Marketing pact creates Midwest Cattle Marketing Association
Two Iowa farm groups the Iowa Farm Bureau and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association formed the Midwest Cattle Marketing Association to pursue country feedlot marketing. PLMA and IPLA join as participating groups with PLMA handling western Iowa and IPLA eastern Iowa. A feeder representative will contact packers, negotiate bids, and analyze market offers.
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Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa Cattlemen's Association
Midwest Cattle Marketing Association
Midwest Cattle
Farm Bureau
Iowa Cattlemen
Stemmers Livestock Marketing Association
PLMA
Omaha
Neb
Interstate Producers Livestock Association
IPLA
Peoria
Iowa State Master Gardener course offered in Ottumwa
Iowa State University Extension will run a Master Gardener program from February 6 to March 13 at the Area Extension Office in Ottumwa. Trainees will complete 40 hours of volunteer service and can assist with lawn and garden questions, club programs, or office work. Applications due January 3, 1986 via the Wayne County Extension Service.
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Iowa State University
Area Extension
Meadowdale
Walsh Jr. High
Ottumwa
Balancing Work and Family With Free Wayne Course
The Wayne County Extension Office offers a free home study course titled Working Families. It covers common work life conflicts for parents, provides nine self paced lessons, and includes activities and reaction forms. Registration ends January 10 with first lesson mailed January 13. call 872 1755.
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Wayne County Extension Office
Ninth Tillage Conference Set for Ottumwa
The ninth annual Conservation Tillage Conference is planned for January 23 1986 in the Ottumwa Coliseum. It features speakers educational displays and exhibits on conservation tillage with topics including conservation leasing weed control fertilizer placement and farmer experience. The Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development Area sponsors the event with Soil Conservation Service Extension Service and district commissioners coordinating. Wayne County plans to attend and invites others to join. Also notes erosion study findings in Wayne County showing yield declines on heavily eroded soils and soil loss costs per acre and nationwide fertilizer impacts from topsoil loss.
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Ottumwa Coliseum
Dale Kraus
Pathfinders
Soil Conservation Service and Extension Service
Soil Conservation District
Wayne Soils District
Ottumwa
Wayne County
Iowa
Students win soil poster sweepstakes across Wayne County schools
Wayne County Soil Conservation District sponsored contest with 240 posters from Lineville Clio Seymour and Wayne Community Schools. Winners include Andy Tuttle and Jennifer Bellon of Wayne Com munity School for sweepstakes, plus top finishers in three divisions by grade.
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Corydon Elementary School
Andy Tuttle
Max Tuttle
Jennifer Bellon
Donnie Bellon
Wayne Community School
Wayne County
Wayne County Soil Conservation District
Chris Flood
Seymour
Tracey Alter
Lineville-Clio
Lineville- Clio
Wayne
Mike McKeeman
Pamela Hayes
Roger Miller
Jay Phelps
Stacey Alter
Brant Schmell
Megan Flood
Jenni Enright
Andy Joiner
Angela DeVore
Teresa Broker
Jennifer Bellow
Jennifer Engle
Walt Jackson
Quips and Quotes Holiday party and kitchen tips shared
A Christmas party hosted by Tina with 4 H club members leads to festive treats and fondue desserts. Tips cover thoughtful gifting, diet considerations, and home study courses, plus practical notes on window insulation and candy making fixes for holiday baking challenges.
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Tina
David
Poinsettias and Wayne County Fair Beef Plans
Ag Line notes Poinsettias suit Christmas decor with sun and warmth needs. Also, 1986 Wayne County Fair weigh in for market beef on Dec 27, junior beef carcass contest details, calf implants program for 4H and FFA, and warning about rabbits chewing bark due to cold. Extended cold raises cow energy needs. extension office closed Dec 24–25.
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Wayne County
FFA
Cooley Helps ISU Meat Judging Team Finish Fifth
Tom Cooley of Corydon was on the five student Iowa State University team at the 1985 International Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest in Dakota City Nebraska. ISU placed fifth among 21 teams with 3838 of 4400 points, 86 behind Colorado State University. The squad led beef judging and specifications, ranked first in beef grading, fifth in reasons, and second in combined grading. Cooley is a junior agricultural education major and Wayne Community Schools graduate with three teammates who are juniors and one senior.
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Tom Cooley
Corydon
Iowa State University
Dakota City
Neb
ISU
Colorado State University
Cooley
Wayne Community Schools
Hughes to address farmers at county meeting
Wayne County Survival committee schedules a Saturday gathering at 8 p.m. at Corydon United Methodist Church with guest speaker Scott H. Hughes of Council Bluffs, a bankruptcy lawyer and specialist in farmer problems. Public is invited to attend.
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Wayne County
Corydon United Methodist Church
Scott H. Hughes
Council Bluffs
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Marshall Ruble
Rick Williams
Ruble
Kelley
Williams
Jerry Williams
Iowa State
The
Wayne County Extension
Dave White
Dale Hull
Paul Alexander
Soil Conservation Service
Donna Donald
Extension Home Economist
Ag Line
Brad Huffines
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