Linn‑Mar FFA students paint kiddie barn at Hawkeye Downs
Dennis Selness guides Jeff Tipton and Peg Engbretson as they repaint the child friendly barnyard to reopen the All Iowa fair at Hawkeye Downs. The Linn‑Mar FFA revives the petting barnyard with baby chicks ducks rabbits puppies calves a lamb a pony a mule a guinea hen and more on display.
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Linn-Mar
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Dennis Selness
Hawkeye Downs
Jeff Tipton
Peg Engbretson
World Largest Steer Arrives At All-Iown Fair In Cedar Rapids
The steer Black Jack, a purebred Holstein weighing 3400 pounds with an 11 foot girth and 11 foot length, arrives at Hawkeye Downs in a red carnival tent. Manager Ed Salsman hauled him 2000 miles from California fairs, describing the animal as gentle and housed beside the industrial building.
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Hawkeye Downs
Ed Salsman
California
Cedar Rapids
Salsman
Bergland to Visit Lake Mills for Farmers Appreciation Day
U S Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland plans a two day visit to Lake Mills for Farmers Appreciation Day August 9 and 10. He will tour local farms and industry, attend a public luncheon at Milford Helgeson farm, hold a news conference at the Lake Mills Community School auditorium, and address residents. His parents Selmer and the family home near town are noted as part of the trip.
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Lake Mills
UPI
U.S. Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Minnesota
Bergland
Selmer
Roseau
Minn
Milford Helgeson Farm
Lake Mills Community School
All Iowa fair expands sheep and cattle pens at Hawkeye Downs
The All Iowa fair increases livestock housing with nearly 100 sheep pens for a 10 percent rise in sheep entries and 54 extra cattle pens rented from Eldora. Purebred sheep total 275 with Suffolks leading at 142, plus 357 beef entries including 150 Shorthorns and 100 plus Angus. Open dairy classes total 363 cattle. Brown Swiss tops with 94. Fair runs June 24 to July 4. hog show dropped to aid health authorities.
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Hawkeye Downs
Eldora
Iowa Governor Signs Pseudorabies Control and Research Bills
Gov. Robert Ray signed a pseudorabies control bill authorizing the state agriculture department to establish a disease containment program. He also approved a $200000 disease research program. Officials cited epidemic hog disease in winter and noted no 100 percent cure exists, but steps can limit spread.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Iown Department of Agriculture
Ray
Agriculture Department
Aujeszky
Iowa corn and soybean prices fall amid weak demand
Iowa farmers face a June price drop with cash soybeans sliding from 9.58 to 7.43 per bushel and corn down about 20 cents. Grain economist Bob Wisner cites sluggish demand, rising carryover stocks, and midwestern rains as factors, while noting potential summer price strength if drought persists. The report also mentions a national conference on swine disease and proposed state livestock health legislation and funding for veterinary research.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State University
Bob Wisner
Illinois
Ohio
Minnesota
Indiana
Missouri
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Wisner
Midwest
Europe
Soviet Union
Thirteen U S servicemen injured in Stuttgart helicopter crash
At Stuttgart airport in West Germany a Sikorsky H 53 helicopter crashed injuring thirteen U S servicemen. Four are seriously hurt and one crew member escaped injury while the rest received slight injuries and were hospitalized.
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Stuttgart
West Germany
UPI
U.S
Adverse Weather Cuts Iowa Corn Prospects
Thirty years ago the weekly Iowa crop bulletin reported adverse weather reduced corn crop prospects to 85 percent of normal, signaling stressed yields across the state.
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Iowa Crop Bulletin
Iowa
Water Act Goals Impose Hardships on Iowa Farmer
Daryl Siebens, a livestock and grain farmer near Akron, said the federal water pollution control act aim to make U.S. waters swimmable and fishable by 1983 cannot be met without severe economic hardship for farmers. He was to testify Friday at a Senate Public Works subcommittee hearing led by Senator John Culver in LeMars.
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Lemars
UPI
United States
Daryl Siebens
Akron
Siebens
Senate Public Works Subcommittee
John Culver
Iowa
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Bob & Jeff Moubry
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Duane Crock
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Joan
Camp Huaga
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