Iowa Beef Cattle Surpasses Hogs in Farm Income Share
Iowa now derives 33 percent of gross farm income from beef cattle, surpassing hogs at 24 percent. Dr. L. E. Johnson cites rising cattle inventories and demand, noting Iowa feeders marketed over 3.5 million head and a growing beef herd as U.S. pork consumption declines.
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Iowa
L. E. Johnson
Iowa State
Nevada
Johnson
National Pork Producers Council
Towa Pork Producers Assn
Iowa Long
U.S
Sears
John Deere
John
Miller Disputes USDA Farm Income Figures
Senator Miller challenges USDA secretary Freeman on farm income gains arguing higher figures fade when adjusting for fewer farms, inflation, and rising debt. He contends 1960 to 1965 net income per farm rose to 3067 dollars, not 4200, a 3.8 percent gain rather than 42 percent.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Ville L. Freeman
USDA
Iowa
Jack Miller
Freeman
Sen. Miller
Miller
Food Firms Boost Marketing Research Spending
The National Commission on Food Marketing reports 18 large processors spent 20 million on marketing research in 1964, up from 7 million in 1954. Expenditures rose faster than sales. new product activity appeared in breakfast cereals, dry dog food, and margarine with post-1949 brands driving significant shares of sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Commission On Food Marketing
Commission
Auction Schedule Highlights Livestock and Equipment Sales
A series of livestock and machinery auctions listed by date and location. Jurgensen Brothers near Center Junction offer a Chester White boar and feeder pigs at 1 p.m. Holsteins dairy gear and James Weber near Independence close out at 1 p.m. Milo Ahrens near Rochester closes at 11:30 a.m. on machinery. Frank Schulte Est. near Walford holds 280 acres in Linn county at 1:30 p.m. Sept 10. Lyall Bryant near Mt. Vernon at 1 p.m. Sept 10. Brown Swiss dairy sale near Zingie at 10 a.m. Sept 13. Gerald and Maxine Ehlinger near Zinge at 10 a.m. Sept 13. Holstein heifers and dairy dispersal near Brooklyn and Martelle on Sept 15. Lester Smith estate near Prairieburg closes Oct 1 at 1 p.m.
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Chester White Boar
Jurgensen Brothers
Center Junction
James Weber
Independence
Milo Ahrens
Rochester Corner
Linn County
Frank Schulte
Walford
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jones County
Grove Peet
Texas
Martelle
Mechanicsville
Antia Tion
Regula
Dutch Elder to Lead Colombia Alliance Progress Project
R. Dutch Elder, longtime Iowa State extension editor and recent Iowa State Center staffer, will depart for Colombia to begin a two year position as information director for the Alliance for Progress agricultural initiative. The Iowa State collaboration includes the University of Nebraska.
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R. “Dutch” Elder
Iowa State University
Iowa State Center
Colombia
Alliance For Progress Agricultural Project
Iowa State
University of Nebraska
Floyd Arnold
Uruguay
Francis Kutish
Orville L. Freeman
Kutish
Costa Rica
Youth groups like 4-H clubs formed worldwide
The article notes that youth groups similar to the United States 4-H clubs have been established in many nations, illustrating a global expansion of organized youth development programs.
Albert Lea Honors Wilson Week and 50 Years of Wilson Co
Albert Lea observes Wilson Week by proclamation of Mayor Niles Shoff to mark the 50th anniversary of Wilson and Co in Minnesota. A chamber banquet at Bethany hall features Roscoe G. Haynie of Wilson as speaker, with company directors as guests. The week includes store prize giveaways and Wilson’s six horse Clydesdale deliveries. More than 1,500 plant workers and families will attend a Twins-Yankees game using 30 chartered buses with box lunches.
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Albert Lea, Minn
Wilson
Albert Lea
Niles Shoff
Wilson and Co
Minnesota
Albert Lea Chamber of Commerce
Bethany Hall
First Lutheran Church
Roscoe G. Haynie
American Meat Institute
Packing Company
Chamber
Wilson and Co. Board of Directors
Chicago
Metropolitan Stadium
July Meat Output in Iowa Tops Last Year
Iowa meat production in July totaled 360.316 million pounds surpassing July 1965 at 353.323 million. Cattle slaughter numbers and average liveweight were higher than a year prior, calves slaughtered less than July 1965, and hog slaughter and weekly weights were above a ventures. Albert Lea stores will stock Wilson products for sale.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Albert Lea
Wilson Products and
Will
Market Barrow Show This Week
The Johnson County Swine Producers Association sponsors its annual market hog show at the county fairground south of Iowa City on highway 218. Hogs may be unloaded between 3 and 6 p.m. Exhibitors may show up to three barrows weighing 190 to 230 pounds. A free barbecue pork supper is planned around 6 p.m. Grading and live hog judging start at 7:30 p.m. All barrows will be slaughtered for Bath Packing Company at Columbus Junction, with carcass results announced later this month in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Swine Producers Association
Bath Packing Company
Columbus Junction
Plant Quarantine Officials Active in 1968 Fiscal Year
Washington report shows a record travel volume and the Vietnam War added complexity for agricultural quarantine inspectors through the fiscal year ending June 30. USDA Agricultural Research Service staff stationed at borders, seaports, and airports partnered with Customs to inspect incoming baggage and produce, intercepting several hundred thousand prohibited items that could threaten crops, forests, and ornamentals.
