World faces grain gap as consumption outpaces production
Lester R. Brown of USDA warns at Iowa State that world grain consumption grows 1.4 percent yearly while production lags by about 1.0 billion tons. Americans and developing nations share similar grain weights but differ in protein sources. he urges price policies favoring farmers and investment to boost yields and fertilizer use.
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MES
Iowa State University
Lester R. Brown
USDA
International Development Services
FS Services reports record year at Peoria meeting
FS Services Inc. announced its best year in sales and earnings at its fifth annual meeting in Peoria. The Bloomington Illinois company posted $160 million in sales and $12 million in earnings, up from $122 million and $9.6 million the prior year. It paid over $9 million in patronage refunds to 159 member companies in Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Peoria
FS Services, Inc
C. H. Becker
Iowa
Minois
Wisconsin
Becker
Bloomington
State Farm Bureaus
Town
Illinois
Shorthorn Registrations Rise 4 Percent in 1966
Omaha Iowa led the 1966 Shorthorn registrations with Iowa first and Illinois second. Transfers increased 12 percent with Illinois Iowa Nebraska Indiana and Kansas leading. Transfers totaled 67.5 percent more than registrations for the year.
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Omaha
C. D. Swaffer
American Shorthorn Assn
Iowa
Illinois
Ilinois
Nebraska
Indiana
Kansas
Swaffar
Massillon Farm Harvests For Raymond Kroemer
Twenty eight neighbors harvested the corn on Raymond Kroemer’s farm east of Massillon. Kroemer earlier suffered the loss of his forearm in a farm accident. Women of the neighborhood provided the noon meal for the workers.
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Lowden
Raymond Kroemer
Massillon
Kroemer
Farm auction notices list cows machinery near Chelsea and Springville
On Tuesday November 22 at 7 AM a sale at the Sacra Farm will auction dairy cows machinery hay and straw led by Mrs Esther Barlachek and Charles Garlacheky located 4 miles northeast of Chelsea. On Saturday November 24 at 12 noon a closing sale of livestock machinery hay and straw is conducted by Robert Hanna near Sprineville northwest of Springville.
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Roser Geater
Eldon Hans
Vinton
Stanwood
Ervin Tacheu
Floyd Yoram Ranches
Orchars
Colo
Anamosa LivestIock
Anamosa
Elas
Oakley and
Oxley
Marlow
Tipton
Fred Luedeman
Esther Barlachek
Charles Garlacheky
Chelsea
Robert Hanna
V2msky
Sprineville
East Iowan Directing Rural Electric Group
William E. Adams of Cedar Rapids Iowa serves as conference chairman for a North Central Generating and Transmission meeting set for November 17 and 18 in Minneapolis He is general manager of the Central Iowa Power Cooperative at Marion Iowa which serves eight member rural electric cooperatives in partnership with the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Adams chairs the G and T group affiliated with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association The meeting aims to discuss forming a national G and T organization to meet annually with the NRECA annual meeting.
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Minneapolis
Minn
William E. Adams
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
North Central Generating and Transmission
inMinneapolis
Adams
Central Iowa Power Cooperative
Marion
Iowa Electtric Light and Power Company
G and T
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Washington
NRECA
Benton Sessions Set On Estate Planning
A trio of estate planning meetings is scheduled by the Benton county extension office. The sessions will run November 21, November 28, and December 5 at 7 30 p.m. at the extension office with Neil Hart an economics professor at Iowa State University and a member of the Iowa bar leading the programs.
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Vinton
Benton Bounty
Neil Hart
Iowa State University
Iowa Bar
U S Farm Sales To Japan Near One Billion
Nelson A. Stitt, director of the United States Japan Trade Council, told the National Association of County Agricultural Agents in Honolulu that U S agricultural sales to Japan may reach about 1 billion dollars by year end. He warned that rising import demand boosts the U S balance of payments while exports lag behind. Don Lerch moderated a panel urging agents to aid farmers by applying science and technology to keep American agriculture competitive amid rising prices and labor shortages.
