Freeman report warns ending farm controls could slash income
Agriculture Secretary Freeman released a study by economist Walter Wilcox predicting net farm income could fall to as low as 11 billion annually through 1970 if all farm programs are abolished. The Farm Bureau argues for less government intervention as grain surpluses end and production rises.
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Washington
UPI
Orville L. Freeman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Administration Farm
U.S
Farm Bureau
Senate Agriculture Committee
Freeman
Walter Wilcox
Wilcox
Monoxide Is Cause of 57 Percent of Poisonings
Iowa sees 57 percent of fatal accidental poisonings from carbon monoxide. Norval Wardle urges home furnace chimney checks, proper ventilation for gas stoves, and open vent windows in cold weather. He warns against running cars in closed spaces and stresses regular exhaust system checks in vehicles and shops.
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Ames
Iowa
Norval Wardle
Wardle
Electric Co-Op Meeting Slated in Benton County
Glenn O. Lovig, assistant manager of the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives, will speak March 18 at the 31st annual Benton County Electric Cooperative Association meeting. Lovig, former Linn County REC power use adviser, will address members after registration from 12:15 to 1 p.m. at Washington High School gym in Vinton.
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Winton
Glenn O. Lovig
Des Moines
Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives
Benton County Electric Cooperative Association
Lovig
Linn County Rec
Marion
Washington High School
Vinton
U S cattle and hog counts shift as 1967 outlook rises
Livestock on farms Jan 1 shows total cattle and calves at 108.5 million, a slight decline from 1966. Beef cattle rise 1 percent with more cows and heifers, while dairy cattle fall 5 percent and dairy cows hit historic lows. Hogs up 8 percent at 51 million, with pork and poultry supplies expected higher in 1967.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Scattergood 4-H Tops Swine Judging Contest
Scattergood 4-H club wins top team honors at the Iowa State Spring Market Hog Show swine judging contest with 406 points. East Martelle 4-H and Johnson County Junior Jets 4-H place second and third. top individuals include Mike Lerch and Erick Stakland.
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Scattergood
FFA
Iowa State
Rampy
Scattergood School
West Branch
East Martelle
Johnson County Junior Jets
West Branch Ffa
Dunkerton Ffa
Mike Lerch
Erick Stakland
Bob Jones
Mediapolis Ffa
Pam Westre
Lehigh
Gary Robertson
Milk Order Referendum Set for Cedar Rapids Iowa City Area
Grade A milk producers in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City area will vote soon on a proposed new federal milk marketing order. All dairy farmers delivering milk to regulated handlers during January are eligible, with voting by each producer only once and no proxy votes. The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1937 allows a single ballot by qualified cooperatives like The Des Moines Co op Dairy.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
E. H. McGuire
McGuire
Cooperative Marketing Association
Des Moines
National Dairy Council Summer Conference Set in Chicago
The National Dairy Council will hold its summer conference June 12 at the Pick-Congress hotel in Chicago. Leaders and dairy industry representatives are expected to attend.
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Dairy Council Chicago
National Dairy Council
Pick-Congress
Chicago
Cattle Congress Plans 4 Day Soybean Feature
Waterloo officials announce the First International Soybean Expo to run with the 1967 National Dairy Cattle Congress from September 23 to October 1. The theme is The Place of the Soybean in the World War on Hunger with four days of producer clinics September 27–30 and an exhibit hall dedicated to soybean related displays.
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Iowa
U.S
Jack R. Miller
Washington
Senator Miller
Ramona Bys
Mt. Vernon
Linda Sherman
Cedar Falls
Guy Powell
Stuart
Sharon Gruenwald
Delmar
Waterloo
Boars Fetch High Prices at Lisbon Sale
Forty nine boars averaged 236 at the Farmland Industries swine testing station west of Lisbon in the final winter sale. Keppy Farms Davenport paid 485 for a Yorkshire consigned by Gary Huisman Shell Rock. Hampshire owned by Wilbur and Charlene Kehrli Manchester sold for 440 to John Knabe Nehawka. Yorkshire from Tom and Georgia Skubal Ainsworth sold for 440 to Ron Lonsdale Columbus Junction.
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Lisbon
Farmland Industries
Keppy Farms
Davenport
Gary Huisman
Shell Rock
Hampshire
Wilbur
Charlene Kehrli
Manchester
John Knabe
Nehawka
Neb
Tom
Georgia Skubal
Ainsworth
Ron Lonsdale
Columbus Junction
U S Farm Exports Grow Ahead of Record Year
Secretary Freeman told Congress that U S farm export markets keep expanding and are likely to exceed the 1966 calendar year record of 6.9 billion dollars. He noted 5.3 billion in commercial exports, one fifth of world agricultural exports last fiscal year, and U S production accounting for one fourth of harvested acreage.
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Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Senate
House of Representatives
U.S
Freeman
United States
Population to Rise by 2.4 Million by 1967 End
The United States population is projected to grow by about 2.4 million people by the close of 1967. The forecast reflects continued postwar demographic expansion and regional shifts in growth rates across states and cities.
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U.S
Allamakee Soil Conservation District Contest in Waukon May 24
The Allamakee county soil conservation district conservation speech contest will be held on May 24 at 8 p.m. in the district office in Waukon.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Soil Conservation District
Manchester leads sub district FFA contests with seven golds
Central City West Delaware county’s Manchester team won seven gold emblem awards in eight events at the sub district FFA contest held Thursday night at Central City school. Delegates advancing to the northeast sub district on March 11 in LaPorte City include several from Manchester and neighboring schools in multiple speaking and accounting categories. The event drew 78 FFA members from ten schools, the largest turnout in recent years, organizers noted.
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Central City
West
Delaware County Community School of Manchester
LaPorte City
Larry Stutt
Donald Schlichte
Manchester
John Kramer
Goose Lake
Steve Zumbach
Randy Stiger
Western Dubuque
Epworth
Ron Smith
Greg Glass
Mike McGovern
Anamosa
Maquoketa
Monticello
FFA
James G. Thomas
Quail Cornish Cross Hybrids Show Sterile Male Offspring
USDA culture department scientists report cross breeding Dark Cornish roosters with female Japanese quail to create virile hybrids. Eight hybrids hatched and raised to maturity were all male and sterile. Researchers now apply hormone treatments to test latent fertility in the hybrids.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
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