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Washington
Vietnam
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
United States
U.S
The Forgiveness of Nature in a Bluegrass Tribute
Prof H D Hughes cites Sen John J Ingalls in a radio reading from 1872 Kansas Magazine tribute praising grass as universal benefactor and shaping nations. The passage extols grass as immortal, reclaiming battlegrounds, stabilizing soil, and sustaining civilization with quiet endurance.
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H. D. Hughes
Iowa State University
John J. Ingalls
WOI
Kansas
Kansas Magazine
Prohibited Bag Gage Confiscations Rise in 1966
Inspectors seized over 42 million pieces of baggage last year, up about six million from 1965. Most confiscations involved souvenirs and personal items like fruits and plants owned by travelers unaware they were prohibited or restricted.
Sheep Empire Days Set in Southeast Iowa
KEOSAUQUA plans annual Sheep Empire Days on September 21 and 22. The event features a sheep conference, crowning of a queen, and a lamb barbecue on the first day, followed by a sale of feeder and fat lambs and breeding sheep on the second day.
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Keosauqua
Iowa
Junior Angus Assn Officers Named in Des Moines
Larry Harman of Creston was elected president of the Iowa Junior Angus Association at its annual Des Moines meeting. Over 50 juniors attended. New officers include Greg Wood Spencer first vice president Tom Olson Calamus second vice president Jeanne Strathe Hubbard secretary Cindy Ten Hagen Carlyle treasurer Dennis DeWitt Gilman PR chairman Jeff Carter Nichols reporter John Cherveny Van Horne won the championship showmanship award Craig Schilder Malcolm took the reserve award.
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Des Moines
Larry Harman
Creston
Iowa
Angus Assn
Greg Wood
Spencer
Tom Olson
Calamus
Jeanne Strathe
Hubbard
Cindy Ten Hagen
Carlyle
Dennis DeWitt
Gilman
Jeff Carter
Nichols
John Cherveny
van Horne
Craig Schilder
Malcom
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Lyall Bryant
Ve mi. II of
Mt. Vernon
Gerald
Maxine Ehlinger
Zingie
Herb Kreiss
Brooklyn
Robert Peet
Grove E. Peet
Alfred Coppock
Whittier
Lester Smith
Prairieburg
Tin
M. Feder & Sons
F Ave. Neem
Tin Baier
Sorteuren
Ambrose Hess
Worthington
Jay Partridge
Buffalo Farmerettes
4-H
Stanley
Leota Morgan Didier
Deerfield
Ill
Gordon Maley
Helen Morgan Buell
Mason City
Charles Givens
Joan Hines
Cherry Dorough
Tipton
Rochester Rd
Wilton
Sunbury Road
John Peerer
Allis Chalmers
Cremilo Ahrens
Dean Smith
Wally Wingert
First National Bank OF
Tipon
Schulte
Warren C. Ackley
Ernie Eckert
Blairstown
Market Barrow
Springer
Wesley Waterhouse
Central City, Iowa
Maon
Monticello State Bank
Mt. Vernon County
C Road
Cornell College
Querhont Power Pac
Oliver
Ewanee
Fanning
Barrow
P.T.C
Rokar
SLI
Mechanicsville Just and Savings Bank
Wilbur Colby
Walter E. Sebesta
Junior Angus Assn
Walker Sales CO
Walker, Iowa
Denver Serum CO
First
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Herb Kleiss
Madison Church
Thurs
Kleiss
Eae Sous
Meares Eli
Dave
Yigee
Nas
Olds
Metal Health Institute
Axburence Lang
Ares
Crussaer
Jim Kiveil
Aurora
L. W
Vargie” Vargason
Hazelton
Claude E. Wylam
Waverly
Herbert Kleiss
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