Linn County Pork Producers and Parkettes Elect New Officers
Roundup reports new leadership for Linn County Pork Producers and Parkettes. Pork Producer officers include Ron Becuka president Harold Wittenberg vice president Mike Rice secretary treasurer and fourteen directors. Porkette officers encompass Mary Alice Scott president Sandra Becicka vice president Jan Schuch secretary Janet Spelerberg treasurer Wanda Rawson historian and multiple directors. Annual directors supper set for March 28 at the Old Town Inn in Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County Pork Producers
Cedar Rapids
Shirley Olson
Fairfax
Old Town Inn
Swine Expo Dates Set for Cedar Rapids Factory Hog Show
The Swine Expo for 1979 will run February 8 to 10 at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids with three divisions including derby on farm performance central test and open class. Entries must follow breeding and weight criteria with weigh dates scheduled September 16 and 30 and central test at Lisbon's Farmland Industries Boar Test Station.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Jarrow
Farmland Industries
Lisbon
Easter goats care for triplets in Sioux Falls
Denny and Todd Ogdie, sons of Mr and Mrs Dennis Ogdie of Sioux Falls South Dakota bottle feed triplets born on Good Friday Easter and Darth Vader. The mother goat allows only one to nurse despite the festive names.
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Denny
Todd Ogdie
Dennis Ogdie
Sioux Falls
Kennedy predicts lawsuit over antibiotic feed ban
Federal officials expect litigation as FDA moves to bar penicillin and two tetracyclines in livestock feed. Kennedy warned prices may rise if vets must approve drug use, but consumer safety gains may justify costs. Livestock producers opposed ban at Ames hearing citing 25 years of safe use.
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Des Moines
UPI
Food and Drug
Donald Kennedy
FDA
Kennedy
Ames
Meat labeling plan for imported meat unlikely to pass
Washington based meat industry executives predict Congress will not finalize a Senate approved requirement to label imported meat in supermarkets and some restaurants as the farm bill moves to a conference committee. Richard Lyng of the American Meat Institute noted the plan could raise costs and complicate labeling for products using both imported and domestic meat. The measure passed the Senate but faces opposition from importers and industry critics who plan to lobby the conference committee to pigeon hole it. The committee resumes April 3 to craft a final version of the farm bill.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Meat
Senate
Clifford Hansen
R-Wyo
Tly
Senate House Conference Committee
Richard Lyng
American Meat Institute
Conference Committee
Lyng
Stitute
Lee Scheufler
Sterling
Kan
Agriculture Department
Corn Growers Seek New Members Amid Declining Dues
DES MOINES Iowa Corn Growers Association reports a drop in membership from about 4000 to near 1000 despite over 185000 corn growers in the state. New executive director Keith Heffernan cites lack of billing last year and no full-time staff as factors, while funds from a check off go to the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and cannot be used for recruitment.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Corn Growers Association
Keith Heffernan
Heffernan
New plan proposes set aside payments for farmers
Washington reports a plan to boost crop prices by paying farmers to idle surplus crops, expanding the current set aside program. The move, part of a broader farm bill package, would add direct rental payments for idling extra acreage and may be smaller than congressional proposals.
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Washington
UPI
House-Senate
Law — Administration
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