Soybean Prices and Supplies Weigh on 1930s Market
University of Ti nois reports November and December were near even while January prices for soybeans crushed fell by 15 to 20 cents per bushel from a year ago. USDA estimates show total supply for the marketing year at 1 063 million bushels, 99 million more than last year, yet use and export rates remain flat. Exports topped last year last fall but declined through winter. shipments from Sept 1 to Feb 24 ran about 144 million bushels, equal to last year. From Sept 1 to Feb 1 processors used about 240 million bushels, a 6 percent rise, driven mainly by September–October activity.
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USDA
U.S
District FFA Winners Named
West Liberty hosts the southeast Iowa FFA district contest with 293 attendees. Gold winners include Belle Plaine, Bloomfield, Cal Guengerich, Wayne Humphreys, and more, with a Columbus Community quartet advancing to state. Southeast Iowa officers for 1968-69 are Mike Hanna, Bob Jones, Ron Romine, and Donald Kent.
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West Liberty
Iowa
Belle Plaine
Bloomfield
Grinnell
Oskaloosa
Cal
Guengerich
Wellman
Wayne Humphreys
Winfield
Creed
Dwight
Glenney
Muscatine
Rodger Clingan
Pekin
Larry Poduska
Solon
Steve. Schroeder
Fairfield
Thornburg
Tama-Toledo
FFA Agricultural Mechanics
Columbus Community School
FFA
Mike Massey
Rob Heindel
Roger
Tom Smith
Yorkshire Boar Brings $2,200 In State Sale
The Iowa Yorkshire Breeders Assn. show and sale at Hawkeye Downs featured top boar prices. Champion boar Elmer Cornelison Des Moines paid $2,200. champion gift Eddie Brothers Storm Lake earned $475. Top gilt prices and other consignments, with buyers including M J Seit singer Kinross and Dick Kuecker Algona, highlighted a strong auction averaging $275 for boars and $164 for gilts. zahlreiche bidders and consignors listed.
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Dick Kuecker
Algona
Iowa
John Hemingway
West Branch
Iowa State University
M. J. Seitsinger
Kinross
Dee Brothers
Dick Juhl
Waverly
Eric Dee
State Center
Keith Goode
Lacona
Coming Farm Auctions and Machinery Sales Schedule
A dense list of farm auctions and closing out sales across March with dates from March 13 to March 30. Items include Holsteins pigs hay machinery and equipment, with multiple bidders and locations such as Congon Masonville Marion Keota Tiffin and Hawkeye Downs. Timings range from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 12 p.m. many sales feature cattle hogs and dairy equipment.
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Gerald McDowell
Woof
Ryan
Reeds, Inc
de- Witt
Maller Implement
Independence
Ralph Gordon
Congon
Ronald Lawrence
Ray Bigelow
Tiffin
Owens
Palo
Hampshire
Hawkeye Downs
C. W. Smith
Vernon
James
Evelyn Osweiler
Mt. N of
Keota
February Milk Price Set at 4.63 in Cedar Rapids Market
Market Administrator E. H. McGuire announced a February uniform price of 4.63 per cwt for Grade A milk in Cedar Rapids city market. Butterfat differential stands at 7.6 cents per cwt per 0.1 percent variance from 3.5 percent. The Feb price is five cents below January and four cents below February 1967, due to a 7 percent rise in market milk receipts. Class I sales averaged 200 320 pounds per day, down one percent from January.
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Cedar Rapidstown
E. H. McGuire
McGuire
Shuman Praises Japan as Key Farm Market
President Charles B. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau Federation praised Japan as an important outlet for U.S. farm products ahead of the U S Food and Agriculture Exhibition in Tokyo from April 5 to 21. He noted Japan was our best foreign customer last year for cotton soybeans tallow nonfat dry milk and raisins and urged opposition to protectionist trade measures.
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Washington
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Japan
Shuman
Tokyo
Farm Bureau
U.S
Market Hog Show at Elkader crowns champion hog
Melvin Larson of Postville won the champion individual at the Clayton county spring market hog show in Elkader on Saturday. Top placers included Justus Kammerer and Kevin Kammerer of Farmersburg and Hugh Hedemann of McGregor.
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Elkader
Melvin Larson
Postville
Clayton County
Justus Kammerer
Kevin Kammerer
Farmersburg
Hugh Hedemann
McGregor
Farm Policy Discussion Set for Iowa City Meeting
Alternatives of U S food and farm policy will be the topic at a meeting in Montgomery hall at the county fairgrounds south of Iowa City on Wednesday March 20 at 7 30 p m Dr Wallace Ogg Iowa State university extension economist will be the speaker.
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Iowa City
U.S
Montgomery Hall
County Fairground
Wallace Ogg
Iowa State University
End of Cholera Vaccination Sought by Iowa Committee
Iowa's hog cholera eradication panel recommended ending vaccination after May 1 for official vet records and banning any vaccination after October 1. The move, awaiting legislative approval, follows Phase III depopulation and indemnities for outbreaks, aiming for a cholera free U S by 1972 with Phase IV prevention.
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Iowa
Maynard Spear
Cedar Rapids
State Department of Agriculture
Livestock Committee
Spear
Illinois
United States
Yorkshire Registry marks 75 years of hog breeding progress
ILBUR Player, secretary of the American Yorkshire club in Lafayette Indiana, attended the Iowa Yorkshire sale at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids. He recovered from a heart attack last fall and resumes full duties as the club nears its April 1 anniversary. Since its start, the club has registered about 500000 hogs, with over half registered in the last decade.
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Ilbur
American Yorkshire Club
Lafayette
Ind
Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Wilbur
Winneshiek DHIA Lists 51 Cows Over 500 Lbs Fat
Fifty-one cows across 25 herds in Winneshiek DHIA posted 305 day lactation butterfat over 500 pounds in February. Notable herds include Everett Sollien eight cows, Quass Brothers five, and John O Hara Miller and Bergen Leonard Tupy with three each. Association supervisors are Duane Engelhardt Leslie Skersick Oscar Lembke. annual meeting set for March 21 at Decorah Community building, County fairgrounds.
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Decorah
Winneshiek Dhia
Everett Sollien
Mabel
Minn
Quass
County Fairground
Machinery and livestock auction items listed in Kinross sale
Large catalog of equipment for sale includes IH tractors 560 LP 1H 403 and 1H 448 with fast hitch, corn heads, planters, plows, disc, and hay tools plus M-W hub duals. Grain elevator, manure spreader, wagons, stands, boxes, and hog cattle items. 1948 John Deere G tractor, Case Centennial plow, and extensive hog facilities. 292 head hog lot with breeding sows and feeders. Ford pickup 1962 present. Cash terms. lunch on grounds. Kinross Altar and Rosary Society sale event.
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Helder
Viking
Kewanee
John Deere
Case
FORD
Kinross Altar and Rosary Society
Visual Perception Dominates Driving Decisions Says Hogsett
G L Hogsett of the University of Illinois extension safety asks drivers to consider five vision factors that affect recognition on the road. Temporary blindness from glare, shrinking visibility with speed, age related light needs, familiarity biases, and red color perception errors can mislead motorists, urging caution and self awareness while driving.
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Hogsett
Ney
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