McAlester Boy Uses Cardboard In Cattle Feed
Eighth grader John Roger Milton of McAlester created a cattle feed mix containing 21 percent ground cardboard and paper along with cottonseed meal and milo. His two steers gained weight in a two month test, and the project earned second place at the Pontotoc County Conservation District environmental science awards, with a $15 prize. He argues the method lowers feed costs and recycles waste paper, though large scale viability remains to be proven.
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Leslie Wigington
McAlester
John Roger Milton
Leroy M. Milton
John
East Central
Kerr Activity Center
Pontotoc County
Farmers anxious over loans as spring planting nears
Jackson Mississippi AP reports farmers nationwide fear securing operating and improvement loans to cover rising costs for seeds fertilizer tractors and labor. official notes 12 states find loans hard to obtain 15 report scarce funds. some farmers depleted equity after bad years and struggle to find credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson. Miss
G.F. Vaughn
State Agriculture Department
Mississippi
Mid-Am Dairymen to meet as 1977 faces milk surplus
Mid-American Dairymen Inc. holds its annual meeting April 12 in Omaha Nebraska with 900 plus attendees to review 1976 results. The co op reports record sales of 666 million dollars and earnings before taxes of 1.9 million while milk prices paid to members rose over one dollar per hundredweight amid drought costs.
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Mid-American Dairymen, Inc
Omaha
Neb
Mid-Am
Omaha Hilton Hotel
William A. Powell
Princeton
SEC
Gary Hanman
Springfield
Mid-American Farms, Inc
Mid-America Dairymen
Hanman
ANCA objects to Senate diet report on red meat and heart disease
ANCA president Wray Finney told Sen. George McGovern that there is no valid scientific basis for reducing red meat. He urged reconsideration of the committee diet heart recommendations, arguing exercise and fitness are the real keys to preventing heart disease and that evidence was ignored.
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Washington
American National Cattlemen’s Asviation
ANCA
Senate Select Committee On Nutrition
Wray Finney
George McGovern
D-S.d
McGovern
Finney
Allotments May Face Elimination In Farm Policy Shift
The Carter administration urges ending acreage allotments tied to old farm programs. Proposals would base income support on actual planted acreage rather than fixed allotments, shifting payments to more acres and reflecting current crop suitability and market conditions.
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Washington
Congress
Ohio
Carter
New Grain Reserve Plan Aims to Stabilize Market Prices
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland announced a three year storage option allowing farmers to store part of their 1976 wheat and rice crop. The plan, plus higher price support loan rates for 1977 corn soybeans and other feed grains, is said to dampen price swings with minimal consumer impact. Wheat loans rise to 2.25 per bushel corn to 1.75 soybeans to 3.50 and other feed grains higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Kansas
USDA
Government raises honey price support to 32.7 cents per lb
The Agriculture Department said this year’s honey price support averages 32.7 cents per pound, up 3.3 cents from 1976, with parity adjustments and new 1977 loans. The USDA will continue buying excess honey at the set support price and maintain the purchase program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Cattlemen Launch Digest Newsletter to Explain Beef Prices
The American Cattlemen's Association in Denver started Digest to explain cattle markets to news media and consumers as beef prices are expected to rise later this year. Wray Finney said the survey showed public misunderstanding and the newsletter aims to replace myths with facts about the cattle cycle and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Cattlemen’s Association
Denver
Association
Wray Finney
Finney
World milk surpluses grow as production rises
The Agriculture Department says global milk tonnage will likely rise again this year. Increased dairy price supports and high retail prices hinder cuts to surpluses. The European Common Market remains the dominant producer and consumer of dairy products. Last year output rose nearly 2 percent in 37 major producers, with the United States up over 4 percent and another moderate gain anticipated in 1977.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
European Common Market
Europe
United States
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Dick Knight
Federal
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Survey of Agriculture
Mississippi Agriculture
Jim Buck Ross
Ross
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Powell
Mid- America Dairymen, Inc
Secretary of Agriculture
Justice Department
Oklahoma
Central
Northwest
Southwest
International Cotton Advisory Committee
Senate
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