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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1968
Page
5
Iowa farmers anticipate 1968 soybean plantings of 5.843 million acres, 7 percent above last year’s record. Corn acreage falls to about 10.522 million, down 12 percent, while oats rise 5 percent to 2.523 million. Hay lands drop to a 1968 low, and sorghum and flaxseed show modest changes under government programs.
A fragmented list details multiple farm and livestock sales scheduled in March at various locations including Hawkeye Downs Aberdeen Angus sale 64 bulls 38 females Roger W Smith Mechanicsville and Ernest Federspiel near Bernard with livestock machinery and corn auctions Heisler Farley Williams burg areas contain closing out sales cattle machinery grain and hay Hazel Benko Shellsburg Danly Estate Springville and other sellers list early and mid month times and farm items to be sold
Preliminary figures show about 3.5 million Iowa acres on 115000 farms will be idled this year under the feed grain signup. Walter Ferguson of the state ASCS committee said the signing period ended Friday and 1968 plantings may match 1966. If accurate, roughly 10.5 million Iowa acres will be planted to corn, with nationwide corn acreage about 64.9 million.
Thirty-nine FFA chapters competed in the northeast district contest and leadership conference at Monticello with attendance over 400. Top winners advance to the state contest in Davenport April 25-27. advancing members include Schlichte and Palmersheim in extemp and public speaking respectively, plus multiple entries in parliamentary procedure, quiz, and various agriculture categories.
Forty three boars averaged 277 dollars and 44 registered gifts 108 dollars were sold Saturday at Hawkeye Downs in the Hampshire sale by James Trons and Sons and C W Smith. Buyers from ten states attended. The top boar brought 950 dollars to Dee F Emens of Mason Michigan. Second high was 925 dollars from Arno Moenning of Dodge Center Minnesota. The top registered gift sold for 200 dollars to Jim and John Boddicker of Newhall. A commercial unregistered gift went for 290 dollars to William Kramer of Wentworth Missouri.
U S meat imports subject to the meat import law rose 4 percent in January, while total meat imports climbed 12 percent from a year earlier. Australia and Mexico shipments fell, New Zealand and Nicaragua increased, and beef veal and pork components showed notable gains.
Sixty three leaders from the top 49 Iowa county Farm Bureaus will travel to Washington for a three day program. They will depart Chicago by plane, tour historic and scenic points, attend briefings with the American Farm Bureau staff, visit the Washington office, dine with Senators Hickenlooper and Miller, and spend two days in sessions of Congress and meetings on Capitol Hill.
The Agriculture Department reports cattle feeders have been boosting livestock markets this winter by selling cattle at lighter weights than a year earlier.
The Agriculture Department reports 1967 crop price support loans by Feb 29 totaling 386.9 million bushels of corn, 189.6 million of soybeans, and 247.2 million of wheat. Iowa leads soybeans with 147.6 million, while Arkansas Minnesota Illinois follow. Loans so far: soybeans 132,974. corn 106,140. wheat 88,616, versus 1966 crop figures.
U S live cattle imports in January rise 16 percent over January 1967. Mexico supplied 60 454 head, up 18 percent, Canada provided 8 406 head, up 14 percent. Hog imports totaled 2 535 head all from Canada, nearly twenty times the prior January.
Keith Myers of Grundy Center was re elected president of Livestock Conservation Inc at the group s annual meeting in Omaha confirming continuity in leadership and direction for the conservation effort within the organization.
Rampy Te Aid Omaha Meat nat Judging Contest. Rampy Te Aid Omaha Meat nat Judging Contest OMAHA-Tom Rampy, Wilson and Co. livestock service director at Cedar Rapids, will supervise the Ak-Sar-Ben meat animal evaluation contest in Omaha. One hundred thirty agricultural college students, coached by 165 college experts, will judge breeding and market livestock and carcasses and present reasons for placings. Sponsored by Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha Union Stockyards Co. and Wilson and Co.
An 11 member advisory committee of the Agriculture Department calls for a crash program to end hunger and inadequate nutrition in every state. The panel regrets defense priorities have limited work on human nutrition and consumer food economics in the department and land grant colleges.
Des Moines Iowa hatcheries produced 1.3 million chicks in February, 12 percent below February 1967 but 1 percent above the five year average. Nationally 257 million chicks hatched, down 2 percent from a year earlier, with egg type chick hatch down 18 percent.
Iowa Polled Hereford Association officers named at the annual Des Moines meeting are Dr. Max Olsen of Minden as president, Raymond Marcus of LaMotte as vice president, and Walter Hoelzen of Burlington as treasurer. Marvin Ohrt of Clutter and Harold Hansen of Dickens elected to the board.
Government farm expert Bernard Brenner reports a growing U.S. high protein foods industry using mixtures to fill nutrition gaps in poorer areas. He notes potential synthetic meats from plant proteins like soy and corn, with firms testing bacon substitutes and dairy alternatives amid shifts toward margarine and synthetic fibers replacing natural ones.
Broiler chick output remains higher than the prior year with 448 million produced, up 1 percent despite government calls to restrain hatchings to limit price declines.
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