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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1982

Page

27

Cedar Rapids Wilson Foods quotes hogs and sheep prices

Wilson Foods Cedar Rapids quotes hogs at 49.00 to 50.50 with discounts for light weights. Packing sows under and over 550 pounds priced 43.00 to 44.00. Sheep steady 56 to 58 for wool and 58 to 60 for shorn. Waterloo Rath Packing Co lists hogs at 49.00 to 49.50, corn and beans mixed, oats steady. Processors window 2:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids. Prices shown for March through new crops with multiple drops.

Cedar Wilsons Waterloo Rath Packing Co Cedar Rapids Pro Farmer Grain

Live Hens and Eggs Reported Moderate Demand Midwest Prices

Federal State Market News Service notes moderate demand and moderately heavy offerings for live hens with mid-April arrivals. farm egg prices largely unchanged to down a few cents and supplies in balance to burdensome. Iowa regional grain prices show corn and soybeans ranges. hogs trade slow with mixed movements. dressed meats report fair trade. cattle and calves limited sales and high cow prices. no sheep reported.

Federal State Market News Service Deenone OWA Inursdo Midwest Iowa Iowa Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture N.central Northeast Southwest S.central

Sioux City Market Report Shows Mixed Hog and Sow Prices

The Sioux City market lists varied hog weights with prices around 50 to 51 per hundred, some under 46 for lighter lots, and sows trading near 50 to 51 with several weight brackets. Note fluctuating bids across 200 to 700 head ranges and several weight classes, with occasional dips for lighter and heavier lots.

Joliet Livestock Thursday Market Report

Cattle numbers weak to establish a trend as sales were insufficient. Hog sales totalled 1 100 with a steady to firm tone. Prices ranged for hogs from 51.50 to 52.25 per cwt for various weights and grades with lighter weights near 50 to 51.00 and heavier hogs 47.75 to 50.00 depending on weight and quality.

Livestock and Commodity Prices From Webster City Thursday

Hogs 900 head with steady to firm demand. light sows and other hogs offered around 46.00 to 50.25 per cwt. Cattle prices steady to lower. 500 lb and up about 48.00 to 49.00. Butter prices paid to delivery 1.46 to 1.49 per lb. eggs 66 to 75 cents per dozen delivered. Wheat No 2 hard red winter around 3.69, No 2 soft red winter 3.69. Corn No 2 yellow about 2.70, oats No 2 heavy 2.15, soybeans No 1 yellow 6.29.

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Eastern Iowa brothers named Master Farmers in annual awards

Jim Mohr and Ned Mohr from near Eldridge joined six Iowa farmers honored as Master Farmers by Wallaces Farmer at the Westmark Breckenridge Inn. The Mohrs run 1,600 pasture farrowed hogs on 960 acres and are active Farm Bureau leaders. The event lists multiple couples and other growers from Duncombe New Hampton Eagle Grove Palo Alto County Emmetsburg and Iowa City with detailed farm sizes hogs and cattle numbers.

Des Moines Iowa Jim Mohr Ned Eldridge Westmark Breckenridge Inn Wallaces Farmer Magazine Mohrs Farm Bureau Jim Scott County Farm Bureau Charlotte Iowa Farm Bureau Women For Iowa Natural Resources Council Agri-Industries Iowa Pork Producers Association Philip R. Stillman Emmetsburg Bill the Walls and the Hills John Larry Wall Iowa City Clarence E. Howard Hill Hill Iowa Farm Bureau Donald L. Doolittle Duncombe Webster County Shirley Alvin J. Gilbert New Hampton Chickasaw Bath Packing Co Patricia Allen J. Korslund Eagle Grove Humboldt County Charlenee Philip R. Stillman Palo Alto County Ann

Beep Week awards honor students and agribusinesses

Durant and West Liberty students Glenda Swanson and Vince Elder shared the ad Bovis Bonitatum cattle excellence award at Kirkwood Community College Be Beef Week dinner. Harvest Hill Farm owners Ross Butler and Gordon Wade received distinguished service awards for long standing support of Kirkwood beef programs.

Durant West Liberty Norway Kirkwood Community College Glenda Swanson Vince Elder Ross Butler Gordon Wade Harvest Hill Farm Kirkwood Swanson Iowa Agricultural Career Training Organization Post-Secondary Ag Iowa

Weigel to head Holstein group

Gene Weigel of Earlville elected president of the Delaware County Holstein Association. Richard Barton of Delhi named vice president and Dan Zumbach of Ryan chosen secretary treasurer.

Manchester Gene Weigel Earlville Delaware County Holstein Association Richard Barton Delhi Dan Zumbach Ryan

Graff to take Waterloo job at dairy fair

Lyndal Graff executive vice president of the Du Quoin State Fair resigns effective April 15 to become manager of the National Dairy Cattle Congress Fair in Waterloo Iowa. He has eight years with Du Quoin and says the move is a big step up. The fair marks its 60th anniversary and Illinois earmarked 454000 for the World Trotting Derby.

DU Quoin, Ill UPI Lyndal Graff du Quoin Waterloo Graff Illinois

National and local 4-H conferences and meetings listed

A long schedule of 4-H and agricultural events across Iowa including the National 4-H Conference in Washington D.C. March 27 to April 2, Associated Milk Producers Inc annual meeting in Milwaukee March 24 to 27, and numerous county events. Notables include Wayne Humphries speaking at Vinton FFA, Grassley at Sumner FFA banquet, and a grain marketing workshop at Northeast Iowa Technical Institute in Calmar. Numerous farm, extension, and youth gatherings span March through spring across many counties.

Washington D.C Associated Milk Producers Inc Milwaukee Wis Benton County National Ffa Wayne Humphries Columbus Junction Vinton Ffa Tilford Junior High School Vinton Clayton County Elkader Johnson County Iowa Advanced Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association Fairgrounds Iowa City Linn County Cedar Rapids Chamber of Committee Marc’s Big Boy Delaware County Dubuque St. Mary’s Parish Manchester Stanley Yates Department of Special Collections Iowa State University Library Reroute St. Patrick’s Ryan Fayette County Charles Grassley Sumner FFA John Scott Jim Heiligensetin Blunt, Ellis and Loewi, Inc Wilder Building Northeast Iowa

Cedar County Ranks Second in State Corn Yields

Cedar County farmers averaged 143.9 bushels per acre rankings second in Iowa last year, just 0.1 bushel behind Humboldt County which led at 144 bushels per acre according to the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service.

Des Moines Cedar County Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service Humboldt County

Probate notices announce wills and executors in Linn County

Probate notices detail admits wills for Nemmer M. Mrad Dale T. Peck and Charles L. Fawley with appointed executors Daniel J. Peck Cheryl Ann Shanklin Leona W. Fawley and others. They state dates of probate and six month deadlines to file claims or challenge. Attorneys named include Ted V. Ruffin Miles N. Adams and Lynch Dallas Smith Harman.

Iowa District Court Linn County Iowa Nemmer M Mrad Nemmer M. Mrad Pearing District Court Kenneth L Perrys Jr Lowa Dale 7 Peck Dale T Peck Dale T. Peck Daniel J. Peck Charles L Fawley Charles L. Fawley Cheryl Ann Shanklin Leona W. Fawley Chery Ann Shanklin Leona W. Fowley Cedar Rapids Miles N. Adams and Lynch Dallas Smith and Harman

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