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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1981
Page
13
Advice from Dick Waak Buffalo County 4-H agent on proper feed for replacement heifers. Warns against excessive fat and underfeeding. Gives breed-specific weight gain targets for Holstein Guernsey Ayrshire and Jersey heifers to reach breeding weight at 14 to 15 months.
Farmers with corn loans from 1977 to 1981 in the Grain Reserve must repay by April 15. Loans unpaid by next week incur 15 percent interest and become delinquent on May 15. Loans were issued with conditions not to market until the national price reached 2.81 dollars per bushel, or 125 percent of the loan rate. when price hit 3.26 dollars, or 145 percent, all loans were recalled and repayment due by April 15.
Agriculture Secretary John Block boosted the sellback price for government owned dairy products by 5 percent to 110 percent of the purchase price. Previously plants paid 5 percent over cost. now they pay 110 percent for surplus stock. Butter nonfat dry milk and cheese prices to be announced. milk support prices remain at 12.80 and 13.10 per hundred.
The 1981 crop commodity loans and farm facility storage loans approved after April 1 will carry a 14 percent interest rate. The 1981 crop year variable rate loans will be reviewed every April 1 and Oct 1 and may adjust up or down. Unsettled commodity loans stay at 15 percent for 1981. Farmers should contact their local county ASCS office for details.
Grace M Aberg recalls a rural childhood with Carrie as a close friend. The narrative covers chores, frugal family life, raising eggs, wood gathering, hand crafted drum making, small earnings, rising prices, maple sugaring, education, and the enduring value of friendship as families drift apart over seven decades.
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