Petty Livestock Equipment relocates to Gladbrook Farm site
Petty Livestock Equipment Manufacturing Co. opened in a 96 by 100 foot Gladbrook plant after a fire destroyed their Eldora headquarters. Dale and Marilyn Petty started the business 11 years ago from Eldora, expanded to gates and livestock pens, and now produce hay panels metal racks and portable horse stalls with six local employees plus showroom space and a family-built building.
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Gladbrook
Eldora
Petty Livestock Equipment Manufacturing Co
Dale Petty
Marilyn
Petty
Cedar Rapids
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
North Linn Future Farmers of America
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Doug
Dan
Petty Construction Co
Union
Petty Manufacturing
Dale
State Soil Conservation Committee
Ladies Soil Conservation Auxiliary
Iowa Shorthorn Lassies
National Shorthorn Lassies Board
4 H winners from Gazette area reach national 4 H congress
Ten Gazette area 4 H award winners will join 33 Iowa delegates in Chicago for the National 4 H Congress. Recipients include Barb Benishek Lois Halstead Ronald Juhl George Kadimas Jr Jan Kramer Brian Lubben Phil Oliphant Tom Wall Kenneth Ward and Paula Lasack with additional national entries Dianne Arthaud and Kendy Lynn. Benishek chaired Jones County 4 H conservation planting 6386 trees and wrote 325 letters. Halstead studied food preservation and canning for her family. Juhl set records with Yorkshire boars and majors in pre veterinary medicine. Kadimas notes leadership and 11 Tama County awards. Kramer leads forestry projects and studies at Iowa State. Lubben counsels photography and school projects and is engineering student. Oliphant is a junior horse showman and ISU student. Ward spans 22 project areas through eight years in 4 H. Wall is a top beef showman with Johnson County ties and aims for efficient gains.
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Gazette
Chicago
Iowa
Barb Benischek
Oxford Junction
Lois Halstead
West Union
Ronald W. Juhl
Fairfax
George Kadimas Jr
Traer
Jan K. Kramer
Strawberry Point
Brian Lubben
Delhi
Phil Oliphant
Rowley
Tom Wall
Iowa City
Kenneth Ward
Ladora
Paula Lasack
Gazette Area 4-H
Dianne Arthaud
Hazleton
Kendy Kay Lynn
Walker
Benishek
Jones County
Benischek
Iowa State University
Ames
Paul and
June Benischek
Halstead
George Halstead
Juhl
Lisbon
Kadimas
Tama County
George
Patricia Kadimas
Kramer
Clayton County
Kenneth F. Kramer
Iowa State
Lubben
the Gazette
Klein N. Lubben
Oliphant
Roundup Steer Sale at Coggon Club
The high selling steer at the Coggon club sale brought $475, consigned by Richard Sick of Blairstown and bought by Paul Kramer of Walker. Kent Carruthers sold a high selling commercial heifer for $260 to Kurt Edwards. The sale, run by the North Linn Future Farmers of America, featured 56 steers at an average of $306 and 15 additional heifers. Des Moines reported Iowa cattlemen marketed 2.9 million grain-fed cattle in 1976, with 14 percent of the national total. top counties listed include Sioux and Pottawattamie.
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Coggon Club
Richard Sick
Blairstown
Paul Kramer
Walker
Kent Carruthers
Coggon
Kurt Edwards
Anamosa
North Linn
Future Farmers of America
Kirkwood Community College Hoof and Horn Club
Cedar Rapids
DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Sioux
Pottawattamie
Plymouth
Woodbury
Sac
Carroll
O’brien
Clinton
Lyon
Cherokee
Iowa Sheep and Lamb Feed on Farms Drops From Last Year
Sheep and lambs on feed in Iowa as of November 1 totaled 80,000 head, down 16 percent from a year earlier. Iowa placements on feed during September and October reached 48,000 head, 16 percent below the same period in 1976.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa beef industry probes impact of plant closings
State and federal officials met with beef industry representatives and the Iowa Cattlemen's Association to discuss plant closings. ICA President Bill Schermer Latimer said the industry has been seriously affected by these closures and by arbitrary USDA regulations, meat inspections, and environmental rules impacting cattle producers and consumers.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa Cattlemen’s Association
ICA
Bill Schermer
Latimer
U.S. Department of Agriculture
UMOs Soil Judging Team Wins Northeast Title at Sugarloaf
UMOs soil judging team coached by Tom Saviello won the Northeast title at Sugarloaf Mountain Maine beating seven universities and ending Marylands eight year run. Saviello says weekly practice in ten pits builds real world skill and plans to retire as coach next month.
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Orono
Maine
UPI
University of Maine At
UMO
Sugarloaf Mountain
Kingfield
University of Maryland
Saviello
UMC
Soil conservation feats shape Iowa County farms
David McCartney reshaped his 415 acre Iowa County farm since 1954 with terraces, three ponds, and contour farming to curb erosion. He uses chisel plow, three year crop rotation, and hillside grass strips while funding and sharing costs for drainage and ponds. The Black and Wetten farms earned a district award for erosion control after deploying strip cropping, minimum tillage, terraces, and crop rotation.
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Millersburg
David McCartney
Washington County
Iowa County
Iowa County Soil Conservation Service
McCartney
Iowa County Soil District
Delmar
Larry Wetten
Marengo
Clyde
Bryant
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Pettys
East Buchanan High School
Independence
Dale Oliphant
Ward
Dean
Naomi Ward
Iowa Valley High School
Wall
Johnson County
John P. Wall
West Branch Community High School
Ron Juhl
Kadrmas
Lasack
Packer
SCS
Wettens
Peoria
Quad Cities
DIV
Ingersoll Building Products, Inc
Lowa-Llinois
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