Efficient feeding widened profit gap for Iowa livestock
In north central Iowa last year efficient livestock feeding created the main profit difference between high profit and low profit arms.
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1953
Page
4
In north central Iowa last year efficient livestock feeding created the main profit difference between high profit and low profit arms.
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Agricultural climatologists from Iowa State College analyze hour by hour weather records from Charles City and Sioux City to estimate rain risk for field curing hay. They find first cutting has about 9 to 1 odds against undamaged storage in Charles City and 68 to 100 in Sioux City, with better chances for later cuttings.
An FDA led drive targets contaminated grain in food channels with seizure power and possible dye marking. Iowa growers and elevators face higher quality standards including rodent control, bin cleanup, and careful handling to prevent losses from seizure and ensure safe grain for consumers.
Burton emphasizes that FDA program implications aside, using clean and protective measures to control rodents and stored grain pests is essential. He notes that time and money are risked in planting, managing, and harvesting, and protecting grain in storage safeguards returns, with livestock benefiting from clean grain.
The Farm Bureau Association of North Central Towns analyzed 155 member farms. The top 53 by profit averaged 4150 dollars above feed costs per farm, versus 110 dollars for the bottom 53. Time of marketing, livestock type, and sanitation were key factors alongside yield and acreage efficiency.
Twenty seed dealers and others in seed production and trade will gather at Iowa State College on July 8 for the annual program by the college departments of Agronomy and Botany and Plant Pathology. The all day event opens with talks on seed technology testing state seed law weed control in seed fields and seed-borne disease research. An afternoon field trip to the Agronomy Farm will include seed nursery tours and plots on crop varieties diseases and other seed related subjects.
This article explains that a sole surviving son cannot be inducted under the Universal Military Training and Service Act. An exemption in Class IV-A applies, removing age 35 extensions, and volunteering via recruiting agencies is not allowed. A sole surviving son is defined only when one or more children died in service, not by wartime captivity.
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