Elevators stay open all night during busy harvest season
The Gazette reports grain elevators across the area operating overnight to dry corn and soybeans. Nocturnal shifts reduce truck lines as farmers like James Mitvalsky and Everett Staskal adapt schedules to the wet harvest, with some sites offering 6 p.m. to midnight receiving hours and night drying operations.
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Gazette
Everett Staskal
Cedar Rapids
Staskal
James Mitvalsky
Palo
Ken Ludlow
Iowa Grain and Feed Association
Des Moines
Agri-Industries Export Terminal
McGregor
B and G
Lisbon
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Central City
Fraseur Grain Co
Tipton
Greenley
Independence
L and M
Oelwein
Marengo
Newco Elevator
Newhall
Paris and Sons Elevator
Masonville
Tri-Star Feed and Grain
Manchester
West Side Grain
Atkins
Midwest Hog and Sheep Prices Steady to Mixed in Iowa Markets
Market hogs in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo fell from Thursday with Cedar Rapids quotes $42.00–$43.50 and Waterloo $41.50–$42.50. Sheep held at $44–$46 for wool and $46–$48 for shorn. Wilson Foods Cedar Rapids listed hogs $42.00–$43.50, steady to $0.50 lower, and noted weight-based discounts on packing sows and butchers. Buying hours are 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekdays.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Wilson Foods
Wilson
Wilsons
Cedar Rapids grain market shifts on soybeans and corn prices
Soybeans rose 4 cents on the on farm and December crops while January gained 4 cents on the same day. Yellow corn advanced 1 cent on the October and first half November crops and fell 1 cent on the second half November crop with December flat and January up 3 cents from Thursday. White corn held steady. Prices quoted for Cedar Rapids processors at 2 30 pm. No. 2 corn Oct $2.39 Nov first half $2.39 Nov second half $2.44 Dec $2.51 Jan $2.65 White corn new $2.98. Soybeans No 1 Yellow price ranges shown across auction and farm markets with light demand and varied selling. Hog cattle and egg markets noted with mixed movements and receipts tallied in Des Moines regional reports.
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Cedar Rapids
Omaha Livestock Friday Hogs and cattle market report
Hog prices Fell under 250 pounds by 1.00 to 1.25 with over 250 lb down 1.00. No 1-3 240-280 lb 43.00 to 44.00 and a few 315 lb 42.00 to 43.00. Sows under 450 lb 50.00 to 71.00 lower. over 450 lb down 2.00. Cattle and calves 1400 head. no slaughter class large enough for market test. Sheep none. Friday trade moderately active with hogs 3500 head and No 1-2 210-260 lb at 43.75 to 44.00. No 1-3 350-500 lb sows 40.00. Cattle none.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Mercantile
Aer
Jay
Grain price roundup and basis unchanged in Chicago
Friday cash grain quotes show Wheat No 2 soft red 4.04 and Wheat No 2 hard winter 4.04. Corn No 2 Yellow 2.55, Oats No 2 extra heavy white 2.19, Soybeans No 1 yellow 6.27. Barley ranges 2.90 to 3.20 for malting and 2.10 to 2.50 for feed. Basis unchanged. N-noming.
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Chicago
Farm exports rise to a record 43.8 billion in 1981
UPI reports the Agriculture Department says American agricultural exports reached a record 43.8 billion dollars in fiscal 1981, up 3.3 billion from 1980 but below the predicted 48.5 billion. Wheat and flour led gains while soy products and cotton fell. despite the higher dollar amount, the forecast for 1982 expects volume gains but lower prices.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
U.S
Richard Smith
Foreign Agricultural Service
Japan
Smith
CowBelles ribbed over Montana canned beef promotion
Linn County CowBelles promote ready to serve Montana Ranch Beef in 12 ounce cans priced at 2.50 each. President Patsy Neumeyer says the idea aids homemakers though husbands joke about Montana origin. Two Marion members lead the project and seek a local packer to produce Iowa grown canned beef.
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Linn County
CowBelle
Patsy Neumeyer
Walker
Montana
Iowa
Neumeyer
Cowbelles
Croghan Rebuffs Push for Lower Farm Price Supports
Iowa farm leader Peter Croghan says farmers want high price supports and a strong farm package from Congress regardless of Reagan’s veto threat. He rejects remarks by John Black and Robert Delano claiming farmers favor lower supports and criticizes Delano for regional bias in price policy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Peter Croghan
Woodbine
Croghan
Congress
Reagan
Agriculture
John Black
American Farm Bureau
Robert Delano
National Farm Leaders
Senate
Delano
Virginia
Goose Lake youth wins Quaker Oats contest
Mike Schoel 16 of Goose Lake wins Eastern Iowa honors in Cedar Rapids for vocational agriculture yield. He produced 154.45 bushels per acre with Nodaway 70 oats, 16.3 percent protein. Awards include cash prizes and a banquet at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel.
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Mike Schoel
Goose Lake
Eastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Schoel
Northeast Community School
Wayne Schoel
Ed Faselt
Iowa
Doug Walker
Vinton
Iowa State University
Walker
Jim Walker
Duane Fisher
Kenneth Wendt
Fay Ohlert
Wendt
Ralfs
Quaker
School
Ralls
Stouffer’s
Five Seasons Hotel
Quaker’ Oats
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
ISU economist sees possible fall recovery in cattle prices
Iowa State University extension economist Gene Futrell says fed cattle prices could rebound this fall if several conditions improve. He cites October cattle on feed data, ongoing hog price declines, and weak beef demand as key factors shaping a potential mid to high sixties recovery for choice steers in late 1981, with January to March staying in the mid sixties.
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ISU
Department of Agriculture
Futrell
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