Harold Ver Meer Milks 70 Cow Dairies Into Modern Grade A System
Harold Ver Meer of Route 2 Pelafi operates a 70 cow dairy that has milked since 1945. An early advocate for Grade A milk, he helped create a Des Moines market and earned his Grade A license in 1953 with support from the Des Moines Department of Health and the Des Moines Coop. He upgraded in 1959 to a 625 gallon bulk tank and now milks 40 cows in a five stall U shaped parlor, using a Surge mixer and vacuum delivery. Cows are Holstein bred, calves kept for herd replacement, and milk is preferred over replacer.
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Harold Ver Meer
Route 2
Pelafi
Pella
Des Moines
Des Moines Department of Health
Tuc Uives
Ver Meer
Harold
Family Dairy Farm Runs On Tradition and Modern Feeds
The Harold Ver Meer farm spreads 155 acres across corn, oats, hay, sorghum and pasture with 2000 pounds of milk per cow yearly. Geese flocks, dairy princess Mary, and three children shaping farm life show a blend of heritage and dairy promotion.
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Harold
American farms could end world hunger with U S production
The article argues American agriculture could satisfy world hunger and, with a 50 percent rise in milk, 33 percent in wheat, 25 percent in soybeans, and 33 percent in vegetable oils, redirecting milk in dry form to underfed regions while improving U S diets at home and abroad.
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Free World
U.S
Expansion of U.S. milk production urged by key figures
The piece argues that feeding the world could become a tool for economic growth and that rapid expansion of milk output may be pursued through incentives to dairymen. It contrasts donor-based aid with policy decisions by The President and Congress and notes shifting views on surplus management versus production growth.
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America
Congress
Committee backs four year Feed Grain program extension
Washington DC The Livestock and Feed Grains Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee approved a four year extension of the Feed Grain Program. Congressman Bert Bandstra Democrat Iowa says the measure now goes to the full committee for consideration. Bandstra serves on both panels.
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Washington, D.C
House Agriculture Committee
Bert Bandstra
Dem
Iowa
Bandstra
Livestock and
Feed Grains
Lawmakers consider extendible feed grain bill with soy option
Iowa officials described a subcommittee approved measure extending the Feed Grain Program through 1969. The plan allows farmers to swap part of their feed grain base from corn to soybeans if the Agriculture Secretary deems soybean production needed. The change would not reduce the 20 cent per bushel price support and preserves wheat substitution on the base.
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Bandstra
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa
Math winner James Lee Smith tops Iowa high school contest
James Lee Smith, son of the George Smiths of rural Ladora, was named first among five Iowa high school winners in a mathematics contest sponsored by Des Moines Actuaries' Club. More than 5 500 students from 186 Iowa high schools competed in the event.
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James Lee Smith
George Smiths
Ladora
Iowa
Actuaries’ Club of
Des Moines
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