Iowans Visit USDA New Nebraska Research Center
A Iowa group toured Clay Center Nebraska to inspect the 35 000 acre USDA meat animal research center near Hastings run by USDA with University of Nebraska and land grant partners. Plans include beef cattle sheep and hog research with future programs three to four years away. A pasture program will develop 35 000 acres and replace Fort Robinson with work focusing on genetics breeding physiology growth and meat quality among others. An advisory sheep committee will be formed and Iowa scientists invited to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wickersham
Iowa State University
Iowa
Keith E. Gregory
USDA
New Meat Animal Research Center
Clay Center
Neb
Gregory
Lowans
MES
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hastings
Leslie Johnson
Don Warner
Dewey Jontz
Iowa State Sheep Assn
University of Nebraska Experiment Station
Keith B. Gregory
Agriculture Department
State Agricultural Experiment Stations
Lnner Ammunition
Animal Husbandry Research
Fort Robinson, Neb
Fort Robinson
Fort Wingate, In.m
Wide Range for Linn County Corn Yields in 1966 Study
The Linn County corn yield study reports yields from 78 to 163 bushels per acre this fall with one plot at 3 bushels. Average yield across 25 sites was 117 bushels, down from 122 last year, while ear weight averaged 0.48 pounds vs 0.52 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Vivan Jennings
Joe R. Baughman
Linn County Soil Conservation District
Jennings
Midtowa Hereford Sale Tops 1965 Average By $40
Twenty steel calves averaged $171 each in the annual 4-H club calf sale at Marshalltown Livestock Auction. Top calf, consigned by Don Miller of Dysart, sold for $265 to Gerald Timm of Tama. Second high, from LaVerne Zink of State Center, went to Chester Hess of Malcom for $220.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Midtowa Hereford Association
Don Miller
Dysart
Gerald Timm
Tama
LaVerne Zink
Siate Center
Chester Hess
Malcom
Sheep Progeny Ram Test Station Planned for Dec 5
Iowa Ram Progeny Improvement Assn members and sheep industry interests will meet December 5 at 10 a.m. in Kildee Hall Iowa State University to organize a sponsoring group for a ram testing program. The group will inspect a Boone county barn for suitability and model tests on lambs to compare genetic merit under identical rations and environments. All interested in Iowa sheep business invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Ram Progeny Improvement Assn
Kildee Hall
Iowa State University
Tom Wickersham
Boone County
Wickersham
Iowa
State Record Is Set At Holstein Sale In Iowa
Average price for 45 cows and calves at the Iowa Holstein Breeders Association fall sale reached a record $556. The top lot was a cow and his calf sold for $1,100. Other high spots included a July calf selling for $625 and a top bull at $450. Purchases came from four states with about 300 in attendance at the National Dairy Cattle Congress pavilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis-Chalmers WO
Minneapolis
John Deere
Waterloo
Iowa Holstein Breeders Association
William A. Gustafson
Gowrie
Fayette County
Mike” Stewart
Maynard
Williams and Bingham
Huntley
John Foels
Postville
Rex Miller
Harcourt
Percy
Phillip Peterson
Callendar
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Jersey breeder from Traer named council vice president
Russell Bud Lyon of Traer was elected vice president of the Iowa Purebred Dairy Cattle Council at the annual meeting on the Iowa State campus. Lyon also presides over the Iowa Jersey Cattle Club and manages Tama county ASCS in Toledo. Harry Clampitt of New Providence was named vice president of the council, a Milking Shorthorn breeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Russell “Bud” Lyon
Traer
Iowa Purebred Dairy Cattle Council
Iowa State
Lyon
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Tama County
ASCS
Toledo
Harry Clampitt
New Providence
Des Moines Meeting Names Odem to Iowa Grain Board
LeRoy Odem of Postville was elected a director of the Iowa Grain and Feed Association at the group's sixty seventh annual meeting in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
LeRoy Odema
Postville
Iowa Grain and Feed Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Nebraska Research Center
Towa Agricultural Experiment Station
Soil Conservation Service
Cooperative Extension Service
Farm Fages
Robert Hanna
Springville
Albert McVay
Ryan
Merle Rippel
Auburn
I. E. Kemp
Marion
Emil Kadera
Oxford
S Elmer Schlicte
Woof Luxemburg
H.h
C. F. Ballard
Robins
Hugh W. Elliott
Slam
Mechanicsville
Nerad and
Achenbach
Alvin Schild
S2 mi
Belle Plaine
Alva Beebe
Inc
Central Cis
Eby
Feols
Rudolph Malarek
Sal
George Stahl
Williamsburg
Midtowa
Hereford
Winthrop
Highway No. 20
Black
Allis-Chalmers
Allis- Chalmers
John Cere
Allis- Chalmers Él
J. Deere
Lille Giant
Sears
Ofl
Wayne Miller
Farmers State Savings Bank
Flesk
Charles Werner
Holstein Sale
Traer Man
Kentucky
Frankfort, Kentucky
P. Loriflard Company
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