U S meat imports rise fast with Australia share
U S meat imports climbed sharply in August to 165.4 million pounds, led by beef, veal and mutton from Australia. Through eight months, total arrivals topped 834.1 million pounds, up about 19 percent from 1971, as Nixon suspended quota restraints last year to curb prices.
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Washington
Australia
Agriculture Department
USDA
Nixon
Earl L. Butz
Butz
U.S
Farm Bureau backs grain alcohol fuel research
The Iowa Farm Bureau urged expanded study on grain alcohol as motor fuel. Kenneth Langer noted potential market expansion, energy shortages, and the need to lower production costs while coordinating research among states and nationally. He cited only 34 million bushels used for spirits from a 5 billion bushel crop.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa
Environmental Preservation Committee
Kenneth Langer
Langer
Farm Bureau
Hereford Group Elects Meeks
Kansas City event at the American Hereford Association annual meeting elected Alfred Meeks of Upstream Ranch Taylor Nebraska as president succeeding Joe Budd of Big Piney Wyoming. P H White Jr of Dyersburg Tennessee was chosen senior vice president and director in 1970 with a full term starting in 1971.
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Kansas City
Alfred Meeks
Upstream Ranch
Taylor
Neb
American Hereford Association
Joe Budd
Big Piney
Wyo
AHA
P. H. White
Dyersburg
Tenn
White
Iowa Farm Income in 1971 Realized Gross and Net per Farm
Realized gross income per farm in Iowa for 1971 totaled 31689 dollars while realized net income per farm stood at 7452 dollars. These figures reflect farm earnings before and after expenses, highlighting income levels across the state's agriculture sector.
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Iowa
Faun News Minimum Tillage Expands Across Iowa Farmland
Des Moines reports conservation tillage has grown to nearly 3 million acres in Iowa within five years. More than 28,000 farmers, about a third of the state, now use conservation tillage methods to reduce soil erosion, with no till and chisel plows leading adoption.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wilson Moon
Usda Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Moon
Eastern Iowans Are Oat Winners
Four Eastern Iowans were honored at a Quaker Oats award banquet in Cedar Rapids for oat improvement. Harold Sorensen of Cedar Falls led northeast Iowa with 120.0 bushels per acre, followed by Lynn Miller of Jesup at 113.1. In southeast Iowa Gary Kester of Burlington had 126.0 and Roger Waller of Bennett had 123.7 bushels per acre.
Iowa Corn Production Tops 1 Billion Bushels
Iowa remains the nation s lead producer with corn harvests exceeding 1 billion bushels for the last two years and crop values above 1 billion dollars annually since 1969.
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Iowa
China May Buy More U.S. Wheat
The Agriculture Department says China may buy more U.S. wheat after its first purchase since 1948. China bought 400 000 tons of U.S. wheat as part of 4.3 million tons from other countries on October 1, while Russia bought 11 million tons from the United States.
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Washington
China
U.S
Department of Agriculture
United States
Russia
Agriculture Department
Canada
Australia
Argentina
France
West Germany
Scrap metal drive yields Iowa total of 140846% tons collected
Officials report Iowa's scrap metal salvage campaign from Sept 28 to Oct 17 collected a total of 140 846 percent tons with a per person figure of 110.9 pounds.
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Iowa
Randolph Faces Soybean Oil Competition Looming
Chet Randolph, ASA market development director, warns that rapeseed and palm oil threaten soy oil margins as sunflower oil era winds down. He highlights a voter-funded 0.5 cent per bushel aid in 10 states, Iowa’s 221.3 million bushel crop, and rising foreign demand shaping U.S. soybean exports and producer gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
American Soybean Association
ASA
Chet Randolph
Association
Iowa Bankers Association
Randolph
U.S
Iowa
Fresh cow dung aids study on cancer cure clues
Margaret G. Neson of the University of Florida uses fresh cow dung in mycology research on the Acrasida family. The copromyxa arborescens is a newly discovered species studied to understand fungal growth and its potential role in cancer research. Neson spoke at the University of Minnesota during the American Institute of Biological Sciences meeting.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Margaret G. Neson
University of Florida
Gainsville
Nelson
University of Minnesota
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Neson
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Decorah
Leslie Laterman
Marvin Kleve
John E. Schmitt
Gordon Vick
Robert Ryan
Rochester
Hereford
Meeks
the United Way
Faun News
Klingers
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Iowa City
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