Flying Flyers and Landing Layers
The Fifth International Chicken Flying Meet in Ohio saw a 30 ounce hen named Linda from Wisconsin win with a 92 foot flight among 102 contestants. Weather affected distances, with a record 163 feet set in 1973 by Lois the Old English game hen. The piece notes lighthearted farm life and the rise of a five billion dollar poultry industry.
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Lyle W. Borg
Ohio
Linda
West Bend
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Lois
Allee Field Day Set for June 8 at Newell
Allee Experimental Farm one mile south of Newell hosts a cattle feeding and conservation tillage session on June 8 starting 9 30 a m with ISU reports on grain storage tillage levels and protein use. Lunch by Newell Cooperative Elevator and First National Bank. An afternoon program revisits the April 26 field day with crop progress and land condition observations.
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Allee
Newell
Iowa State University
Newell Cooperative Elevator
First National Bank of Newell
Crop Livestock Survey To Aid Farmers And Ranchers
A nationwide USDA survey will be launched in late May to early June to provide farmers and ranchers with information for production and marketing plans. It will estimate 1976 planted acreages and livestock numbers and form the basis for a national and state report issued by June WH.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Duane Show
USDA
Iowa Farm Outlook: Egg Prices Rise as Hatch and Molting Shift
Iowa State University economist Gene Futrell notes egg prices rose in early May after a January drop, with profits likely fair to strong if price trends hold. He cites smaller laying flocks into mid-1976, varied hatch rates, and increased force molting, predicting output and prices may stay firm into summer.
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Iowa State University
Gene Futrell
Futrell
ISU
Inflation in Food Prices: Labor and Profits Pressure Retail Costs
A 1976 cattle and farm productivity study notes food retailers' after tax profits around 1 percent of sales, with meat-packing 1.2 to 1.6 percent. Labor costs account for 57 percent of marketing charges in 1975, while productivity gains and union rules influence output and prices. Egg and poultry outlooks suggest modest gains and price shifts through 1976, amid improved demand for eggs and hatchings.
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Cattle Economic Report
American National Cattlemen's Assn
National Commission On Productivity
Futrell
Iowa
Terril Herd Completes Ayrshire Testing Milks High Production
The National Ayrshire Breeders Association reports William F. Henn Terril Ayrshire herd official Dairy Herd Improvement Registry results. 26 records averaged 11 614 lbs milk and 453 lbs butterfat with a 4 0 percent mature equivalent. Ayrmond Victory Topaz led in milk with 14 830 lbs in 205 days and butterfat at 616 lbs.
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National
Palo Alto County Pork Producers Host District Meeting
The Palo Alto County Pork Producers will hold a district meeting at the Assumption Parish Center in Emmetsburg on June 7. The event includes a free pork chop supper, district business, and the District Park Queen contest at 4 30 pm. Diane Twait of Ringsted competes for district queen. Contact Willard Herke for details.
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Palo Alto County
Assumptions Parish Center
Emmetsburg
Willard Herke
Palo Alto County Pork Producers
Farmland Feeds
Blanco, A. L. Laboratories and Feed Specialties Co
Ritchie Mfg. Co
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Diane Twait
Ringsted
Free Beltone hearing aid model offered by mail
A Chicago advertisement promises a free non operating Beltone hearing aid model to anyone who responds. The tiny ear level device weighs less than a third of an ounce and is mailed from Beltone Electronics Corp toDept. 5616 4201 W Victoria St Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago
Til
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corp
Victoria St
Llinois
Northern Iowa Kanawha Field Day Planned June 17
The Northern Iowa Experimental Association Farm at Kanawha, operated by Iowa State University, hosts an all day field day on June 17 with wagon tours starting at 9 30 a m Tours will visit weed control plots comparing corn and soybean herbicides and discuss small grains production follar fertilization and related agronomy topics ISU weed control specialists will answer questions A free lunch is provided and visitors may bring plant specimens or questions Staff contact Harold Heykes at the Palo Alto County Extension Office in Emmetsburg.
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Iowa
Kanawha
Palo Alto
Harold Heykes
Iowa State University
Sharma
Heykes
Emmetsburg
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Iowa Farm Outlook
George J. Kliegt
Liz Culligan
Metsburg
John Myers
Graettinger
Ayrshire
American National Cattlemen’s. Assoc
Occupations Safety and Health Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Onny
Easy Finance
Palo Alto County Implement Co
Highway 18 East
Quad County
Curlew
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