Four Tennessee Burley Markets Still Operating
Tennessee burley markets remaining open after Christmas sold 118,943,023 pounds for 31,080,404 dollars in the week. Friday's sale averaged 62.73 dollars per hundredweight on 373,066 pounds for 234,009 dollars. Greeneville led with an average of 64.55 dollars and Knoxville topped volume at 74,108 pounds across seven markets.
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Nashville
UPS
Burley
Tennessee
Greeneville
Knoxville
Record Hog Leaf Prices Lift Income
Tennessee farmers saw record hog and tobacco prices along with higher grain dairy chicken and egg prices in December boosting incomes. The Tennessee Crop Reporting Service notes the national prices received index rose 4 percent while the prices paid index rose 2 points. December hog prices averaged 24.20 per hundredweight, up 4.20 from November and 11.20 from December 194. The parity ratio advanced to 8, the highest since November 1962. Season sales concluded in Clarksville Morriston Mountain City and Rogersville with total sales 118 943 023 pounds and an average price of 68.92 per hundredweight, about 8 higher than last year.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Tennessee Crop Reporting Service
Clarksville
Morriston
Mountain City
Rogersville
Record Chick Placements Highlight 1964 Tennessee Agribusiness
Tennessee growers received 852,060 broiler chicks in the week ending December 25, per the Tennessee Crop Reporting Service. Nationally, broiler placements for 23 states were down 3 percent from the prior week but up 20 percent from a year earlier. The hog corn ratio reached a December high of 21.5, a record since the ratio began in 1935. Tennessee farmers posted record prices for burley and dark air cured tobacco, with burley around 66 cents per pound and dark air cured near 39 cents. Prices for barley and oil were noted in the year 1960 context, and researchers described an adhesive binding sand grains for oil production implications.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Burne
Houston
Acreage Poundage for Burley Hearing Set in Greeneville
Greeneville area burley growers will discuss acreage-poundage quotas for the 1986 crop at a Jan. 17 hearing in the VFW Auditorium on North Main Street. Ed Jones, chairman of the State ASC, notes similar Nashville talks for Middle Tennessee. The 1965 Public Law 89-12 requires hearings before any quota decision, with Dec 1 burley production estimated at 608,750,000 pounds, below 1964 but above average.
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Greeneville — Area
Burley
Euacca
Ed Jones
State Agricultural Stabilizaion and Conservation Com
Mittee
VFW
North Main St
Greeneville
Nashville
Middle Tennessee
Burley Tobacco
Hurry ACP Plans Urged for Soil and Water Conservation
H W Copenhaver Sullivan County ASC chairman urges farmers to file requests now for 1966 ACP assistance. Eligible practices include vegetative cover, tree planting, ponds, pipelines, and wildlife-focused soil and water measures with about half the cost covered. Public share of cost noted.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
H. W. Copenhaver
Sullivan County
ASC
Copenhaver
State ASC Committee Members Reappointed in Tennessee
The 1966 Tennessee State ASC Committee members were reappointed. Ed Jones of York Town chairs. Crosby Wright of Morris Town Route 2 and Walter Nunnelly of Nunnelly will continue. Ex-officio is Dr. V. W. Carter, Knoxville. Carl Fry heads the state office staff. The committee administers Cropland Adjustment, Conservation, price support, and production adjustment programs with county elected members, ensuring fair treatment and policy decisions under USDA leadership. Administrator Horace D. Godfrey praised the reappointed members.
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L. Freeman
Pram
Sullivan County
ASCS
Ed Jones
Yorktown
Crosby Wright
Morristown
Walter Nunnelly
Nunnelly
USDA
4 H Chatter Reports Electric Project Workshop Plans
Kingsport area 4 H Chatter notes a two session electric project workshop at Kingsport Power Co building Jan 28 for boys and a future girls workshop. Sessions cover electrical safety lamp assembly and refreshments. Boys urged to obtain parent permission and notify club leaders. Also mentions county Demonstration Day planning, record books due Jan 1, and Holston Valley activities.
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Kingsport
Kingsport Power Co
Bristol
Meat Slaughter Breaks Record in Tennessee November
Tennessee Crop Reporting Service reports November red meat production in Tennessee at 58.8 million pounds, the highest on record for the month. Cattle slaughter reached 58,000 head, up 18 percent from a year earlier, while hog slaughter fell 9 percent to 192,000 head.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Tennessee Crop Reporting Service
Choose Variety That Suits Soil For Tobacco
A United Press Intermathinary report notes farmers pick tobacco varieties based on farm soil and disease pressures. Dr Jove Smiley of Kentucky Cooperative Extension urges matching variety to farm conditions, while experts warn only a small fraction of Earth’s water is in soil and rivers, stressing irrigation limits and desalting costs.
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United Press Intermathinary
Jove Smiley
University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service
Hi Smiley
North Carolina State Univer
Sity
de. J. PF. Lute
Earth
Lotz
United States
Pepper Contracts Talk Scheduled In Rural Area
County Agent J. W. McClain reports that Moody Dunbar Company and the Kings area firms will visit farms to discuss pepper contracts. Charles Newland of the processing firm will be at the Farm Bureau building Blountville Wednesday and at Scott County on Friday to answer questions about contracts and production practices. McClain notes about 200 acres of peppers have been grown locally for two consecutive years.
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The
Kings
Thelpat Chamber of Commerce
Moody Dunbar Company
Evan County
J. W. McClain
Charles Newland
Farm Bureau
Blountville
Scott County
Newland
MecClain
Plan Now To Increase Beef Profits In 1966
University of Tennessee Extension animal husbandman W P Tyrrell urges farmers to plan for higher beef profits in 1966 by improving calving percentage, pounds of beef per cow, and cost-efficient grazing. He cites January February as planning windows, recommends culling slow growers, using proven sires, and maintaining rotat ional grazing to keep winter costs under 30 cents per day.
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Xngaville
W. PF. Tyrrell
University of Tennessee Extension Animal Husbandman
Tyrrell
Greeneville Station to Offer Livestock Feeding Course
The University of Tennessee at Greeneville Tobacco Experiment Station will teach a practical livestock feeding course led by College of Agriculture faculty. Prince, the Sullivan County Agent, notes the program covers homegrown seeds, ration balancing, and feeding for growth and reproduction over five days beginning January 1.
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University of Tennessee
Greeneville Tobacco Experiment Station
Claude Jprince
Sullivan County
Prince
University of Tennessee College of Agriculture
Prince Said
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