Tipton to Cedar County 4-H exchange visit set
A busload of 4-H members from Cumberland County Pennsylvania will visit Cedar County Iowa July 9 16 in a two way exchange. Cedar County delegates will tour Pennsylvania in summer 1980. West Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau women head to Hamburg Germany for the Associated Country Women of the World conference May 11 23. Delegates include Mrs James Mohr Eldridge Mrs Calvin H Carey Adair and Mrs Marlin Eichelberger Muscatine. Iowa Corn Promotion Board grants total 55637 to seven researchers at Iowa State University Ames for corn related studies including insect control aflatoxin and breeding projects.
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Tipton
Cumberland County
Cedar County
Pennsylvania
West Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Associated Country Women of the World
Hamburg
West German
James Mohr
Eldridge
Iowa Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Calvin H. Carney
Adair
Iowa
Marlin Eichelberger
Muscatine
Des Moines
Iowa Corn Promotion Board
Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
Iowa State University
Ames
Walker-G N Neu Meyer's Golden Chute Ranch Joins Pathfinder
Walker G N Neu Meyer's Golden Chute Ranch of Walker qualified for the American Angus Association Pathfinder Recognition Program. The year’s Pathfinder list includes 1,891 cows, representing less than one percent of the 300,000 head reviewed.
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Walker
G. N. Neumeyer
Golden Chute
American Angus Association
300 Bushel Corn Yield Records Hit by Two Farms
Bloomington Illinois reports two new 300 bushel per acre corn yields. Ron and Doug Hurlburt of Durand Wisconsin posted 336.5 bushels, Leigh Ann Janes of Walnut Mississippi reached 304.49, making Janes the first female and youngest 300 bushel achiever. Both used Funk s G Hybrids. Ratliff from Mississippi held a 304.38 world record in 1955.
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Bloomington, III
Ron
Doug Hurlburt
Durand
Wis
FFA
Leigh Ann Janes
Walnut, Miss
Hurlburts
Janes
Hurlburt
Lamar Ratliff
Agriculture survey to measure corn soybeans and livestock
The U S Department of Agriculture will run a nationwide survey in late May and early June to determine planted corn and soybean acreage and livestock inventories. Iowa coordination is by Duane Show, statistician in charge at the State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Reports will be confidential and used to prepare state and national estimates. spring planted acres released July 11, hog and pig numbers June 21, cattle inventories July 25.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Duane Show
State
Skow
BCI seeks grant for rural crime plan
The Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation moves toward a $272000 federal grant to fund a rural crime prevention program run with the Crime Coalition of Iowa. The plan starts June 1 with $245000 from the feds and $27000 match from the state. Four specialists will educate rural areas on crime prevention and property identification programs aim to deter thefts from farms and livestock.
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BCI
Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Crime Coalition of Iowa
Gerald W. Shanahan
Division of Criminal Investigation
New York City
Shanahan
Counties Invest Big in Iowa Soil Conservation Funds
Iowa counties are allocating funds to support soil conservation with Polk County leading at 340000 for two years. Other allocations include Henry 125000 and six more counties funding cost sharing on permanent practices, technical help, and newsletter costs. The effort, funded by federal revenue sharing and county money, aims to bolster soil projects as federal cuts press counties to step up.
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Iowa
Polk County
Henry County
Boone County
Don Williams Lake
Boone
Story County
Keokuk County
Scott County
Lee County
Marshall
Floyd
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Buchanan County
Mitchell County
Boards of Supervisors
Linn
Benton
Clayton
Black Hawk
Keith Glandon
Des Moines
Harold Boehmer
Mason City
Farm exports rise 13 billion in first five months
U S farm exports totaled 13 billion dollars in the first five months of the fiscal year that started last Oct 1 up 28.7 percent from the same period in 1977 78. The rise is attributed to larger quantities and higher prices for wheat soybeans feed grains rice and cotton per the Agriculture Department in Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United
Department
Emergency federal aid to livestock producers lagging
The Agriculture Department reports emergency feed assistance in the first half of fiscal 1979 totaled about 36.7 million dollars, well behind the 169.4 million dollars disbursed in all of fiscal 1978, indicating slower aid pace this year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Angus group plans art sale at national conference
Fort Collins Colorado art sale to aid the Reeferendum will be a highlight of the National Angus Out look Conference July 1 to 3. Cattlemen may bid on five limited edition signed and numbered reproductions of a new Frank Murphy oil painting to be featured on the cover of the July Angus Journal. The auction takes place Tuesday afternoon with all proceeds supporting the Reeferendum.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Frank Murphy
Angus
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Pathfinder
Ken Drayton
Coldwater
Mich
Drayton
Iowa House of Representatives
Senate
Angus Group
First National Bank of
Marion
Ready Reserve
Kiest National Bank
Cedar Rapids
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