Delaware County Pork Queen Crowned At Barbecue
Shellie McDonald age 17 of Hopkinton won the title succeeding her sister Angie at the Delaware county pork barbecue held at the fairgrounds. Kris Nurre age 17 of Greeley was named first runner up as 1,300 attended the event with both Shellie and Kris seniors at West Delaware high school. Dor rance McDonald, their father, markets 1,200 hogs yearly.
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Manchester
Shellie McDonald
Hopkinton
Angie
Delaware County
Dorrance
Kris Nurre
Greeley
Dave Nurre
Shellie
Kris
West Delaware High School
Benton County Farm Bureau Elects New President
Larry Nudd 32 of Vinton, former Benton county Pork Producers president, was elected president of the 2300 member Benton county Farm Bureau. Other officers named include vice-president John Buhr secretary Dean Engstrom treasurer Larry Luze and voting delegate Geiken. Women’s officers elected include Chairman Mrs Audrey Olson vice-chairman Mrs Paul Morris and good news chairman Mrs Hugo Rammelsberg.
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Larry Nudd
Vinton
Benton County Pork Producers
Stanley Geiken
Benton County Farm Bureau
Nudd
County Farm Bureau
John Buhr
Garrison
Dean Engstrom
Larry Luze
Dysart
Geiken
Audrey Olson
Paul Morris
Shellsburg
Good News
Hugo Rammelsberg
Dysart Hog Show Judges Contest Registration
Contestants in the Dysart hog show judging contest registered Wednesday evening before the start of the show. Duane Fisher, Vinton vocational agriculture teacher, is pictured in the foreground.
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Duane Fisher
Vinton Vocational Agriculture
Missouri exhibitor wins Dysart market hog show grand champion
A Missouri exhibitor, David Kaestner of Unionville, claimed the grand champion with a 285 pound crossbred gilt at the Dysart market hog show. Kaestner also topped the junior division with the same entry and took reserve grand with a 238 pound gilt.
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Dysart
Missouri
David Kaestner
Unionville
Kaestner
Henry Bottema
Foreman Echoes Earl Butz At Mid-America Dairy Meeting
Carol Tucker Foreman, new Carter administration agriculture appointee, spoke to over 400 at Adventureland Inn, echoing Earl Butz’s bread joke while criticizing high food prices and farm returns. She argued consumer advocacy and farm profits diverge, noting farmers get 3-4 percent versus food chains’ 11 percent, and urged removing middle costs to stabilize prices.
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Altoona
Earl Butz
Carol Tucker Foreman
Foreman
Earl
Butz
Carter Administration
Farm Post
Mid-America
Consumer Federation of America
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Des Moines
Robert Lounsberry
Lounsberry
Keystone
Benton County Pork Producers Assn
Ackley
Waverly
Independence
Dan Freese
van Horne
Mark Goken
Dysart-Geneseo Ffa
The
Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Bergland
Minnesota
Bob Bergland
Hubert Humphrey
Agriculture Department
Carol Foreman
Ortho Lawn Products
Garden Seasons
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