South Dakota Stock Outlook Brighter says Armour Head
L O Hoffalan Armour general manager notes the state shows 10 per cent more cattle on feed than 1997 and swine and sheep finishing rising. He cites USDA data and urges diversification from grain, touting hogs bred for market cuts and improved moisture conservation boosting spring crops and livestock supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Hoffalan
Armour & Company
South Dakota
United States Department of Agriculture
South” Dakota
Armour and Company
Huron
Farm price control and quotas linked to marketing limits
The plan outlines marketing quotas for corn and other crops with acreage allotments and penalties for overproduction. It also proposes parity prices and subsidies, aiming to raise farm income while stabilizing prices, with votes set for March 12 in cotton and tobacco regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
OlMecals
South Dakota farmers praise stock prosperity and future outlook
Kenneth Butler of Armour and Company reports South Dakota farmers are in a strong position with ample rough feed and favorable weather. Livestock and breeders are healthy, early grass is likely, and many farmers plan to market hogs and cattle near home for better returns. Sheep, hogs, and pork holdings are seen as profitable futures amid strong packing capacity in Huron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Kenneth Butler
Huron
Armour and Company
Buytier
Dakota
T. Band Bangs
Dalkota
Three Families Use Grove Fuel in Silver Creek Farm
Halvor Olson recounts a Silver Creek farm grove planted in 1870 of Cottonwood Bow Elder and Ash. For twenty years it supplied three families with fuel and yielded 2000 feet of lumber. The grove protects crops, reduces winter feed needs, and aids field contortion and pasture recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halvor Olson
South Dakota
Silver Creek
Townshin
Sankorn County
Moeller Family Runs South Dakota Farm Hart of Cavour
Herman Moeller oversees a 10 year old South Dakota operation near Cavour with 75 feeder cattle and 52 yearlings, 500 Ancona laying hens, and a full set of barns and machinery. The farm relies on family labor with sons Richard Ed and Kenneth key to management and Mrs Moeller directing poultry operations. The operation uses corn and cane roughage, shredded feed, a shredder, and a mill to feed stock and store feed in a well equipped complex with electricity.
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Hampshire
Herman Moeller
Cavour
Mosler
Beadle County
Hudky
Richard
Kenneth
Hill
Herman Moller
South Dakota
Cam
Moellers
Ancona
Moeller
Herman
Kenneth Moeller
Extension Service Includes 7 Phases In 1938 Program
The 1938 Extension Service plan includes seven forestry phases led by Extension Forester Frank Rockwell. Emphasis centers on farm tree planting, shelterbelts, and native groves with USDA Forest Service cooperation. Proper care and cultivation of young plantings are stressed along with improving existing forests. Local efforts include school windbreaks and lake shore plantings with WPA landscaping projects in multiple counties.
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Frank 3. Rockwell
Extension Forester
South Dakota
Feder
Forest Service
Soil Conserv Service
Extension Service
U. S. Forest Service
Foren
Sigte Secretary of Agriculture
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Hoffman
Armour
South Dekota
Soil Conservation Service
South
Madsen Brothers
Shoe Creek
S. D
Arlington
New Slayton
Minn
San
Rockwell
Ness
Ath
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