State Farm Group Initiates Japanese Youth Training Plan
The Jowa Farm Bureau will sponsor young Japanese farmers in cooperation with the Association for International Collaboration of Farmers in Japan. The program mirrors a California Farm Bureau effort and follows a mission to Japan last September. Trainees aged 20 to 30 will arrive in Iowa in May for about a year, starting with 10 or fewer participants. They will work on Iowa farms, participate in all farming activities, and undertake educational tours to learn about American life and agriculture.
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Jowa Farm Bureau
Towa Farm Bureau
Association For International Collaboration of Farmers
Japan
Californa Farm Bureau
Towa
Farm Bureau Hiade
Iowa
Louisa Swine Producers Plan Annual Meeting
Louisa County Swine Producers Assn officers and directors met to set program plans for the annual meet. Wayne Carter, president, urged all producers to attend the meeting set for Monday evening January 13 at Wapello Elementary school. Tentative plans include officer and director elections, report of the year’s activities, a speaker, and a drawing.
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Louisa County
Ass'n
Wayne Carter
Association
Carter
Wapello
Beans Gain as Glamour Crop
The soybean market continues to rise as a glamour crop with prices climbing in Chicago to 2.70 a bushel last week, 32 cents above a year ago and well over government support. Officials anticipate next year’s harvested acreage to exceed this year’s record 28,628,000 acres, with soybeans easing cropland use from wheat and other feeds.
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Washington
Chicago
Insect Populations Build in 1963 Across Iowa
County Extension Director Egene Mathern notes continuing insect population increases in 1963. Reports from Harold Gunderson detail problems including western corn rootworm in 53 counties, cicada brood in 46 counties, and Dutch elm disease in 47 counties.
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Egene Mathern
Harold Gunderson
Towa State University
Rosly
Towa
Henry
Iowa
Jones, Mitchell
Marshall
Grundy
Ames View Would Sign Up for 1964 Feed Grain Program
Extension specialists at Iowa State University say the 1964 feed grain program pays farmers to enroll. Signups run February 10 to March 27 with payment estimates shown using a 40 percent idle acreage example. Changes include higher set asides, new base yield calculations, and a two-part national price support.
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Ames
Iowa State University
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Smarch
Laws Farm
ISU
William Uhre
Iowa
Farm Bureau Head To Speak At Wapello Fete
J Mel Anderson, president of the Town Farm Bureau, will speak at a soup supper on January 2 at Wapello elementary school. The event serves as Louisa County Farm Bureau membership kickoff, with Anderson noted as a former state Fat Bureau director from District 5 and a 400 acre farm operator near Newton.
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J. Mel Anderson
Wapello
Louisa Courty Farm Bureau
Deat Gipple
Louisa
Anderson
Central
Java
Newton
Jasper County
Wayne
Wapello Counties
The
Livestock National Bank of Chicago
Beef Breeders in Iowa Can Test Cattle Locally
Iowa beef breeders in Muscatine County may perform their own testing under a program from the Iowa Beef Improvement Association. Extension livestock specialists say breeders can sample two years of self graded calves, with records summarized by IBIA facilities. After two years breeders decide on joining IBIA. data remain confidential and not official IBIA records.
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Muscaline County
Iowa Beef Improvement Association
Eugene Mathern
Robert C. deBava
Iowa State University
IBIA
Heal Cattle
deBaca
IBTA
Eugene Malhern
Sest Association
Iowa
Slate Fertilizer and Feed Workshop at Ft Des Moines Hotel
The Town Grain and Feed Association will host a two day feed and fertilizer sales workshop at the Ft Des Moines hotel in January 2031. Ralph Everett of Fimpire Sales Training will lead the instruction for fertilizer and feed sales managers and their salesmen with enrollment capped at ten on a first come basis. Contact Bob Skinner in Des Moines Iowa for enrollment forms and housing details. World production of corn and rice reached record levels this year according to the Foreign Agricultural Service with corn production expected to exceed 8 billion bushels and about half produced in the United States. The previous record was 8.5 billion bushels in 1960. In the Soviet Union officials expect the crop to show little change from last year’s slightly above average 383 million bushels.
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Ala
Uhrig
Iowa State
ASC
Alga
Town Grain and Feed Association
Ft. Des Moines
Ralph Everett
Fimpire Sales Training, Inc
Miami
Fla
Bob Skinner
Lowa Grain and Food Association
Des Moines
Towa
Washington
The
Foreign Agricultural Service
Soviet Union
Whiere
Brannan Plan gains traction despite past rejection
Muscatine Journal reports increasing interest in the Brannan plan as a tool to raise farm incomes and curb production. Congressional interest grows with arguments for feed grain, wheat, dairy, and cotton payments, supported by several farm groups and Secretary Freeman.
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Ovida
Martinwashington
American Farm ‘Bureau Federation
Bireal
Brannan
Ag Department Opens Signup Period for Feed Grain Program
Washington announces the Agriculture Department will open signup on February 10 for farmers to participate in the year's voluntary feed grain program. The period runs until March. The plan offers land diversion and price support payments plus loans to growers hosting feed grain plantings at least 20 percent below base acreages to curb surplus corn and barley.
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Washington
Agricultur
Dairymen Warn Against Milk Price Withholding
Three dairy groups warn that proposed withholding of milk by the National Farmers Organization would ruin Midwest dairy farmers. They say higher consumer prices for butter and cheese would trigger pushback and possible suspension of price supports, with little chance of securing enough processor contracts to meet targets.
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Washington
Midwest
National Farmers Organization
Louisa 4-H Training School Set December 30
Louisa 4-H club officers and real clubs leaders will attend a training session at L. and M. High School on Monday afternoon December 30. Registration runs 1 25 to 3 30 P.M. County officers supervise sessions with adult helpers. A film on Parliamentary Procedure will be shown followed by a brief recreation period.
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Louisa
I R Eal
4-H
Weed control progress in 1963 Iowa farming practices
Iowa farmers improved both chemical and cultural weed control in 1963 though expert Sylvester notes more emphasis is needed. Pre-emergence sprays on corn and soybeans showed mixed results with rainfall affecting benefits. postemergence sprays yielded good control when applied correctly. Cultural methods expanded in 1968 with mowing, smother crops, and better seedbed prep aided by favorable weather, while new weed teasels faced declines.
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Towa
Lee County
Yoors
Sal Bank
Sioux City
Muscaline
Clatinda
Wapello
Ottumwa
Iowa
Eugene Maihern
Town State University
Sylvester
Sylvester Ails
Garth
Amibon
Alanap
Randox
Sylwealer
USDA
Food and Drug Administration
700000 Reporters in Agricultural Information System
The Agriculture Department reports over 700000 farmers and businessmen act as voluntary reporters in a broad farm information network. This year the department issued more than 700 statistical reports, valuable to farmers feed processors merchants owners economists and government officials.
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Washington
Asricwiure Department
Kent Sow Supplement Comparison Promises Guaranteed Vital Feed Elements
In tests eight sow feed tags were reviewed, comparing seven leading supplements with Kent on protein sources, guaranteed phosphorus zinc vitamins and antibiotics. Producers seek large healthy litters, and Kent claims to guarantee all vital elements, urging producers to verify guaranteed levels on the tag.
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Kent
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