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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1963
Page
7
A USDA study notes the dairy industry is consolidating with fewer but bigger processors. Butter plant counts fell from 2 477 in 1954 to 1 516 in 1961 while output per plant rose 53 percent to 979 000 pounds. By 1967 expect 30 percent fewer butter plants and 22 percent fewer fluid milk plants.
Rome reports the International Federation of Agricultural Producers estimates the 1962-63 world cotton crop at 49.2 million bales, while global consumption will lag behind, signaling a growing surplus for farmers this season.
A newspaper sale notice lists events in Iowa with times and locations. Harold Stewart hosts a Shorthorn sale near Whittier and Earl St. Girton runs a sale in Marshalltown while Orville Meeker promotes a Hampshire boat and gilt sale at Columbus Junction fair ground. Mrs. Mike McCann advertises a second closing out sale near Marion.
The article notes a fifth straight record in production and projects usage will fall short by just over one million bales this season. Despite a 700,000 bale reduction at season start, world supply is up for the first time since 1955-56, with stocks possibly over 1.25 million bales, mainly in the United States.
A U S Department report says Western Hemisphere agricultural production in 1962-63 will be higher than 1961-62. Canada leads gains with a one third rise. Argentina, Brazil and Peru push South American output up about 6 percent, though Chile Colombia Uruguay and Venezuela show declines in key crops. Brazil continues to grow but coffee drops. Mexico shows mixed results with wheat sugar cotton meat and coffee up.
The agriculture department set dairy price supports for the 1963-64 marketing year at 3.14 dollars per hundredweight for manufacturing milk and 58.1 cents per pound for butterfat, both at 75 percent of parity. The 1962-63 rates were 3.11 per hundredweight and 57.1 cents, also 75 percent of parity, while government buying prices for butter cheese and nonfat dry milk were adjusted accordingly.
Wellman a two year old Guernsey owned by Lester J Miller completed a production record of 12509 pounds of milk and 592 pounds of butterfat in 305 days on a two time milking mature equivalent basis.
Miss Avis Lettow joined the Linn county extension staff March 1 as county extension associate with responsibility for youth programs. A Hardin county native from Alden, she graduated from Iowa State in 1960 and served two years as extension home economist in Kossuth county. She was an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate in Sweden last year and has since been extension home economist at large at the university.
Iowa February milk production is estimated at 447 million pounds, down 4 percent from February 1962 and 6 percent below the 1959 61 average. The first two months of 1963 total 904 million pounds, 4 percent below last year’s pace and 6 percent under the 1957 61 average. U.S. February output stands at 9,470 million pounds, 1.3 percent below February 1962 but 1 percent above the 1957 61 monthly average.
Plans for the English Beach watershed in Allamakee County were approved by soil conservation district commissioners and landowners. Leonard Larson of Des Moines, watershed plan work party leader for the state SCS office, reviewed progress on federal assistance at a county SCS office meeting.
Rex Conn notes price swings on Chicago markets for steers heifers and cows from Nov to the present. Heavier cow demand and lean boned beef imports drive higher cow and bologna bull prices while steers and heifers retreat. He urges aggressive cow culling as beef markets cycle.
The Northeast Iowa Farm Business Association will meet Thursday March 21 at Rogers Famous Foods south of New Hampton. The 10 a.m. program includes a business session and talks on soil fertility by H E Thompson and on the Common Market by E G Stoneberg. A discussion on expanding dairy herds and swine housing will follow.
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