Young Iowa Falls 16-Year-Old Elected Junior Brown Swiss President
Dan Gilbert 16 of Iowa Falls was elected president of the Iowa Junior Brown Swiss Association at a gathering last weekend. He succeeds Steve Ledvina of Chelsea with his father serving as vice-president. Other officers named include Nancy Wadsworth of Blue Grass as vice-president Elaine Barber of DeWitt as secretary treasurer and Melvin Church of Riceville as historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Dan Gilbert
Iowa Falls
Iowa Junior Brown Swiss Assn
Gilbert
Bill Gilbert
Steve Ledvina
Chelsea
Iowa Brown Swiss Assn
Nancy Wadsworth
Blue Grass
Elaine Barber
DeWitt
Melvin Church
Riceville
Meyocks elected treasurer of Agriculture Day Foundation
Richard Meyocks advertising executive and Creswell Munsell Shubert Zirbel vice president was elected treasurer of the American Agriculture Day Foundation. The group backs the observance held on the Monday nearest spring and Meyocks previously chaired the day nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Richard Meyocks
American Agriculture Day Foundation
Meyocks
Creswell, Munsell, Shubert and Zirbel Advertising Agency
Iowa Soybean Gold Rush Drives Farmers Toward Soybeans
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Rob ert Lounsberry says a soybean price surge and higher net per acre spur a shift from corn. Farmers have plowed pasture, swapped seed corn for soybean seed, and increased soybean plantings with forecasts of over four percent more acres. Weather remains a key factor in whether corn or soybeans yield bigger profits this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert Lounsberry
Iowa
Lounsberry
Deadline Nears to Seal 1976 Corn and Soybeans
Linn county ASCS executive director Mrs. Donella Brady reports farmers must seal their 1976 corn and soybeans by May 31 with offices closed Memorial Day. Under the commodity loan program farmers may borrow against crops and repay when market value rises. loans run 6 percent on corn at 1.49 per bushel and soybeans at 2.50 per bushel, maturing April 30, 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Donella Brady
Linn County
Irrigation Permit Hopes Fade In Benton County
Mrs. David Ternus of Vinton cites poor prospects for her husband to receive an irrigation permit from the Iowa Natural Resources Council. She says they would still install it if rain were more consistent, noting rainfall shortages in the area compared with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Benton County
David Ternus
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Easy Life Spurs OPEDA Recruiting Push
A Wall Street Journal piece describing lax USDA practices spurs the Organization of Professional Employees of the Department of Agriculture to boost membership. OPEDA reports dozens of new applications as the Ag Reporter advertises OPEDA in its May issue.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Wall Street Journal
Department of Agriculture
OPEDA
Bergland
Hyattsville
Walter John
John
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Ag Reporter
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bargain Chicken Brings Cops Into Investigations
In Fort Lauderdale Ronald Caputo and two workers faced grand larceny charges after 10 000 pounds of chicken sold at 37 cents a pound were traced to a stolen shipment. A truck was found abandoned and officers linked the goods to a prior theft report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
UPI
Ronald Caputo
Caputo
Wright
Outlooks Club
Kirkwood students gain ranch experience in Nebraska and South Dakota
Five Kirkwood Community College agriculture students begin a two month on the job stint on Nebraska and South Dakota ranches this spring. Instructors say the ranch setting provides a deeper beef cattle experience than a typical Iowa farm. Participants include Doug Darrow and Dean Elder at Cody Neb and Mission SD crew. others are Doug Rathbun, Joe Drummond, and Mike Weiden at Cody Neb and nearby ranches. Today labor arbitrator Theodore Gheel is 63.
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Kirkwood Community College Agriculture
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kent Carruthers
Kirkwood
Carruthers
Iowa
Doug Darrow
Iowa City
Dean Elder
Nichols
Jerry Adamson
Cody
Neb
Doug Rathbun
Independence
Tate
Mission
S.D
Joe Drummond
Donahue
Mike Weiden
Dysart
Edson Gail Ranch
Cody, Neb
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Faucett
Kansas
Missouri
Mid-States Ag
World Food
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
David Hammond
Grant Wood Agency
Sixth Street
Grain News
Drouth Areas
Ray
Thomas Dunne
Interagency
Drouth Emergency Coordinating Committee
Iown
Farmers Home Administration
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Glaciler
Winnie Wilkinson
Buckingham
Tama County
Sito
Jim Lorenzen
Philadelphia
Bill
Hickey-Mitchell Company
Your Gazette
Bill Papke
Spurs
Pote
John Anthony Napoli Jr
Charles Wright
Theodore Gheel
Cub
N.O.C
C.R. Area
First Trust and Savings Bank
First Ave. N.E
Dows ST
Ely
Third ST. S.E
FDIC
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