Shucks Lets Talk It Over on Corporate Farming Threats
The Gazette reported that Italian and German investors were secretly buying Eastern Iowa farmland exploiting tax laws. The column argues agriculture must stop denying corporate trends in farming and outlines exotic methods of control such as vehicle integration trusts and limited partnerships. A call to disclose exact positions to assess the threat of corporation farming.
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the Gazette
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Shucks
Eastern Iowa District Pork Queens Crowned
Five district pork queens named at recent meetings in The Gazette area. Pamela Lenz Solon district eight Cresco Ellen Kuehn New Hampton district three Donna Beane Marshalltown district seven Linda Elsbernd Calmar district four Susan Fulton Crawfordsville district nine. State queen to be chosen Feb 10-12 at Waterloo.
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Solon
Monticello
Linda Elsbernd
Calmar
Delhi
Susan Fulton
Crawfordsville
Columbus Junction
Donna Beane
Marshalltown
Grundy Center
Ellen Kuehn
New Hampton
Cresco
State
Who's Talking Story Refutes a City Car Rescue
A farm tale recalls a farmer waking at night to assist a city cousin stuck in a car. The farmer eyes his $8,000 tractor, then jokes he will not pull the car with it. He says he will leave the $15,000 tractor in the shed and call a $9,000 wrecker for $30.
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Brooklyn
Orbital
Carpenter
Darey
Soil Conservation Tillage Gains On Jones County Road
Farmers along a ten mile stretch of Jones county road E-16 west of Monticello have largely adopted conservation tillage with about seventy percent switching to minimum tillage. Leaders say the move follows topsoil loss and a Soil Conservation District tour. farmers like Dan Stadtmueller and John Secrist report quicker planting, better seedbeds, and herbicide performance, while concerns persist about cultimulchers on hills and soil erosion.
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Jones County
E-16
Monticello
John Secrist
Secrist
Duaine Eden
Kristi
Dawn
Elaine Secrist
Jeni
Paul
Max Specht
Specht
Jones County Soil Conservation District
Dan Stadtmueller
Stadtmueller
Richard
Joe Spahr
Spahr
Florence Hawkeyes Club Fixes Up Conn Cemetery
In Norway Iowa the Florence Hawkeyes 4-H club led a community cleanup of the Conn cemetery on Marengo road in Washington township. Members Joel Kimm J Chris and Pat Schulte Scott and David Stamy John C and Carol Brockschink Ken Jordt Doug Yanecek Terry Beck er Julie Hastings Nina Montague helped under supervision of Royal Tuttle Arnold Yanecek John H Brockschink and Bernard Schulte. The cemetery was donated by Robert Conn, great grandfather of Rex Conn of The Gazette.
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Iowa County
Florence Hawkeyes 4-H
Walford and
Watkins
Joel Kimm
J. Chris
Pat Schulte
Scott
David Stamy
John C
Carol Brockschink
Ken Jordt
Doug Yanecek
Terry Becker
Julie Hastings
Nina Montague
Tuttle
Arnold Yanecek
John H. Brockschink
Bernard Schulte
Kirkwood Plans Herbicide Plots for Agronomy Day
Kirkwood Community College will display one of the most complete herbicide test plots in Eastern Iowa on Agronomy Day. The 22 acre plot features 62 treatments from ten chemical firms and a 10 a.m. program with tours, demonstrations, a free lunch, and a 2 p.m. company briefing.
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Kirkwood Community College
Iowa
Kirkwood
Jim Hynek
Hynek
Saint
Iowa State University Extension Service
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