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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1957
Page
17
The Agriculture Department reports food processing will be concentrated under fewer firms in 1958. Despite rising costs, farmers will receive about 40 cents of each food dollar as marketing and transportation costs climb. Soybean stocks totaled 1,275,000 bushels.
A Des Moines summary notes that US farmers saw shifts in market baskets and costs with higher meat prices and rising processing and distribution expenses. Iowa corn stocks on October 1 fell 1 percent from a year earlier, while off-farm storage totaled 306.9 million bushels. National stocks reached record highs for corn and barley, with sorghum near last year’s peak and total feed grain holdings at 70.3 million tons.
VINTON The Benton county 4-H achievement banquet will be held at the Blairstown Legion hall at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Eldon Hans, county extension director, announced the event as part of a program featuring medals and awards for members and a new county officer election and installation.
The agriculture department reports research from Beltsville Maryland showing parthenogenesis in turkey eggs may be aided by an activating agent. Scientists note increased embryo development in unfertilized eggs after vaccination for fowl and pigeon pox, with genetics and unknown contaminants as factors. A second item notes the Midwest Soil Improvement Committee merging with the National Plant Food Institute in Chicago.
Multiple sales listed from November 7 to 25 feature closing out auctions and administrator sales. Items include sheep, hay, grain, machinery, dairy cattle, purebred Yorkshires, livestock, antiques, and household goods across locations near Iowa City Sigourney Swisher Marion and Millersburg with sellers Al Bulechek John Ceufal Ed Schulz Lloyd Schaffner and others.
University of Illinois economist L F Stice warns farmers of risks in storing or selling high moisture corn as drought delays drying. Penalties rise with moisture. 23 percent moisture cuts value to about 74 cents a bushel, while drying to 15.4 percent can still yield higher net value. Discounts influence harvest timing and selling strategy for high moisture corn.
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