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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1972
Page
1
A quirky column reports Platte County residents average ages around mid twenties with male and female shares near 49 and 51 percent. It also offers home planting tips, tree protection during construction, and weed control using 24-D and related herbicides with timing guidance and cautions about crop impact.
Washington AP reports that the nation’s farm workforce totaled slightly over five million for the week of August 20 to 25, 4 percent fewer than a year earlier. The staff included 3,460,700 farm operators and unpaid family members and 1,802,900 hired workers, per the Agriculture Department.
Washington AP report notes U S agricultural officials speculate China may seek significant wheat or grain imports due to unfavorable weather hurting crop production in the People's Republic. Despite some method improvements, FAS doubts China can lift 1971 grain harvest. observers foresee possible substantial U S purchases by January.
Publication lists evening Sundays and nights with subscription terms in Columbus and surrounding areas. Rates shown. by mail to Nebraska and other states priced yearly. subscribers urged to notify the postmaster and Washington Telegram about address changes.
University of Nebraska study notes that farms with 20 000 or more in sales accounted for about 62 percent of state agricultural receipts in 1969, up from 59 percent in 1959, driven by more large commercial farms and higher average sales, while many smaller farms remained low earners.
The Agriculture Department projects the 1972 corn harvest at 5.1 billion bushels the second largest ever, with a record 49.7 bushels per acre. Wheat output falls 5 to 166 billion bushels, soybeans rise 1 percent, and sorghum up 6 percent from August estimates. Cotton reaches 13.4 million bales, the largest since 1985, while flaxseed and other crops show varied gains.
Washington AP reports American farmers are within one percentage point of matching the all crops production record despite reduced acreage in key crops. The Agriculture Department pegs 1967 as a base with Sept 1 estimates showing all crops up about 11 percent, driven by corn yields near 89.7 bushels per acre and a projected crop exceeding 5.1 billion bushels, the second largest on record.
Washington AP reports some Nixon administration officials grew edgy over Senator McGovern s charge that early wheat sales to the Soviet Union cost farmers money. Secretary Earl Butz condemned the claims as inaccurate but conceded some farmers were shortchanged and that farm payments tied to a parity formula may be trimmed while overall farmers could still gain from higher market prices due to the Soviet sales.
The Agriculture Department reports milk production ahead of last year with August output up 2 percent from July and 40.08 billion pounds total, despite a seasonal dip. Fewer than 12.2 million cows on farms in August, down 1 percent, while average production per cow rose 3 percent. The milk feed price ratio stood at 1.74, up from July and a year earlier. milk prices rose 18 cents per hundredweight and feed value fell four cents.
Agriculture Department reports July 1 stocks of four feed grains totaling 81.7 million tons, up 35 percent from last year. April to June feed grain consumption reached 44 million tons, 17 percent higher than the same quarter in 1971. Soybeans and flaxseed fell, with soybeans at 23,777,000 bushels and flaxseed sales totaling 19,844,000 bushels.
Washington AP A National Farmers Union spokesman voices federal legislation to back group legal services for farmers. Dr Weldon Barton says such services would help independent farmers compete with large agribusiness firms and could mirror prepaid health care models like health maintenance organizations in urban areas.
Platte County Weed Control head Ralph Eisenmenger urges immediate spraying for musk thistle now with substantial mid September rainfall. He outlines digging out rosettes four inches deep, burning or burying removed plants, and fall spraying as ideal for 1973 suppression before spring regrowth. Aerial spraying is considered for large areas but delayed in woods. milk cows must be removed for seven days.
Washington report states National Farmers Union urges Congress to act quickly to raise government price supports for cotton amid a large crop and falling prices. NFA cites market depression, buyers unwilling to quote prices, and World market pressures. USDA projections indicate a crop larger than last year with 11.5 million acres under national allotment and direct payments guaranteeing 35 cents per pound for those in set aside programs.
An AP report notes the Agriculture Department cafeteria in Washington has a dispenser labeled A siperdnity product for your coffee. The agency, undergoing management changes, has spent years subsidizing dairy price supports while offering the imitation cream to staff.
AP Farm Writer Don Kendall reports that total meat imports for January to July 1972 reached nearly 670 million pounds, up 12 percent from the previous year. Australia supplied 56.7 million pounds in July, with New Zealand at 28.9 million and Mexico rising to 46 million. the U.S. suspended quotas last June to curb prices, while Honduras fell 2 percent and Mexico led the gains among major suppliers.
A U N UN report outlines how sanctions on Rhodesia alter farming, especially tobacco, reducing export competition with the United States and changing crop patterns to wheat, corn, and cotton. Officials say Rhodesia may not become a major corn or wheat exporter, while Colton remains an export item. The report also covers insecticide use on alfalfa hay and legal residue rules for cattle feed.
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