Specialized Swine Producers School Set Across Three Iowa Locations
A three location Specialized Swine Producers School will be held in the Ot tumwa Extension Area this month. Cliff Iverson says sessions run 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Dickey's Prairie Home Bloomfield United Methodist Church and Dutch Buffet east of Pella. Topics cover Swine Nutrition and Management Swine Herd Health Swine Marketing Swine Facilities and Animal Waste Management with ISU Extension Specialists leading.
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Ottumwa
Cliff Iverson
Dickey’s Prairie Home
United Methodist Church
Bloomfield
Pella
Hwy
Iowa State University Extension
Seed catalogs grow brighter with bicentennial seed dreams
The article notes 1976 seed catalogs use red white and blue themes to celebrate the bicentennial, with Burpee offering liberty bell and flag designs for beds. It highlights prizes for best plantings, advises trying new varieties while keeping proven ones, mentions ambrosia muskmelon as regionally variable, and reports Burpee Big Girl success and squash gains. It also says white marigold seeds, valued at $10,000 to Mrs Alice Vonk, will take years to become widely available.
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Burpee Co
Iowa
Alice Vonk
Sully
Agri Electric Show Set for Des Moines in January
The Iowa Farm Electrification Council will run the first Agri Electric Show in Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines on Tuesday and Wednesday January 2021. Over 65 exhibitors from six states will display equipment including phase converters ventilation farm buildings standby generators waste handling wiring insulation motors grain handling and more. Four mini seminars daily cover heating insulation confinement feeding lighting low temperature grain drying and solar drying. No admission fee but door prize registrations for a portable TV. The show runs 9 am to 4 pm daily with next annual meeting scheduled for April 29-30 in Des Moines. Members of the Agri Electric Show Committee include Maynard Munson Towa Power and Light Co Des Moines Martin Gardner Benton County REC Vinton Noel Plummer Woodbury County REC Moville and Ron Overturf Iowa Southern Utilities Centerville.
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Iowa Farm Electrification Council
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Des Moines
Recs
Iowa
Farm Emergency Generators To Be Discussed Monday
Bill Roberts of Winpower Manufacturing in Newton will speak to the adult farmer class on Monday January 12 about Farm Emergency Generators. He will cover the need for generators in livestock confinement, selecting and using a generator, and care and maintenance. The session begins at 7 30 p m in the Pella Community High School Cafeteria with emphasis on dairy farms and automated milking facilities.
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Bill Roberts
Winpower Manufacturing
Newton
Pella Community High School
Ak Sar Ben Livestock Show Announces 1976 Changes
J D Anderson, new Ak Sar Ben agriculture committee chair, unveils updates for the 49th World’s Largest 4 H Livestock Show. A Catch A Calf contest with 16 4 Hers roping eight calves replaces the goal tying event, judged by weight gains and calf record books. show runs Sept 24 to Oct 2 with entries due Sept 1.
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Ak- Sar-Ben
J. D. Anderson
Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Ak-Sar- Ben
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Nina Bruinekool
Iowa Ffa
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Decorah
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Vinton
Noel Plummer
Woodbury County
Moville
Ron Overturf
Iowa Southern Utilities
Centerville
Idole
Prairie City
J.0.y. Society of Prairie City Christian Reformed Church
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M&w
New Holland
Winpower
Homelite
Forney
Prairie City Foundry
Wilbur and
Louise Nikkel
1St National Bank
Bill Shields
Pizza den
A. Ave
W. Oskaloosa
Grinnell Livestock Exchange
Ralph Fleener
Home
Kgrn - 1410
Bes Cn
Unas Schmidt Pole
Oskaloosa Livestock
Jim McDonough
Farmers Coop Exchange
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