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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1968
Page
7
DES MOINES UP IOWA signs up for the federal feed grain program rose slightly a week but remain short of the 1966 ACS goal and 1967 pace. ACS official Fred R. McLain said 82,723 Iowa farmers enrolled by March 7, far below 1967 and well under the 1966 target of 112,922.
Japan has scrapped compulsory testing for Newcastle disease on frozen U S poultry shipments, ending a 10 day delay that hurt U S exporters. Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman announced the move after a Japanese study found no disease. U S poultry exports to Japan reached about 10 million pounds in 1967 and could grow significantly.
A dense list of farm auctions and closing out sales is shown with dates in March and locations around Marion Masonville Tiffin and surrounding towns. Items include cattle machinery hay wood and farm buildings with multiple estates and bidders named such as Gerald Mc Dowell Ronald Lawrence Albert Stuart Est Ray Bigelow Charles Homol ar Est and D E Owens Est among others. The notices describe auctions for livestock machinery dairy equipment tractors and farm holdings at Hawkeye Downs Mt. Vernon Clarence Springville and other sites.
In Cedar Rapids the 51st Hawkeye Downs Shorthorn sale averaged $415 for fifty bulls and $258 for forty four females. Champion bull from Spencer James Dodgeville Wis sold for $710 to Harold K. Butson Platteville Wis. Top polled bull from Frank and Louis Dempster Arlington sold for $640 to M. L. Stanley and Son Hedrick. Top female from William A. Taylor Pardeeville Wis sold for $575. Allan A. Johnson Vinton managed the sale. Tom Sherlock Oxford was auctioneer. Keith Noll clerk.
The Agriculture Department will publish Friday the first major forecast of 1968 crop production and prices from a March survey. Plans for corn spring wheat cotton and other crops will guide officials leaders and farmers amid ongoing farm cost pressures and price declines from last year.
Agriculture department data show Texas received the most federal farm payments in 1967 totaling 462.167 million, with nationwide payments reaching 3.1 billion. Most Texas funds supported a federal cotton program, while Rhode Island recorded 76 thousand dollars, and the 12 Midwestern states received about 1.24 billion. Other large recipients included Iowa 143 million Kansas 212 million Nebraska 135 million North Dakota 131 million Missouri 116 million Minnesota 95 million South Dakota 66 million Illinois 98 million.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman asks the ICC to cancel the 300 million dollar freight rate hike for railroads. He argues the ICC miscalculated increased costs from wages and saddled agriculture with about 130 million of the higher charges, despite farmers' small share of rail tonnage. The petition notes agriculture bears 42 percent of the new revenue while farm products account for less than 24 percent of 1965 tonnage.
Washington AP The National Milk Producers Federation plans regional meetings to gather dairymen’s views on industry problems. Agenda includes a proposed butter subsidy to help processors lower prices.
Government industry teams unveil Formula No 3 a wheat based high protein blend to combat malnutrition. Test batch 1200 pounds sent to 19 developing countries for preschool trials with hope to scale locally via Food for Peace. The mix uses 75 percent wheat products 23 percent refatted soy flour and 2 percent vitamins and minerals.
USDA reports show net income per farm in the 48 contiguous states averaged 4 578 dollars last year, down 10 percent from 1966. Some states exceed 10 000 dollars including Arizona California and Florida with Arizona at 23 650 and California 11 857 and Florida 11 051. Gross income per farm rose to a record 15 415 dollars, up from 15 289 in 1966 and well above 1960.
State geologist Dr. Garland Hershey says Iowa streams are at their lowest since 1959 with most rivers in the lower quarter of normal for this season. Ground water remains near normal except in southwestern and northern Iowa. Spring rains will not help much until frost is out. soil saturation will cause runoff. Farmers prepare for field work with stalk chopping and some disking mishaps. disk blade shortages noted. Last week marks deadline for sign up in the 1968 feed grain program with ASCS urging participation before Friday night.
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