Agonizing decisions by a Tipton farm auction
Joe Scorpis faces selling more than 150000 dollars of farm machinery in a rain soaked Tips on area auction to settle Edward Scorpil estate. The 57 year old quits farming after a lifetime on 170 acres with Gary and 160 acres more. Gary plans a new three hundred sixty acre venture with cousin Steve using partner machinery while Joe and Gary’s auction closes a chapter.
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Tipton
Joe Scorpis
Scorpil
Gary
Wally
Ron Wingert
Scorpis
Joe
Edward
Joe Scorpil
Edward Scorpil
Gary Scorpil
Steve
Belle Plaine Show Cassock Leads Grand Champion Hog
Belle Plaine and Gardner of Garrison dominated the Benton County Spring Market Hog Show last week with the grand champion carcass hog and the live grand champion weighing 210 and 240 pounds respectively. Open and junior shows saw Kaiser and Koopman Brothers taking top hogs, with 49 hogs entered in total. In Ames the Iowa State University Library cataloged a new materials collection on Iowa researchers who visited the Soviet Union, inviting donations. A 37 member Iowa farm leaders delegation returned from a People-to-People tour to Mexico and Cuba.
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Belle Plaine
Gardner and Gardner
Garrison
Benton County
Gardner
Jeff Schminke
van Horne
Newhall
Koopman
Charles Koopman
Kaiser
AMES
Department of Special Collections
Iowa State University Library
Kansas City
Iowa
Wayne Conrad
Mexico
Cuba
Iowa leads in production of red meat nationwide
The Agriculture Department reports red meat production at 38.6 billion pounds in 1978, down from 39.7 billion in 1977. Iowa tops the list with about 6.03 billion pounds, followed by Nebraska, Texas, Kansas, and Illinois. beef, pork, veal, and lamb outputs shift year to year amid totals like 24.2 billion pounds of beef and 13.4 billion of pork. Hog and cattle slaughter counts, weights, and Farm Home Administration loan limits are also noted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Nebraska
Texas
Kansas
Illinois
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By Rick Edel
Quad-City Times
Frederick L. Bungert
Iowa State University
Lowa
Farmers Home Administration
Congress
Agricultural Credit Act
Fmha
Amoco
Leo von Lienen
Blairstown
Don Drexler
Central City
Jack Banse
Fairfax
Jerry Krueger
Hopkinton
Paul Pippert
Keystone
Bob Towne
Olin
John Pospisal, Martelle
Roger Rickels
Solon
Standard Oil
Amoco On Company
Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc
Peoria, IL
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