East Iowa Methodists Ship Hogs for Honduras
United Methodist officials in Oxford load 23 hogs as part of a 264 head shipment from Iowa to Honduras to aid 2 000 low income farming families. Heifer Project International funds the effort with Iowa church gifts as the pigs travel via La and Costa Rica to Santa Rita cooperatives near San Pedro Sula.
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Oxford
Honduras
Iowa
United Methodist Church
Heifer Project International
Loyd Martin
Marion
Bob Wessel
Iowa City
Wessel
United Methodist Churches
Indianola
Farmington
New Iberia
San Pedro Sula International
Santa Rita
Methodist aid backs Honduran hog project and Holstein record
Ban co Nacional de Fomento will run the program with six farmer coops. Iowa hogs provide breeding stock to yield 30 000 yearly pigs aiding about 2 000 families. Bananas fed to hogs in Honduras. some breeding stock from Methodist members farms. Don Ridenour notes over 75 000 dollars raised for low income farmers. UM church involvement cited. In Brattleboro, a Holstein named Hua ga Prince Golden Girl 6747651 surpasses 1000 pounds butterfat in a 365 day record, part of 4 937 similar official tests. 24 370 pounds milk and 1 112 pounds butterfat. She is from Bell’s Coggon Iowa herd, sired by Clover brook Prince. Iowa State Univ oversaw testing with Dairy Herd Improvement Registry.
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Banco Nacional de Fomento
Iowa
Honduras
Methodist Church
Southeast
Brattleboro
Robert W. Bell
Coggon
Bell
Cloverbrook Prince
Iowa State University
Holstein-Friesian Assn. of America
Northeast Iowa Angus Officers All Re-Elected
Northeast Iowa Angus Association re elected officers at its annual meeting in West Union. Officers include President L A Schievelbein Monona and Vice President John Jensen Plainfield along with secretary treasurer Jim Michels Stanley and others. Directors named include Merlyn Havertape Ryan Bill Walters Waterloo Roger White Plainfield Francis Burns Lawler Alvin Thorsen Postville Les Hillman Arlington and James McMaster Riceville. The junior group elected Allan Hillman Arlington president Karen Rueber Arlington Gail Haynes Strawberry Point Tom Sage Waterloo David Rueber Arlington and Larry White Plainfield as show chairs.
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West Union
Northeast
Iowa
Ters
Waterloo
Roger White
Plainfield
Francis Burns
Lawler
Alvin Thorsen
Postville
Les Hillman
Arlington
James McMaster
Riceville
Allan Hillman
Karen Rueber
Gail Haynes
Strawberry Point
Tom Sage
David Rueber
Larry White
Close out auctions and land sales listed for Oct and Nov
A series of farm auctions and land sales scheduled from Oct 29 to Nov 22. Items include cattle Holsteins machinery household goods and 154 to 125 acre land parcels with multiple estate names and locations in Iowa. Times vary from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm across dates and counties.
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Hay
Bill Wolken
Ernest Portewig
Monti
E. J. Miller
Independence
Orval
Walker
Leroy Mahoney
Ryan Sat
Darwin Waverka
Belle Plaine
Augusta Foubert
North English
Charles McGuire
Central City
Elizabeth A. Shimon
Iowa City
Eizo Powell
McCright Wins Moorman Scholarship at SIU Carbondale
Douglas McCright of Walker Iowa was one of five agriculture students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale to receive a $500 scholarship from Moorman Co of Quincy Illinois. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles McCright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale, Ill
Douglas McCright
Walker
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Moorman Co
Quincy, Ill
McCright
Charles McCright
Cedar County Beef Banquet Date Set at Bennett
Bennett hosts the Cedar County Cattlemen's Assn annual beef banquet on Saturday December 6. The event gathers members and supporters for awards and community remarks.
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Cedar County
Bennett
Cedar County Cattlemen's Assn
Butz rejects boycott calls amid Meany criticism in Iowa
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz urged farmers not to boycott union made products and faulted AFL-CIO leader George Meany for calling for action. He warned strong labor power could halt trucks and hurt prices while predicting only modest food price rises in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Earl Butz
Althhough
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Butz
Indianola
Iowa Bankers Assn
Buzz
Fac
Gulf Harbor
America
Clark Sees Good Chance For Packer Bond Bill
Sen Richard Clark says Congress likely to pass a packing bonding bill requiring meat packers to post bonds to protect livestock producers. The measure would tighten financial surveillance and grant producers some legal priority in bankruptcies, with support from U S Department of Agriculture and Earl Butz. The comment came at the Iowa Bankers Assn convention.
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DES Moines
UPI
Richard Clark
D-Iown
Congress
Clark
Iowa Bankers Assn
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa Democrat
U.S. Agriculture
Earl Butz
Butz
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East Iowa
Peru
Paul Heath
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Bell Holstein
Angus
F.B.I
Highway Patrol
Sheriff
Medical Society
PTA
Teamsters Union
Packer
Soviet Union
U.S
Soviet Armenia
Army
Europe
Alaska
Hawaii
Korea
Panama
P.O
Philadelphia
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