Breakthrough for U.S. Holsteins in Paris dairy show
International Holstein market director Robert Heilman said French dairymen are beginning to accept U S imported Holstein genetics after two wins at the Paris International Agricultural show. The grand champion cow was a cross with a French Friesian. a purebred U S Holstein was junior champion bull. Heilman noted five years of working with France on bulls and bred heifers.
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Paris
France
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Robert Heilman
Heisman
Beermon Beef Queen Crown Sought At Manchester Barbecue
The second annual Cattle men's beef barbecue in Manchester on May 30 will feature the crowning of a new Delaware county beef queen. Nominations are being accepted by Myron L. Zumbach and Mrs. Don Digmann, with eligibility limited to high school graduates under 21 who farm beef. Charley Willey of Moline Illinois will speak as barbecued beef is served from 5 to 7 30 p.m.
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Myron L. Zumbach
Route 1
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Don Digmann
Hopkinton
Charley Willey
Moline
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Monticello FFA names star chapter farmer and accolades
Gary Paulsen was named star chapter farmer and Dave Russell star greenhand at Monticello FFA Friday evening. Christi Schneiter named chapter sweetheart. Honorary awards went to Harry Black and Betty Wagner. Grover Miehe is the vocational agriculture instructor.
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Monticello Future Farmers of America
FFA
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Dave Russell
Christi Schneiter
Harry Black
Betty Wagner
Monticello Express
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Hereford Bulls Set Record April Auction Totals
The American Hereford Assn reports 2,622 registered bulls sold across 53 auctions in 16 states grossing $2,996,702 with an average of $1,143. This April top is second only to 1973 and 1974 in history.
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Kansas City
American Hereford Assn
Conservation tillage demo set for Gilman area farm tour
A demonstration plot at the Harry Scurr farm near Gilman will show five tillage systems at 10 a.m. Thursday. Dick Pulse says the side-by-side plots include conventional plowing, chisel plowing, buffalo till planting, disking before planting, and burn-down with no-till planting. The educational program runs through the Richland Creek watershed in south Tama County this summer, fall, and winter.
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Toledo
Harry Scurr
Gilman
Dick Pulse
Tama County
Richland Creek
Fraud Probes Target Drouth Aid for Livestock Producers
Government agents investigate possible fraud in last year emergency aid programs for livestock in drouth states. Allegations include ineligible feed lots claiming benefits, inflated transportation and hay costs, fictitious truck leases, and ineligible herds. Eight states plus Minnesota and South Dakota are involved, about 41,000 producers benefited, with the day transportation aid suspended amid irregularities.
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Office of Investigation
Minnesota
Bob Bergland
South Dakota
Stabilization and Conservation Service
Victor A. Senechal
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
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Missouri
North Dakota
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
Branding Cheap Insurance for Cattle Thefts in Iowa
DES MOINES AP Branding is the cheapest insurance a cattle producer can have against thefts, say Iowa investigators. Officials anticipate more cattle thefts as prices rise, urging tagging and branding for recovery and prosecution. About 7,400 producers have voluntary brands with the Iowa Department of Agriculture. Theft of feeder pigs is currently high but lower than past years.
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Des Moines
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
BCI
Wayne Sheston
Sheston
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Women lobby for wheat raises in 1977 farm bill action
Oklahoma farmer Mariann Johnson and about 100 Agri Women traveled to Washington to press Congress for substantially higher 1977 wheat loan rates than the $2.25 benchmark hoped in the bill. They cite strained farm purchasing power and rising costs as proof financing must rise to at least 3 to 4 dollars per bushel.
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Congress
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Carter Administration
Mariann Johnson
Medford
Okla
Congressional
Administration
Water Supply Plan Aids Southeast Iowa Towns
Geode Wonderland Resource Conservation and Development proposes a regional water system for five southeast Iowa counties. Burlington Fort Madison and Keokuk could extend lines to Henry Des Moines Lee Louisa and Van Buren counties if feasible, potentially avoiding a new treatment plant.
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Iowa
Geode Wonderland Resource Conservation and Development
Ralph Dewey
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Henry
Des Moines
Lee
Louisa
van Buren
Dewey
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