Texas strikers stay in jail after bridge protest
About 200 American Agriculture supporters from several states were arrested in Hidalgo during a border bridge clash over Mexican beef and produce imports. The jailed farmers voted to remain behind bars for a second night rather than pay 18.75 dollars to secure release.
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Edinburg
Texas
Hidalgo
John Hill
Gerald McCathern
Hereford
Hill
Hidalgo County
Mar
Prairieburg crowned Linn County pork queen at banquet
Linda Klinsky of Ely won the Linn County pork queen title at the Prairieburg pork banquet held at Prairie Moon Ballroom. Theresa Olson of Fairfax crowned the new queen. runner up was Teresa Lefebvre of Fairfax. 461 guests were served as five directors were elected and four awards presented.
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Prairieburg
Linda Klinsky
Ely
Linn County
Glen Klinsky
Theresa Olson
Fairfax
Teresa Lefebvre
Prairie Moon Ballroom
Ron Bechka
Bill Spellerburg
Mike Rice
Mount Vernon
Joe Fiala
Walker
Dave LeClerc
Central City
Darwin Kohl
Marion
Sandy Bechka
Old Town Inn
Cedar Rapids
Moore’s Locker
Kohl
Linn County Pork Producers Association
Turkish police crack counterfeit ring in Istanbul
Turkish police smashed a counterfeit ring seizing 8 million dollars in fake currency including 50 and 100 notes and West German marks. Eleven people were arrested after a raid on a house in Askadar on the Asian Bosporus side. Printing equipment and counterfeit bills were confiscated.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Askadar
Bosporus
Beef and pork prices rise in January with continued upward trend
The Agriculture Department reports January retail beef prices averaging 1.48 per pound, up 3.4 cents from December, the highest in two years, with pork at about 1.34 per pound. February figures trend higher, while farm value shares show farmers receiving about 86.6 cents for beef and 82.3 cents for pork.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Area farm auctions set for March dates across Iowa
Auctions listed by dates including Saturday March 4 with a 12 head machine sale by Frank Blazicek four miles northwest of Shellsburg and LeRoy Berry on the north edge of Bertram. Tuesday March 14 features 11 am Holsteins sale by Robert Swanson four miles southwest of Manchester. Thursday March 16 offers 11 am machinery sale by Dale Gericke three and a half miles northeast of Central City. Saturday March 18 has 11 am beef cattle and machinery sale by Robert Swanson four miles southwest of Manchester.
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Mach
Frank Blazicek
Shellsburg
LeRoy Berry
Bertram
Robert Swanson
Manchester
Dale Gericke
Central City
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Traff
American Agriculture
Des Moines
Delos V. Smith
Iowa Corn Promotion Board
E. Thurman Gaskill
Corwith
Max O. Naylor
Emerson
Tom Gray
Newell
W. R. Gillette
Spencer
Lubbock
Iowa
Japan
Christian and Granzow
Roland
Kanagawa
Waterloo
Judd Leland
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Anamosa
Jones County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Donite
Marvin
Bruce Engelbart
Engelbarts
Richard Lubben
Ivan Fiedler
Gerald White
West Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Wilton
Donald R. Norris
Eastern
Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
Davenport
Mississippi Valley Milk Producers Association
Poper Gost VA
Area Farm Auctions
Mstrow, Ty
Armstrong
Armstrong Sundial
Royal Solarian
Solarian
Premier Sundial
Studio Solarian
Home Entertainment
Smulekoff
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