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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1967
Page
6
Federal moves removing seasonal Class I price differentials raise concerns among marketing cooperative officials about renewed swings in milk production. Des Moines COOP Dairy notes patterns may reassert if supply remains ample, while Uruguay’s small-farm dominance and disease issues threaten livestock output and export markets.
A USDA report notes 80 percent of Uruguay lies under grazing for 8.4 million cattle and 21.8 million sheep. Livestock dominates exports and per capita meat use, yet taxes, farm size, and disease challenge growth prospects for a potential fourfold production rise.
Des Moines reporters note 35 000 bees will be on display in seven observation hives at the Town State fair from Friday August 18 through Sunday August 27. State Apiarist Glen L Stanley oversees the exhibit with daily bee activity and preparation days August 16 and 17.
In Illinois last year more than 70 000 cows on the DHIA test averaged 12 175 pounds of milk per cow, beating the state average of 9 220 pounds.
Brattleboro Vermont delegates at the 82nd Holstein-Friesian Association of America convention defeated proposals to relax color marking rules and to create separate or provisional herd books. The group approved an absolute exclusion from the herd book for animals after age two, with registry eligibility after January 1 1968 set before turning two.
Dow Chemical Co shifts Dr. W M Lynch chief of beef cattle field research from Cedar Rapids to Dallas Texas effective August 1 He is a Webster county native and 1943 Town State graduate with a long career at Allied Laboratories now part of Dow He oversees feeder cattle conditioning trials and pig marketing in the Corn Belt and West regions with results to be published in the fall
USDA plans to purchase wheat for donation under the Food for Freedom program in the 1968 fiscal year. Purchases aim to stabilize markets by removing wheat from free stocks during harvest. In Iowa City market, the uniform price for Grade A milk deliveries in June is 4.53 per cwt with a 7.6 cent butterfat differential.
Projections show July and August hog prices near year-ago levels with modest strength expected by year end. For the remainder of 1967, producers plan to farrow 5.452 million sows June through November, a 3 percent drop from a year earlier. If litters average 7.27 pigs, the fall crop would be 85.549 million, about 1 percent lower than fall 1966, and 2 to 3 percent fewer hogs may be on hand January 1. A slight rise in market prices is expected in early 1968 as fall farrowings ease.
Reports from a federal agency indicate Spain would import wheat and rice to supplement its livestock needs. The plan aims to expand the livestock industry and meet rising Spanish consumer demand for meat and other products.
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