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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1977
Page
9
A reflective piece notes a dry windy week signaling summer in the valley. It chronicles parched corn, wilting clover, straw color lawns, and leaf movement on oaks while detailing summer sounds from birds, planes, and trucks. It ends with a fresh peach from Pickens County and a taste of summer.
Denver Post reports cattle producers and feeders increasingly optimistic as prices rise and demand tightens. Industry leaders Sam Addams of Monfort of Colorado and Tim Bennett of Cattle Fox foresee higher 1977 prices, with a slow recovery and a few fits and starts ahead. Charles Kershaw of Kershaw & Sons predicts several profitable years as beef consumption remains strong and herd liquidation slows.
Auburn University researchers R L Haaland and C S Hoveland explain alfalfa’s limited south yields of two years versus four to six in the North. They discuss breeding programs and potential gains in the spring Highlights issue from the Experiment Station.
The Morgan County ASCS opens beef producer registration June 6 to 17 for a July referendum on the beef research and information order. Producers who register gain a vote. one vote per production entity. Registration may be in person or by mail regardless of operation type, including feedlots and dairies.
National live stock and meat board official Reba Staggs told a convention panel the growing hamburger society will push the beef industry to revise production and marketing. Ground beef now fuels casseroles and ethnic meals, with fast, easy prep and variety driving demand as more families, especially with working women, rely on ground beef for meals.
At the Alabama Resource Development Committee quarterly meeting in Montgomery Dr. George R. Horton Jr. of Auburn University warned that solving transportation issues would aid energy problems. He cautioned the current transport system could not sustain an all out war effort.
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