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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
4
UPI reports the 1968 feed grain total could total 168.1 million tons, below last year’s 176 million and short of domestic and export needs. Declines in corn and sorghums acreage, weather varied, with Illinois and Indiana cited for unfavorable pollination. Overall yields set records for wheat oats barley soybeans rye hay and potatoes.
U.S. officials will keep the export subsidy for chicken to Switzerland in place until further notice and may expand to other markets. The program, started last April, boosted Swiss sales to 2.8 million pounds in nine months 1968 from 392 thousand a year earlier. Officials stressed study of making the program more effective and continuing pressure on subsidies abroad to level competition.
The analysis projects a favorable long term for beef as cattle numbers rise slowly and production remains flat or slightly lower. Demand has surged from 63.1 to 112.4 pounds per person, carcass basis, supporting profitable cattle farming for years. Hog production can rise quickly with favorable feed ratios, though a hog price downturn may arrive in 1969.
Washington set to decide early 1969 on raising grazing charges for cattle on 11 western states and parts of the Great Plains. Forest Service permits average 51 cents per cow monthly. Land Management Bureau permits 33 cents. Proposals aim to reach 1.23 dollars over 10 years amid mixed letters to agencies.
Government data show three fourths of U S barren land resides in Alaska with about 60 million acres in the state deemed potentially useful for cattle or reindeer grazing. A portion of the land with little economic value covers roughly one eighth of the nation's 2.266 billion acres.
Erica, owned by Young and Schneider of Jesup, is the second ranking Jersey three year old with 11 620 pounds of milk and 707 pounds of butterfat in 305 days.
American soybean producers react angrily to the EEC proposal for a 30 dollar per ton tax on soybean meal and 60 dollar per ton on soybean oil threatening U S sales. ASA cites serious risk to trade while urging lawmakers to press a strong administrative response.
A series of beef cow calf schools will be held in Cedar, Benton, Iowa, Washington, Jones and Johnson counties in February and March. Andy Boston, area extension livestock specialist, notes sessions on specific dates in each county.
Lighter market weights have aided cattle prices this year as demand remains steady and producers adjust feed strategies. Stronger prices support farm income while industry analysts note shifts in market dynamics and consumer demand.
Saturday December sales include closing out auctions for machinery corn beans and livestock at multiple locations near Walford Vinton Central City Atkins Cedar Rapids Lisbon Williams burg and Blairstown. January events cover real estate farm equipment grain and livestock with listings for Otto Stohlman Gilbert and Harold Wardenburg and others.
Edward Fettkether of Fayette suffered a severely mangled hand when it was caught in a corn picker while helping brother Roger with harvest on a Volga area farm two miles north of Volga. He was taken to Mercy hospital in Oelwein.
MARSHALLTOWN Louis Zumbach of Coggon was re elected president of the Iowa Ayrshire Breeders Association at the annual meeting in Marshalltown. Officers elected include Gerald Ross of Mt. Vernon as vice-president and Jack Lang of Brooklyn as secretary-treasurer.
Washington AP The National Milk Producers Federation requests extending minimum prices for fluid milk beyond April 30 to avoid disorder in marketing and farmer loss of confidence. It argues 1967 Class 1 prices stabilized production but per capita output keeps falling as costs rise and other opportunities draw farmers away. The Agriculture Department expects March prices about five percent above last year with April outlook tied to price support decisions and federal orders.
The report notes that about one in four acres of U.S. crops are sent abroad. It highlights the scale of export volumes, the main commodities involved, and the potential impact on domestic supply and prices.
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