Iowan aids Ghana farmers with new maize seed
Joseph Ascroft, on leave from the University of Iowa, works with FAO in Ghana to introduce a new maize variety. Agronomists spent six years refining the seed for local climate and soil amid challenges of literacy and limited communication. Distilled measures such as a matchbox of fertilizer and a cutlass width translate farming steps for rural farmers while addressing change resistance.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Joseph Ascroft
Ghana
Ascroft
University of Iowa School of Journalism
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Ministry of Agriculture
Kenya
Ascrift
FmHA loans set record for rural housing funds
The Farmers Home Administration advanced 97.4 million dollars in rural housing loans for the year ending June 30 1977 up from 71.4 million the prior year a 36 percent rise State Director Robert R Pim notes 3 371 rural families received 74.9 million for single family homes and over 16 000 Iowa families are in the program Construction of rural rental units totaled 22.5 million creating about 1 500 apartments Rural housing use has more than doubled in three years May be offered to communities with populations up to 20 000 Applicants earning up to 15 600 dollars qualify at 8 percent with reduced rates for those under 10 000 Contact Robert R Pim for details at 873 Federal Building 210 Walnut Des Moines Iowa 50309 Keokuk and Washington Counties are served by the Sigourney Office with J Dennis Roach the County Supervisor in the Sigourney Office Monday mornings and in Washington ASCS Office Thursday afternoons
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Farmers Home Administration
Robert R. Pim
Iowa
Pim
Fmha
Federal Building
Walnut
Des Moines
Keokuk
Washington
Sigourney
J. Dennis Roach
Mr. Roach
Washington Ascs
West Liberty Fair Opens with Judging and Horse Hitch
The 125th West Liberty Fair opened on Tuesday with judging across divisions. Highlights include the O's Gold 40 horse hitch at 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Winners span Jr. Carcass Beef, Best of Show rabbits, and top stock honors including Eric Johnson? (names as read) across West Liberty and Muscatine entrants.
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West Liberty
Brett Windus
Kelly Puck
Stockton
Vince Edler
Nichols
Brenda Mente
Muscatine
John Elder
Steve Pe
Laura Brown
John Kuebler
Sherry Samuelson
Wilton
Atlanta Grandmother Wins National Chicken Cooking Contest
Ann Costa of Atlanta takes first prize and $10,000 in the National Chicken Cooking Contest for her quick stir-fry recipe Chicken Ratatouille. The 52 year old grandmother’s Mediterranean dish beat more than 50 entries from across the states and DC.
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Jackson
Miss
UPI
Ann Costa
Atlanta
District of Columbia
Rites Saturday for Jack Meier 26
John William Jack Meier 26 of Cedar Rapids died at St Luke s Hospital from congestive heart failure He had been ill for months Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Powell Funeral Home Keota burial in Lafayette Cemetery He was born December 1 1950 in Sigourney to Richard E and Betty Miller Meier He lived in Dallas seven years where he worked as a warehouse foreman He moved back to Cedar Rapids in June 1977 Survivors include his wife Debra Meier of Dallas his mother Betty Meier of Cedar Rapids a sister Kathy Cook of Cedar Rapids a brother Staff Sgt Richard L Meier in Japan and his grandparents John W Miller of Harper and Irene Meier of Clarence Preceded in death by his father in 1962.
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John William
Jack) Meier
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Powell Funeral Home
Keota
John McElroy
Lafayette Cemetery
Mr. Meier
Sigourney
Richard E
Betty Miller Meier
McKinley
Harding
Debra McIntyre
Dallas
Tex
Debra Meier
Betty Meier
Mid-Prairie FFA members hold show site meeting
Thirty four Mid-Prairie FFA members and six guests met at the Morris Crawford farm site of the 1977 Farm Progress show for a July meeting. Special guest Anders Nilsson from Sweden spoke as an FFA WEA exchange participant. The group toured the farm after the briefing on experimental plots and layout with John Gent guiding as MP FFA president and Farm Progress Show employee.
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Mid-Prairie
FFA
Morris Crawford
Anders Nilsson
WEA
Sweden
Kenneth Patterson
John Gent
Grain Market Summaries and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Chicago grain closes mixed with wheat and corn firming into September futures while oats and soybeans show varied gains and losses. Des Moines livestock demand weak to moderate with No 1-3 hogs and sows steady to lower, cattle sales weak. Joliet reports light live stock trade as hogs soften slightly. Estimated receipts: Chicago soybeans and corn activity mixed. Webster quote ends the day.
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Des Moines
UPI
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Washington Evening Journal
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