Officials Downgrade Market Basket Price Spread Report
Washington officials move to de emphasize the ag department market basket data in the monthly price spread report. The change shifts focus to middlemen margins while CPI and BLS farm price indexes remain available for those data. The department may drop farm return figures entirely in future issues.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Don Paarlberg
Department
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Paarlberg
Cattlemen Claim FDA Favors Sex Over Cattle
Oregon Cattlemen's Association blasts the FDA for a double standard claiming DES growth hormone policy favors human sex health products over cattle industry needs. Ostensoe notes DES in birth control pills uses 50 mg daily for five days while ADE exposure in beef would require consuming 2,200 pounds in one sitting. The group asserts sex has triumphed over cattle interests.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Cattlemen's Association
Food and Drug Administration
OCA
Donald Ostensoe
FDA
Ostensee
Senators Back Indemnity Plan for Dairy PCB Contamination
The Senate Agriculture Committee tentatively approved an indemnity program for dairy farmers whose milk may be contaminated with PCBs. The plan would cover future residues, not past losses, and hinges on congressional approval. Agriculture experts note PCBs on silos may still pose future risks, though overall danger to the public is considered low.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
National Milk Producers Federation
Senate Committee
G. F. Fries
Fries
Top Ayrshire Rating Given To Koss Cow
MT VERNON A registered Ayrshire owned by Sheryl Koss of Mt Vernon was nominated for distinguished All American rating by the National Ayrshire Breeders Association Brandon VI The 13th year of the Ayrshire Dairy Breed Association awards saw 138 Ayrshires entered with 71 nominations from 19 states The panel named fourteen tan bark champions for the elite All American rating Miss Ross Ayrshire nominated was Ski Pal Flashy Angie a senior yearling heifer All American ratings are highly regarded in the dairy world and value breeding stock.
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MT. Vernon
Sheryl Koss
Ross
Flashy
Angie
Eastern Iowans Named to State Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee
Des Moines Maynard and Lang of Brooklyn president of Poweshiek county Farm Bureau and Ryne Olson of Muscatine immediate past president of Muscatine county Farm Bureau are named to this year s State Farm Bureau resolutions committee.
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Des Moines
Maynard i Lang
Brooklyn
Poweskick County Farm Bureau
Ryne Olson
Muscatine
Teweles Seed To Move Head Office
Teweles Seed Company plans to relocate its Wisconsin head office to Muscatine by October 1, with over 15 managers and researchers moving. The firm, a Kent Feeds subsidiary, operates in 11 midwestern states and will base the new home office beside Kent Feeds in Muscatine.
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Muscatine
L. Teweles Seed Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Otis W. Joiner
Robert L. Teweles
Teweles
Kent Feeds, Inc
Teweles Seed
Joiner and
Midwestern
Kent Feeds
Logansport
Ind
Altoona
Iowa
Brown Swiss Tops Benton Milk Test in March
A Brown Swiss cow named Jesse, owned by Ray Schulte, led Benton county Dairy Herd Improvement Association in March with 18,180 pounds of milk and 752 pounds butterfat in 305 days. Wilfred Becker’s cow in Atkins also surpassed 700 pounds butterfat, as Holsteins posted 708 pounds butterfat and 16,690 pounds milk. other Holsteins over 600 pounds butterfat belonged to Schanbachers, Bierschenk, and Lensch. Purdue extension engineers advise longer oil change intervals for heavy tractor use but urge not to exceed manufacturer recommendations.
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Vinton
Ray Schulte
Benton County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Duane Noelck
Jesse
Wilfred Becker
Atkins
Ronald Schanbacher
Newhall
Dennis Bierschenk
van Horne
Allan Schanbacher
Charles Lensch
Fairfax
Purdue University Extension Agricultural Engineers
Cotton Promotion Program Faces Possible Loss of Federal Subsidy
Bernard Brenner reports that the cotton promotion program may lose its $10 million annual federal subsidy as administration officials question the propriety of public funding for domestic cotton promotion. Undersecretary J. Phil Campbell notes reduced U.S. cotton use despite more than $50 million spent and GAO investigations ongoing.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations
J. Phil Campbell
Campbell
Agriculture Department
House
Jamie L. Whitten
Dmiss
Cotton, Inc
U.S
GAO
Seed simple forage crop mixtures in spring oats
Purdue University extension ag ronomists suggest planting a simple mix of one grass and one or two legumes with spring oats. A concise blend is more manageable than complex shotgun style mixtures.
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Purdue University Extension Agronomists
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