U S Spring Pig Crop Shrinks 8 Percent from Last Year
The June USDA pig report shows 6,434,000 sows farrowed December through May, nine percent below the prior year, and a six month total of 46,479,000 hogs, eight percent under a year ago. Iowa March May farrowings drop five percent to 1,083,000 with 7.32 pigs per litter.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Des Moines
Iowa ‘Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Australians Seeding Record Wheat Crop for 1964 65
The Foreign Agricultural Service reports Australian farmers plan a record 1964 65 wheat acreage, possibly surpassing 18 million acres. Predictions show 350 to 360 million bushels with good weather, backed by strong 1963 64 harvests and quick sales abroad, especially to the Soviet Union and China. Australia ranked fourth in global wheat production behind the United States, Russia, and Canada.
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Washington
UPI
Foreign Agricultural Service
Usda Agency
Australia
Soviet Union
China
Australian Wheat Board
United States
Russia
Canada
Baby Beeves Lead Clinton 4-H Projects
Clinton county 4-H members focus on baby beeves with 551 calves enrolled. Nine junior feeders enter 70 head and 47 members list 90 purebred beef heifers. Swine entries total 297 market pigs from 70 members, plus 13 members with purebred litters. Seventeen members feed 53 market lambs.
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Dewitt
Clinton County
Jimmy Miller
Miller
North Carolina 4 H Group Visits Clayton County
Thirty five 4 H members and four adults from Iredell County North Carolina arrive in Clayton County on July 4 for a week long exchange living with host families through July 11. They tour farms learn agriculture homemaking and local customs. Iredell known as leading dairy county with about 250 Grade A dairies 600 milk manufacturers and 2603 farms averaging 96.3 acres.
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Eleader
Iredell County
North Carolina
Clayton County
South Carolina Club
Piedmont
Bennett Cedar County 4-H Members Attend Stock Judging
Bennett Cedar county 4 H members will attend a live stock judging workout next Monday evening at the Ray Dies farm four miles northeast of Bennett.
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Bennett
Cedar County
4-H
Ray Dies
Rains Bring Mexican IFYE Solis to Iowa Farm Visit
Jorge Antonio Solis, an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate from Durango Mexico, stays at Floyd Booth farm Linn county Iowa from June 13 to July 9. He will attend a Union EUB church Fourth of July gathering with Booth family and Gerald Zahradnik.
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Mexico
Iowa
Jorge Antonio Solis
International Farm
Floyd Booth
David
Solis
Booth Farm
Hiawatha
Linn County
Booths
Booth
Gerald Zahradnik
Wellsville
N.Y
Union Eub Church
University of Durango
U.S
International Farm Youth Exchange Program
Taylor
Jasper
Joseph Schlitter
Waukon
Allamakee Countty
St. Paul
University of
Clinton County 4-H Livestock Judging Contest Set in De Witt
The annual Clinton County 4-H boys livestock judging contest will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. at the 4-H showground in De Witt. Participants will judge steers beef heifers market hogs and market lambs.
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Dewitt
Clinton County
Cedar County 4-H Plans Two Week Camp Sessions
Cedar County 4-H boys and girls will participate in two camping programs over the next two weeks. Eighty two girls will be split into two groups for two day sessions June 29 to July 1 and July 1 to 3 at Camp Les Rome. Forty three boys aged 10 to 14 will attend a camp at the state 4-H camping center near Madrid July 1 to 4, with several adult leaders accompanying each group.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Les Rome
Madrid
Red meat intake and labeling cost cited in Washington note
A Washington report states the average American ate 170 pounds of red meat last year. About 83 percent of the meat was federally inspected for wholesomeness and the per pound cost of this assurance was nearly one millionth of a dollar, roughly the value of a trading stamp.
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Washington
Referendum On Local Milk Order Changes Announced
Grade A milk producers in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City market may vote in a market wide referendum on a proposed federal milk marketing order as amended. McGuire, federal market order administrator, outlined modifications including pricing and Class I allocations for unregulated milk and pooled plant transfers.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
E. H. McGuire
McGuire
U.S. Department of Agriculture
St. Louis
Cooperative Association of Producers
Clinton Poultry Tour Set for July 6
DeWITT The annual Clinton county poultry tour will be held July 6 starting at the Hawkeye Chemical plant in Camanche at 12 30 p.m. The group will inspect the 4000-bird caged layer house on the Wayne Harrison farm. Paul Walther extension poultryman will accompany the tour.
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Dewitt
Clinton County
Hawkeye Chemical
Camanche
Wayne Harrison
Paul Walther
Extension Poultryman
Iowa crops advance as wet weather slows field work
Iowa crop progress shows corn mostly cultivated once, soybeans improving, alfalfa and clover first cut mostly done while oats headed and pastures in good to excellent condition. Cool weather and cutworms dent early corn growth but overall output remains strong despite delays.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Agriculture Department
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