30 Jun 1973
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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1973
Page
1
Stock market prices today are discussed alongside a remark on global food service. The text notes about 45 percent of the world’s population remains involved in producing food, with many farmers in Asia and Africa still using primitive tools.
Market notes show cattle and hog futures with mixed quotes across weights. Buyers reported steady to higher bids on some categories and softer demand on others, while feeders and slaughter lambs saw varied movement and prices.
Washington AP says severe winter and late spring with high feed prices pushed May milk output per cow below a year earlier for first time since 1966. The Agriculture Department notes a 2 percent quarterly decline, with costly feed and slaughter-cow prices driving farmers to cull dairy herds.
University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension agronomist Wil Aloline Moline discusses how crop type variety harvest maturity moisture content and storage methods influence silage quality. He notes dry matter digestibility as a key measure and corn as a strong high energy silage option while forage sorghum shows regional seed advantages and small grain silage tends to be lower energy and variable in quality.
The Agriculture Department projects net farm income around 22 billion for 1978, up from 19.2 billion last year, driven by higher prices for crops and livestock. The forecast hinges on planted acreage, fuel access, and weather, with possible record sales of about 73 billion in farm products if conditions stay favorable.
The Corfe Telegram partnership lists address 1254 27th Avenue Columbus Nab and offers daily delivery except Sundays with rates 4228 per month by carrier, 1400 per year by mail domestically, 319.0 per year by mail elsewhere. A change of address request prompts prompt notice to the newspaper’s staff.
Local advisors host a landscaping clinic on July 6 at the Gohimbus City Mdina with experts from West to ib pan Fone Unk, Nebraska Specialists, dot Furret, and others to answer lawn and garden questions. A new circular Landscaping Your Home offers planting, lawn care, fences and walls and is available via the office. Reports warn 24-D injury in corn and sorghum shows misshapen brace roots, limp stalks, and brittle structures. guidance covers timing, rates, and application methods to minimize damage.
The Agriculture Department reports slow wheat development due to late spring. In the latest weekly weather update Texas shows only 4 percent harvested versus 72 percent last year, Oklahoma at 56 percent vs 75 percent, and Kansas at 7 percent versus a typical 3 percent.
Two entomologists from University of Nebraska and Texas A&M report in Summer Quarterly that hormones and pheromones target only pest insects, posing no harm to beneficial species. This could favor registration by the EPA, with commercial use possibly 12 to 15 months away.
National Milk Producers Federation voices alarm at dairy policy moves they say raise costs for farmers and threaten milk shortages this year. Officials argue the June price freeze and import policy raise production burdens and could push U.S. consumers toward imported European dairy products, risking future shortages and higher prices.
Washington reports that a watchdog unit at the Agriculture Department may hire at least 20 full time staff to help probe market manipulation complaints under an appropriations bill. CEA administrator Alex Caldwell said no decision has been made and department clearance is needed. The House Appropriations Committee backed 20 more staff and $351,000 extra, citing prior criticism of CEA and the need to protect farmers and the public. The committee noted ongoing scrutiny of wheats subsidies and referred a case involving Kansas City Board of Trade traders to the Internal Department for possible criminal action. Caldwell said no further action on the Gaze status in Albree has occurred.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department says farmers received 44 cents of every consumer dollar spent on U.S. farm produced food in May, down from 44.2 cents in April. The share had mostly stayed between 37 and 40 cents before higher farm prices appeared.
A review by the Foreign Agricultural Service notes Australia and Argentina are expanding cattle herds to meet rising world meat demand led by Japan, North America, and Europe. U.S. producers face higher costs while quotas and sanitary rules influence import flows, with Argentina and Australia poised to supply a larger share of rising beef prices.
Washington AP reports USDA experts and the Warm Inches bulletin reflect rapid updates on price freezes and market projections. Earlier estimates cited a 22 billion dollar income for 1973 and a six percent rise in spring hog births, but new USDA data show a weaker March-May hog trap, highlighting confusion from outdating figures and ongoing releases.
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