Automation and Technology Boost Beef Production Methods
Iowa State University specialists say electronic data processing and computer analytics are increasingly vital in cattle production. They note weighing calves for performance tests and progeny testing can guide management, with nutrition and environmental controls also shaping future beef quality. The piece cites urea use and roughage in finishing rations as trends, and mentions reprints FS-1137 from ISU extensions.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University
Iowa Farm Science
Iowa Beet Improvement
Association
LTBSA
Robert deBaca
BSA
Robert £. Rust
ISA
Rust
Wise Burroughs
Morrill Hall
Towa State University
Towa
Chinese Reds Aim to Gain Soybean Market Share
Washington AP report says Communist China seeks to regain control of the world soybean market, with 1964 U.S. output at a record 700 million bushels and China supplying 9 3 percent of traded soybeans. Global production hit 11 billion bushels, U S share at 65 percent, China 30 percent. Prices for 1964 averaged 2.66 per bushel, above the government support rate.
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Washington
Foreign Agricultural Service
China
United States
Ainland China
U.S
Agricultural Hall of Fame Center to Open in Kansas
The Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center near Homer Springs exit on the Kansas Turnpike will open Saturday June 12. Dr. Oliver S. Williams, president, notes 400 visitors have already toured the facility and exhibits from across the nation are being prepared for the summer season. The grounds cover 275 acres beside Wyandotte County Park with access via U S Highway 40 and State Highways 7 and the turnpike.
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Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center
Homer Springs
Kansas Turnpike
Kansas City
Oliver S. William
Agricultural Hall of Fame
National Center
Wyandotte
Board of Governors of the Agricultural, Hall of Fame and National Center
Annual meeting opens with leaders from agri sectors
Leaders in ing, agri business and agri education from every state gather Friday for the annual meeting. They are expected to stay for the formal opening Saturday, marking the event as a significant cross state assembly.
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Joseph
Miss Wacker Honored At Shower
A miscellaneous bridal shower honoring Miss Doris Wacker was held at the home of Mrs. Ray Bein on Wednesday evening. Hostesses were Mrs. Jack Martin of Durant and others assisted.
Cattlemen May Be Greedy Says Agriculture Dept
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department experts warned cattlemen may be capitalizing on beef price recovery by feeding slaughter animals to heavier weights. Maintenance of market margins relies on continuing lighter weights seen in early 1563. Last week’s average slaughter weight was 1,050 pounds, April 1,007, and four month average 1,016. A year earlier weights exceeded 1,050 pounds, boosting meat supply and imports. No serious price problems are foreseen unless weights rise, lifting beef supply and reversing price trends.
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Washington
Culture Department
Surplus Corn Supply Shrinks to 1955 Low, Says USDA
The Agriculture Department reports the 1964 crop year end corn supply will be the smallest since 1955 due to land diversion programs and higher livestock feeding. Forecast carryover stands at 1.125 billion bushels, down 400 million from four years prior, with government payments and weather reducing production. Feed grain prices are about seven percent higher, and 1965 prices will hinge on new programs and crop prospects. Farmers plan to divert more land from feed grains this year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hhan
Skip Hitchcock Named FFA Member of Week
Skip Hitchcock, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Burdett Hitchcock, was named as the FFA member of the week. He wrestles and plays football at Muscatine High School, serves as vice president of the Muscatine County Leadership Club and president of the Lake Livewirers 4-H group. He has earned two FFA letters and raised purebred formed ewe lambs winning firsts at West Liberty Fair and a state fair. Cutworm infestations spread in southern Iowa cornfields, with advisories on control using toxaphene and aldrin or heptachlor, potential increases in damage, and dosage guidance from extension entomologists.
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Skin. Hitchcock
Burdett Hitchcock
FFA
Skip
Muscatine High School
Muscatine
Cooperative Activities
Hitchcock
West Liberty
Iowa
Eugene Mathern
Groun
Harold Gunderson
State University
Gunderson
Eye cues in jade buying raise prices noted by dealers
Chinese jade dealers gauge a buyer's intent by eye contact and pupil dilation to assess willingness to pay. Psychologists confirm that pupils enlarge when viewing a desirable object, linking gaze to value judgments and price expectations in purchasing.
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Agricultural Fame Center
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