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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1975
Page
7
Iowa State University extension weed control specialist Viv an Jennings says reduced rainfall hinders herbicide activation in corn and soybean fields. He advises alternatives including cultivation and post emerge options, noting certain preemergence and postemergence products fail without rain and may injure crops if misapplied.
Charles Body, veteran farm cooperative training coordinator at Kirkwood Community College, is chosen by the Peace Corps to tour Nepal from May 29 to June 17. The FARM program aims to place agriculture personnel in overseas development projects and Body will also visit India and Germany on the return trip.
Thirty five 4 H members from Ionia Michigan arrive in Winneshiek county June 21 to stay with local families until June 28. Last year Winneshiek hosted Michigan visitors. A 4 H Sports Festival is set for June 24 at Luther College. Host homes are still needed and interested parties should contact the Winneshiek extension office.
Purdue extension economist David Petritz analyzes rising slaughter and wholesale beef prices since March. Lower fed cattle marketings and lighter weights reduced beef output by five to seven percent while meat supplies fell 10 to 15 percent, pushing prices up. He forecasts continued tight fed cattle supplies for about a month and predicts choice steer prices of 45 to 50 dollars per hundredweight into late spring.
The All-Iowa fair will stage a two-session tractor pull on Monday June 30 with a garden tractor and mini hot rod class at 2 pm and a larger stock and hot rod lineup at 6 30 pm. Cash prizes total 3100 plus trophies across seven stock and hot rod classes. Dr Kenneth Paulsen supervises with Fairfax Rock Skid overseeing the event qualifying for the Iowa State Championship.
Former Daitch-Shopwell labor relations director Moe Steinman was sentenced to one year in prison and fined $1,000 for conspiracy in a multi million dollar meat price scheme. He was called the central figure in a plan that cost consumers millions as unions and wholesalers moved meat with added cents per pound.
A dairy promotion banquet at Lake Side Ballroom in Guttenberg June 6 7 kicks off the 1975 Clayton County Dairy Festival. Events include a downtown parade a cow milking contest a Milk Made Magic contest and 4 H and FFA judging with the crowning of the 1975 Clayton County Dairy Princess.
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