Weeber Named Iowa City Corn Contest Winner
Tom Weeber of eight miles southwest of Iowa City won the 1972 corn growers contest sponsored by the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce. He entered 11 acres and yielded 17287 bushels per acre with a Dec 4 harvest using a Breton combine. field moisture was 23 37 percent. Runner up was Kenneth Yoder with 154.78 bushels per acre from 1.2 acres planted 33 feet apart.
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Iowa City
Tom Weeder
Java City
West Union Fha
Hellas
West Union
West
Union Farmers Home
Lunit
Yoder
Mor
Katona
Arlington
O Peration
Iowa Fayells County
Aime Mar City
Nixon Proposals Could Harm Georgia Farmers, UPI Report
A senate staff study argues Nixon administration farm subsidy cuts would severely affect Georgia farmers, with three year phase outs for wheat, cotton and corn payments, and a switch from crop allotments to acreage retirement payments. Georgia produced 360,000 bales of cotton last year, earning $545 million in market revenue and $35.2 million in subsidies.
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Bernard Breener Washington
UPI
Dent Nixon
Wold
Georgia
Senate
Herman E. Talmadge
Senate Agriculture Committee
Talmadge
Hare
Senate Agrculture Committee
Iowan Named National Pork Queen
In Indianapolis AP coverage, Lot Klingaman of Waterloo Iowa, a senior at Iowa State University majoring in agricultural journalism, was crowned National Pork Queen by NPPC president T Bud Kinee. Blanco Products Co a division of Eli Lilly was named winner of the national award for its contributions to the swine industry.
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Indianapolis
Des Noines
Iowa
Marvin Gamer
National Pork Producers Council
Garner
Lot Klingaman
Waterloo
Iowa State University
T. Bud Kinee
NPPC
Blanco Products Co
Eli Lilly & Co
Nobart Jones
Purdie University
Russell Jeckel
Delevan
Hog Farmer Magazine
Soo Klingaman
National Pork Producers Association
Ind
Sao
Dick Klingeman
Decorah Diary Echoes Seasonal Pulse of Iowa Life
A reflective Decorah diary celebrates spring’s approach and community life. It contrasts peaceful homes with war and distance, paints snowy landscapes, local places, and regional memories, and notes the rush of seasonal tasks, travel, and renewal across Iowa communities.
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Dale
Decorah
Towa
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Buchanan County Cattlemen
Buchanan County Cattleman Association Board of
Bil Fry
Independence
Edmund Cook
Winthrop
Judd Decker
Kin Partridge
Vernon Arnold
Rowley
Back Row
Burley Franck
Phil Short
Ray Sullivan
Masonville
Vinton Carruthers
Jerald Buren
Buchanan County
Cattlemen's Association
Cattlemen
Bill Frye
Janet Loughren
Harry Pace
Ken Partridge
Weeber
Faun News
FHA
Iowan
the Gazette Farm Pages
Mar
Enate
Suny May
Mach
Todd
Birthe Taare
Linn Co-Op Oil Company
Mose
Linn Cooperative Oil Co
Marion
Jarry Duane Akers
Central City
Laff
Front Row
Paul Lillie
Philip Hand
Center Point
Maurice Garnant
Cedar Rapids
Charles Webster
Walker
Gifford Millard
Carroll Smela
Arnie Gerlsen
Howard Quaas
Keith Kirkpatrick
Mi Vernon
Jim Schmidt
Martele
Siasas
Linn Co-Op Oil CO
St. Marlon
Down
Decorah Vignske
Palisades
Inna
Luther College
Marlin Luther
Norway
Chimney Rocks
Bluffton
Dala Ahern
Ase
Baty
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