Farm Decline Seen Across U S Over Decade and a Half
A Presidential advisory panel forecasts the United States will lose about one million farms from 3.2 million in 1964 to 2.2 million by 1988. Regions vary, with the Southeast Delta and Appalachia hardest hit, while Great Lakes and Corn Belt largely steadier.
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Washington
UPI
United States
National Advisory Commission On Food and Fiber
Southeast
Delta
Appalachian
Northeast
Delta States
Plains
Appalachia
Sueppel Crossbred Wins Carcass Contest at Johnson County Show
Hampshire Yorkshire crossbred entered by Larry Sueppel Solon earned a 9 inch loin eye with 47.22 percent ham in the carcass division at the Johnson County quality park show. The barrow placed seventh live, with Howard Berry Iowa City Duroc second in carcass at 47.12 percent ham and loin. Other top finishers include Steve Berry 46.97 Cecil Hotz 46.46. There were 74 hogs entered.
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Iowa City
Larry Sueppel
Solon
Loin Ln
Johnson County
Barrow
Howard Berry
Steve Berry
William Hotz
Town
City
Cecil Hotz
Lone Tree
Fall Farm Sales And Livestock Auctions Listed
A sequence of farm sales and livestock auctions is announced with dates in October. Listings include dispersals, closing out sales, and public auctions for properties around Watford Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine Viola Marengo and Fairfax Iowa featuring Holsteins Herefords hay straw machinery and miscellaneous goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ressler
Watford
Herschel Martin
Bennett
Hampshire
Columbus Junction Fairground
Orville Meeker and Sons
Fred Zody
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Don Hieffie
Belle Plains
G. R. Hagerman
Alburnett
Ella Jacobs
Marengo
Guernsey
al Houska
Viola
K. C
Buster
Coggon
Soybean Meeting Scheduled Oct 9 in Manchester
A soybean production meeting is scheduled for October 9 at Lambert School in Manchester. Extension agronomist Dr Harvey Thompson will discuss plant population varieties fertility requirements and disease control. A second meeting on corn production harvesting and marketing follows October 15 at Edgewood High School.
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Manchester
Lambert School
Harvey Thompson
Delaware County Voag
Extension Service
Edgewood High School
North Linn Farmers School Starts Tuesday
Troy Mills hosts the first of ten sessions of the North Linn Wong adult farmers evening school at 8 p m Tuesday in the Troy Mills school. The program covers swine production facilities and carcass evaluation with reports to be shared at the Oct 24 meeting.
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Troy Mills
North Linn Wong Adult Farmers
Walker Sale
Waterloo
Troy Mills School
Income Summary Highlights Farm Volume and Efficiency
Iowa City report shows 1966 net income for 14 southeastern Iowa farms averaging 14,788 dollars, down from 18,033 in 1965. Higher expenses and weaker livestock margins explain the drop, with hogs dominating livestock income and crop value per acre contributing to the difference. Net production per man was 31,315 dollars on high profit farms versus 19,026 on low profit farms.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Johnson County
Clair E. Hein
U.S
Two New Supervisors In Winneshiek DHIA
Oscar Lemke and Leslie Skersick were appointed as DHIA supervisors to fill vacancies from resignations. They will begin work with Winneshiek dairy herd owners in the coming days, per association president Erbie Steffens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Oscar Lemke
Leslie Skersick
DHIA
Charles Egge
James Wilder
Winneshiek
Erbie Steffens
Association
Chicken Purchases Rise for School Lunch Program
Washington reports the U S Department of Agriculture has bought 15 372 000 pounds of fresh frozen chicken for the school lunch program totaling 4 628 000 dollars to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Meat imports fall short of quota trigger for 1967
Secretary Freeman reports the fourth quarterly estimate shows U S meat imports for the year at about 860 million pounds, below the 995 million level needed to trigger presidential quotas under the 1964 law. The base was set at 904.6 million pounds in December.
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Washington
Orville L. Freeman
United States
Three-Way Tie in Cedar County Carcass Show
The Cedar county carcass contest ended in a three way tie with identical scores. Entries from Wilton Junction and West Liberty shared top honors, judged by Charles Colvin of Hawkeye. Colvin urged producers to use carcass data to guide breeding improvements.
