Remedy for Dairy Cow Decline Sought Yorkshire Hogs Top Clayton County Show
At the Clayton county spring market hog show in Elkader the top two barring entries went to Justus Kammerer and son Kevin of Froelich with two Yorkshire pigs weighing 220 and 210 pounds. Dayton Marsillus of Farmersburg placed third with a 205-pound Yorkshire, while Rudy Possehl of Elkader took two Poland China hogs at 230 and 225 pounds. Fifty hogs were exhibited and sent to Rath Packing for slaughter with carcass results due at an exhibitors banquet in about two weeks.
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Clayton County
Elkader
Justus Kammerer
Kevin
Froelich
Kammerer
Dayton Marsillus
Farmersburg
Rudy Possehl
Poland
Harold Edsel
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Rath
Max E. Sauerbry
NFU urges higher milk and soybean price supports
The National Farmers Union at its 64th annual convention urged President Johnson to raise milk lower-grade price supports to 4 per hundredweight and boost soybean lean price to 90 percent of parity at 2.80 a bushel. The move aims to increase production and ease farmer costs amid declines in dairy farming, with Patton and lawmakers set to speak.
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Denver
APS
National Farmers Union
Johnson
NFU Board of
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
NFU Board of Directors
Patton
Multiple farm sale announcements across Iowa state region
A sequence of public sale notices lists farms near Ryan Central City Cedar Rapids Independence Lisbon Mt. Vernon Walker Martello Oelwein and Central City. Items include machinery hogs cattle oats hay straw breeding stock and a mobile home with auctioneers and organizers named.
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Marvin Plower
Central City
Millard Witte
Williamsburg
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Hampshire Breeders Assn
Wayne McDonald
See
Y Clemons
Hampshire
Lisbon
C. W. Smith
Mt. Vernon
James Irons & Sons
Clarence
Harold W. Hemphill
Walker
Alvin Brunscheen
George Kirkpatrick
Martello
John R. Nagel, Jr
Maquoketa FFA Meats Clinic to Highlight Hog Evaluation
Maquoketa FFA chapter sponsors its annual meat animal clinic at the Maquoketa Sales Company. Live barrow evaluation starts 7:45 p.m. with an evaluation contest from 7:15 to 7:45 p.m. Carcass winners announced at a March 29 high school banquet. Roy B. Keppy of Davenport, a noted crossbred hog breeder, will speak.
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Maquoketa
FFA
Maquoketa Community School
Roy B. Keppy
Davenport
Keokuk County Herefords Sell Cattle to Ellis Walton
Tim Wine garden of Webster Iowa recently sold five registered Hereford cows and one bull to Ellis Walton of Sigourney.
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Kansas City
Tim Winegarden
Webster
Iowa
Ellis Walton
Sigourney
Iowa Congressman Urges Milk Price Aid for Dairy Stability
Representative John C. Culver urged Secretary Freeman to raise dairy price supports to curb falling milk production. He cited a 7 percent drop in Iowa milk output in 1965 and nearly a 10 percent decrease in dairy cows, urging actions to ensure adequate supply and farmer income.
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Washington
John C. Culver
Iowa
Freeman
United States
Culver
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa Dairy Prices Sought to Halt Milk Production Decline
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Kenneth E. Owen urged a price adjustment to lift milk returns after a year of falling production. He spoke after meeting Midwest officials in St Paul noting labor shortages and an average dairy farmer age of 58, with about 9 000 producers leaving Iowa annually.
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Midwest
Des Moines
SDPA
Iowa
Kenneth E. Owen
St. Paul
Minn
Owen
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa Agriculture
Keota Adult Farmer Banquet Dinner Set at High School
Keota community high school hosts the adult farmer evening class banquet Wednesday at 6 30 p m. A panel of farmers and a machinery dealer will present on row crop corn cultivation.
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KEOTA
Xeota Community High School
Farm Bureau Local Affairs Meetings Set
DES MOINES The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation announces its second annual series of one day district meetings for county Farm Bureau local affairs committees. District 7 meets Tuesday at Mt Pleasant Methodist church, District 6 on Wednesday at Marion Farm Bureau building, District 1 on Thursday at Fayette Farm Bureau office. All gatherings begin at 10 a.m.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Methodist Church
Mt. Pleasant
Marion
Fayette
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Yorkshire Hogs
Clayton
NFU
James G. Patton
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
Wright Patman
W. R
Bob) Poage
Texas
Hubert H. Humphrey
Parm
Gazette
Leo Schulte
Ryan
Edward Laurer
Independence
Ralph Carson
Pete Barron
Oelwein Livestock Exchange
Oelwein
Hawkeye Angus Breeders Assn
Roger W. Smith
Mechanicsville
Sec'y
Keokuk County
Herefords
Buchanan County
Hazleton
Jane Michels
Judith G. Sandin
Larry Graf
Kurt Corcoran
Northwestern Bell
Landis Loan
Landis
Public Finance
First Ave
Farm Bureau Local Affairs
Dorothy Lyxch
The
Landis Financial Group
GIANT
Cine Pyke Bhaten
NEMA
Sting
Appliance Company
Second Avenue
Tenth Street
S.E
NFMA
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
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