Feedlot shelter boosts gain and feed efficiency in Iowa study
Iowa State University researchers report at the Allee experimental farm near Newell that yearling steers with overhead shelter gained more per day and used feed more efficiently than un sheltered cattle. Five year averages show sheltered steers gaining 0.4 pounds daily in winter and 0.17 in summer, with lower feed costs per pound of gain and a projected payback within two years. Recommendations include improved drainage and adding dry shelter mounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Allee
Newell
H. L. Self
Iowa State University
Allee Farm
Self
Bill Zmolek
Iowa
Highway 30
ISU
Zmolek
Voluntary Beef Checkoffs Set In Two States
Indiana and Missouri cattlemen back a voluntary ten cent per head checkoff to promote beef. The program mirrors Iowa and follows the Nickel for Profit model of the National Park Council. Central Missouri Livestock Market backs a firm Missouri commitment. Indiana group to start soon per K G Mac Donald. Iowa considers mandatory checkoff while Iowa Beef Producers oppose voluntary status.
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Indiana
Missouri
Iowa Livestock Feeders Association
National Park Council
Central Missouri
Missouri Cattlemen
C. W. Caldwell
Indiana Association
K. G. MacDonald
Iowa
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Iowa Beef Group
Iowa Beef Producers
Linn Livestock Officers Named
Officers elected by Linn county livestock boards include President Don Lefebvre of Fairfax and Vice-president Ronald Beaty of Palo. Robert Pospisil of Mt. Vernon named secretary treasurer replacing Roy Hampton of Springville. New directors Loyd Martin Marion Benny Pospisil Mt. Vernon Richard Zabokitsky Center Point. Lin n County Beef Producers Association elects Ralph Blackford Marion president succeeding Howard Peyton Walker. Gerald Bull Palo vice president and Dr H B Hunter Coggon secretary treasurer reelected. New beef board members Roger Fernow Marion Dale Richardson Mt. Vernon Jack Schwartz Walker.
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Linn County Livestock Organizations
Don Lefebvre
Fairfax
Ronald Beaty
Palo
Linn County Park Producers Board
Robert Pospisil
Mt. Vernon
Roy Hampton
Springville
Loyd Martin
Marion
Benny Pospisil
Richard Zabokitsky
Center Point
Ralph Blackford
Linn County Beef Producers Assn
Howard Peyton
Walker
Gerald Bull
H. B. Hunter
Coggon
New Beef Association Board
Roger Fernow
Dale Richardson
Jack Schwartz
Coming Farm Auctions Listed for March Dates
The Gazette Farm Pages advertise multiple farm auctions from March 12 to March 22. Listings include Angus dispersal at Grinnel Livestock Exchange, dairy dispersal near Central City, closing out sales of livestock, machinery, hay, grain, and various public farm auctions across multiple towns with times generally around 1 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. Many sales note specific locations such as near Prairieburg, Belle Plaine, Ryan, Brandon, Walker, Hills, and Mt. Vernon, with organizers including M H Brotherson, Stanley Jordan, Alvin Colimann, Leona Prusha, Herman Hartman, James E Long, Fred Schenk, Don Griner, C W Smith and James Irons and Sons, Hawkeye Aberdeen Angus Assn., and others.
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Alvin Colimann
Prairieburg
Leona Prusha
Belle Plaine
February Grade A Milk Price Sets at 5.15 Per Cwt
The Cedar Rapids Iowa City market announces February uniform price for Grade A milk at 5.15 dollars per cwt for 3.5 percent milk. Butterfat differential stands at 7.7 cents per cwt per 0.1 percent deviation from 3.5 percent. Class I sales, market receipts, and daily producer averages are reported with declines from January yet gains versus February last year.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
E. H. McGuire
McGuire
Debate over U S soybean price support cut
Rex Conn details Secretary Freeman and successor Hardin handling the decision to lower the U S soybean support price from 2.50 to 2.60 per bushel amid ample supply and stiff export competition. NFC opposed the cut, Staley urging higher support with acreage controls. trade voices push for exports of soybean oil.
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Ormer
Orville L. Freeman
Clifford Hardin
Farm Bureau
European Common Market
U. S
National Farmers Union
Oren Lee Staley
NFC
Boars Averaged 317 In State Hampshire Sale
Twenty six boars averaged 317 and 21 gifts 170 Saturday in the Iowa Hampshire Assn. sale at Hawkeye Downs. Buyers from seven states were recorded. Top boar sold for 1200 to William G Nash and Son. Champion sold for 625 to Leo Marquard. Gilt top brought 410 to Double D Farms.
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Iowa Hampshire
Hawkeye Downs
J. T. Settles
Inl
D Farms
Booneville
Howard Sperholtz
Melbourne
John Neely
Mansfield
Texas
Gene Holst
Austin
Minn
Keith Goode
Lacona
Asian Corn Leaf Diseases Reach Upper Midwest
Asian corn leaf diseases Yell ow Leaf Blight and Eyespot reached the United States last season with Wisconsin pathologists reporting 30 to 50 percent yield losses in four fields from Yellow Leaf Blight. Iowa State extension expert Jim Reynolds warned these diseases may spread north while noting cooler Sep tembers and inoculum carryover from minimum tillage influence outbreaks.
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United States
Upper Midwest
Wisconsin
Corn Belt
Jim Reynolds
Iowa State University
Vivan Jennings
Cedar Rapids Area
North
Linn County
Reynolds
Jennings
Farm Bureau Leaders Set Talks Across Nine Districts
Des Moines County Farm Bureau leaders plan nine district meetings this week and next to discuss national policy positions. About 900 attendees include policy committee members, Farm Bureau women visiting Washington in April, and membership leaders visiting Washington later this month. Eastern Iowa sessions list dates and venues in Mt. Pleasant Marion and Fayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
National Policy Committee
Washington
Iowa
Mt. Pleasant
Linn County Farm Bureau
Marion
Fayette
Western Europe Supplies One Third of World Milk
Western Europe accounts for about one third of global milk production, highlighting its major role in the dairy industry. The region’s output reflects strong dairy farming, processing capacity, and export activity across leading economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Europe
Farm Bureau Assn Sets Two Meetings in Northeast Iowa
Calmar announces two farm business analysis meetings next week. Walter S. Pilgrim, association consultant, says sessions will be Monday at 8 p.m. in the First National Bank in Dubuque and Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. in the REC building at Postville. Members will receive individual farm business computer analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar
Northeast Iowa
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Faun News
Linn Livestock
Gazette
Angus
Grinnel Livestock Exchange
M.H. Brotherson
Victor
Stanley Jordan
Central City
Antiaves
Mach
Herman Hartman
Ryan
James E. Long
Brandon
Hawkeye
Aberdeen- Angus Assn
Frank Hartl
Bernard Stoecker
Hay
Leeon Kiler
Iowa Spring Market
L.E
H&l
Hampshire
Boar & Gilt Sale
Lisbon
Co. W. Smith
Mt. Vernon, Iowa
Full Brothers
James Irons & Sons
Clarence
Photo By
Earl Bardach, Oelwein
Iowa Jaycees
Monona
Robert C. Lewis
Orchard
Robert Walker
Marengo
Glenn A. Dinkle
Massena
Rex Conn
Bierschenk
Holstein
van Horne — Wehrmann
Dennis Bierschenk
van Horne
By al Swegle
F. B
Farm Bureau Assn
Olds
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