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Tipton
Cedar County
C. W. Lenker and Sons
Wilton Junction
Gaylord
Don Wilson
West Liberty
Colvin
Iowa
Dhes
State University
ISU
Perreau
Assn
Dexes
Ken Knight
Oscar Mayer and Co
Hawkeye
Thompson Heads to Ethiopia for AID Assignment
Waterloo resident Louis Thompson will join an AID beef cattle project in Ethiopia under Stanford University Research Institute after Nigeria project was halted by unrest. A longtime livestock expert, he previously worked with Bath Packing and the South Dakota extension service.
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Thompson
Waterloo
Africa
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Bath Packing Company
Livestock Service Department
Agency For International Development
Colorado State University
Kansas State University
University of Wisconsin
AID
Stanford University Research Institute
Thompsons
Menlo Park
Calif
New Hampton
Towa State University
South Dakota
Gettysburg
Brookings
Rath
Dairy Cattle Congress
Jerry
Detroit
Barbara
Gene Merz
Sioux Falls
Farmers Union Pushes Ban on Corporate Farming Across States
National Farmers Union seeks state laws banning farming by big nonfarm corporations and to boost farm bargaining power. President Tony T. Dechant cites Gates Farms Inc as example and calls for constitutional corporate farming restrictions in Oklahoma Kansas and North Dakota to curb nonfarm interests.
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Washington
UPI
National Farmers Union
Farmers Union
Farmers Union Board of Directors
Tony T. Dechant
Dechant
Gates Farms, Inc
Gates Rubber Co
Denver
Oklahoma
Kansas
North Dakota
Iowa Meat Output Up in August 1967
Iowa meat production in August reached 446 018 000 pounds, up 12 percent from August 1966 and 13 percent above 1967. Cattle slaughter rose 4 percent, calves up 6 percent, hog liveweight up 5 pounds with 22 percent more hogs slaughtered, sheep and lambs 41 000 head, amid broader farm policy debates and rural credit urged by the Farmers Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Feed Grain Meeting Set by ASCS in Des Moines
An ASCS committee called a 1968 feed grain program meeting for Thursday at 8:30 am in the Fort Des Moines hotel. Leaders of farm groups producers and handlers and other interested parties are invited to attend and present views said Fred R McLain state ASCS chairman.
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McCuny Wallu
MSS EC
State
ASCS
Fort Des Moines
Fred R. McLain
Clinton county beef tour draws 400 attendees and 3000 cattle
More than 400 people attended the Clinton county beef tour last Thursday. Fourteen feeders spoke about their operations and attendees viewed over 3000 cattle in feed lots.
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Dewitt
Clinton County
2 County Sheep Tour Scheduled Friday
A Cedar Rapids and Jones county sheep producers tour is set for Friday. It begins at 10 a.m. at the Andy Nielson farm on highway 64 east of Anamosa, then moves to Delbert Grafft farm southeast of Anamosa. Nielson and Grafft are Iowa Master Lamb Producers. a noon meal is at Hovey cafe in Olin with exten sion livestock specialists Tom Wickersham and Andy Boston speaking.
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Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Andy Nielson
Highway 64
Nielson
Delbert Grafft
Grafft
Iowa
Hovey Cafe
Olin
Tom Wickersham
Ames
Andy Boston
Extension Livestock Specialists
Clinton Market Caravan Heads for Clinton on Camanche Avenue
In DeWitt county the Clinton market caravan lines up on Camache Avenue at noon to push beef marketing proposals. Critics oppose Sunday cuts while shippers seek a five million dollar inland tax boost. further trucks in two chartered buses follow for approval in Chicago.
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Clinton Market
Dewitt
Clinton County
Camanche Avenue
Clinton
Chicago
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L. K. Bronemann
Monticello
Hawkeye Sale
Fairfax
Iowa-Cedar Valley
Royal Turtle
Norway
North Linn Farmers School
Iowa County
4-H Club
Carol Achterberg
South Amana
Barbara Johnson
Williamsburg
Mervin Jack
Victor
Dwight Gildemeister
Mike Bott
Eddie Lillis
Parnell
Roy Bral
Lucena Morse
Francine Winslow
Iowa State Extension Service
E. G. Stoneberg
H. B. Howell
Winneshiek Dhia
Meeker
Hampshire ‘Sale
Fairgrounds
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Orville Meeker & Sons
Letts
Delaware
Charles Colvin
Hawkeye Monday
Delaware County
University of Iowa
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Farmers Union Directors Aba
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
Clinton Beef
America
Herbel CC
Canter Point Rd
Atlas Concrete CO
DIAL
Landis
R. Ww
Lrisnois
Landis Financial Group
Empire Credit Corp
Public Finance Service
Pirst Ave
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