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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1980
Page
11
U S Department of Agriculture data indicate higher marketed cattle through year end with an estimated 5.88 million head, a 3 percent rise from late 1979 yet 13 percent below the 1972 fourth quarter. Feedlot numbers show 9.99 million head ready for slaughter, similar to last year and well below 1978.
Rep. Tom Tauke visits the Frank Koutny farm near Ely to view fields plagued by multiflora rose. Farmers from Linn Johnson Johnston Benton and Washington counties form a committee to press federal officials for a safer eradication method.
National Corn Growers Association spokesman said the group sees little need for the agreement with the People's Republic of China. President Carter was telegraphed that William R. Mullins, the group's president, has reserved opposition to the pact.
Farm Datebook for Wednesday October 22 lists events across Delaware and Linn counties. Extension Council meets at 8 30 p m in Manchester, pork cuts talk by Bob Rust in Anamosa, 4 H citizenship in Marion, Cedar Rapids Ag Bureau breakfast, and a Swine Derby weigh in at Manchester fairground with regional veterinary and extension involvement.
Iowa farmers near completion of a record soybean crop with 94 percent harvest done as of the weekend. U.S. and Iowa reports show corn harvest at 64 percent, with conditions mainly good to excellent. Cool wet weather slowed activity, and field work averaged 5.6 days suitable for planting.
Sen. Roger Jepsen accused the Carter administration of failing to understand profit as he spoke at a National Agri-Marketing Association luncheon in Chicago. He cited farm income decline from 33 billion to 22 billion and criticized the January 4 grain embargo as harming the U.S. economy and farmers. Jepsen pledged he would not join a Reagan administration as secretary and urged returning USDA to a food and fiber focus.
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