Keppy Repeats Triumph at National Barrow Show
Roy B. Keppy of Davenport won both the champion individual and tracklot honors at the National Barrow show in Austin. His 249-pound crossbred tracklot topped rivals at 1,460 pounds for a total of 2555 dollars. Ralph A. Keppy showed the reserve grand champion trucklot at 1,470 pounds for 2205 dollars.
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Central Order
South St. Paul
Durant
David Hubler
Mechanicsville
St. Ansgar
Iowa
Ratio At Highest Level For Hog Market In Years
The hog corn price ratio reached 25.6 in mid August signaling a peak in over four years. The Agriculture Department notes last year averaged 16.5 and 1975 was 16.9 while 1974 saw 11.3 and 1973 19.3 as grain prices fluctuated.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest agricultural events fill Iowa Wisconsin fairs and meetings
Dozens of farm gatherings fill a regional calendar from Sept 14 to Sept 19. Iowa and Wisconsin groups meet in Des Moines Muscatine Chicago Cedar Rapids and small towns for conventions expositions plowing contests cattle sales and 4-H activities with speakers tests and demonstrations.
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Iowa Farmers Union
Ft. Des Moines
Des Moines
Iowa Grange
Holiday Inn
Muscatine
FS Services, Inc
Conrad Hilton
Chicago
Williamsburg
Postville
Stonefield
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Cassville
Wis
Debate over Bergland approach unsettles Iowa grain leaders
Des Moines witnesses a clash at the Iowa Grain and Feed Assn annual meeting as P R "Bobby" Smith defends Bergland remarks on grain quality abroad, while Walter Saunders of Cargill rebukes the approach. Alvin E. Oliver criticizes Carter plans to let cooperatives secure price support loans, warning of legal and competitive imbalance.
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Des Moines
U.S
Iowa Grain and Feed Assn
P.R
Bobby” Smith
Carter
Bob Bergland
Smith
Bergland
Walter B. Saunders
Saunders
Cargill, Inc
Alvin E. Oliver
The
National Grain and Feed Assn
Oliver
Iowa
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Manchester
Delaware County
Delaware County Extension Council
Jones Clinic
Monticello
Ron Tjaden
Jones County
Shane Brown
Anamosa
Hampshire
Merle Dirks
Russell Brown
Gary Funnell
Greene
Bath
Pork
Gary van Talge
Delaware County Pork Producers
Tom McAllister
Earlville
Howard Sears
Masonville
Doran Zumbach
Coggon
Maquoketa Valley
NFO
Farley
National Farmers Organization
Don Hart
Maquoketa
Melvin Manternach
Ray Weber
Bernard
John
Mary Jo) Henneberry
Millard Bilden
Toledo
South Tama Future Farmers of America
FFA
Don Ryan
Chelsea
National Livestock Producer Magazine
Ryan
James Ryan
Audubon County
Omaha
Illinois
Lester Pfister
el Paso
Ill
Iowa City
Bob Wessel
Cedar County Cattlemen’s Assn
Interstate 80
Allamakee County
Waukon
Linn County Better Crops Club
M and J
Rockford Rd
Johnson County
Montgomery Hall
Delaware County Ag
County Extension
Farm Bureau Building
Tom Parks
Kwik-Way Mfg
Marion
Cedar Rapids Agriculture Executives Forum
Sambo’s
Thirty-third Avenue
Fairground
Ed Schulz
Dubuque Packing Co
Dubuque
Linn
Bill Millinix
Lisbon
Bill Moon
Jay Davis
Larry van Fossen
Lester Pfister Farm
Frank N. Kocevar
Harrisburg
Colleen Wolf
Odell
Cedar County Land Preservation Commission
Tipton
Buchanan County
First United Methodist Church
Independence
Winneshiek County Beekeepers Meeting
Decorah
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Heights College
West Delaware High School
Delaware 4-H
Mark Patton
International Farm
Kenya
Africa
Patton
Scattergood School
West Branch
Central Iowa Fairground
Marshalltown
Hawkeye Tech Farm
Waterloo
Johnson County Fairground
Delaware County Extension Office
Anamosa High -School Vocational Agriculture Department
Buchanan County Fairground
Vinton Cooperative
Vinton
Tipton Cooperative
Iowa Natural Food Associates
Teamsters Hall
J Street
al Steffen
Dunkerton
Ralph Engelken
Greeley
Delbert Banowitz
Preston
American Angus Assn
Knop Angus Farm
Ida Grove
Youth Center
Linn County
Linn County Fairground
Central City
Northland Avenue
Farm Bureau Women’s Workshop
Long Branch
Buchanan County Soil District Commissioners Meeting
Soil Office
Cedar County Corn and Soybean Growers
Dick Anderson
Ray van Steenhouse
Clayton County
Elkader
Fayette County
Fayette
Opera House
Sam Shulsky
Neil Solomon
Louise Cook
Sylvia Porter
Gazette
Gost
Oliver’s National Grain
Sun
Harold England
Walker
Helgens Spot Farm
Duroc
Orville Meeker and Sons
Leonard Mosher
United State Bank
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