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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1966
Page
8
Washington AP reports farm real estate prices will keep rising into 1967 but at a slower pace after 1966 peaks. National land values average $157 per acre and $57,100 for farm units, with high interest rates and lending limits expected to curb further gains.
The Agriculture Department advises a 13 percent cut in 1967 acreage for early and late spring potatoes. With average yields, expected output is 28.3 million hundredweight, about 1 percent below this spring but above the five year average.
Whittier hosts the 7th annual Linn County Farmers Institute a one day event with morning sessions at 10 30 featuring Invocation by Rev W D Wigger address by Wesley Hanken and a talk by Vernon Owens on his cattlemen tour of South America The Whittier women serve noon dinner An afternoon program includes Springville high school music and Jan Voss on Europe for Me A handicraft demo by June Brown An evening program at 6 45 offers organ music an auction and music from the Anamosa reformatory group.
Commercial meat production in the first nine months reached 23.6 billion pounds, rising 2 percent from the same period last year.
U.S. milk production for the first three quarters reached 93.4 billion pounds, showing a 3.7 percent decline from the prior year. The data reflects ongoing trends in dairy supply across the country.
The University of Illinois notes a tighter corn supply as carryover was 866 million bushels on Oct 1, down about 200 million from the forecast last year. Record yields in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio offset losses in Illinois Indiana and Missouri.
Multiple public auctions and closings listed with dates in November and December. Livestock cattle calves dairy cows machinery hay straw grain and farm equipment are offered by various sellers including Esther Bartachek, Charles Bartachek, Roy Wagener, David Luett, Robert Hanna, Albert McVay, Merl Rippel, Alvin Schild and others at locations near Marion Vin ton Chelsea Springville Galle Plainne and Mt Auburn with sale times ranging from 12 30 p m to 7 p m.
The Food for Peace program begun in 1954 has shipped over 25 billion dollars in U. S. farm commodities to 75 nations under Titles I II and III. India Pakistan and Egypt are top recipients while some nations display anti American sentiment. The program was extended for two years with 7.5 billion dollars authorization. The House resisted Cuba and North Vietnam restrictions but the President gained limited sale discretion.
In Newhall Frank Heinrich remains in intensive care for a heart attack at St. Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids after his wife died last month from a heart attack. In Stanwood Ronald Spear farm three miles southeast of Stanwood on highway 38 finished corn picking and recuperates from a heart attack at St. Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids.
USDA estimates the 1966 alfalfa seed crop at 124 531 000 pounds, up two percent from last year but below the five year average by a small margin.
Washington experts urge expanding foreign markets as the nation eyes a hog cholera free status by 1972. The advisory committee calls on USDA and the pork industry to certify shipments from premises free of hog cholera and swine brucellosis and to identify new markets including West Germany where imports now face disease-related restrictions.
Japanese buyers are projected to use about 40 million pounds of cheese in 1966, while domestic output runs under 15 million pounds. Exports to Japan are therefore expected to total 25 to 30 million pounds, per the National Milk Producers Federation weekly News for Dairy Co-Ops.
Madison Wis The farm price of milk has risen 3 percent since 1952 while the general consumer price index has advanced 22 percent in the period according to Truman Graf University of Wisconsin dairy economist. Average weekly earnings of workers in wholesale and retail trades have risen 50 percent since 1952 and factory workers up 73 percent. An hour of work now buys more than ten quarts of milk compared with 8.42 quarts in 1960.
In Washington officials note milk prices rose yet remain steady. The 1966 red law changes show clover seed output estimated at 61.6 million pounds, down 2 percent from 1969, indicating broader farm price trends are uneven and not fully reflected.
High herd in the Delaware county Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative during September was owned by John P. Ungs of New Vienna. His Holsteins averaged 54 pounds of butterfat per cow for the month. Next was Larry Knipper of Hopkinton with a 44 pound per cow average. Four dairymen averaged more than 45 pounds per cow: Forrest E. Durey and family of Manchester, Richard Turnis of Hopkinton, Earl D. Zumbach of Ryan, and James R. Shover of Delhi.
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