Livestock Prices Rise While Grains Lag In Farm Report
The Crop Reporting Board says meat animals gained for the month ending June 15 with beef at 38.50 per hundredweight and hogs at 47.30, while food grains fell 13 percent led by wheat at 2.92 a bushel. Corn rose slightly to 2.68 a bushel, but overall farm prices edged up 2 percent for the period as inflation pressures lingered and dairy product figures showed mixed gains in 1974.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Yeast Could Cut Poultry Feed Costs, Oklahoma Study Says
Oklahoma State University researchers report that including live yeast culture in poultry rations can halve the inorganic phosphate supplement needed. The 2.5 percent yeast level improves phosphorus utilization without harming growth or feed efficiency, potentially saving $1.50 to $2 per ton in phosphate costs. Dinosaur
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Oklahoma State University
Rollin H. Thayer
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Thayer
Poultryman
Oklahoma State
Rollin Thayer
Brazil may get Soybean business
A six nation European delegation grilled U.S. soybean supplies and quality amid complaints of poor soybean meal and meat. They note Brazil has grown as a top competitor, with U S exports easing while Brazilian shipments rise, signaling foreign buyers may shift if quality does not improve.
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Washington
U.S
Brazil
Agriculture Department
Congressional
Congress
Kenneth Arnott
Federation of European Feed Compounders
Arnott
USDA
Farmers see mixed gains from May price changes
The Agriculture Department report shows eggs and other breakfast items cost 5.5 to 9 percent more than a year earlier with only egg farmers benefiting from higher prices. The May market basket for an urban family saw the farmer’s share rise 3.7 percent from April while middlemen’s costs nudged up 1 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New Cottage Cheese Cartons Go To Stores
Oklahoma City reports that Clyde Lacey of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture announces new cottage cheese cartons will reach grocers July 1 1975. Three standards will be labeled with milkfat percentages indicate four percent or more for Cottage Cheese, Low Cottage Cheese carries 1 to 2 percent fat, and Dry Curd Cottage Cheese designation appears on certain cartons.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Clyde Lacey
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Alligator killings in McCurtain County bring fines
Two McCurtain County men pled guilty in Idabel District Court on June 19 to illegally killing an alligator. They were fined $100 each. Investigations linked additional alligator fatalities near Ardmore with two 10 to 11 foot animals over 250 pounds. Federal and state probes continue into the endangered wildlife case.
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McCurtain County
Idabel
Ardmore
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Larry Taylor
Sam Jones
Eagletown
Tony Benson
Carter County
Rome Ingle
Jue
Ingle
Walnut Bayou
Farm Leader Endorses Land Use Based Assessments
Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Lewis Munn commends the Equalization Board for directing the Oklahoma Tax Commission to start a new ratio study of land assessments. The study, aligned with State Question 486 approved in 1972, aims to reflect actual land use and fix unequal ad valorem taxes.
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Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Lewis Munn
The
Equalization Board
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Munn
Oklahoma
Striped Bass Spawn Checked At Keystone
The Arkansas River arm of Lake Keystone shows a sixth consecutive spring striped bass spawn per a Fisheries Division report from Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation. Assistant Chief Kim Erickson notes it is too early to gauge reproduction extent. fingerling survival will be estimated by mid July. The Keystone crew will extend seining at Texoma Reservoir and below Keystone Dam to confirm reproduction.
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Arkansas River
Lake
Keystone
Fisheries Division
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Kim Erickson
Erickson
David Combs
Keystone Fisheries Research
Texoma Reservoir
Keystone Dam
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House Science and Technology Committee
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Arkansas
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