Farm concerns and hog show top Cedar Rapids roundup
Iowa farmers at a First District Young Farmers Conference voiced worry over inflation middlemen and cheap food policy. Rep Jim Leach organized the event with nearly 100 southeastern Iowa farmers in attendance. Carcass hog honors went to Carlin Lubben and Wilbur Kehrli at the Delaware County Spring Market Hog Show. Kirkwood Community College begins four horticulture courses this week ending June 1 with evening sessions and student registration available.
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Iowa City
First District
Stan Geiken
Vinton
Benton County
Glen Keppy
Eldridge
Ed Augustine
Washington
Washington County
Iowa
Augustine
Harry Dresser
Montrose
Southeastern Iowa
Jim Leach
Manchester
Carlin Lubben
Delhi
Wilbur Kehrli
Delaware County
Lubben
Kehrli
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood
Farm Bureau scholarships named for Linn County winners
Peggy Mitchell of Fairfax receives Linn County Farm Bureau scholarship with runner up Julie Schrader of Walford. Scholarships awarded March 30 at Women’s Day in Marion. Committee members listed. Iowa farm leaders head to New Orleans for grain export facility briefings and visits to Ama, Louisiana. Wendell Ryder of Dubuque elected director of Iowa Forage and Grassland Council. H L Self of Ames is council president.
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Fairfax
Peggy Mitchell
Linn County Farm Bureau
Julie Schrader
Walford
Farm Bureau
Longbranch
Marion
Peggy
Richard Mitchell
Julie
James Schrader
LaVerne Chalupsky
Harvey Fascher
Coggan
Marvin Kilberger
Swisher
Floyd Booth
Alburnett
Vernon Dice
Palo
Dennis Etzel
Vivian Deiteker
Central City
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
New Orleans
John Ruzek
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Federal Grain Inspection Service
Farmers Export Company
Ama
Mississippi River
Ames
Wendell Ryder
Dubuque
Iowa Forage and Grassland Council
Ryder
H.L. Self
Iowa State University
Farm auctions schedule spans March days with multiple buyers
A series of farm auctions and close-out sales listed by date from March 14 to March 18. Items include machinery and cattle such as Holsteins Angus beef cattle with buyers and precise location directives across Iowa towns.
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Mach
Dean Oldridge
Quasqueton
Robert Swanson
Manchester
Angus
Harold Usher
Prairieburg
Dale Gericke
Central City
Emil Lasche
Coggan
Roy Haines
Center Point
Barnhart Brothers
West Branch
Striking Farmers Undeterred by Planting Slowdown Claim
The first farm strike, now three months old, has not halted spring planting. Early March planting in Texas and across the South proceeds with fields active and tractors in use. Officials report no major reductions, while some crops shift due to prices and weather.
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Middle America
Florida
Texas
Kansas City
Chicago
Tony Dechant
National Farmers Union
American Farm Bureau Federation
Rio Grande Valley
Bill Hoover
Texas Farm Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Northeast Iowa FFA district officers elected at convention
A new slate of officers was chosen for the Northeast Iowa District Future Farmers of America at a district convention in Waukon. Attended by 465 members from 42 chapters, officers include vice president Jim Holub and district adviser Duane Fisher. State competition qualifiers span dozens of proficiency and activity categories with many named students and chapters advancing. The item also notes the 1933 bank holiday reopening date set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Waukon
Iowa
Future Farmers of America
Jim Holub
North Linn Ffa
Troy Mills
al Huber
North Winneshiek
FFA
Burr Oak
Dean Sponheim
Osage
Dan Zumbach
Manchester
Blaine Bader
la Porte City
Duane Fisher
Vinton
Norbert Duffy
Creed
John Tielta
Decorah
Mike Wegner
Charles City
Brad Beiber
Anamosa
Rick Robinson
North Linn
Steve Koering
Alan Huber
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