Stocks rise on late buying as Dow gains 5 points
New York markets advance on signs of improving business. Dow Jones climbs 5.16 to 824.47 while S and P 500 adds 0.44 to 90.52 amid mixed volume and oil sector gains led by Texaco and Exxon. American exchanges show modest activity as investors weigh economic recovery prospects.
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UPI
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Standard & Poor
Texaco
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Getty Oil
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Schlumberger
Hughes Tool
J. Ray McDermott
Santa
Farm Page Feeder Profits Dip Then Rise in 1974 Outlook
Corn Belt cattle feeders earned profits again in May after a period of losses from October through April. Agricultural economists note the costs and prices vary by month, with May showing a $68.14 per head gain as prices rose and costs fell. The USDA study projects possible nearing break-even by November.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Omaha
Agriculture and market notes on cattle prices and forecasts
The report outlines break-even points for Corn Belt steers dropping from 43.11 to 39.97 per hundredweight by August, then rising to 44.14 by November. Government economists warn live cattle prices may ease to around 40 this summer, possibly tightening conditions for beef feeders in fall.
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George Hoffman
Farm exports urged as weather risks farm prices
Assistant Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter warned that record crops with favorable weather could drive late 1975 and 1976 prices down unless the government expands foreign sales and aid. He expected Secretary Butz to push price protection through overseas demand and noted possible Food for Peace shipments and three year credits while opposing renewed export subsidies.
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Clayton Yeutter
Yeutter
White House
Earl L. Butz
Agriculture Department
Nebraska
Richard Nixon
Yeutier
Congress
Census appeals urge Nebraska farmers to return forms
Letters to 28 thousand Nebraska farmers urge sending back 1974 Census of Agriculture reports. About 72 percent returned. June 30 closes data collection. Officials emphasize confidentiality and legal obligation, with phone follow ups for nonresponse and estimates acceptable when records are unavailable.
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Nebraska
Bureau of the Census
Bureau
4-H Notes May 27 Meeting and June 2 Agenda
Jeff Lusche hosted the May 27 4-H meeting where members discussed fair booth ideas and scrapbook photos. A new softball was purchased at the meeting held at Ag Park on June 2. club leader described how to give reasons when judging. Reporters Diane Drinnin and Gretchen Goedeken.
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Jeff Lusche
Diane Drinnin
Ag Park
Gretchen Goedeken
Fewer cattle on feed in Nebraska and seven-state totals
Nebraska feedlots held 970000 cattle on June 1, 24 percent below last year and the lowest June inventory since 1965. May placements rose 6 percent from April but were 23 percent below two years ago. Nationwide seven state on feed total reached 5841000 head, 26 percent under 1974.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Nebraska
Doug Murfield
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Murfield
Seven States
California
The Cowboy Legend and its Quick Rise in the West
The piece traces the short lived yet storied era of the cowboy from post Civil War to the early 1900s. It notes longhorns survival, child labor in ranching, pay scales from food plus five dollars to fifty, and the strong bonds and conflicts among cowboys and other ranchers.
Farm pest notes and upcoming wheat plot tour near Monroe
Buzzing with cutworms and alfalfa weevil remain active across county fields. A twilight Wheat Plot Tour on the Frank Ramaeker Jr. farm south of Monroe is set for Monday evening June 23 at 7 p.m. Ed Penas will discuss fertilizer rates, with guidance on spring or fall alfalfa seedings and irrigation for late plantings. Suggested herbicide and insecticide options for sunflowers, corn, and sorghum are noted, including Atrex products and 2,4-D timing and droplet considerations to minimize crop injury.
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Williams Cos
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American Stock Exchange
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Xerox
Frank Ramaeker, Jr
Monroe
Ed Penas
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