Early birds in Iowa fields sow oats amid warm spring fever
In Washington County Iowa farmers led by John Kleese 34 sow oats as field work begins early amid mild weather. Extension director Jim Frier notes many neighbors plow and harrow while Quaker Oats adviser Bruce Roskens backs early seeding cautioning about test weights.
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Washington
Iowa
John Kleese
Washington County
Jim Frier
Wasington County Extension
the Gazette
Kleese
Iow
John
Creswell
Cedar Rapids
Bruce Roskens
Quaker Oats
Frier
Kalona
Midwestern Markets Report Signals Shifts in Food Sector
A fragmented note shows Rath Packing Co and Wilson Foods in Midwest markets with price moves and trading activity. Transcripts indicate a Thursday session with varied cash and futures quotes.
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CEL Orilson Foods
War Tel Rath Packing Co
Hieher
Des Moines Market News Briefs and Livestock Prices
Market notes detail Minnesota hog receipts and price trends. Livestock columns report on hogs, sows, lean beef, and calf weights with limited demand data, and a brief reference to egg prices and milk yields. The snippet hints at mid-session bids and buyers versus sellers in a rural market.
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Minnesota Direct
Hoo Fe Suy Ina
Huone
Livestock Futures Near Mee AGO IU
Flooded OCR fragment reports on futures for cattle and live stock at Mercantile Exchange. Mentions market activity and prices unclear due to damaged text.
Joliet Cattle Prices Mixed as Market Trend Signals Falter
Report from Joliet shows cattle prices at delivery varied with some flat quotes for Grade A in cartons. Butter prices and delivery costs appear unchanged, while scale readings show ranges around 66 to 69 for large and 64 to 65 for medium sounds.
ISU Swine Researcher Sweeps Awards At Swine Expo
Marian Braet of Story City dominates Swine Expo awards at the state spring market hog show. She captures the Golden Pork Chop Award and multiple carcass and derby honors, with live and on-rail judgments aligning in several categories despite one mismatched carcass. Other winners include Randy Schmidt of Williamsburg and Joe and Tiffany Stoltz of Mount Vernon, while reserve champions and high-muscle hogs highlight the event.
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al Swegle
Wrette
Iowa State University
Marian Braet
Story City
Braet
WMT
Randy Schmidt
Williamburg
4-H
Joe
Tiffany Stoltz
Mount Vernon
Schmidt
Tiffany
Chris Tiffany
Senate panel approves three major farm bills
The Senate Agriculture Committee cleared three farm measures including deferral for good managers on Farmers Home Administration loans, a two year hunger food donation program funded up to 100 million per year, and export subsidies to aid U.S. farmers. The package also targets surplus dairy disposal and prohibits forced use of U.S. ships for certain exports.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Department
Pro
Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Lyng
John Black
Bill
Robert Dole
Congress
Walter Huddleston
D-Ky
Senate
Huddleston
Ed Zorinsky
D-Neb
House Agriculture Committee
Farmers Home
Western Europe
U.S
Rudy Boschwitz
R-Minn
United States
Farm Population Declines Reach 2.5 Percent Nationally
Census Bureau final 1980 head count shows 5.6 million Americans live on farms, down from 8.3 million in 1970. Iowa reports 391,070 farm residents or 13.4 percent of its population, with North Central states largest farm concentrations and 16 percent farmer share in those states.
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Washington
Census Bureau
North Central States
Bureau
Dakotas
Iowa lawmakers push caution on coal slurry pipeline bill
Rep. Cooper Evans and Rep. Berkley Bedell urged the House Interior Committee to slow its consideration of a coal slurry pipeline measure. They called for protections for farm drainage and state water rights, warning that without interstate compacts a Western water war could arise.
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David Lynch Gazette
Washington
Iowa
House Interior Committee
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Berkley Bedell
D-Spirit Lake
Gulf of Mexico
South Dakota
The
Energy Transportation System Inc
William Janklow
ETSI
Janklow
Saudi Arabia
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