Grange to hold next national convention in Cedar Rapids
About 3,000 to 4,000 Grangers will attend the 1980 national Grange convention at Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids November 10 to 18. The move from Des Moines was approved at the state Grange convention with Cedar Rapids officials honored for securing the event.
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Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons
Iowa
Des Moines
Grange
State Grange
Dave Jepsen
John Gambarotta
Stouffer’s
Five Seasons Hotel
Mary Corkery
Hawkeye
National Holstein Association
Alpha Gamma Rho
Ames
Iowa Grangers
Colesbury
State
Farm roundup and soybean checkoff updates
Gilman teen GLADBROOK KENT KEefe and Ann Goecke of State Center led cattle shows with top produce and open heifers. Goecke won showmanship. Kay Williams and daughter Sue captured divisions in judging. Iowa soybean checkoff renewed 2 543 to 738 in statewide vote. Lyle Borg named director of governmental relations for the Iowa Farm Bureau effective Oct 1.
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Gladbrook
Kent Keefe
Gilman
Ann Goecke
State Center
Midtowa Hereford Association
Keefe
Goecke
Larry Keefe
Raymond Goecke
Kay Williams
Iowa Falls
Sue
Kay
Jim Williams
Buell Jackson
Mechanicsville
West Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Lyle Borg
Iowa Farm Bureau
Borg
Record corn and soybean crops pegged by USDA
The Agriculture Department set the national corn crop on September 1 at 7.27 billion bushels and soybeans at 2.17 billion. Iowa corn yields reached 1.47 billion bushels, the eighth of nine years above 1 billion. Iowa soybean production may total 309.7 million, up 8 percent from last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Multiple Auctions Announced Across Iowa in September and October
A sequence of farm auctions and sale events is listed with dates from Friday September 14 to Saturday October 6. Each entry names the seller or estate, location relative to towns such as North English Clarence Cedar Rapids Manchester and others, plus items including machines livestock and land across diverse counties.
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Mach
Richard and
Truman Boland
North English
Ken Dircks
Clarence
Merritt Plagmann
Norway
William J. Faltis
Cedar Rapids
Banminth Mecadox Groups Show Weight Gain Edge After 36 Days
After about 36 days the Banminth and Mecadox groups outperformed others in daily weight gain and feed conversion efficiency. The study notes significant gains and improved feed efficiency among these treatment groups compared with controls.
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Pfizer
Hoke and Lemon Honored at Linn County Soil District Meeting
Rita Lemon of Mentzer Elementary Marion is named soil teacher of the year. Richard Hoke and sons Rick and David of Mount Vernon win Conservation Farmer of the Year for 1092 acres with a long term soil conservation plan and diverse practices including contouring, strip cropping, water-ways and wildlife areas. A bus tour showcased practices on four farms and a no till tour is planned for Sept. 21 in Prairieburg area with contact at the Marion soil office.
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Central City
Linn County
Rita Lemon
Mentzer Elementary
Marion
Richard Hoke
Mount Vernon
Hoke
Rick
David
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Dennis Russell
Prairieburg
Richard Haughenberry
Harvey Fasher
Coggan
Leonard Boone
Soil District
Soil Office
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C.R
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa Grange
Muscatine County
Delwin Cross
Kildiff
Alton
Ill
Mabel M. Mead
Austin Mead
Manchester
Mayflower Nursing Home
Grinnell
Hereford
Iowa Soybean Promotion Board
Bob Barger
Ryan
Verle McDowell
E.D. Baer
Larry Walker
Hampshire
Lee C. Norris
Fremont
Carl Martinec
Lisbon
Harold Krause
Springville
Richard Lubben
Anamosa
Allen Wright
Buck Creek
Wilbur Colby
Leo Ham
Alma Carney
Rendle Cornwell
Gomwell
Hanninth
Mier Tre
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