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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1975
Page
6
Washington AP reports the $137 million government frozen ground beef program for school lunches is ending for the 1974-75 term. The Agriculture Department bought beef to feed about 24 million lunching students, with initial and additional purchases totaling 137 million dollars as prices declined and mitigations were pledged.
The agriculture department plans to supply about 79 million pounds of frozen ground beef to U.S. school cafeterias before the term ends as part of one of the largest buying programs. In 1973-74, purchases reached 45 million pounds worth 43.4 million dollars, with poultry bought in other years due to cost. For 1974-75, purchases exceed 1 billion hamburgers under a formula of roughly six servings per pound, though ground beef can become various meals. Prices fluctuated from about 1 dollar per pound to eight cents after July 1, due to quality requirements and shifts from grain-fed to regular specifications.
DALLAS AP The president of the National Livestock Feeders Association estimates feeders are owed 20 to 25 million dollars by American Beef Packers Inc as the Omaha based firm files for federal bankruptcy. Milton J Brown of Mt Pleasant Michigan, NLFA president, urges programs or legislation to guarantee payments for livestock noting packers resist such guarantees. Brown warns many feeders are losing money as high feed costs meet weak beef demand despite a record cattle supply. He expects meat prices to stabilize as production declines.
A long list of farm auctions is announced with multiple sales dates in February and March near Newhall Independence Central City and other towns. Items include machinery feed and livestock with buyers like Ray Temeyer Harold Sportslage and Mrs George Freak waters. The note also mentions a memorial scholarship fund for agricultural journalism at Iowa State University and a 30 years ago blurb on meat market predictions.
Debra Martin aged 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Martin of Fayette was crowned Fayette county pork queen Saturday evening. About 900 attended the Fayette County Pork Producers Assn annual dinner at Upper Town College in Fayette. Debra is a student at Fayette High School.
Barbara Sharkey of the agriculture department will open the Central Iowa food conference at 1 pm in Marshalltown High School gymnasium. A four member panel will discuss the world food crisis with J Merrill Anderson Newton Iowa Farm Bureau president, Walter Gouppinger Boone NCGA board chairman, Dr William Marion Ames ISU dairy foods head, and Brian D Silva Iowa State student born in India.
The Delaware county drive led by Norm Fiddelke of Manchester presented checks totaling $15,150 to treasurer Howard Rawson of Independence. Overall, 26 counties have raised $110,000 for the new farm project.
The Iowa Educational Broadcast Network will air a half hour documentary at 9 30 p m Feb 17 titled Oren Lea Staley and the NFO. It features scenes from Staley s farm near Maryville Missouri the NFO national HQ in Corning the Kansas wheat harvest an NFO calf shooting protest in Wisconsin and the Memphis convention where Staley won a 20th NFO presidency term The program produced and narrated by John Masterman former NBC News correspondent.
Washington reports that Daley farmers selling milk for drinking will receive an average of 8.90 dollars per 100 pounds in February, 49 cents more thanks to a government price support boost. The February minimum reflects the Milk-Wine price adjustment policy, with January M W used for February and February M W for March.
The Soil Conservation Society of America will hold its 30th annual meeting in San Antonio August 10 to 13 with the theme Land Use Food and Living. General sessions will examine land use implications of meeting domestic and foreign food demands and effects of expanded agricultural production on soil water and natural resources.
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