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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1979
Page
14
The National Weather Service in Washington projects above normal precipitation and below normal temperatures across much of The Gazette circulation area over the next thirty days. The outlook guides regional forecasts and planning for residents and local officials.
Randy Roberts and Randy Hochstedler, both from Kirkwood Community College, join a nine member steering committee for a new state body guiding area college agriculture programs. About 65 students from ten Iowa schools attended a Cedar Rapids organizational meeting. Toni Hames and Brian Brown were elected Iowa delegates to a national convention in Kansas City April 3 to 6.
The National Hampshire Test sale at Farmland Swine Test Station in Lisbon saw the top selling boar bring a record 9 500 dollars. Consigned by Mike Hunt of Galesburg Indiana the animal sold to Thorn Hill Farms of Ninde Virginia. Second high seller consigned by Colleen Rae Callahan of Milford Illinois went to International Boar Semen of Eldora for 5 000 dollars. 58 of 64 boars sold averaged 958 dollars a station record.
The Agriculture Department reports a price index farmers receive for raw farm products rose 24 percent from a year earlier, marking a record for the third consecutive month. February up 3 percent led by cattle calves soybeans hogs oranges and broilers while cotton potatoes turkeys and barley declined.
Postville Farmers Cooperative Society has elected officers for the coming year. Officers include president Clay Schultz Jr. vice president Keith Carlson secretary treasurer Ewaldt Brandt general manager Robert Rosberg and directors Paul Miene Keith Smith William Humnker Leonard Althouse Donald Kerr and Edwin Kirkestue, all of Postville. Also notes Nixon and De Gaulle held six hours of talks in a good atmosphere.
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