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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1983

Page

35

Midwest Markets $4.85 y Pro Farmer

A brief listing notes Midwest Markets at 4.85 dollars and references Pro Farmer with a contact number 396-7978.

Y Pro Farmer

Des Moines Markets Report on Live Hens and Meat Products

The Federal-State Market News Service notes steady undertone for live hens and light trading with good demand and short supplies. Farm eggs show price stability. Grade A large 58-61¢ per dozen, medium 49-51¢, small 20-22¢. Central U.S. meat trade reports steady to higher steer and heifer carcasses with slow trading and firm offerings. boxed cuts and specific beef items listed with varied prices.

Federal-State Market News Service Federal State Market News Service Wess U.S Soeer Forces

Livestock Futures Report Mixed Cattle and Hogs Market Activity

Market notes show feeders and slaughter cattle steady to higher amid thin demand. Hog futures edge up with some classes at 40.00 to 40.25, while cattle slaughter and feeder sales remain active with prices up about one dollar. Eyewitness prices reflect slow buyer interest and varying regional quotes for sows and lean meats.

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Joliet Cattle Trade Mixed as Markets Hold Steady

Cattle trading at Joliet Wednesday showed moderate activity with slaughter steers steady to higher and heifers firmer on high quality lots. Prices cited ranged around 37.00 to 37.50 for 350 to 600 pound barrows, with other weights and classes listed but overall sentiment reflecting cautious but steady demand from buyers.

Livestock Prices and Contacts Reported

Iowa area market notes show lambs at 10.130 pound and 50 price figures for lambs with contact details, including Ray Zomasiil. Waterloo Roth Packing Co quotes a butcher rate of 412 dollars.

Winneshiek County Names Pork Queen and Princess

Winneshiek County crowned Kathy Kriener as pork queen and Doreen Huinker as princess. Kathy is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Kriener of rural Ridgeway while Doreen is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Huinker of rural Decorah.

Winneshiek County Kathy Kriener Herman Kriener Ridgeway Doreen Huinker David Huinker Decorah

Iowa Extension Calendar Highlights Regional 4-H and Farm Meetings

A week by week digest of 4-H events and agricultural meetings across Clayton Delaware Fayette Black Hawk Tama and Linn counties. Highlights include the World Dairy Expo in Madison Oct 6 7 and a national 4-H week Oct 2 8. Key gatherings feature extension seminars beef growth stimulants hog records and payment in kind grain discussions.

Clayton County Howard County Madison Wis Black Hawk County Nine University Ave Waterloo Elkader Delaware County Farm Bureau Manchester Iowa Colony Inn Amana Fayette County Parkette Board Fayette Federal Farm Merrill Marxman Washington Marxman Iowa Farm Bureau West Des Moines Tama County Hickory Hills Park Winneshiek County Decorah East Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids

Ex-AGRI officials detail illegal grain sale

A federal jury heard that AGRI Industries unlawfully sold government grain last spring. Tom Duffy testified he and others concealed the error while restitution was rushed after many knew of the irregular sale. Witnesses described a scheme involving high grade wheat moved from Fort Worth to Houston to fill a ship.

Des Moines Agri Industries Tom Duffy Agri Planning AGRI Duffy Joe L. Duncan Jack Wyard Wyard Fort Worth Texas Duncan Tom Williamson Houston

Injunction Against FmHA Could Pause Farm Foreclosures

Hearing set for October 17 in Bismarck North Dakota to decide if a temporary injunction halting Farmers Home Administration foreclosures can be extended nationwide. Judge Bruce Van Sickle previously ordered a 30 day notice before income freezes and foreclosures with deferral options for farmers behind due to temporary hardships. The ND action, filed as a class suit by nine borrowers, follows earlier court wins curbing FmHA actions and a separate ruling on unspent Economic Emergency funds.

al Swegle Uazette Farm Edutc Bismark N.D Farmers Home Administration North Dakota Bruce van Sickle Georgia Kansas Dakota Sarah Vogel Grand Forks N.C the Gazette Farmers Home Vogel Thomas A. Flannery Washington, D.C

Family farms face political fight to survive by 1999

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower warned at Living History Farms that family farms could disappear by 1999 unless defenders engage in politics. He argued federal farm policy favors large corporations, cites the Farm Policy Act of 1981 as causing a 38 percent price drop for farmers while retail prices rise 28 percent. He urged a new policy to protect producers.

Urbandale Iowa Texas Jim Hightower Hightower Living History Farms National Catholic Rural Life Conference

Insect fragments found in school meat shipments

A P S report shows five of twelve meat samples bound for the school lunch program contained insect pieces. Spokesman John McClung said the fragments pose no health threat but are contaminants. One Spokane sample held ten fragments, possibly from one insect, from meat bought from Cattle King in Denver and Nebraska Beef Inc. in Gering.

Washington Agriculture Department John McClung Spokane Wash McClung Cattle King of Denver Nebraska Beef Inc Gering Neb

Senate debates dairy price supports and tobacco subsidy overhaul

The Senate on Wednesday began considering legislation to cut federal dairy price supports and overhaul the tobacco subsidy program. A vote on the dairy-tobacco bill was expected today.

Washington Senate

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