Silage Trends Promise Growth for Large Dairy Herds
Silage researchers forecast a bright future as dairy herds grow and stored forage becomes more central. Experts from USDA and state universities discuss optimal moisture levels, chopping, and additives, noting heat damage risks and the need for better mechanization to handle larger tonnages.
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Baylor
USDA
D.R. Waldo
J.C. Derbyshire
Minnesota
Norway
New Holland Division
Sperry Rand
Lester ©. Ober
Ober
Hoghand
Michigan State University
Farum
Hoglund
Samuel Guss
Pennsylvania State University
Guss
Michigan
Contaminated Beefs Liver Samples Rise Across States
Washington AP reports five more DES contaminated beef livers detected in steers, with Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, and California origins. Since last Jan, producers must certify livestock not fed DES. 75 contaminated livers found out of 3,142 tested, a 2.4 percent rate. FDA has banned DES in livestock feed, with limited implant allowances under final rules.
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Washington
Feders
Agricultire Department
Shippers
Nebraska
Kansas
Illinois
California
Agronomy Field Day Planned at Mead Lab Nebraska
University of Nebraska Lincoln announces a Crops and Soil Field Day at the NU Field Laboratory in Mead on September 18. Dr. Dick Wiese says questions from eastern Nebraska farmers on soil management and crop practices will be addressed. Attendees gather at 1 p.m. at the agronomy HQ with tours starting at the Mead Field Laboratory area. The program ends around 4:30 p.m. Researchers will cover nitrogen management, yield barriers, growth regulators, soils problems, crop varieties, plant populations, and volunteer corn impact on soybean yields.
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Mead
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agronomy
NU Field Laboratory
Dick Wiese
KU Extension Agronomist
Nebraska
Agronomy
Mead Field Laboratory
Adronomy
Avenue BP
4Th Street
Price rise seen in baled hay this year
Washington AP reports baled hay costs rose by 3 dollars per ton from a year earlier with May averages at 23.30 per 101 and August at 8.84 in July and 24.30 a year ago. Officials warn a smaller hay crop and regional shortages could push roughage prices higher next winter.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Carh Telegram Subscription and Address Notice
Local subscription notice for a Columbus Nebraska newspaper lists weekly and yearly rates, delivery details, and a change of address procedure. The fragmented text references carrier delivery, mail options, and contact information for subscribers.
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27Th Avenue
Columbus
Herbicide ban would raise costs for Nebraska farms study says
A Nebraska study in The Quarterly finds that banning preemergent or all herbicides would reduce returns to labor and management on 400 acre irrigated and dryland farms and increase costs to consumers. Effects vary by farm type and irrigation, with negative returns shown in several scenarios.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Terman W. Delve
Thesna
Washington, DC
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Agriculture
Glenn Dy Volimar
Agricultural Economies Department
Delvo
College of Agriculture Magazine
Svell
FHA housing loans near 1.6 billion in last fiscal year
Washington reports the Farmers Home Administration says housing loans rose to about 1.6 billion for roughly 116000 bor rowers last year. The Rural Housing Alliance argues many loans funded existing homes, not new or rehabilitated units, keeping progress toward Nixon’s 172000 annual goal only half achieved.
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Washington
Farmers Home Administration
Rus
FHA
Rural Housing Alliance
Clay Cochrane
The
Alliance
Nixon
Congress
Cochrane
PIA
Hog Indicator Rises in August Across Hog-Corn Ratio
WASITINGTON AP says the Agriculture Department reports the hog corn ratio for August reaching 23.8, up from 24.1, with 17.0 a year ago. The ratio shows corn bushels equal in value to 100 pounds of live hog weight, reflecting higher hog prices and lower feed costs.
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Wasitington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Rural Water Information Kit Aids Low Income Residents
The National Commission on Rural Water releases a kit detailing federal assistance, new design approaches for water and sewage districts, and how low income rural residents can improve home water and waste disposal. It highlights DWP demonstration projects and where to obtain loan and grant funds.
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Chicago
National Commission On Rural Water
DWP
Whic
Stanley Zimmerman
Waystar Bet
Commission On Rural Water
la Salle &F
Chicano
Hog and Wheat Prices Rise While Cattle Declines
Washington AP reports August farm prices rose 1.0 percent to a record high average as hogs and wheat climbed. Wheat averaged 1.51 per bushel, hogs at 28 per hundredweight, while cattle slipped to 34.50 per hundredweight mid-August. Milk, lettuce, grapefruit aided gains. broilers, celery, eggs, sweet potatoes, strawberries, and oranges fell. Parity ratio held at 75 percent. farm expenses reached a new high.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Crop Reporting Board
White corn prices may rise after small 1972 crop
The USDA says white corn acreage fell to 450 001 in 1972 from 1.1 million in 1971, with 1971 white corn production about 81.3 million bushels. Prices may move up later this year due to acreage cuts, even as overall corn output declines. White corn is grown in 10 states led by Kentucky, with Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, and others also contributing. prices differ from yellow corn by a few cents per bushel.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Statistical Reporting Service
USDA
Kansas City
Soviet Union
Kentucky
Illinois
Tennessee
Missou
Kansas
Indiana
Texas
Towa
Nebraska
Ghia
Nebraska Farm Sales Reach High of 20 000 Plus
Farm sales in Nebraska show gross figures at twenty thousand dollars or more, accounting for about sixty two percent of the state’s agricultural product sales. The latest year available provides the clearest view of this trend and its impact on farming income.
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Nebraska
Wheat price hike effects noticeable
Washington AP reports wheat price increases reduced new crop loans by 22 percent as of July 3. Higher cash prices prompted farmers to sell rather than redeem price support loans. USDA notes farm net income rising to about 12 billion in 1972, up about 2 billion, with farm disposable income reaching 80 percent of nonfarm levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
USDA
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