosa Ffa
Kevin Monk
David Rickels
Dale Slager
Paul Siebels
Mike McGovern
Mike Hansen
Tom Kraus
Sentinel
Paul Stiffler
Hamp Field Day Dates Changed
The Iowa Hampshire Assn. announces new dates for junior field days on July 2 at the Wilbur and Charlene Kehrli farm near Manchester and July 3 at the Dale Westre farm near Lehigh. Wayne McDonald cites a clash with the state vocational agriculture instructors conference. Registration starts at 1 p.m. Activities cover hog selection, care, backfat probing, ultrasonic carcass evaluation, and a swine judging contest led by Tom Wiley.
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Iowa Hampshire Assn
Wilbur
Charlene Kehrli
Manchester
Dale Westre
Lehigh
Vocational Agriculture Instructors’ Conference
Wayne McDonald
Clemens
Hampshire Association
FFA
McDonald
Tom Wiley
Hampshire Fieldman
Jersey Picnic Set for Gates Farm Near West Branch
The Iowa Jersey Cattle Club will hold its annual picnic and field day Saturday at Gates Shady Rest farm five miles northwest of West Branch. The Iowa Jersey princess will be chosen during the event.
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Gates’ West Liberty
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Gates’ Shady Rest Farm
West Branch
Iowa Jersey
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