Young Japanese Farm Trainees Arrive in Des Moines for Year
Twenty three young Japanese farmers begin a year on Iowa farms in Des Moines April 2 under the Iowa Farm Bureau sponsored farm trainee program. Three Brazilian youths of Japanese descent joined March 14. The group, largest in the program’s history, will attend a tractor safety session April 3 at the Massey Ferguson plant guided by ISU extension specialist Norval Wardle.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Burea
Association For International Collaboration of
Japan
Massey-Ferguson
Norval Wardle
Iowa State University
Johnson County 4H Rally Honors Four as Honorary Members
Iowa City hosts the Johnson County 4H Rally Night at City High School. Four adults are named honorary 4H members Mrs. Virgil Burnett Lone Tree Mrs. Robert Horn West Branch Keith Wilson Iowa City and Richard Black Iowa City for a combined 151 years of service. Ten members join the county 4 H council includes five girls Judith Hoard Sho ran Horn Nancy Troyer Linda Kofron Kathy Yoder and five boys Larry Barnes Dale Lacina Dave Pate Chuck Eckermann Steve Kron.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
City
Virgil Burnett
Lone Tree
Robert Horn
West Branch
Keith Wilson
Johnson County Agricultural Association
Richard Black
Judith Hoard
Hills
Shoran Horn
Nancy Troyer
Kalona
Linda Kofron
Kathy Yoder
Town City
Larry Barnes
Dale Lacina
Dave Pate
Chuck Eckermann
Oxford
Steve Kron
Riverside
Busy Rural Auction Far South of Norway and Oelwein
Listings describe multiple sales across farms and towns on April 3 including Saturday sales at 214 miles southwest of Norway and near Center Point Hampshire and Oelwein with machinery ponies antiques dairy dispersal and a dairy farm sale by Hilltop Dairy Farms Inc plus a Mechanicsville closing out sale by Glen and Tim Kehl.
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Henry O. Schioeman
Norway
L. McNiel
Center Point
Hampshire Boar and Gill
Stephens and Greene
Ainsworth
Hilltop Dairy Farms, Inc
Oelwein
Glen
Tim Kehl
Mechanicsville
Jackson County Feeders Association Organized
MAQUOKETA The Jackson County Livestock Feeders Association was formed at a Maquoketa courthouse meeting. It aligns with the Iowa and National Livestock Feeders associations and will represent county cattle hog and sheep feeders. Officers include Lester Reed president LaVerne Etting vice president and Gerald Grant secretary treasurer. Six directors were elected: Lawrence Kohrenberg Louis Lane Ray Kilburg Ingwer Carstenesen Donald Shiebe and Ross Rivers with more to come.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County Livestock Feeders Association
Jackson County
Iowa Livestock Feeders Assn
National Livestock Feeders Assn
Jackson County Feeders
Lester Reed
Bellevue
LaVerne Etting
Gerald Grant
Preston
Lawrence Kohrenberg
Louis Lane
Ray Kilburg
Spragueville
Ingwer Carstenesen
Donald Shiebe
Ross Rivers
FHA Office Hires New Assistant Supervisor
Kenneth D. Dunn of Clemons has been named assistant county supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration office in Tipton serving Cedar Clinton and Jones counties. He and his wife will move to Tipton in June. she studies at the University of Iowa. Dunn is a 1965 Iowa State graduate.
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Tipton
Kenneth D. Dunn
Clemons
Farmers Home Administration
Cedar
Clinton
Jones
Dunn
University of Iowa
Iowa State
Linn DHIA February records show top milk and fat totals
Linn DHIA reports 38 herds averaged 41 cows in February. Milk per cow 32.4 pounds daily with 12 pounds fat. Income over feed cost 88 cents per cow. Twenty-one cows exceeded 500 pounds fat in 305 days, six over 600 pounds. Top yield 21,270 pounds milk and 684 fat by Ted Becker Center Point. another 18,170 milk 676 fat at Witwer Wayside Farm Marion. Other 600+ fat cows listed include Wallace Mills Coggan 621, Witwer Marion 611 and 610, Albert Scott Marion 602.
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Linn Dhia
Wendell Donnelly
Ted Becker
Center Point
Witwer
Iowa Corn Prospects Dip To 35 Percent Of Normal
Shucks Let s Talk It Over reports Iowa crops well below average due to a dry season and depleted soil moisture reserves. March was unusually warm but most months were subnormal, with light precipitation in June to August. Farmers across counties began spring field work with oats and plowing near North English and Norway as conditions may mirror 1966 yields if rains improve.
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Cedar Rapids
Vernon Faas
Norman Axmear
Harmon Rose
Royal Tuttle
Norway
Missouri
Minnesota
Iowa
Weekly Poult Hatch Increases Slightly Across States
Poults hatched in the 10 leading turkey states totaled 3,642,000 for the week with 3,417,000 heavy breed and 225,000 light breed. The year earlier week reported 3,406,000 and 214,000 respectively. Eggs set were 6,157,000, 7 percent below the previous year. heavy breed 5,822,000 and light breed 335,000.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa’s driest year in a decade noted in 1966 weather report
The 1966 weather and crops summary reports a dry cool year in Iowa with total precipitation about 80 percent of normal, the lowest in ten years. Corn yields reached 89 bushels per acre, aided by fortuitous conditions and soil moisture reserves despite a challenging year. Snowfall for the 1965 66 season averaged 11.9 inches in Iowa.
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Iowa
Freeman Sees No Quotas on Imported Meat
Washington AP report notes meat demand boosts from foreign cattle producers as U S farmers focus on high end steaks and roasts Imports mainly lower grade boneless beef used in processed meats Domestic lower grade cattle shortages keep processors supplied Freeman says imports unlikely to trigger quotas in 1947 with forecast around 40 million pounds versus earlier 60 million drop Imports last year reached 823 million pounds January imports 77.4 million versus 41.4 million one year earlier
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Washington (Ap
U.S
Agriculture Department
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Farm Bureau Women Plan Washington Tour
Farm Bureau women from 96 Iowa counties and three members of the state's women's committee will spend next Monday through Wednesday in Washington. This marks the sixth biennial Farm Bureau tour to the capital. The group will attend a dinner with Iowa’s congressional delegation featuring Sen. B. B. Hickenlooper and Rep. Neal Smith.
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Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Washington
Sen
B. B. Hickenlooper
Rep
Neal Smith
Meat Animal Research Center aims for leaner, tastier meat
The U S Department of Agriculture announces a new center near Hastings Nebraska to breed meat animals with about 5 percent fat versus 20 percent now, cutting losses from trimmed fat and boosting efficiency. The 25 000 acre facility will house 10 000 sheep 5 000 cattle and 3 500 hogs with 240 staff and open by 1970.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hastings
Neb
U. S
Junior Corn Growers Meetings Scheduled Across Iowa
Information meeting for participants in the eastern Iowa junior corn growers project will be held in three locations Tuesday, April 11, at 7 30 p m Vivan Jennings, agronomist, announced. Meetings are at Kalona Savings Bank Kalona Farm Bureau building Marion and Lincoln school lunch room Stanwood. An alternative session for enrollees unable to attend will be April 17 at the Johnson County fairs Iowa City.
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Iowa
Vivan Jennings
Cedar Rapids
Kalona
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