End to low in spirits prices foreseen
Farmers face a grim outlook as talks from the Medenal Live Stock and Meat Board warn that supply and demand may force higher food prices. Experts cite dwindling farm populations, rising costs, and the risk of farmers exiting agriculture if prices do not cover costs, signaling potential shifts in meat and grain markets.
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Medenal
Emrich
Norfolk
Neb
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Max E. Brunk
Cornell University
Brunk
Operating speed vital to good job of combine
Ed Constien of the University of Missouri extension stresses the importance of maintaining the correct engine and operating speeds in a combine. He says the speed should match the operator's manual to ensure steady performance and efficient harvesting.
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Har
Combine
Ed Constien
University of
Missouri Extension
Constian
Soil and water conservation to meet rising world needs
The article argues soil and water conservation will boost food and fiber to feed a growing world population. It stresses reserve acres, erosion prevention, and soil fertility through terraces and sod waterways, plus higher fertilizer use to sustain intensive production and global trade. It also gives combine threshing tips and equipment adjustments for efficient harvesting.
New certification method used in Missouri grain programs
Cole County officials describe a new method for certifying acreages under the 1967 Wheat, Feed Grain and Cotton Programs used by 97 counties. The change, aiming to improve accuracy and reduce field checks, requires farmers to file acreage reports after planting and harvests, with details on feed grain plantings due by July 15, 1967.
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Cole County
Missouri
Henry A. Boessen
Cole Couny Asc Committee
Boessen
Gilbert Bultman
Electronics reveal pork loin size on Iowa farm trial
In St Thomas Andrew Suthoff used a Sonoray machine to measure loin size in about 20 breeding gilts. County extension director Doyle Jones notes loin size links to gain rate, feed efficiency, and meat yield. Weighing animals, then electronic measurements take minutes, aiding selective gilt replacement for more market hogs with less feed.
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Andrew Suthoff
St. Thomas
Doyle Jones
Cote County Extension
Suthoff
Study fruit diseases to prepare for 68
Extension horticulturist ART GAUS outlines common fruit diseases seen in Missouri. Fireblight threatens apples and pears with terminal branch dieback and blossom loss. control references MU Guide 6020. Anthracnose cripples raspberries, girdling canes with no immediate fix except spraying ferbam on young shoots for next year. Apple cedar rust causes yellow spots on leaves and fruit. infection period is past for now, but cedar cycles may resume with later spore movement from galls.
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Art Gaus
Your County University Extension Center
Missouri
Disease of peaches prompts complete spray plan
A discussion on brown rot in peaches from SMU Me VESS ROTI LUIS notes a thorough spray program as control. Enclose cracking with wax paper bags and apply a long spray every ten days to harvest, using caplan folds to seal and reduce residue.
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Luis
Adjusting the Combine Guidance From Constien
Constien advises consulting the operator’s manual or contacting the equipment dealer for difficulty in adjusting the combine. The guidance emphasizes practical steps and supplier support to resolve setup issues. The note underscores manufacturer documentation and dealer expertise as the preferred resources.
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Constien
Irrigation Could Boost Missouri Corn Yields, Expert Says
University of Missouri researchers at Bradford Farm in Columbia said irrigation could become economically feasible on much of Missouri’s corn land. Woodruff noted potential for regumes and forages to extend grazing through July and August. Pasture plots and wheat and corn rotations were shown along with soil moisture devices and early results from atomic radiation bred wheat varieties Stadler and Lewis.
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Missouri
University of Missouri
Woodruff
Stadler and
Lewis
J. M. Poehlman
Charles Hayward
Poehlman
Beef Carcass Exhibition Planned for Missouri State Fair
An all-new Beef Carcass Exhibition and Contest with 750 in prizes will run Aug 19–27 at the Missouri State Fair. Live steer judging, two classes, 10 awards per class, entry limit one animal per exhibitor, weight 900–1200 pounds. Carcasses to be bought by Missouri packers on grade and yield. champion and reserve carcasses returned to the fair for auction Aug 23. Entries due by Aug 1 to Sedalia.
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Missouri
Colesium
Poehlman
A. G
Fieldjer
Jerops
Dairy Council Elects Frank Raphael President
Frank Raphael of Route 3 was elected president of the Jefferson City Local Dairy Council Board of Directors at the regular meeting. Vincent Hoelscher of Wardsville was elected vice president and James Distler of Boonville Road was re elected secretary treasurer. Two other board members were elected: Robert Cassmeyer of Route 3 and Leo Hickman of 1105 S Binder Drive.
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Raphael Frank
Route 3
Jefferson City
Robert Cassmeyer
Leo Hickmean
S. Binder Drive
Tel-O-Auction Sells 3 830 Pigs In Missouri
Tel O Auction in Missouri sponsored by the Missouri Farmers Association sold a record 3 830 feeder pigs at Eldon Cole Camp Mansfield and Cabool The pigs averaged 62 4 pounds and brought 33 78 per hundredweight or 21 07 per pig Top price of 38 per hundredweight for 47 pound pigs. Local dairy farmers produced and sold 18 498 041 pounds of grade A milk in 1966 a 40 percent rise since 1962 Also discussed were dairy advertising fair participation and support of FFA and 4 H clubs.
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Missouri Farmers Association
Eldon
Cole Camp
Mansfield
Cabool
Cole and
Sur
Dairy Council
Auction reports show hog prices and upcoming sales dates
Buyers offered 37 dollars per hundredweight for selling pigs from listed producers including Benedict Eldon and Linn Frank Meyerpeter. Comparatively butcher hogs weighing 200 to 230 pounds sold for 23.75 to 24 dollars per hundredweight on sale day. Future Tel-G Auctions are slated for June 22, July 6, and July 2.
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Benedict
Eldon
Martin Brunnert
Argyle
Daniel Schaefer
Lynn
Bernard Hueste
Linn
Frank Meyerpeter
Leland Donley
Tipton
Paul Bexton
Freeburg
Wilbert Schmoeger
Russellville
Frank Koechner
Meta
US & 2
Soils staffer cites nitrogen benefits for corn at Columbia
Earl Krath said 50 to 75 pounds of nitrogen on corn yielded the most profit over five years at Columbia but rainfall was near normal in only one season. He noted a field day is planned at Bradford Farm on August 31.
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J. R. Brown
Bradford Farm
Algeria
Brown
Woodruff
France
England
Switzerland
Columbia
K. H. Asay
McCredie
Earl Krath
Limestone survey under way in Cole County farms
University of Missouri Extension Center Director Doyte Jones announced a soil survey in Cole County this summer. Up to 100 farms will be visited by M A agriculture students to test limestone needs. Fields will be sampled at 1 3 5 7 and 9 inch depths to gauge distribution and movement of limestone after application.
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Extension Center
M. U
Cole County
University of Missouri Extension Center
Doyte Jones
M. A. Agriculture
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