05 Oct 1974
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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1974
Page
1
USDA weekly quotes show hogs up to 75 cents higher with 200 to 290 pound barrows at 37.25 to 37.50, sows 30.75 to 32.00 for 450 to 600 pounds. Cattle: steers steady to 50 higher, heifers steady to 25 lower, cows 2 to 3 lower. Holsteins and utility cows noted, lambs and ewes mixed with market activity late week. prime and choice levels reported with various weights and categories.
Washington First Lady Betty Ford says her family buys less beef and more fish as prices constrain the food budget. She notes casseroles are popular at the White House while participating in a consumer food dollar conference led by Mayor Washington. James Besore is promoted to vice president and secretary for the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha, expanding oversight of corporate administration and planning.
Update on 4-H Week activities in Platte County with notes on corn maturity with leaves, smut in forage, sorghum health, propane supplies and prices, and how drought and drying methods affect crop harvest. Mention of pigskin dressings for burns and the 4-H program facts, with an invitation to join the growing club program.
AP Farm report notes Agriculture Department expert Robert R Anlauf warns new Canadian import quotas will strike about 100 million dollars from U S livestock and meat exports. He explains shifts in Canadian grading standards and DES certification rules may redirect beef flows while U S cattlemen push for a U S embargo on beef imports. The piece also highlights National 4 H Week events and youth involvement nationwide under the era’s four H program.
Government scientists identified a new pest, a roundworm about 1 25th of an inch long, threatening U.S. grain crops including oats wheat barley and rye. The organism is called oat cyst nematode and cereal cyst nematode, according to the Agriculture Department.
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