Copper Family Presented Honored Farm Award in Cedar Rapids
The Robert Copper family of Marion received the Honored Farm Family award from the Cedar Rapids Marion Chamber of Commerce at Stouffer's. They farm 1,260 acres with 1,150 pigs 400 to 500 feeder calves per year and maintain a 140 head beef herd and 30 Cheviot ewes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Copper
Marion
Cedar Rapids-Marion Chamber of Commerce
Stouffer’s
Robert
Pauline
Jon Kuhfus
Linn Cooperative Oil Co
Copper
Coppers
Kuhfus
Farm Bureau
Federal Land Bank
Beef Improvement Corporation
Cattle Feedlot Marketing Association
Mitchell County
Heavy Mortar
Korea
Jean
William
Raymond
Connie
Gary
Judy
Dorothy
Donald
Audrey
Joan
Hog report boosts producers as USDA shows 9 percent drop
An economist notes the USDA 14 state hog and pig report signals a turn in hog numbers with a nine percent drop versus the expected four to five percent. Breeding inventory falls 11 percent and total hogs on hand reach about 50.1 million, potentially lifting hog prices while pressuring corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Olsen
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Olsen
Cedar Rapids
Rick Schuchardt
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Win at Bridge By Jacoby and Sontag on finessing for the king
An instructional bridge note discusses playing a suit with missing high cards. South and North hold ace queen jack ten and low cards. the recommended line is to finesse for the king. Percentages show success by number of cards held, with specifics for 11, 10, and fewer than 10 cards, plus edge cases when the ten or king is offside and jack play versus leading low. It emphasizes when to drop the king and how East and West holdings affect the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Jacoby
Alan Sontag
South
North
East
West
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established in Meg AA Gazette, published daily and Sunday from Cedar Rapids Iowa, provides subscription rates: carrier $1.65 weekly. mail editions and Sunday 7 issues $8.05 weekly, $85.80 yearly. other states $123.00 yearly. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The AP has exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
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Sy al Swegle
Atte Farm
John Melvor
Pauline Copper
Charles Davis
Agriculture Bureau of the Chamber
By al Swegle
ZOD
OSCO
Westdale
Wilderness
Wintuck
DuPont
Orion
Osco Sale Pric
Osco Drug
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