Not Everyone Knows About Ag Day REASNOR
An Iowa farmer questions Ag Day awareness while another attends Washington events with President Carter. IDC officials note strong statewide efforts, but Rankin criticizes lack of publicity and stresses farm marketing and price issues. He plans 600 acres of corn and 300 of soybeans, expressing doubts about leaving farming despite pressures.
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Rankin
John Wayne
Iowa Development Commission
IDC
National Agriculture Marketing Assn
Marshall Richards
Iowa
U.S
Richards
Betty
Newton
Maytag Co
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Big River Barrow show honors top hog and tractor winners
Luana and Cuha farms owner LaVerne Garms claimed live championship with a 225 pound cross bred hog while Duha farms 320 pound hog won rate of gain by 2.419 pounds per day from 66 pounds to 254 pounds in 105 days. Davenport harvester Harold Stone won toy tractor pulls and Iowa City hosts Spring Thing cooking fair for pork beef turkey milk and eggs on March 22 at Montgomery hall fairgrounds.
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Garnavillo
LaVerne Garms
Luana
Cuha Farms
Eastman
Wis
Garms
Duha
Hampshire
Kathy Zabel
Allamakee
Clayton
Iowa
Crawford
Grant
Wisconsin
Tipton
Harold Stone
Davenport
International Harvester
Tipton Future Farmers of America
Stone
Jeff Jilek
Swisher
Massey Ferguson
Gary Schreiber
Wheatland
John Deere
Iowa City
Johnson County Parkette
Judy Antone
West Branch
Gloria Vanorny
Solon
the Gazette
Montgomery Hall
Johnson County Fairground
Coalition backs ban on farm land by investment trusts
DES MOINES A farm religious and public interest coalition named Concerned Citizens for Preserving Family Farms endorses Senate File 231 a bill to bar purchase of Iowa farmland by large investment trusts using tax exempt funds. The measure limits farming land holdings to family trusts nonfamily beneficiary groups of up to 25 persons and beneficiaries under wills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
Concerned Citizens For
Hawkeye Downs Shorthorn Sale Brings $1300 Top Bid
At Cedar Rapids on Saturday the 67th Hawkeye Downs Shorthorn and Polled Shorthorn sale set a top price of 1300 dollars for a bull shown by Robert Raisbeck of Lancaster Wisconsin who sold to Frank Kleese of Keota Iowa. Several champion and reserve animals sold with totals including a 1250 dollar grand champion and a 1000 dollar reserve, while three new directors were elected and Duffy was re elected president with Luett as secretary treasurer Rothlisberger named vice president.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Robert Raisbeck
Lancaster
Wis
Frank Kleese
Keota
Raisbeck
Otis Rothlisberger
Elgin
Robert Cousins
Olin
Cousins
Delmar Zinnel
Rockwell City
Merlyn Wollesen
Lake View
Russ Meizner
la Porte City
Harold Bacon
Good Hope
Ill
Robert Connell
Muscatine
Dwight Maurer
Fayette
Amana
Hubert
Farm Auctions Schedule Nebraska Iowa March Dates
Farm auctions listed for March 22 to 27 include multiple sales near Ne whall Low Moor Colony Village Independence North Liberty Springville Walker Fairfax Anamosa and Anamosa areas. Items include 119 acres Bernard Rieder estate machineries corn antiques and general consignments with times ranging 10:30 to 1:30 and land auctions noted.
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Bernard Rieder
Newhall
Jim
Terry Hofer
Low Moor
Rudolph Doehrmann
Colony Village
Williamsburg
Hawkins
Raymond Snyder
Independence
Dale Riggle
North Liberty
Springville Jaycees
Brockway Real Estate
Walker
Mach
Thomas Bowler
Fairfax
Sun
Hh. Goods
Ellen Walderbach
Anamosa
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Homer Foster
Moville
Washington
Gazette
al Sweal
Delmer Zinnel
Ps Arse
Big Hog
Coalition
State Trust
DR. Craven
E Ave. N.W
Mason City
Sioux City
Dial
Strore
P.L.A.N
Ceerree
Vantage
Standard Oil Division
Amoco Oil Company
Leo VanLienen
Blairstown
Clint VanHorne
Center Point
Don Drexler
Central City
Bill Burton
Downey
Don Erger
Jack Banse
Garrison
Jerry Krueger
Hopkinton
Paul Pippett
Keystone
John Pospisel
Martelle
Plant
Homel
Bob Towne
Earl J. Lasche
Petersburg
Leonard W. Reyhons
FTC
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