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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1965
Page
14
The column notes cattle feeding profitability depends on market cycles with a high finish premium in early April and a wide Prime to Utility price gap. It cites USDA data on hog production cuts and calf supplies, forecasting modest strength for beef prices and detailing regional pasture and moisture conditions in Iowa.
Des Moines reports show the April 15 Iowa farm price index higher than both the prior month and year. All farm products index at 239 percent of the 1910-14 base, crop index 205 percent, and livestock index 245 percent, with increases tied to corn prices.
Warm dry weather last week allowed farmers to push field work in Iowa. About 70 percent of oats seeded by Monday versus 94 percent on five year average. north central area behind. Plowing over 60 percent completed, two weeks behind average and a week behind last year.
Three Linn county adults were named honorary chapter farmers at the Alburnett FFA banquet in the school cafeteria. Honorees were Wayne G. Zeigler and James A. Mollenhauer of Marion and Kenneth Balderston of Central City.
Larry Haynes of Manchester was elected chairman of the Delaware county dairy council for 1965. M J Bodensteiner of Earlville was chosen vice chairman and Henry Cassman of Manchester secretary. The council set the first week in June for its annual Dairy Festival.
At a Washington National Press Club dinner two Soviet editors discussed shifts in farm policy. Bogachev cited post Stalin reforms boosting growth until 1958 and missteps after Khmshchev. Krylov outlined a five year plan investing heavily in machinery while consumer prices rise modestly.
Farmers urged to read labels and follow precautions when handling organophosphorus insecticides. Extension expert David Mick cites skin absorption risks and recommends proper dress, upwind filling, and immediate washing to prevent poisoning.
Ames Iowa State extension landscape architect MANCHESTER Burl A Parks will speak on Planning Delaware County's Future at a county extension community and public affairs meeting May 12 in the Farm Bureau building.
Katie, a junior three year old Holstein owned by Jay Slater of Olin, set a state record by producing 19 850 pounds of milk and 43 pounds of butterfat in 305 days, highlighting the breeder farm's dairy excellence.
The National Oxford sheep show and sale will be held June 5 at the Mississippi Valley Fair Ground in Davenport. The event brings together breeders and buyers for judging and trading of Oxford sheep.
Iowa's total meat production for March reached 408.1 million pounds, up 3 percent from March last year and 29 percent above the 1959-63 monthly average. Cattle slaughter rose 12 percent, calf slaughter up 28 percent, hogs up 3 percent, while lamb slaughter fell 18 percent. U S meat production totaled about 2.8 billion pounds with beef up 11 percent from March 1964. Average cattle slaughter weight stood at 1,012 pounds, down 40 pounds from the prior year.
An Ayrshire cow owned by Howard J. Koehner of Guttenberg established a state production record for mature Ayrshire cows by yielding 18 040 pounds of milk and 683 pounds of fat in 305 days after freshening at five years.
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