Pork supply to rise next year with hog prices likely to fall
U S agriculture department outlook shows hog producers plan to increase sow farrowings by five percent to 6.9 million in the current period through May 30, yielding an estimated 51.7 million December May pig crop, 5 percent above 1967 68. Strong demand for red meat supports higher overall production even as prices for hog farmers may drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Holstein Type Classification Planned in Jan
Brattleboro Vermont Holstein Friesian Association of America announces Descriptive Type Classification will be held in Northern Iowa during January The program evaluates body conformation of registered Holsteins and is a major dairy herd improvement service in the United States since 1929 More than 4 500 herds nationwide participate and the service is offered every six months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Iowa
Holstein Association
India Will Get 60 Million Bu Of U S Wheat
Washington AP reports about 60 million bushels of US wheat to India in six months under Food for Freedom. The total aid package amounts to 84.5 million bushels of wheat or flour valued at 145.2 million dollars plus tobacco, tallow, and dairy products.
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Washington
India
Agriculture Department
Johnson
Closing Out and Auction Schedule For Farms and Goods
Multiple farm auctions listed with dates in December and January. Entries name owners such as Harry B. Scott Martyn Schulte George Kreinbring Est Boots Feltes Otte Stohlman Gilbert and Harold Wardenburn Franklin Kent Dwayne Meyer and Fred Ledger. Locations include near Atkins Cedar Rapids Lisbon Monticello Williams Blairstown Springville Keystone and S mi Keystone. Items include livestock machinery hay grain and real estate plus household goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Scott
Atkins
Martyn Schulte
Cedar Rapids
George Kreinbring
Lisbon
Gilbert
Harold Wardenburn
Blairstown
Franklin Kent
Springville
Dwayne Meyer
Keystone
Fred Ledger, & ml
Commercial Feedlot Ordered To Close
Hardin County District Court Judge Mark McCormick ruled that Gifford Feed Lots Inc must discontinue feedlot operations. The 36 page decision found the facility a nuisance and enjoined further operation after May 13 1969, amid a dispute over whether it is a commercial enterprise or agricultural exemption on agriculturally zoned land.
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Fort Dodge, In
Hardin County District Court
Mark McCormick
Gifford Feed Lots, Inc
Gifford
Hardin Takes Careful Pace on Farm Policy
The new Agriculture Secretary Dr Clifford Hardin faces Washington challenges akin to two riders fighting wind on a cold night. USDA aims to remove about five percent of butterfat and six percent of solids not fat from the dairy price support program.
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Clifford Hardin
Washington
USDA
November Dairy Purchases Reported by CCC and CAP Outlook
The article notes CCC contracted in November to buy butter cheese and nonfat dry milk and cites Liebenow predicting pressure on Nixon to pursue a large long range land retirement or CAP expansion. It warns of limited support among farmers and potential rural displacement, with debates over urban receptivity and world hunger concerns.
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Robert v. Liebenow
Corn Refiners Association
Washington, D.C
Liebenow
Washington — Commodity Credit Corporation
Department of Agriculture
CCC
America
Parens
Inspectors Guard Ports Against Foreign Pests
USDA Agricultural Research Service inspectors work with agencies at airports sea ports and border crossings to block foreign plant and animal pests and diseases. In fiscal year 1968 they halted pests about every 12 minutes and seized nearly 125000 pounds of prohibited foreign meat.
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Washington
USDA
Agriculural Research Service
U.S
San Ysidro
Calif
Dulles International Airport
Spain
Miami
Fla
America
Farmland values double in last decade in south
U S farmland values rose six percent over ten years with the South leading gains. Arkansas up 32 percent, Georgia 125 percent, Louisiana 108 percent, Mississippi 102 percent, and Alabama 101 percent, per a U S Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service report.
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Washington
U. S
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Economic Research Service
Delaware Council to Meet January Third in Manchester
Delaware county extension council will meet January 3 at 1 15 pm in the extension office at Manchester to install new members and elect officers James Bell of North Fork township will serve as temporary chairman and Mrs Raymond Klaus of Colony township as temporary secretary Regular meeting dates will be set and program committees appointed. Washington dairy farmers in federal milk marketing order areas last year marketed nearly half of all milk sold off farms in the U S and 70 percent of milk used for bottling according to USDA reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Delaware County Extension Council
James Bell
North Fork Township
Raymond Klaus
Colony Township
Washington
U.S
USDA
Food Spending Mix and Farm Policy Shifts Forecast
Consumers spent about 17.2 percent of after tax income on food this year, with disposable personal income rising to $588 billion and food outlays at $101 billion. Forecasters expect lower prices early 1969 for pork and produce, while eggs and dairy may rise. beef, cereals, and coffee to hold steady. Beef and pork per capita use rose in 1968 and may continue, with slight decreases for lamb, veal, eggs, and turkey.
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National Livestock and Meat Board
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Delaware
By Joe Fischer
Tata
F &Z Livestock Supplies
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