World Food Needs Won't Call for More U S Lands
Washington UPI reports a new study by Earl O Heady of Iowa State suggests global food needs won t require a large rise in U S cropland over 15 years. Heady says per acre yields will rise with tech, leaving about 47 million acres surplus unlikely unless progress slows or exports triple. Freeman warns against relying on unlimited foreign aid to absorb surpluses.
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Washington
UPI
Earl O. Heady
Towa State University
Heady
U.S
Agricultural Research Institute
National Academy of Sciences
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Turkey Breeders Plan 11 Percent Fewer Hens Next Year
Des Moines report shows 15 key turkey states expect 11 percent fewer breeder hens at the start of the 1968 hatchery season, with 18 percent fewer light breed hens and 10 percent fewer heavy breed hens than in 1967. The states cover about 90 percent of U S breeder hens.
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Des Moines
Turkey
U.S
Eastern Iowa Cows Lead in State Dairy Rankings
Three eastern Iowa dairy cows earned fifth place class leaders. Marcel of Garland Hopper Toledo tops Guernsey three year olds with 14 540 pounds milk and 698 butterfat in 20 days. Kerndt Skylark Pabst of Kerndt Farms Lansing posts 20 300 pounds milk and 710 butterfat in 306 days. Bonnie’s Wee Haven Midge of Ray and Larry Kruse Earlville places fifth in Brown Swiss cows over 14 years old with 13 510 pounds milk and 560 butterfat in 305 days.
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Ames
Eastern Iowa
Iowa State Dairy Assn
Marcel
Garland Hopper
Toledo
Kerndt Skylark Pabst
Kerndt Farms
Lansing
Bonnie’s
Wee Haven Midge
Ray
Larry Kruse
Earlville
Midge
Agriculture First Need for Poor Nations, Illinois Remarks
Urbana report cites Clifton Cox of Armour and Co urging strong agriculture as base for wealth and peace. He notes U S food aid, 150 million tons in 10 years to 115 nations, and warns against premature industrialization. Kyle Texas ranches note Charolais lineage from France’s 1930s imports.
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Urbana
Ill
Clifton
B. Cox, Armour and Co
University of Illinois Cen
L Americas Agriculture
United States
Cox
Kyle
Texas
Michaelis
Kyle and Piedra Negras
Mexico
Owneos
France
Meat Board Finances Nutrition Research
The National Live stock and Meat Board, organized in 1923 to promote and research the meat industry, has issued about 350 grants to leading researchers in universities and medical centers since its founding in Chicago.
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Chicago
National Livestock and Meat Board
The
Meat Board
Egg Prices Drop Resembling Early 1900s Rates in Iowa
The piece notes farm women once relied on egg income but flocks have dwindled. Current Iowa receipts average 15 to 17 cents a dozen, near 1900s levels. It highlights hen depreciation costing 8 cents per dozen and shows dressed hens often fetch higher per pound prices than broilers, predicting industry consolidation until prices rise to profitability.
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Towa
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Earl King Named to REC Study Committee
Earl King of Des Moines, head of the Town Association of Electric Cooperatives, is named a member of a National Rural Electric Cooperatives Assn committee in Washington. He is one of 26 rural electric representatives. The panel aims to re-appraise the goals of the rural electrification program and explore financing future electrification efforts. First meeting is set for November 13-14 in Washington.
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Earl King
REC
Des Moines
Town Association of Electric Cooperatives
National Rural Electric Cooperatives Assn
Washington
King
Hereford cattle and farm equipment auctions listed
Listings show auctions for machinery cattle and antiques with sale dates and locations including Solon Cedar Rapids Midway highway 150 and Mechanicsville along with managers Milo Keal Jack Wilder and East Central Iowa Hereford Association.
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Mike” Keal
Solon
Hawkeye
Fairtex
lowe-Cedar Valley Hereford Assn
Royal Tuttle
Norway
H.h. Goods
Jack Wilder
Midway
Cedar Rapids
Medhcalf Aale
Mechanicsville
Iowa
Alane Buell Jackson
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Bill and Carroll Olmstead
Fred Jones
Myron Fagle
Norm Nielson
Dick Adams
Jindrich
U.S. Lands
Macnaughton
WOINA
Eschenley Imports CO
Kew York IL
Digges
MIT
Vicon
Caid
Joseph Jindrich
Marengo
Lowa
America
Pentigdl Advertierent
Rex
Eoples Furniture
Philco
M. R
Marty) Smith
Cedar Repids
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Imaytag
Maytag
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