Govt Struggles to Secure Butter for School Programs
The Agriculture Department faced difficulty purchasing butter for the 1966 67 school year amid bids rejected by the department and a shift in dairy policy. Officials announced new purchases as part of efforts to spur milk production while the American Dairy Association warned the dairy industry not to rely on higher prices, noting cows are no longer sacred.
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Washington
UPL
Agriculture Department
Eee
Esman
Orville , Freeman
Hubert H.humphrey
New Artificial Respiration Method Revives Born Pigs
A U S Department of Agriculture ARS scientist describes a plastic funnel technique to revive nonbreathing newborn pigs. The process requires prompt action and repeated brief breaths, with revived pigs showing life within minutes and some up to half an hour into treatment. The report notes pork production context and an Iowa Quarter Horse Association event in Des Moines.
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Washington
U. S. Department
Agriculture
Dairy Foods
Elmer Krehbiel
USDA
Krehbiel
ARS Range
Miles City
Mont
France
Oats Silage Worth More Than Grain for Cattle
University of Illinois researchers find that one acre of oats used as silage yields beef gains exceeding $120, versus under $60 from harvested grain. Silage also improves seedling stands and supports adequate daily gains with supplemental hay and corn.
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Urbana, Tl
University of Illinois
Minois
Farm Bureaus Offer Rewards in Rustler Cases
DES MOINES The Patahontas County Farm Bureau becomes the sixth county bureau to offer rewards for information leading to conviction of livestock rustlers amid rising rural thefts. The others are Linn Johnson Cedar Buchanan and Dickinson Farm Bureaus.
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Des Moines
Patahontas County
Linn
Johnson
Cedar
Buchanan
Dickinson
Department rejects bids for butter stockpile surplus to donate
The department rejected three bids for 240 800 pounds at 1.2 to 1.4 cents above market. It has supplied school butter from stockpiles under a price support program in the past, but current market prices exceed government support by about five cents per pound, leaving no surpluses available for donation.
USDA Seeks Young Researchers in Nutrition and Food Economics
The Agriculture Department recruits young scientists for careers in nutrition, food science, and food economics. Research by the Agricultural Research Service and the Consumer and Food Economics Research Division in the Washington area will offer entrance salaries from $5,181 to $17,055 annually.
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Washington
The
Agriculture Department
Department
Agricultural Research Service
Consumer and Food Economics Research Division
Washington Area
U.S. Tops Global Meat Output With 31.5 Billion Pounds
Washington reports the United States was the world’s leading meat producer last year with 31.5 billion pounds. The Soviet Union was second at 16.2 billion pounds, per the agriculture department and foreign service.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Department
Foreign Service
Carol Flage Named Miss Congeniality at Dairy Princess Meet
Carol Flage 22 of Waukon Iowa was named Miss Congeniality at the American Dairy Princess competition held in Fort Collins Colorado. About 30 farm girls participated as the event took place at the Oakbrook Plaza hotel during the July 31 to August 3 gathering.
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Chicago
Carol Flage
Waukon
Iowa
FT. Collins
Colo
Com- American Institute of Coopera
Dairy Princess
Colorado State University
Collins. Oakbrook Plaza
Week's Turkey Egg Set Rises 31 Percent in Iowa
In the week ending June 18 Iowa hatcheries set 197000 eggs across breeds, up 32 percent from last year. Total poults hatched reached 264000 with 124000 heavy white and 140000 other heavy or bronze, while nationwide hatching totaled 334, risk showing strong poultry production trends.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Grain sales prompt probe into Minnesota elevators
A Agriculture Dept official said no notice was given to country elevators in Minnesota before nearly 47 million bushels of surplus government corn were sold in Minneapolis on March 2 and 3. The Budget Bureau released 88 million dollars for REA loans to relieve a funding backlog and boost rural power projects.
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Washington
Agriculture Depart
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Edwin A. Jaenke
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Frank J. Horton
R-N. Y
House
Small Business
Commodity Credit Corp
Jaenke
Budget Bureau
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Clyde T. Ellis
National Rural Electric Co-operative Association
Johnson
Canadian Competition Not Likely To Grow
The agriculture department says competition between the United States and Canada in livestock product exports will persist but not rise. A study notes Canada and the U S compete in breeding cattle tallow variety meats and hides and skins in foreign markets, yet Canada’s domestic needs limit outward flow.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Canada
Rath Postpones Termination of Lamb Operation
Rath Packing Company in Waterloo will likely extend native lamb slaughtering and processing through September. The 90 day notice sets August 5 as the earliest end date, but Cameron says lamb processing will likely continue beyond that. The move buys time for employees and customers to adjust while the company shifts more resources to processed meat lines.
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Waterloo
Rath Packing Company
William M. Cameron
World Meat Output Sets Record in 1965
USDA reports U S red meat production totaled a record 116 billion lb in 1965 up 3 percent from 1964 and 19 percent above the 1956-60 average Beef and veal output rose 1 1 percent to 60.4 billion lb while pork totaled 146 2 billion lb with a 6 percent gain despite lower U S production Mutton lamb and goat meat fell 2 3 percent indicating mixed gains across species
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USDA
Washington
Europe
U.S
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