Belle Plaine FFA Launches Drive To Start Alumni Affiliate
Belle Plaine FFA launches a two week drive to form a local alumni affiliate as part of a statewide push. State officer Dan Behaunek says many local chapters should establish alumni groups. An Oct 2 meeting in Belle Plaine will outline aims with four state officers speaking.
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Belle Plaine Ffa
al Swegle
Belle Plaine
Future Farmers of America
Dan Behaunek
Behaunek
Gazette
Vocational Agriculture
Lincoln School
FFA
Iowa
Thornburg
Alumni Association
Steve Olsen
Atlantic
Mark Kehrli
Manchester
Dwight Glenny
Muscatine
Alan Carlson
Jim Anderson
State Future Farmers of America
Dan Behounek
Linn County 4-H Rally Night Planned for September
Linn County 4-H announces the Get-Together with the theme 4H Gets It All Together on September 29 at Washington high school auditorium Cedar Rapids. The program includes county awards 4-H council honorary members installations and a year in review followed by talent acts from 4-H clubs starting at 7 p.m.
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Washington High School
Forest Drive
Cedar Rapids
Keith Westerkamp
Rural Farm Auctions Schedule Across Multiple Towns
Pridey and surrounding areas list several farm auctions including dairy dispersal with Guernseys and milking equipment near Norman Mangold, a farm sale near Lo well E Thein with Holsteins and machinery, and multiple auctions near Littleport Vernon Center Point Solon and Woubeek. Antique items noted at Orr and Jones in the Armory building.
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Pridey
Guernseys
Norman Mangold
Dog
Lowell E. Thein
Littleport
Joy Milholi
Vernon
Guy Whitson
Center Point
Mach
M. Yeegy
Solon
Leland Avid
Woubeek
Orr and Jones
Armory Building
Washington
Iowa City Hosts Outlook Meeting for Agribusiness Leaders
Agribusiness men who counsel with farmers will gather Tuesday Oct. 9 in Iowa City to hear forecasts on prices, production and marketing. Gene Futrell and Everett Stoneberg from Iowa State University will review the current economic and agricultural picture and offer market prospects and farm management implications.
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Iowa City
Ed Kirby
Cedar Rapids
Gene Futrell
Iowa State University Extension
Everett Stoneberg
Iowa State University
Ososlo Oskaloosa 4 H Dairy Heifer Sale To End Program
The Tenco area extension dairy heifer project concludes October 13 with a sale of forty springing Holstein heifers bred to recommended bulls. The project began November 1971 in the Ottumwa extension area, aiding rural youth with facilities for raising dairy heifers. Twenty five members from 13 families joined the first intake, and in 1973 a second group of 27 members purchased 53 heifers, many to be offered in 1974.
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Oskaloosa
Tenco Area
Tenco
Ottumwa
Burco Heads Buchanan County Farm Bureau in Independence
Gaylen Burco of Hazleton was elected president of the Buchanan County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting in Independence. Other officers include Judd Decker as vice president Kent Yeager treasurer and James Arnold secretary. Mrs Joseph Kremer becomes women's committee chair with Mrs Donald Arnold as vice chair and Mrs Earl Gosse as publicity chair. The dinner drew 525 members and spouses with Roger Poppen of Roach Farms Osage Division as guest speaker.
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Independence
Gaylen Burco
Hazleton
Buchanan County Farm Bureau
Gayla
Daryl Daubenberger
Winthrop
Judd Decker
Kent Yeager
Jesup
James Arnold
Aurora
Joseph Kremer
Buchanan County Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Ted Crawford
Donald Arnold
Earl Gosse
Roger Poppen
Osage
Roach Farms, Inc
Hampshire Is Linn Hog Show Carcass Winner
The Linn county market hog show crowned the Hampshire owned by LeRoy Faint of Mt. Vernon as third place in the adult division while the live champion Chester White entered by Verne Moore of Springville was second in the carcass contest. Backfat and loineye measurements as well as ham and loin percentages were listed for each entry with Kepler of Lisbon placing third in carcass and Pitman of Springville and McKinley of Walker placing fourth and fifth respectively.
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Lisbon
Linn County
Hampshire
LeRoy Faint
Mt. Vernon
Chester White
Verne Moore
Springville
Paul Kepler
Steve Pitman
Tony McKinley
Walker
Pitman
McKinley
Charolais Crossbred Wins at Waukon Show
Allamakee County Cattlemen's Assn hosted 31 entries in a steer and calf contest in Waukon. Leo Berns and Sons of Postville won with a Charolais crossbred and took third place. Bob Byrnes of Waukon placed second with a Limousin-Angus crossbred, Dan Welsh was fourth with a Charolais-Angus cross, and Bernard Welsh finished fifth with a Hereford.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Two Holsteins Break 700 Pounds Fat Mark
In Benton county dairy records completed in July two grade Holsteins topped 700 pounds butterfat. An eight-year-old owned by Wilfred Becker produced 18,740 pounds of milk and 841 pounds of butterfat in 305 days. A four-year-old owned by Paul Fix produced 16,700 pounds of milk and 728 pounds of butterfat in 284 days.
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Vinton
Benton County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Duane Noelck
Wilfred Becker
Atkins
Paul Fix
Cook Considers Inland Terminal at Albert Lea
Cook Industries plans an inland grain terminal at Albert Lea with 20 to 35 million bushels annual storage capacity. The facility would be a high speed automated backup to Gulf Coast elevators in New Orleans and Galveston, leveraging Minnesota Iowa rail access for shipments to the gulf for overseas markets.
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Albert Lea, Minn
Cook Industries, Inc
Albert Lea
William Barksdale
Memphis, Tenn
New Orleans
Galveston
Texas
Gulf Coast
Barksdale
Minnesota
Iowa
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