Washington DC first large city completes soil map project
Washington becomes the first large city to have a complete soil map detailing types and deficiencies in 69 square miles. The U S Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service published the survey in Soil Conservation magazine noting the DC study will guide landscaping plants and pollution tolerant gardening.
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Washington
White House
District of Columbia
Soil Conservation
U.S
Sail Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
Anne Zack
White Houe
Ford
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Ice
Zack
National Park Service
USDA
Washington, D.C
James C. Patterson
Research Agrouo
D.C
Farm Tractor Safety Training Becomes Mandatory for Workers
New federal or state rule requires all workers operating agricultural tractors to be instructed in safe practices per ROPS standards. Family members operating tractors are exempt. Employers must prove training occurred and annually refresh all staff. Public aid via Iowa State University pamphlet 632 supports compliance.
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Labor Department
Dave Muir
Extension
Iowa State University
Hull
Iowa
Town Bureau “of Labor
Iso
Carrington Clyde Farm Brings $1,470 an Acre
Independence auction sells forty acre Carrington Clyde Farm at 1470 dollars per acre. Jerold Bure of Independence pays total 58800 dollars. Proceeds fund the new 260 acre Northeast Iowa Experimental farm at Nashua in Floyd County.
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Independence
Carrington-Clyde
Jerold Bure
Iowa
Nashua
Floyd County
Local Auction Schedule Fragments Across October and November
Auction notices list multiple events: land auction on Saturday October 26 with equipment and several bidders near Bloomfield. dairy equipment sale near Maricello led by Leo Tjaden and Laverne Zumbach. late November closeout sale with machinery and household goods near Waller and Central City.
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Machi
Hoy
Dim Amy Dixon
Bloomieht
Sun
Leo Tjaden
Laverne Zumbach
Marilicello
Mach
Tooty
Hh. Woods
Orval Drone Barger
Waller
McQuire
J mi
Central City
Cedar Rapids Food Processing Expands to 850 Million Market
A Cedar Rapids Marion area survey shows the food processing sector will buy and sell over 850 million in livestock and grain annually. The industry supports thousands of local jobs and pays over 63 million in payroll and 3 million in property taxes each year, underscoring Cedar Rapids as a key market for regional agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar
Rapids
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Towa
Robert Faxon
Chamber
Publi
Jones 4-H Officers Training Session Set
Anamosa Iowa Jones County will hold a training time for all newly elected 4 H club officers from 1 30 to 3 00 p m Saturday afternoon October 25 at Strawberry Hill school in Anamosa The clinic will cover the responsibilities and dates of each 4 H club office with special training on giving club presentations and demonstrations
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Anamosa
Jones County
Strawberry Hill School
Anamona
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Joe Anhalt
Fort Dodge
Oakley
Kan
Anhalt
John Jackson
Osage City
By Don Kendall
Steinbeck
Randy
Kelly Yerry
Tears OF Law Enforcement (Inc
Cadnt Rapids Police
Kikwood Community College
University of Jews
Mount Mery College
Mujic
News Farm
Carrington Clyde Farm
Pam
Von
Midwest
Cresco
C.R
Cation
Cedar Rapids
Smulekoffs
Esa
Pantie
Amana
Turkey
SyMe Savings
Cothew
Fey
Cocks Mom Foods
Opgertes
Tor
Thad Avenue
Frost
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