Farm safety stats prompt Linn County seminar
The Linn County Farm Bureau cites farm safety as a major concern with over 2,200 farm job deaths and 200,000 injuries yearly. A safety seminar runs 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday at the Linn County Farm Bureau Building in Marion featuring remarks by Mary Alice Scott. Dan Gilbert of Iowa Falls wins a district youth award from the National Brown Swiss Association, following his FFA Gold Showmanship award at the Iowa State Fair. Nearly 1,400 Central Iowa Production Credit Association members attended five seminar sites, electing Jerold S. Johnson Ankeny and Russell M. Brandt Buckingham to the board.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
U.S
Iowa
Mary Alice Scott
Marion
Farm Bureau
Iowa Falls
Dan Gilbert
Brown Swiss Association
Gilbert
Bill Gilbert
FFA
Des Moines
Newton
Central Iowa Production Credit Association
PCA
Jerold S. Johnson
Ankeny
Russell M. Brandt
Buckingham
Hog prices seen at or above 50 dollars this summer
Iowa State University economist Gene Futrell says hog prices may reach the low fifty dollars per hundredweight range during July to September and average in the high forties, with a chance of staying in the low fifties if USDA supply forecasts hold.
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Ames
Gene Futrell
Iowa State University
Futrell
USDA
Land Commission seeks odor rules review in farmland zones
Johnson County panel criticizes odor regulations as too restrictive for agricultural operations in zones set aside for farming. Roger Stutsman urges evaluation of state and federal policies impacting prime land. hearing set for March 29 at Montgomery Hall, Johnson County Fairground.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Roger Stutsman
Temporary Land Preservation Policy Commission
Stutsman
Temporary Land Preservation Commission
Montgomery Hall
Johnson County Extension Office
Mike Kattchee
Coralville
Kattchee
Calendars of the sun and the Julian reform
The text notes sun based calendars through ancient times and calls the Julian calendar, authorized by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C., the system western nations used until 1582 A.D. It explains the 365 and 1/4 day year and the leap year every fourth year.
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Julius Caesar
B.C
Rome
Hog ident rule slows for May delay across state lines
The Agriculture Department gave hog producers until May 22 to prepare for a new federal rule requiring identification of breeding swine shipped for slaughter out of state. Sows and boars over six months must be tattooed or tagged to trace origins in case of swine brucellosis findings, with the May deadline set after a 60 day postponement. ON THIS DATE in 1804, land from the Louisiana Purchase split into Orleans and Louisiana territories.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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