Farm leaders see meat supply squeeze from policy shifts
A-1 Washington AP report notes farm leaders speculate administration policy changes could curb meat animal production and push prices higher.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1966
Page
11
A-1 Washington AP report notes farm leaders speculate administration policy changes could curb meat animal production and push prices higher.
Wanted to buy a 1959 Ford cruise a matic. Advertiser lists phone number 355-2431. Also many local wants and sales items for farm animals, vehicles, real estate, and services from Hartselle and Somerville areas with contact methods. Contains multiple classified notices and contact names.
Rain over three inches this week greens fields across Mud Tavern. Early corn and cotton show good stands while crimson maples blaze in April woodland. A Maryville College reunion among three old roommates anchors a week of local scenes and animals.
Federal farm and labor officials plus national farm groups report spring planting and other work proceeding without serious labor shortages. The American Farm Bureau Federation notes tight labor supply in many areas with skilled workers securing favorable pay and hours. Weather data indicate continued dryness in the southern Great Plains and Southwest reducing wheat and spring grain prospects. Government dairy purchases for the year ending April 1 are about one third of the prior year, totaling 2.4 percent of milk sales versus 8.2 percent previously.
May 2 to May 6 1966 listings show club meetings across East Hartselle Westlawn and Priceville Homemakers clubs 4H groups at various times. Talucah Southeast and Moulton Heights Jr High host events including an Arts and Crafts Workshop at Pet Dairy Decatur.
R M Chapman notes Morgan County farmers intensifying fertilization and conservation work. Observed include Leon Radford Baren Nelson Tobe White applying liquid nitrogen and planning Bermuda grass mixes to stabilize soil. Residents in Somerville Hartselle Falkville and Decatur report new terracing ponds grass waterways and coastal Bermuda planting with emphasis on cattle farming and erosion control.
Races waterway seeding planned for Millet this spring and fall planting of rescue rye and vetch. Cats smooth old terraces on J. L. Lemmonds farm north of Somerville. Ira Oden praises terracing system, asks SCS help to terrace another field. Horace Roberts outlines 3 acres of Coast al to be planted. others plan Coast al plantings and a 50 acre project.
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