Farm women liberated says Zumbach of Z-Bar Farms
Carol Zumbach 50 years old leads Z-Bar Farms eight miles northeast of Coggon farming 1,170 acres and feeding 1,500 head of cattle yearly with five children also involved in the operation. She serves as Delaware County CowBelles president and sits on Kirkwood Community College ag advisory committee. She discusses women’s liberation and farm costs,Politics and local races, and notes farm programs and inflation as major issues.
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the Gazette
Carol Zumbach
Myron Sr
Coggon
Carol
Myron L. Jr
Ryan
Terry
Hopkinton
Rose
Calvin
Kevin
Z-Bar Farms
Delaware County
Kirkwood Community College Agriculture Advisory Committee
Cedar Rapids
Lutheran Church At
Merry Makers Club
Boulder
Hazel Green
Boulder Township
Linn County
Hazel Green Township
Kaliban Threshing Crew
Prairieburg
Buck Creek
Castle Grove
U.S. Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Carter
Dubuque Packing Co
Notable lineup announced for Midwestern Conference on Food Policy
Speakers include former U.S. secretaries of agriculture Orville Freeman and Clifford Hardin and former CIA director William Colby. The three day event begins November 14 in SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE, with sponsors Morningside Briar Cliff and Westmar colleges and the National Endowment for the Humanities plus 18 private contributors. Freeman will discuss food exports and imports Hardin will address impediments to food marketing Colby will connect food to national security.
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South Sioux City
Neb
U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture
Central Intelligence Agency
Morningside, Briar Cliff and
Westmar Colleges
National Endowment For the Humanities
Orville Freeman
Business International Corp
Kennedy
Johnson
Iowa farm statistics show vast acreages and strong cash receipts
The 1978 Iowa Agricultural Statistics book reports 34.1 million acres farmed on 128000 farms averaging 266 acres. Iowa led in principal crops, hogs, and cattle and calves production, with cash receipts second to California. Average 1977 Iowa farm gross 59027 and net 8101. total real estate debt stood at 4.618 billion. The statistics are published jointly by Iowa and U.S. departments of agriculture.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Texas
California
Book of Statistics
U.S. Departments of Agriculture
C. Ray Halley
Iowa publishes 1977 agriculture yearbook with county data
The 102 page Iowa agriculture yearbook covers general crops livestock and prices. It compiles voluntary farmer data by county with tables and graphs on hay yields alfalfa rye and more. About 6 500 copies were printed and many will be used in schools and by the public.
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Iowa
Halley
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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