Farm Prices Hold Steady In May Tennessee and U.S. price indexes steady
Tennessee farm prices stayed at 104 percent of the new base in mid May with no change from April and May of last year. Nationally the prices received index rose to 260 percent of the 1910-18 average while prices paid by farmers advanced to 354. The Tennessee all crop index held at 85 with livestock at 111. soybean prices slipped four cents per bushel to 2.55, hog prices fell 80 cents since April, and beef cattle averaged 20.60. Potatoes and cotton pushed the national rise, while onions eggs and hogs showed declines.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Tennessee Crop Reporting Service
ASCS Leader Honored for 15 Years of Service
Rogersville New York area leader Pat Gilley of Bulls Gap received a gold pin and certificate from Gatewood of Rt 2 Surgoinsville recognizing 15 years of service with the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and noting his role as district chairman and community committeeman in Hawkins County.
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Rogersville
Gatewood
Rt. 2
Surgoinsville
Aleve
Hawkins County
ASCS
Pat Gilley
Bulls Gap
June Dairy Month urged for healthy family meals
4 H chatter notes June is National Dairy Month and urges emphasis on milk and dairy products for calcium and bones. Mentions Roy Doan’s tractor safety demo aided by a National Safety Council emblem and Farm Bureau help. Gary Massengill wears a cast from a bicycle accident. Kenneth King reports on radiation treated seed corn from Oak Ridge center.
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Roy Doan
Helston
Roy
National Safety Council
Chicago
Nashville
Farm Bureau
Ene
Gary Massengill
Blutt City
Gary
Kenneth King
Kenneth
Oak Ridge Agricultural Atomic Research Center
Ram Show and Feeder Cattle Sale Reportin Virginia
Virginia spring feeder cattle sales totaled 10 449 head for 1 768 000 dollars down from last year’s 11 600 head and 1 787 090 dollars. Steer averages near 923 50 per cwt, heifers around 25 25 per head, with 600 to 800 pound steers selling 26 50 to 30 to 327 per hundred. Dorsets and Southdown consignments rise as 17 states send stock to the Eastern Stud Ram Sale at Staunton with a breakfast gathering and banquet planned. Cattle movements from Rogersville to Horton's etc. emphasize continued feed availability and farm storage dynamics in Virginia and neighboring states.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
Steuer Calle
K. C. Williamson
Virginia Tech
Staunton
Geng Allen
Raleigh
N. C
Canada
Bonnie Doane
University of Illinois
Urbanna
Williamson
Hampshire Association
Dorset
Southdown
Ingleside
Rogersville
Stabilization and Conservation Service
Commodity Credit Corporation
Nashville
Tennessee
ASCS
It's Time To Spray Roses
Assistant County Agent Claude Prince urges spraying roses now for grease and disease control. Blackspot and powdery mildew are common threats. spray weekly, use Phaltan for blackspot, and manage defoliation to avoid yellowing. Powdery mildew and sod webworms threaten lawns in humid weather. sanitation and approved insecticides follow label directions.
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Claude Prince
Peter
Rains Delay Field Work in Tennessee Farmland Report
The Tennessee Crop Reporting Service notes drier weather in West Tennessee allowed field work to resume in the week ending June 3. Rain hindered activities elsewhere, with 80 percent of tobacco transplanted and 90 percent of first alfalfa cut. pastures stay good to fair, hay damaged, and some forage more mature than ideal.
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Washville
West Tennessee
Tennessee Crop Reporting Service
Surplus Grain Storage Bins To Be Auctioned
Surplus grain storage bins are to be auctioned under the U S Department of Agriculture ASCS program. The text notes 1961 storage levels and payments to storage firms, with shifts in 1963 toward voluntary participation and land conservation measures. County farmers report annual receipts from the feed grain and wheat program since 1961, reflecting broader farm policy changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
ASCS
Noto
Hawkins County
Abingdon Student National Winner in Engineering Paper
Abingdon native Roger Allen Blevins, Virginia Tech agricultural engineering graduate student, has been named one of three national winners in the American Society of Agricultural Engineers student paper awards. His paper, Vibration Characteristics of Wooden Beams, compares theory and experiment on stressed beams. He previously co‑op'd with TVA and is now a National Science Foundation trainee addressing a dam structure problem.
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Abingdon
Virginia Tech
Roger Allen Blevins
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Blevins
TVA
National Science Foundation
Economical Steers and Feed Efficiency Rise In U.S. Farming
University of Tennessee experts urge cattlemen to breed and finish economical steers that gain weight with less feed to boost profits. Extension staff warn dairy farmers on nutrient balance and crop protein quality, noting digestible protein matters more than crude protein for rations. North Carolina and Cotton Belt specialists advise choosing soybean varieties and cyst nematode resistant cotton to improve yields on infested soils.
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Haley Jamison
University of Tennessee
Jamin
Jamison
Herbert Holt
University of Tennessee Extension
Toomey
Holt
North Carolina
University of Tennessee Fein
Bel Extension
H. W. Luck
Extension
North
8 Per Cent More Meat Slaughtered
Tennessee April red meat production rose 8 percent from March and year earlier to 62,088,068 pounds, with calf slaughter at a record low 7,500 head. National totals show beef 1,638 million pounds, pork 1,114 million, veal 55 million, and poultry 62 million, all reflecting gains or declines from 1967 and March figures.
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Narmille Sagen
Tennessee
Tennessee Crop Reporting Services
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Actistant Coounty Agend
Leah B. Hoopfer
Ausistest Hocne
Alvin Moore
Tennessee Farm Bureau
Sale
Allen
Howe Serrlam
Wan
Lay
Jewel Oil
Kroger
Rinso
Farm Report
United Press
Georgia
Atlanta
Vicki Curtis
Jasper
Marolyn Goff
Tifton
Georgia Garrett
Marietta
UPI
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