1956 Outlook for Farm Prices Faces Cost-Price Squeeze
Washington notes on the Department of Agriculture outlook conference predict continuation of the cost-price squeeze into 1956 and beyond. Farm prices fell about seven percent from November 1954 to November 1955 with declines also in prior years. debate centers on farm program adequacy and future price supports as experts warn of prolonged adjustments.
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Peter Edson
Washington
NEA
Department of Agriculture
New York
National Farm Bureau Federatim
Reese Ae Ni
Pet
Phil Weaver
R-Neb
American Agtifarther
Twentieth Century “Fund
National Grange
Cleveland
Carmine G. DiSapio
Tammany Hall
Ot Agricultural Economics
University
Fund
Edward A. Filene
Boston
Toda
Adolf A. Berle
Francis Biddle
Bruce
There’s Something About Farming Lasting Marks on the Land
A personal essay reflects on farm landscapes and enduring traces left by past occupants. The narrator notes hedgerows, orchard patterns, soil buildup under fruit trees, and old fence lines as silent records of former tenants like Henry Lively and Bill Quick, illustrating how care, failures, and feats shape land over generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lively
John Lively
Harry
Bill Quick
Bill
Eviences
Farms Shrink By 600 000 In Four Years
The Census Bureau reports U S farms declined by about 600000 from 1950 to 1954, a drop of 11.1 percent the sharpest decline for any comparable period. Every state except Florida shows decreases as smaller farms vanish, with declines concentrated in farms under 50 acres and those producing under $2300 value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenmus Bureas
United States
Tate
Flovion
Old Days Not To His Liking In Walnut Creek
Al Morgan a dairy ranch owner in Walnut Creek recounts a 22 hour power outage that left him without milking for five years forcing five cows to be milked by hand. He, a hired hand a neighbor and his father in law worked four hours to finish the milking task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Creek
al Morgan
Morgan
Han
Livestock market report from Amiens Liventoore sale
Auction notes list gradual price ranges for cattle hogs calves and pigs with weights from 180 to 300 plus per head bids. Prices quoted in dollars per hundredweight and per head. quality categories include good choice medium and common. Across markets in the Midwest the report shows heavy emphasis on cattle and hogs with price differentials by grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amiens Liventoor Regurt
Wennestay
Midwest
Better Management Is Needed by Farmers in County
Farmers face financial squeeze from low crop prices and rising costs. A revised bulletin helps plan production, estimate pasture capacity, and set animal unit grazing days. It outlines four stocking levels, factors for maximum net gains, and specific feed and protein supplement guidelines for crops, cattle, hogs, and poultry.
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Sider County
Ind
Lares
Jock
Msi
Opinion on men of this stripe backing high price supports
An opinion piece argues that support for a research project with high costs reveals issues in the stance even if it takes a long time to express. It questions the logic of rapid price supports and suggests there may be underlying problems in policy or motive.
Air Conditioned Hogs Gain Weight Faster
Atlantic City report summarises Purdue University findings by Prof. F. N. Andrews of the Department of Animal Husbandry. Refrigerated slabs in pigpens show cooled hogs gain about three-tenths of a pound per day more than uncooled pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Purdue
F. N. Tnerrews
American Society of Refrigerating Engineers
Andrews
Department of Animal Husbandry
Purdue University
Grange Opposes Roadside Weed Spraying
Ravenna Portage County Grange leaders went on record opposing state highway department weed spraying along roadsides. They cited a Portage County cow death and multiple animal illnesses blamed on the herbicide.
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Ravenna
Unio
Romona Grange
Portage County
State Highway Department
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