Fayette County Pork Producers Market Hog Show at West Union
Fayette County Pork Producers sponsor the market hog show on March 13 at the West Union sale barn. Exhibitors may enter two hogs with a $3 per head fee. Hogs must weigh at least 190 pounds and will be weighed numbered and tattooed between 9 and 11 a.m. All animals sold to Bath Packing Co. on grade and yield. Carcass contest in one class. Judging begins at 1:00 p.m. followed by live show judging.
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West Union
Fayette County Pork Producers
Fayette County Pork Producers Market
Bath Packing Co
Coming Auctions Saturday March 6 Listed Across Iowa
Auction notices for March 6 describe multiple sales including clove out, close out, and farm auctions. Names include Tom Abirich Leon Hawking Wilfred Englebert Frank Chrisman Richard Stewart Harold Bopp and others with locations near Prairieburg Hiawatha Marengo West Chester Iowa City Walford and Oxford. Times run 10 am to 1:50 pm with 223 acres among the properties.
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Jerseys
Tom Abirich
Prairieburg
Mach
Ivestock
Hii
Leon Hawking
Sani
Hiawatha
Wilfred Englebert
Marongo
Larry Moore
Marengo
Frank Chrisman
Troy Mills
Richard Stewart
T. E
West Chester
Harold Bopp
Iowa City
Poods
Francis Shotwell
Marttle
Sal
Mar
State Spring Market Hog Show Drops Women's Class
The state spring market hog show will drop its women's division next year after judge Pat Fineburg of Fairfield urged tighter competition rules. The advisory committee may test barrows at Lisbon under a central tested class and expand the show to a three day Cedar Rapids event January 27 to 29 at Hawk Eye Downs.
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Pat Fineburg
Fairfield
Allen Keppy
Wilton
Amana
Farmland Industries
Lisbon
George Hornung
Agriculture Bureau
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Bedell Seeks Delay in Starting New Grades
Rep. Berkley Bedell asks USDA to delay beef grading standards for six months citing inadequate notice for cattle feeders. He notes announcement January thirteenth and implementation February twenty third caused market disruptions. Also mentions 1971 clash in Turkey over four American airmen kidnapping.
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Bedell
Washington
Berkley Bedell
D-lows
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Backroad Diary on the rise of the person not gender
Dale Ahern humorously laments society shifting from male and female to persons, noting changes in language, shopping, restrooms, and everyday interactions. He imagines a future where gender labels fade and concludes with a lifeboat metaphor praising universal inclusion aboard sinking ships.
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Decorah
AHERN
Flying Farmers of Iowa Convene 30th Annual Convention
The Flying Farmers of Iowa plan their 30th annual convention March 12 13 and 14 at the Ironmen Inn in Iowa City drawing about 200 members from Friday to Saturday. Officers will be named and state selections will compete for aviation awards including Airport Operator of the Year and Flying Farmer and Queen honors.
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OWA
Flying Farmers of Iowa
Ironmen Inn
Iowa City
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
International Organization
Clayton Pork Banquet Slated at Garnavillo
Clayton County Pork Producers Association prepares to crown a pork queen at the annual meeting in Garnavillo High School at 7 p.m. on Tuesday March 16. Pig Improvement USA reps Alan Baker and Derrick Gee will speak, representing the Spring Green Wis subsidiary of Pig Improvement Company of Oxford England.
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Garnavillo
Clayton County Pork Producers Assn
Pig Improvement (USA), Ltd
Spring Green
Wis
Alan Baker
Derrick Gee
Pig Improvement Company
Oxford
England
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