Stalk rot, heat, and harvest talk across Iowa farms
Hot dry weather sped corn and soybean maturing in Iowa last week with light grasshopper damage and notable corn borer outbreaks especially in central and western districts. Stalk rot infected much of western corn. farmers may harvest early to limit ear losses. Soybeans remain mostly good. Also reports urge policy action as Blouin presses for early 1979 set aside framework and Farm Bureau leaders appoint staff and push grain transport improvements and gasohol promotion with a $25,000 initial budget.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.S. Agriculture Departments
Iowa State University
Robert Nyvail
Nyvall
Iowa Corn Promotion Board
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Agriculture and soil events scheduled across state
A dense list of upcoming Iowa agriculture events and meetings spans Sept from soil conservation week to farm bureaus and 4 H activities. Notable items include the 109th Iowa State Grange session in Newton Sept 12 14, Soil Conservation Week Sept 17 23 and the Beef Carcass Shows in Delaware and Tama counties with associated meetings and weigh ins. Also listed are farm tours in Johnson Linn and Delaware counties and the Swine Expo 79 weigh site details with contacts.
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Iowa
Iowa State Grange
Newton Motor Inn
Newton
Living History Farms
Des Moines
Iowa Hereford Association
Vernon Martin
Estherville
Kim Landhuis
North Fourteenth Street
Fort Dodge
Oklahoma City
Okla
Soil Commission
Grant Wood
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
David A. Hamil
Rural Electric Administration
T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative
Brooklyn
Johnson County
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Delaware County
Fairground
Manchester
Linn County
State Farm Bureau
Dean Kleckner
Linn County Farm Bureau
Teamsters Hall
Eldon Hans
West Delaware High School
Dubuque
Iowa Soybean Promotion Board
Morris Greenley
Independence
Lloyd Pleggenkuhle
Sumner
Winneshiek
Fayette
Buchanan
Allamakee
Clayton
Delaware
Iowa County
Soil Commissioners
Soil Conservation Service
Williamsburg
Iowa City
Linn Rural Electric Cooperative
Marion
Leach Fights Nitrite Risks with Research Bill
U S Representative Jim Leach introduces a bill to fund nitrite substitute research and to compel the Department of Agriculture to study nitrites effects on animals beyond rats. The measure requires USDA oversight and consultation with livestock and poultry producers.
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Washington
Jim Leach
Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Secretary of Agriculture
USDA
Eastern Iowa pork economy warned by lawmaker on nitrite ban
Representative Leach urged caution against banning nitrites in cured meats without a viable USDA FDA plan for substitutes. He warned of harm to Eastern Iowa’s major pork region and cited historical market losses from misguided moves. He pressed for scholarly study and prudent corrective steps rather than public confrontations.
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USDA
U.S
Department of Agriculture
Farm Auctions Around Vinton Ely and Letts
Thursday sales list two farm auctions in Vinton and Ely with 160 acres near the Palmer Marvin Olson Estate, in the courtroom at the courthouse. A second auction at 12 30 p m features George Haines machinery five miles northwest of Walker. A dairy dispersal of 113 Holsteins is set by Charles G Lee three miles southeast of Ely. Duroe sale at 7 30 p m includes 80 boars 60 gifts by Orville Meeker and Sons at Letts.
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Palmer Marvin Olson
Vinton
George Haines
Walker
Holstein
Charles G. Lee
Ely
Orville Meeker and Sons
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Trict
Mike Blouin
Blouin
West Des Moines
Jerry Downin
Urbandale
Iowa Farm Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dick Harris
Farm Bureau
ICC
West Delaware Junior High
Cedar Rapids Area
Knop Angus Farm
Ida Grove
American Angus Association
East Central
West Branch
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission
Mechanicsville
Wilson Foods
Cedar County
ASCS
Tipton
Butterfield
Rayborn
Leach
Food and Drug Administration
KODAK
Paramount Theatre
Henry Witwer
Witwer Insurance
Aloha
United Airlines
Scan
Dinavian Airlines
Hawaii
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Third Ave
United Airlines Municipal
AAA
World Wide Travel
Fourth Ave. SE
American Travel & Tour, Inc
First Ave
Travel & Transport, Inc
Lindale Plaza
Universal Travel
World Travel Bureau
Scandinavian Airline System
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