Farm Prices Dip After Peak Earlier This Year
Knoxville reports farm prices have trended downward since March after a February peak tied to wartime era supply concerns. Eur gene Gambill of the University of Tennessee notes only milk and soybeans show strength while hog prices have fallen about 20 percent since December. He expects a relatively stable trend through 1966 and 1967 with crop data shaping harvest forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Eurgene Gambill
University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service Reports
Gambill
Dairy Month Sendoff Set In Richmond
Virginia dairy leaders gather for the June Dairy Month kick off in Richmond at the Hotel John Marshall. Speakers include Gov Mills, Godwin Jr, Jerry Claiborne of Virginia Tech, and ADA president E Allison. Dr W Ray Murley of VT to preside as master of ceremonies. The event marks 30th year with theme Dairy and Best Refreshers under the Sun.
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Richmond
Gov. Mills
Godwin Jr
Jerry Claiborne
Virginia
Tech
John Marshall
E. Allison
Glade Spring
American Dairy Association of Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Allison
ADA
Southwest Milk Sales' Association
W. Ray Murley
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Murley
North Caroling State College
Iowa
4 H Club Mixes Witches Brew At Meeting
Pamela Bishop and Kathy Smithey demonstrated how to make Witches Brew at the Central 4 H Club meeting. They served samples with cookies to 4 H members, including sixth graders, in Bristol.
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Bristol
Pamela Bishop
Kathy Smithey
Farmers Win Battle Against Alfalfa Weevil in Tennessee
In Greeneville area, IMC and University of Tennessee experts launched a crop protection program to fight the alfalfa weevil. High school voag students surveyed communities and trained to apply targeted treatments, saving hundreds of acres and an estimated first cutting value around 90.00.
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Greeneville
Tennessee
Stu Ad Dents
IMC
Davy Crockett
Jefferson
University of Tennessee
International Minerals Ane Ek Revattens & Chemical’ Corporation
Ovational Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration
U. S
Bo Ie Jon
Department of Agriculture
Dames Sibley
Brenda Pope
Ninal
Hughes
Barbara Calhoun
Loretta Bledste
Voag
IMC J
Talbalt
TMC
Sibley
Farm Survey Underway In Tennessee
The Tennessee Crop Reporting Service conducts a nation wide farm survey in late May and early June visiting about 100 000 farms and collecting data on land use crops livestock labor and wages. Results will feed into the July crop and livestock reports from the Crop Reporting Service in Nashville and Washington. Interviewers will survey scientifically selected land segments and ask farmers about their operations. A livestock emphasis survey occurs in December.
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Tennessee Crop Reporting Service
USDA
Statistical Reporting Service
The
Crop Reporting Board
Washington
Robert Hobson
Livestock Dale
Hobson
Soil Conservation Society Sets 5th State Convention
Nashville and Atlanta leaders among first day speakers as fifth state convention opens June 18 in Nashville. W E Hancock says Gordon Zimmerman and Joe Boswell are Tennessee SCSA leaders with Billy F Smith leading East Tennessee chapter. event includes national conservation figures.
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Soil Conservation Society
Nashville
UPS
Jerome F. Andere
Son
Nation Area
Bureau of Outdoor Reer
Atlanta
W. E. Hancock
Tennessee Scsca Council
Gordon Zimmerman
National Association of Conservation
SCSA
Joe Boswell
Trenton
West Tennessee
Billy F. Smith
Newport
East Tennessee
The
Tennessee Council
Can Mail Order Seeds Be Trusted
The Atlanta report notes a USDA informal spot check of 310 vegetable seed specimens from 72 mail order firms. About 88 percent met Federal Seed Act standards and were good planting quality, nine items were low quality, and 12 items, or four percent, were unfit for planting. The service concluded most consumers receive good seed and firms largely comply.
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Atlanta
Lo & Consumer
Contet
Consumer and Marketing Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wheat allotment 1967 set 18 percent above 1966
Secretary Freeman sets 1967 wheat allotment at 18 percent more than 1966, totaling about 59.3 million acres with a $6 million base plus small-farm increases. Copenhaver notes variability by farm and state. notices to growers by July 1. Production projected at 1.5 to 1.6 billion bushels, stocks down to under 600 million for June carryover.
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Orville L. Freeman
H W. Coperhaver
Sullivan County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Copenhaver
Freeman
Freaman
Copenhayer
4 H Chatter Highlights Local Club Activities and Goals
The column notes 4 H members in Blountville and nearby towns posting efforts in tobacco and other crops, with stories of labor, capital, and camp plans. It mentions a State A441 Conservation Camp at Ellington Milan and a boys only week, plus fundraisers like a rummage sale to support Kentucky visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellington
Milan
Honor Club
Kentucky
Cryo Branding Promises Safer Beef Identification
Knoxville W G Brown Jr of the University of Tennessee Extension Service outlines cryo branding, a freezing method to mark cattle by destroying pigment and regrowing white hair. The technique is said to be paintless, inexpensive, and reusable, but remains experimental pending further study.
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Knoxville
W. G. Brown Jr
University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
Brown
Virginia 4-H Hosts Regional Resource Development Conference
Virginia 4-Hers will host the regional resource development conference at Fontana Village Resort in North Carolina June 6-10. About 200 youths from seven states, plus adult leaders from TVA and extension services, will participate in workshops on soils minerals atmosphere wildlife forestry water and human resources with theme Education and Leadership Keys to Resource Development.
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Virginia
Fontana Village Resort
North Carolina
Great Smokies
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolin
Tennessee
TVA
Tennessee Valley Test Demonstration Association, Inc
Jand- Brant Universities
William F. Skelton
iVirginia Tech
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