Cattlemen Blame Imports for Persistent Price Decline
Colorado cattle feeders blame imports for a price drop in 1963 1964 market. Australian beef imports have surged while domestic production lags, causing losses of 20 to 70 dollars per head for producers. Cattlemen pursue Congress quotas or negotiated export limits as a remedy. Marion Harman Milliken Colorado Cattle Feeders Association says not running scared and expects market improvement in 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JM Hitch
Weld County
McMillan
U.S
Litte
Bill McMillan
Associa
Hon
Denver
Tribune
Australia
Walter Crew
Denver Union Stock Yard Co
Colorado
Congress
Marion Harman
Milliken
Colorado Cattle Feeders Association
Cattlemen's Assn Takes Action on Beef Imports
The Colorado Cattlemen's Association urged Congress to oppose high levels of foreign beef imports and to tighten enforcement of labeling and marketing rules. The group voted to testify in Washington and seek an impartial probe of retail marketing practices. They also called for federal action to clarify the status of homesteading public lands under the General Allotment Act and to investigate current rumors.
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Colorado
Cola Springs
Stabute
CCA
Asso-Weekly
Elation
Indus
Jack Bain
Bob Johnston Jr
Washington, D.C
Colorado Cattlemen's Association
Colorada
Colordao
Conservation Districts to Hold Annual Meeting in Denver
Weld County delegates plan to attend the State Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts meet in Denver January 2 to 4 at the Brown Palace. Participants include Wayne McNeal Howard Diehl Barry Lind Art Briggs and David Mudduth with welcomes by Gov. John Love and Denver Mayor Tom Corrigan. Keynote speaker Leon J McDonald will address Friday luncheon. officers will be elected and sessions cover water sheds lands and range finances legislation and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weld County
State Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Brown Palace
Denver
Wayne McNeal
West Greeley
Howard Diehl
Carr
H. F. (Barry) Lind
Windsor
Art Briggs
Greeley
David Mudduth
Usda Soil Conservation Service
John Love
Tom Corrigan
John H. Cuykendall
Southeast Weld Lcc
Marold Anderson
Johnstown
Leon J
Bone
McDonald
Oklahoma
Brow Palace
Lit
Wally Petersen
Lakeview
Mich
National Association of Conservation Districts
NACDI
Richard W. Stevens
First National Bank of
Burlington
Lloyd Summerville
The
Colorado Farm Bureau
F. R. Carpenter
Hayden Rancher
Colorado winter wheat acreage hits record high since 1957
Farmers planted 2 761 000 acres of winter wheat in Colorado this fall for next summer’s harvest, up three percent from last year and the largest since 1957. Wheat stands are good though some moisture stress appeared in若 areas, with snow cover needed to protect against cold. Brotzman seeks a meeting with Lyndon Johnson to address livestock producer struggles amid low beef prices and rising imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Colorado Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Ray O. Kane
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Greeley
Weld County
Don Brotzman
Lyndon Johnson
Farm Equipment Gains Dairy Farmers Quitting
Birmingham reports say small dairy farmers with herds under 40 face rapid exits within four to five years as Milk Marketing Board figures forecast farm equipment sales in the United States rising to over two billion dollars by 1983, with 10 to 20 herd owners hit next.
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Birmingham
Ltalsi
The
Milk Marketing Board
Chicago
United States
London
Britain
Foreign Office
Tribune
Ha Walt Mr Minis Joey Completes Herd Improvement Test
A three year old registered guernsey cow from Main Farm Platteville completed a dairy herd improvement test. The animal produced 10.58 pounds of milk and 549 pounds of butterfat in 305 days, two times daily milking, according to the American Guernsey Cattle Club. A junior two year old owned by Norman Carlson of Berthoud also completed a record with Nor Ivns K Sandra producing 11.28 pounds of milk and 464 pounds of butterfat.
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Guernsey
Platteville
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Ha Walt Mr
Minies Joey
Norman Carlson
Berthoud
Ivns
K. Sandra
Bread tax debate looms as farm income forecast dips
AP report from Washington notes the Agriculture Department predicts a 600 million drop in 1964 farm income from 12.25 billion after wheat growers rejected Kennedy controls. A voluntary certificate plan would pay farmers through certificates worth 70 cents a bushel, financed by biscuit millers, to raise domestic prices and counter parity aims, while opponents warn of a bread tax.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Agriculture Department
Kennedy
Johnson
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
National Farmers Union
Griculture Department
Conservation Group Elects Harley Glidden Chairman Vice-Chairman
The Northeastern Colorado Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America names Markey F. Glidden vice-chairman and Harley Glidden chairman. Ray C. McDaniel elected chairman overseeing regional Soil Conservation Service efforts. Russell F. Billings joins executive committee, with other officials from Colorado state and agriculture groups noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markey F. Glidden
Division of Sciences
Colorado State College
Colorado
Soil Conservation Society of America
Ray C. McDaniel
Denver
Soil Conservation Service
Russell F. Billings
Aussie Farmership
Nairobi
Kenya
Natlooal Bank of Greeley
Board of Agriculture
Ralph Xotich
Censer
Canberra
Australia
CSU
C. C
Rio DE Janiero
Argent Farm
Waneka
Lafayette
Lina
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Cattlemen’s Assn
Conservation Dists
Eighth Avenue
Brotzman
LBJ
Brotay Ttian
Eller
Unm
iGuernseys
Beverly Grien
Colendor
Box Elder +H Ag Club
Sandy Herbst
Karen Herbst
Gary Pickering
Jack Heldenreich
Robert Wardlaw
County Extension Office
Harley Glidden
First Industrial Bank
8Th Avenue
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