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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1945
Page
2
WFA reports intensified wartime food needs and storm delays tightened supplies in the dairy market. Butter and eggs stayed firm with high demand, while cheese remained strong and poultry receipts lagged, signaling continued scarcity into the coming months across midwestern markets.
A Gazette advertisement compiles a January 3 catalog of farm auctions across several Iowa locales. Names include A L Wilson Aug Eilers Alfred Ross Walter Nietz Leo Jansa H Ray Challis Cliff McDonald S N Boland Anton Wardenburg Pete Sieveka Emil Furler Warry Groth R A Busenbark Ives Seery Louis Penningroth Mark Rosenberry Henry Westphal Alvin Alberts Joseph Rehak Thordson Amilen Bohumil Werman Lee McCullough Harland Smith Elmer F Burr Albert Martin Sons Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids with sale dates ranging Jan 3 to Feb 6 and locations spanning Springville Tipton Coggan Central City Ely and more.
James Fikers Traer purchases the 120 acre Kelly farm four miles northeast of Buckingham from heirs for 16800 and plans to move March 1. He had a closing out sale on his farm south of Traer which was sold last fall to Traer Sales company.
The seven teenth annual meeting of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives will be held at Edgewater Beach hotel in Chicago from January 8 to 13. Speakers include J. B. Hutson Byrnes War Mobilization Director, Lee Marshall of WFA, and Walter D Fuller of Curtis Publishing. The council represents about 2,500,000 farmer members in over 4,500 cooperative associations.
The Commodity Credit Corporation reports 1944 fiscal year totals of 5.058 billion dollars in loans purchases and price support programs boosting wartime farm output. Preceding year 3.506 billion. Wartime total includes 5 billion for lend lease commodities. Estimated 1943-44 cost 350 million with 750 million for 1944-45. Includes dairy milk boosts and multiple price-stabilization measures across crops and markets.
A reflective piece on how wartime shortages and past farming life contrast with modern conveniences. The author notes that many today would not want to return to World War I era limits and laments the advances since then, acknowledging the world’s continual movement forward.
The list shows applications extending to dry beans and peas sugar beets and sugarcane potatoes and sweet potatoes dried fruits vegetables for fresh consumption apples for processing and hay and pasture seed. These programs span multiple crops and seed types indicating broad agricultural support.
The WFA announces support prices of 12.50 per hundredweight on a Chicago basis to March 31 1946 to help farmers recover 1945 spring pig returns. Calves at current prices look promising, with markets expected next summer as fed cattle become scarce.
Chicago grain markets finished the week with most futures higher than the prior week. Cash wheat remained in fair demand with good prices for top qualities. Corn bookings exceeded a million bushels as demand favored top grades. Oats showed strong demand for top grades with limited receipts. Barley, especially feed barley, traded actively with top grades selling 5 to 10 cents over last week.
Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers association will hold its annual convention in Des Moines from January 18 to 20. Secretary Don Edison announced the event Saturday.
The USDA seed committee warns large imports of Argentine alfalfa seed are entering the United States and may cause failures or lower production. Domestic supplies are short, with imports expected at 4% to 5 million pounds for 1944–45, while prices abroad and shipping keep costs competitive.
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