Deep Corn Advice and Farm News Across Iowa and Indiana
Iowa farmers weigh planting depths with drought in mind as Linn extension panel advises shallower sowing. Wallaces Farmer poll shows minimal changes to plan. corn costs and soybean costs per acre listed. Indiana Ag Day milking contest winner Bruggenschmidt and Missouri bread price study noted amid farm machinery show in St. Louis.
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Jerry Gogan
Gogan
Linn Extension
Des Moines
Wallaces
Indianapolis
UPI
Joseph G. Bruggenschmidt
Indiana
Jasper Democrat
Donald R. Lash
Marshall
Lash
Bruggenschmidt
Kansas City
Missouri
St. Louis
All-American Heifer Schulte Family Receives Honor
All-American selection Schulte’s Baron Bee is shown by farmer Herb Schulte and his sons Herb Jr and Dave. The 4-H project by John Schulte placed high in junior heifer classes at All-Iowa Iowa State fair and Central National Brown Swiss show at World Dairy Expo. The cow will be featured on an All-American calendar by the Brown Swiss registry. the family earned an honorable mention in 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Schulte
Herb, Jr
Dave
Schulte
Herb
John
Brown Swiss Breed Registry
Joslin Wins Iowa Master Farmer Award at Luncheon
Robert R. Joslin 53 of Clarence named one of six Iowa Master Farmers at a Des Moines awards luncheon. He farms 850 acres with 2,800 hogs and 750 cattle yearly, and serves on ISU extension and a U.S. grains advisory committee. He helped found the Mideastern Iowa Mental Health Center and promotes soil conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert R. Joslin
Clarence
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa
Gazette Area
Gordon Enyart
Prairie City
Robert L. Johnson
Andover
Farris Gray
Bedford
Ralph C. Mehl
Hornick
Wiley Weaver
Rockwell
Joslin
Iowa State University
U.S. Grains
Clarence United Methodist Church
Tee. Joslin
Chris
Dallas Ferguson
Tulsa
Okla
Kathy
Mark Young
Wellington
New Zealand
Ann
Great Falls
Mont
Meg
Clarence-Lowden School
State Farm Leaders Keep Monthly Iowa Forum Since 1969
Gerald Pepper of Ames chairs the Iowa Farm and Commodity Organization IFCO meetings held in Des Moines nine months a year. The forum, not a coalition, shares ideas among farm groups and may issue united position statements only with unanimous consent. A recent session covered the Iowa 2000 project and urgent health needs, with Gov. Ray’s office represented. Pepper also leads the Iowa Institute of Cooperation in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Pepper
Ames
Iowa Farm and Commodity Organization
IFCO
Pepper
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Iowa
Iowa Institute of Cooperation
Topsoil Loss Warns of Generations Without Rich Farmland
Iowa farmer Charles T. McLaughlin of Britt warned at a land use symposium that topsoil could vanish in two generations. Citing Soil Conservation Service data, he noted a drop from 16 to about 8 inches since pioneer days, as urban expansion threatens cropland. An SCS official warned that 36 to 40 million acres of cropland may be lost by 2000 due to development, risking national food production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Stutsman
Kalona
Johnson County Farm Bureau
Stanley Stutsman
Terry Engelken
Earlville
Iowa State University
Edward Engelken
Ames
Ames Sunshine Pet
Melodee Mark Pearl
Muhs Brothers
London
Omaha
Iowa
Charles T. McLaughlin
Britt
McLaughlin
Soil Conservation Service
OSHA
EPA
DEQ
Labor Department
IRS
Food and Drug Administration
Milk Inspector
Census Bureau
William M. Johnson
SCS
Feldmann elected Maquoketa Valley FFA president
Marv Feldmann, 17, of Hopkinton was chosen as president of the Maquoketa Valley Future Farmers of America in Delhi. He succeeds Dean Hawkins as the chapter, which numbers 168 members, the second largest in the state. Other officers include Jim Russ, Mark Kramer, Julie Deese, Tracy Sellner, Lori Schnittjer, Bob Beitz, John Freeze, John Lighty, Terri King, Mike Rola, and Tom Burkle with their respective towns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers of America
Feldmann
Lawrence Feldmann
Dean Hawkins
Delhi
Maquoketa Valley
FFA
Crestwood
Cresco
Jim Russ
Hopkinton
Mark Kramer
Earlville
Julie Deese
Tracy Sellner
Lori Schnittjer
Hopkin
Farm Auctions Listing Near Walker and Anamosa
Close out sale scheduled for March 25 at 11 a.m. featuring machinery by Dale Riggle in North Liberty. March 26 consignment auction at 11 a.m. by Springville Jaycees and land auction of 197 acres by Brockway Real Estate, seven miles NW of Walker. Close out sale at 10 30 a.m. includes antiques and miscellaneous items from Thomas Bowler estate, four miles SE of Fairfax. March 27 close out sale at 10 30 a.m. for household goods and machinery by Ellen Walderbach, three miles west of Anamosa. April 2 sale at 12 p.m. machinery and misc. for Lawrence Morgan, one mile NW of Center Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Riggle
North Liberty
Springville Jaycees
Brockway Real Estate
Walker
Mach
Antiques
Thomas Bowler
Fairfax
Sun
Ellen Walderbach
Anamosa
Lawrence Morgan
Center Point
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Oliver Emerson
Waterville
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Leo Kinzenbaw
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James Arnold
Aurora
Cedar County
Herb Tholen
Tipton
Delaware County
Arnold Turnis
Fayette County
Leo
Crawfordsville
Poweshiek County
John Hall
Malcom
Tama County
Roger Greve
Gladbrook
Winneshiek County
Gordon Vick
Decorah
William Green
Castalia
Minnesota
U.S. Senate
U.S
Hubert Humphrey
Wendell Anderson
D-Minn
Ad Dial
Impe
Thurs
Home Builders Information Center
Home Builders Association of
Cedar Rapidi
The
Jeanne Ann Johnson
Marv Feldmann
Buchanan
Independence
Buchanan County Republican Central Committee
REC
Art Kitner
GOP
Charles Grassley
D & J Equipment CO
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