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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1966
Page
6
The Johnson administration must decide on a 1967 feed grain program to raise corn sorghum and barley production while avoiding new surpluses. A short crop could hurt meat dairy poultry and milk output and raise prices, while a larger crop risks excess supply and political fallout for Democrats.
A series of livestock sales and dispersals are listed with multiple locations and dates. Entries include Mato out sale, Tipton, Garry dispersal, Mac ieey, Reed and Topni closes, NOFI-Lion FFA chapter sale, Jersey dispersal, Hoglan Bros, and a calf sale at a Frankeye Livestock Auction. Additional events note Troyone and Kemp Angus dispersal with varied start times through October to November.
A U.S. circuit court of appeals upheld a district court ruling that Safeway Stores Inc and The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Inc are meat packers under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The decision was issued for the District of Columbia appellate court on Oct 6, following a 1985 district ruling.
David V. Stoner of Mt. Vernon Iowa exhibited the champion Angus steer in the junior show at the American Royal in Kansas City. Clifford Romberg of Keota Iowa showed the first place senior Angus steer. A South Dakota Shorthorn steer won junior grand champion. The reserve grand champion summer Hereford is owned by Susan J Ludwig of Moorhead Iowa. Darrell Hammons of Bloomington Illinois owned the champion 4 H club Hereford heifer.
Rex Conn notes sustained gains in live cattle and beef imports in the first eight months, with Mexican cattle up 20 percent to 326,237 head and Canadian imports up 33 percent to 280,802 head. Red meat imports rose 30 percent overall, beef 28 percent, pork 22 percent, with mutton and goat up 170 percent and lamb 50 percent. No quotas imposed on foreign meat shipments.
Allan Falck 44 and his son Larry manage 93.5 acres near Strawberry Point with 19 cows at his place and 16 at Larrys. Larry, in vocational ag, holds an FFA Iowa Farmer degree and serves in the National Guard. They market milk to Manchester Cheese Co. at 4.90 per 3.5 percent, and raise about 450 hogs yearly. The interview covers Vietnam war views and property tax reform via sales tax, with Falck undecided on his gubernatorial vote.
Washington reports dairy price support buys in September totaled 19.3 million pounds of nonfat dry milk for delivery from September to December. Since April 1 purchases reached 184.8 million pounds, well below last year. No butter or cheese was bought as prices stayed above support. An uncommitted 23.5 million pounds of nonfat dry milk remained on Sept 20 for domestic and foreign programs.
Washington AP reports the new farm wage law will cover about 1.5 percent of farms and 390000 workers. Exemptions for family, piece-rate, seasonal, and range livestock work limit reach, with no overtime for farm labor and staged minimums from 1.00 to 1.30 per hour over three years.
The National Milk Producers Federation urged in a senate agriculture subcommittee hearing that federal milk marketing orders be given permissive authority for advertising promotion and research. Similar programs exist for fruit and vegetable crops and for wool under federal acts. the dairy proposal would allow marketing area producers to act under such a program.
The county 4 H club committee will meet Wednesday evening to plan activities for the coming year and discuss an amendment related to farm labor exemptions. The proposal defines a man day as any day worked and seeks to limit exemptions if the farm hires above a 500 man day threshold.
Iowa's 1966 red clover seed crop is pegged at 2,772,000 pounds of clean seed from 42,000 harvested acres. The yield runs about 66 pounds per acre, slightly above 1965 but below the 1960–64 average. Nationally production totals 61,631,000 pounds from 692,300 acres, with a drop in yield to 89 pounds per acre amid adverse weather.
The Agriculture Department extended the $4.00 per hundredweight price support for manufacturing milk for another year, now through April 1, 1968, with butterfat support at 68 cents per pound. Production is down 3.7 percent from last year while current manufacturing milk prices exceed the support rate, prompting the extension to aid planning and ensure supplies.
Washington AP stock feed: grazing conditions on western ranges Oct 1 were slightly less favorable than a year earlier. The agriculture department said conditions averaged a percent of normal, versus 82 percent a year earlier. Cattle conditions in western range states averaged a percent of normal on Oct 1, the same as last year.
Charles Lil libridge of Delaware County has resigned as DHIA supervisor after a year and a half. He will join an artificial breeding company serving Delaware, taking a new position effective immediately.
Classified farmers page advertises a want ad service called Farmers Market Place. Mrs. J. R. Nagel of Central City reports good results from using the line ad to buy or sell, with the contact number 342-1121.
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