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Honolulu
Japan
United States
Nelson A. Stitt
U.S
Stitt
Don Lerch
Washington, D.C
Lerch
Four Milk Order Hearings Called
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will hold four area wide hearings on 71 federal milk marketing orders. Hearings in Cleveland on November 14, St. Louis on November 15, Denver on November 16, and Washington on November 17 will set December 1966 to June 1967 fluid milk class I prices. Dairy farmer representatives requested action to prevent price reductions and potential fluid milk shortages for consumers.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Louis
Denver
Colo
Consumer and Marketing Service
USDA
Larger Apple Crop Forecast for 1967
Washington AP reports the 1967 outlook from the agriculture department predicts a larger pear crop and a smaller overall apple output. The forecast calls for a 128.2 million bushel commercial apple crop, down 6 percent from last year, while the 1966 pear crop is set at 30.3 million bushels, about 15 percent above average.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Corn crop harvest progress outpaces last year in Iowa
By Monday 70 percent of Iowa’s corn had been harvested, well ahead of 40 percent a year ago and the five year average of 62 percent. Central district led with 80 percent harvested. sorghum at 81 percent. Dry soil slowed fall plowing though 60 percent done. Topsoil moisture reported short by 71 percent, adequate by 29 percent. subsoil moisture short by 67 percent, adequate by 33 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Steer Yield Insight: 1,000-pound Animal Produces 590 Beef Pounds
A 1000 pound steer yields about 590 pounds of carcass beef, illustrating a rough 59 percent yield from live weight to processed meat. The figure reflects slaughtering efficiency and carcass conversion in beef production.
Cedar County Angus Tops All Breed Auction in Maquoketa
Eighteen heifer calves averaged 219 and 89 steers averaged 182 at the fifth annual All Breed Club Calf sale in the Bowman pavilion Maquoketa. Top Angus heifer consigned by Ari Domer and Sons sold for 450 to Sandra Hench Delmar. Other consignments included Herefords by Bill Irvine Dysart and a Short horn by Sherman and Kendrick Berg Osage.
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Maquoketa
Ari Domer
Bill Irvine
Dysart
Sherman
Kendrick Berg
Osage
Farmer-Businessman Banquets Scheduled In Marengo
Marengo Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a farmer business banquet November 19 in the Iowa Valley high school multi purpose room. Principal speaker will be Max Milo Mills of Marshalltown with Marlin Peterson of Fairfax as singing farmer. Lyle Hartz of Marengo oversees arrangements.
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Marengo
Marengo Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Valley Community High School
Max Milo Mills
Marshalltown
Marlin Peterson
Fairfax
Lyle Hartz
Egg and poultry output seen rising in 1967 estimates
Washington and USDA projections show 1967 egg production up about 3 percent, turkey production up 5 percent, and broiler production increasing from 5 to 10 percent.
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Washington
USDA
Turkey
Collegiate Judging Added To 1967 National Lamb Show
The third annual National Lamb Show in Cedar Rapids June 6 8 1967 will include intercollegiate judging and premium money raises for contests. First place carcass group gets 150 dollars. first place individual carcass lamb 100 dollars. A junior 4H and FFA judging contest and a world open wool show are planned along with a lamb barbecue and women’s luncheon. Budget for 1967 rises to 3000 dollars with efforts to boost financing from breed associations and state departments.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
FFA
Jack Worley
Ely
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa and Jones County Firms Top Angus Sale
Hawkeye Angus Association Club call sale at Hawkeye Downs saw six purebred heifers average 157.50 and 48 steers average 168. Tom Gaffey of Parnell consigned two high priced heifers at 170 each sold to Carl Grimm and Sons of Strawberry Point. Ezra Werndt and Sons of Wyoming topped the steer sale with a pair. Calves sold for 355 each to Chuck Shada of Anamosa and Robert Brunscheen of Wyoming.
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Hawkeye Angus Association Club
Hawkeye Downs
Tom Gaffey
Parnell
Carl Grimm
Sons
Strawberry Point
Ezra Werndt
Wyoming
Chuck Shada
Anamosa
Robert Brunscheen
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