Interview with a farmer on Homestead area farm life
Robert Buser, 44, stock-share renter on 240 acres near Homestead, discusses cattle and hogs enterprises, acreage, crop notes, and rootworm control. He comments on traffic, politics, and concerns about rising costs and inflation affecting farming profitability. He plans to buy cattle, harvest 95 acres of corn, and raise 225 spring pigs with 20 sows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Buser
Homestead
Heidi
Bernard Rupe
Quakertown
Penn
Wendy
Portland
Maine
Roberta
Williamsburg High School
Terry
Jean
Julius
Brenda
Gary
Williamsburg
Farm Bureau
St. John’s Lutheran Church
American Legion
Iowa County
Franzenburg
Hughes
Schmidhauser
Congress
October livestock sales set across farms and fairs
A series of fall auctions listed by farm and club managers includes George Rayman selling livestock and machinery on October 8 near Toledo, Tom Lima's dairy cattle dispersal on October 11 near Center Point, North Linn FFA calf sale on October 12 near Coggon, and the Cedartown Valley Hereford calf sale on October 26 at the Hawkeye sale barn in Fairfax, managed by Royal Tuttle of Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rayman
Toledo
Tom Lima
Center Point
North Linn Ffa
Colgon
Cedartown Valley
Hawkeye Sale
Fairfax
Royal Tuttle
Norway
FHA Loans Advance to 97 000 Farmers
Secretary Freeman announced that the Farmers Home Administration advanced farm ownership loans to more than 97 000 farm family operators in fiscal 1968. About $205 million was loaned to 10 800 borrowers, with 87 000 farm families continuing to use FHA credit from prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farmers Home Administration
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
State Four H Award Winners Are Announced
Iowa winner Vicki Lackender, 18, of Iowa City earns the 1968 state 4 H recreation award after eight years in 4 H. She undertook clothing food nutrition home furnishings and junior leadership and has represented at state conferences and choruses while attending the University of Iowa. Hampton teen Charlie Brown, 17, wins the 1968 4 H Poland China award for his hog projects and consumer education work. He is county 4 H president and a Hampton Community school senior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Vicki Lackender
Iowa City
Glenn Lackender
Vicki
University of Iowa
Charlie Brown
Hampton
Charlie
J. Gerald Brown
Poland
Youthpower
Chicago
Hampton Community School
USDA Purchases Park For School Lunches
USDA bought 654500 pounds of frozen ground pork for the national school lunch program at a cost of 337000 dollars. USDA noted 82 percent of contracts went to Midwest packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
USDA
Midwest
Four H Farm Safety Trip Winners Named for Chicago Conference
Four Iowa 4H members were selected as trip winners to the National Safety Conference in Chicago, October 27 to 30. Winners include Sandy Hackbarth Dews Marty Halbur Loleta Kixmiller and Ron Swanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa 4H
Chicago
Sandy Hackbarth
Dews
Marty Halbur
Carroll
Loleta Kixmiller
Walnut
Ron Swanson
Buffalo
Little Change Expected In Beef Prices
University of Illinois cattle analyst L H Simer predicts beef prices will stay near current levels for several weeks with possible steadying into to winter. He notes risks from heavy cattle weights bunched marketings imports and slaughter trends while consumer demand remains strong and pork and turkey outputs shift modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simer
Turkey
Watershed program revival urged by Humphrey and Nixon
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Republican candidate Richard Nixon pledge to revive the federal small watershed flood prevention program stalled by a jurisdictional dispute between the Johnson administration and Congress. The program, aimed at protecting small rural watersheds, faces halted new project approvals while older projects continue, with hundreds of groups urging resolution of the constitutional issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson Administration
Congress
Humphrey
National Association of Conservation Districts
Nixon
SCS
Shorthorns Averaged $352 at Oskaloosa Sale
In Oskaloosa the Central States Shorthorn and Polled Shorthorn sale saw 46 lots average $352. Bulls averaged $306 and females $386, with a 31 head steer calf group at $180 and 10 heifers at $212. Top lot combined cow, yearling heifer and calf sold for $1,445 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Central States
Bill Anderson
West Liberty
Kearney Strong
Bentonia
Miss
Larry Jarck
Durant
James Collins
Keswick
Raymond Hammes
Sigourney
Penningroth Brothers
Wellman
Anderson
Ray Leinkuhler
Napton
George Slater
Augusta
Til
Leland Kellogg
Cole
Missouri
Billy Stunkel
Fremont
Neb
Tom ‘Sherlock
Oxford
Milk Production Record Noted in Dairy Cow Statistics
The record cites a lifetime production of 107,040 pounds of milk and 4,633 pounds of butterfat achieved over 2,960 days in milk by a dairy cow.
Postville-Dale Delight Ideal Elsa Holstein Credits Kerr Brothers
Postville-Dale Delight Ideal Elsa, a registered Holstein owned by Kerr Brothers of Postville, is officially credited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Dale Delight
Elsa
Kerr Brothers of
Special TB Test Set in NE Iowa
State and federal animal health officials launch a nine county bovine tuberculosis eradication campaign in northeast Iowa. All cattle in Bremer Fayette and parts of Chickasaw Floyd Butler Black Hawk Buchanan Clayton and Delaware counties will receive the tuberculin test after tracing shows cattle infected with TB sold to packers from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Bremer
Fayette
Chickasaw
Floyd
Butler
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Clayton
Delaware
Extension Meetings Planned in Delaware
Manchester extension township annual meetings are scheduled in 17 Delaware county townships early in November. Richard Mawe, extension council chairman, announced that extension council members will be elected in nine townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Extension Township
Delaware County
Richard Mawe
Extension Council
Iowa Reports One Hog Cholera Case In September
Iowa had one hog cholera case in September, 1968, bringing the nine month total to 15. The state veterinarian urged vigilance, noting the disease is highly contagious and asking swine industry participants to watch for signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
M. E. Pomeroy
Division of
Animal Industry
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Thatcher Re-elected by Red Angus Assn in Iowa City
Kenneth Thatcher, secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, was re-elected president of the Midwest Red Angus Assn. at a meeting in Iowa City. Officers re-elected include Earl Werling of Hardy as vice-president and Mrs. Rex James of Scarsboro as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Kenneth Thatcher
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Midwest Red Angus Assn
Thatcher
Cumming
Earl Werling
Hardy
Rex James
Scarsboro
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Rex Conn
Owens Sisters
Tom Sherlock
Oscar Hodgson
Pleasantville
Gazette
First Ave
Ree
L. H. Simerl
University of
Ilinois
U.S
Drouth
Central Great Plains
Southeast
Uncle Sam
HHH
Bernard Brewer
Congressional
Agriculture Department
Soil Conservation Service
House
Senate Agricultural Committees
Congressional Public Works Committees
White House Budget Bureau
Gressional
Alan Swegle
Lester Petrak
Waubeek
Todd Duckett
Harold Duckett
Petrak
South Carolina
William Buechel
Kohli-Buechel
Ins
Agency
Maye McCoy
E. D. McCoy
Ins. Agency, Inc
John Bouslog
Bouslog
Louis Burkhalter
Burkhalter
Red Angus Assn
Second Ave
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