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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1968
Page
10
Washington reports farm leaders monitor cattle hogs and calf weights to gauge possible political effect in upcoming elections. Officials urge selling at medium weights to support livestock prices, with emphasis on feed efficiency and retail value amid abundant grain supply.
Independence officials reported the Buchanan county market hog show carcass scores from March 12 at Pinicon hotel. Top placers were Wilbert Frye 46.08, Richard Frye 45.61, Roger Fisher 45.34, Francis Teale 44.61, and Don Willworth 44.05 with Prizes in lard baking won by Mrs. George Kramer for nut bread rolls and pies.
A sequence of sale notices lists auctions across several Iowa towns including Alburnett Hopkinton Swisher Palo and Winthrop. Items include farm machinery cattle hay cran hay and miscellaneous gear with times in mid afternoon and distances from towns. Names include Carl Gurbach Daniel J. King Est George Anderson Charles Arp and others.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman will join the Far East agricultural trade mission in April and will travel to Korea. He will leave Tokyo to be in Korea on April 6 and 7 to discuss expanding U.S. agricultural exports and observe Seoul area industrial and farm development.
Alfred Stewart of Oelwein was reelected to a six year term on the Fayette county soil conservation district board at the annual meeting. Stewart, active in conservation work, is president of the Iowa Association of Soil Conservation District Commissioners.
USDA reports that U S exports of live cattle in 1967 totaled 55 322 head up 56 percent from 1966. A congressman estimates government operating costs would require five average farm families yearly tax burden to cover for one second.
USDA data shows farm operators aged 45 to 49 in the late 1950s, with older averages due to retired operators. The article notes a sizable portion of farmers over 65 and argues farming remains a productive, energetic enterprise for those in higher earning brackets.
Washington AP reports the agriculture department proposes extending federal quarantine restrictions to combat Japanese beetles soybean cyst nematodes and gypsy moths. Public hearings are set for April 16 17 in Chicago. The beetle quarantine would cover additional areas in Alabama Illinois Michigan Missouri and Tennessee. Current rules affect 13 states and parts of six others.
Census bureau reports Washington crops valued at 18.3 billion with corn accounting for 25 percent and soybeans for 10 percent of the total harvest value in 1964.
The National Lamb Show on June 6 at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids will emphasize carcass classes with most premium money. First prize in the pen of five carcass class is 250 dollars, with 100 for second and 50 for third plus premiums to tenth. Individual lamb carcass winner gets 100 dollars, reserve champion 75 and third 50. Entries include four purebred per breed class, four grade or crossbred, two purebred progeny pens and two crossbred progeny pens.
Washington reports USDA set 1968 crop oats price supports at a national average of 63 cents per bushel for No. 3 grade, with quality-based premiums or discounts. Supports apply to farm or elevator stored oats or purchases, and participation in the 1968 feed grain program is not required for eligibility.
Washington AP report shows farm organizations split over a proposed bargaining bill. Supporters from National Farmers Union, The National Grange and others back Mondale's plan for a farm bargaining board while American National Cattlemen's Association argues current laws and voluntary restraint suffice. The Conference lacked a word from the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Des Moines announces eight members to the Iowa Farm Bureau farm management advisory committee. Named are Kenneth Joslin Minburn Herb Pike Whiting Roe Tharp Moulton Thomas Yungelas Webster City Fred Johnson Morning Sun Harlan Helgens Monticello Collins Bower Massena and Herman Brehm Van Horne. The panel will meet several times yearly to advise on credit labor and farm records programs.
Seventy two lots sold at the Foss Angus Farm sale in Columbus Junction with bulls averaging $500 and females $308. The top bull fetched $990 bought by Hap Owens of Oskaloosa, the second at $725 to Lester Lee of Morning Sun, and the top female at $670 to Wallace Marner of Parnell.
USDA reports 1,497,724 farms holding 67 percent of the corn and grain sorghum base have signed for the 1968 feed grains program. Preliminary figures show a diversion of 34,260,000 acres from corn and grain sorghum production this year.
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