Midwest Hog and Sheep Prices Fall in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo
Market hogs at Cedar Rapids and Waterloo traded mostly steady to 50 cents lower with ranges of 40.00 to 41.00 and 40.25 to 41.00. Wool and shorn sheep were steady at 43 to 45 and 45 to 47 respectively. Wilson Foods quoted hogs 40.00 to 41.00 with discounts for light weights and various penalties for heavier sows and butchers. Bath Packing Co listed hogs at 40.25 to 41.00, down 25 cents from Thursday. Buying hours 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday.
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Grain prices slip on Cedar Rapids market Friday
Soybeans fell across the board with the November through March crops down 4 to 5 cents and corn declined 2 to 3 cents while white corn rose 3 cents versus Thursday. Quotes shown for Cedar Rapids processors at 2 30 p m with No 2 corn and new white corn listed alongside soybeans.
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Market News Recap: Hens Eggs Hogs and Beef Prices
The Federal State Market News Service notes light trade with slightly higher hen prices and farm egg prices up to 3 cents. Hog prices ease, beef and pork demand subdued, with carcass and weight classes listed and receipts reported for the period. Midwest markets and Webster City show mixed hog moves, with regional variations in prices and demand.
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Livestock Friday Market Report
Hogs 500 head with moderately active trade. butchers steady to 25 lower and sometimes 1.00 lower. Sows decline 1.00 to 1.50. No 1-2 butchers 210-250 lb range 42.25 to 42.50. No 1-3 sows 350-500 lb range 37.00 to 37.50. No coffee.
Chicago Produce Prices and Livestock Markets Report
USDA bulk selling prices hold steady for milk products while egg prices climb. Grains show No 2 hard red winter and soft red winter at 4.07 via Friday quotes. Livestock activity remains mixed with hogs 3,700 head fairly active and cattle 7,400 head insufficient for a true trade, while a secondary Friday list shows hogs 800 head and cattle 50 head with variable price ranges.
Power outage after squirrel chews feeder line near Franklin Junior High
A squirrel chewed an electrical feeder line outside Franklin Junior High Friday morning triggering a power outage and early dismissal. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co crews repaired the damage Friday afternoon.
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Jones County leads state corn yield contest in Iowa race
The Iowa Masters Corn Contest shows Jones County farmers with top no-till and conventional yields. Duane and Larry Wenndt of Oxford Junction claim the best conventional 215.97 bushels per acre, while Paul Glenn of Olin tops no-till at 188.78. Keiper of Covington and the Werndt brothers also post strong results as Delaware and Linn counties record several 180s plus bushel yields.
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Iowa
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Oxford Junction
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Olin
Glenn
Werndt Brothers
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Covington
Keiper
Linn
Francis Childs
Manchester
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
Pioneer
Richard Russell
Prairieburg
Dairy price supports edge toward final compromise
Washington negotiators tentatively accept a dairy price support plan through 1985 adding about 151 million to Reagan's target and lifting price support to roughly 14.07 per hundred pounds in 1983. Rice program gains 24 million. wheat and feed grains unresolved.
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Group Urges Stronger Pseudorabies Plan
A workshop of scientists hog producers and industry reps urged national policy for pseudorabies eradication and more equitable regulations across hog producers. The meeting noted vaccines complicate testing, latent carriers exist, and swine serve as the disease reservoir. Pilot eradication projects in high and low prevalence states were proposed.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Pork Producers Council
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George Lambert
National Animal Disease Laboratory
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Dysart Woman Named Iowa State Sheep Director
Kathy Krafka of Dysart is named state sheep director for the Iowa Department of Agriculture. She begins Monday and will join officials in Kansas City for the American Farmer degree at the national FFA convention. She succeeds Linc Abney who resigned to study sheep management in New Zealand.
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Kathy Krafka
Dysart
Iowa Department of Agriculture
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Caroline Krafka
Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
Linc Abney
New Zealand
Des Moines Area
Eastern Iowans to be delegates to AJHA convention
Two Eastern Iowans, Barb Leath of Postville and Brian Jackson of Mechanicsville, will serve as voting delegates to the 17th annual American Junior Hereford Association convention in Kansas City from November 6 to 8.
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Barb Leath
Postville
Brian Jackson
Mechanicsville
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