Corn Can Be Grown On Strip Mine Land
University of Iowa researchers report corn can be grown on strip mined land with yields near county averages. A 12 inch dirt cover appears sufficient. 18 inches raises costs. Economic feasibility hinges on coal prices, land values, and crop returns, awaiting large scale tests.
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Iowa City
Towa
University of Iowa Department of Geology
G. Todd Ririe
U of 1
Ririe
Mahaska County
U of I
Lon Drake
Iowa Southern Utilities
University of Iowa
Marvin van Zee
van Zee
Drake
Far East Focus in 1.2 Million Ton U.S. Wheat Sale
Washington AP A newly approved sale of 1.2 million metric tons of U.S. wheat to the Soviet Union targets grain deficit eastern regions. Deputy Asst. Secretary Richard E. Bell said Canada faced shipping and crop issues, pushing Soviets to the United States. Bell cited likely Far East delivery and cost advantages over rail from distant Soviet areas. The deal, agreed last week with U S officials in Moscow, followed Simon's delegation and a White House intervention in earlier grain sales. Firms in the initial deal were Continental Grain and Cook Industries.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
Asst
Richard E. Bell
Canada
United States
Bell
Far East
Moscow
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
White House
Continental Grain Co
New York
Cook Industries
Memphis, Tenn
MU Performance Tested Bull Sale Held November First
The Missouri All Breed Performance Tested Bull Sale will be at 9:00 a.m. on Friday November 1 at the University Livestock Center in Columbia. A total of 264 bulls are consigned from 2200 tested, including 113 Polled Hereford 114 Angus 15 Hereford and Charolais 8 Simmental 3 Polled Shorthorn and 3 Limousin. Five Audrain County purebred breeders Emmett Dodson John Hopkins Raboin Farms Gale Stowers and Carl A Ahrens have bulls in the sale. Bulls have met all sale requirements.
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University Livestock Center
Columbia
Audrain County
Emmett Dodson
John Hopkins
Raboin Farms
Gale Stowers
Carl A. Ahrens
Mary Beth Jones Wins Future Cattleman Award
Kansas City based award recipient Mary Beth Jones of Mexico Missouri is named one of two Future Cattleman Scholarship winners by the American Hereford Association and American Junior Hereford Association at their 10th annual AJHA meeting during American Royal events. Her long list of Hereford and 4-H activities, school honors, and leadership roles support the award and next steps toward higher education in animal science.
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Kansas City
Mary Beth Jones
Mexico
American Hereford Assn
American Junior Hereford Assn
American Junior Hereford Association
Miss Jones
Thomas L. Jones
University of Missouri, Columbia
National Honor Society
Missouri Junior Hereford Association
Mary Beth
Missouri
Gordon Thompson
MJHA
FHA
Mizzou Independent Aggies
Australia Beef Stockpile Could Hit World Market
A Agriculture Department report says Australia is building a potentially large beef herd ready for export if drought strikes pastures. It notes a 43 percent drop in exports from 1973, with U.S. shipments down as grass-fed cattle rise, and total meat imports dipping to about 1.1 billion pounds for 1974.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Australia
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
United States
Congress
Ford
USDA
Tax Management for Farm Operators Gains in Importance
The article urges farmers to treat tax management as integral to farm planning. It notes lower livestock prices and higher costs still favor proactive use of personal exemptions and standard deductions, suggests timing sales of breeding stock for capital gains, and recommends calculating 1974 receipts and expenses to guide year end planning.
Shortages Drive Farm Input Constraints in Inflation Talks
Washington AP reports delegates at an inflation conference polled in Chicago said shortages of fuel, fertilizer, and other farm inputs restrain food production. The Agriculture Department released a summary noting inflation harms young farmers, raises prices, and creates price uncertainty that lowers output. some statements showed disagreements on returns from contracted commodities, capital sufficiency, and foreign trade reliance.
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Washington
Chicago
White House
Agriculture Department
Champion steer brings record price at American Royal sale
The grand champion Maine Anjou steer weighed 1,220 pounds and sold for about 5 dollars a pound at Kansas City. Mike Martz of Lanark, Jr., owner, will realize around 5915 after shrinkage. A coalition of five Kansas City firms bought the steer to donate to Children’s Mercy Hospital. Martz plans to use the funds for his college education.
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Kansas City
Mike Martz
Lanark, Jr
Children's Mercy Hospital
Martz
Iowa
Centralian Wins at East Centralio Angus Sale and Show
The East Centralio Angus Association held its annual fall sale and show with Paul Martin of Centralia winning Junior Division trophy for lot 10 bull. Twelve bulls averaged 370 dollars and 88 cow lots averaged 350 for an overall 351. Champion bull Lot 11 Banker of VIP 313 sold for 800 to Bange and Gronefeld of St. Charles. Reserve Champion Bull Lot 2 CAF Challenger 26 went to Jack Zibulka for 450. Champion female Lot 1 CAF Barbara 14 consigned by Paul Cappel sold to Ryan Bros. Foristell for 700. Reserve Champion female Lot 14 Ryann Edwina Jay 2 sold to Lynn Wiese, Sullivan for 400.
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East Centralio
Angus Association
Paul Martin
Centralia
VIP 313
Vito Ponticello
Owensville
A Bange & Gronefeld
St. Charles
Jack Zibulka
V. Angus
Sullivan
Paul W. Cappel
Troy
Paul Cappel
Barbara
Ryan Bros
Foristell
Ryann Edwina Jay
Lynn Wiese
Pet Shippers To Face Inspection At Major Airports
Federal inspectors will step up surveillance of dog and other animal shipments at key airports to ensure compliance with the Animal Welfare Act. USDA inspectors will begin weekly checks, targeting shipments mostly of dogs from Midwestern breeders to eastern destinations, at Cedar Rapids Des Moines Kansas City St Louis National Washington and Kennedy airports.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Department
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa
Kansas City
St. Louis
National Airport
Kennedy International Airport
New York
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