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Creamery Growth in Iowa Ties to Cooperative Shift
Iowa's dairy expansion shows 443 operating creameries with 264 cooperatives, 141 individual plants and 58 centralizers. Centralizers supply 47 percent of butter output while paying 44.5 cents per pound of butterfat. co-ops and individuals pay varying rates. New cooperatives form in Glidden Wellman Laurens and Brooklyn as state brands and grade buying trend gains momentum. A Butter Makers panel warns grade-based buying may spread statewide. Also a note lists 124 women serving in state legislatures.
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Courier Special Service
Dea
Iowa
Dairy Division
State Department of Agriculture
Glidden
Carroll County
Wellman
Washington County
Alta
Buena Vista
Laurens
Pocahontas County
Brooklyn
Poweshiek
Blakesburg
Wapello County
Brighton
Morning Sun
Louisa County
Mernbera
Butter Manufacturers Association