Anamosa Hog Wins Carcass Division At Swine Clinic
Jim Crock of Mechanicsville entered the top live hog that also won the carcass class at the Jones County Swine Clinic in Anamosa. The 210-pound animal had a 155-pound carcass and 73.80 percent yield with 1.17 inches back fat and a 4.4 square inch loin eye. Leonard Lasack finished second and Dennis Coon third in carcass.
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Jim Crock
Mechanicsville
Jones County Swine Clinic
Leonard Lasack
Dennis Coon
Culver backs Farmlands Protection Act to curb sprawl
Senator John Culver joined 15 colleagues in supporting the Farmlands Protection Act after noting annual losses of 3 million acres to non agricultural uses and soil erosion. The bill, led by Senator Warren Magnuson, would require federal projects to protect agricultural land and offer USDA aid to curb farmland conversion with limits on federal land use power. It cites Iowa losses and projects a 2020 outlook.
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Washington
Culver
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Insurance deadlines set for oats and corn in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports FCIC sets April 2 as the oat insurance application deadline and price per bushel change date in Iowa. For corn, the April 25 deadline for 1979 crop year applications and price per bushel changes also applies. County FCIC offices provide further information.
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DES Moines
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Iowa
Thomas E. Hawks
FCIC
Iowa Department of Social Services
Miriam Turnbull
Robert Schoene
Hoover State
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Jones County Parkettes
Dan Lambertsen
Martello
Joe Legg
Anamosa
Kevin Adams
Monticello
Anamosa High School
Chris Kenney
Rick Buresh
John Beal
Ron Secrist
Jerry Hartwig
Ray Cheever
Rath Packing
Waterloo
Anamosa Ffa
Anamosa Livestock Commission
Rath
Anamosa and
Monticello Ffa
Jones County Park Producers
Jones County Extension Service
Amana
Colony
Mana
St. Nazaire
France
Raphael
Urbino
Homemaker
Community Social Services
Agency
CSSA
Goodwill Industries
Catholic Charities
Lutheran Social Services
Adult Protective
Peg Pabon
Department of Social Services
Hoover
The
Department of
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IDSS
Williamsburg
IHC
Oliver
Kewanee
Midwest Harrow
Noble
Lilliston
Farmhand
Kane
Calumet
Kilbros
Massey Ferguson
Fert
Hutchinson
Ford
Bill Zimpleman
I.D
Security Savings Bank
Bob and
Steve Hanson
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