Untangling USDA Cow Production Figures for 1974 and 1973
The USDA Crop Reporting Board revised 1974 milk production to 115.4 billion pounds and readjusted 1973 to 115.385 billion. Milk cows averaged 11,221,000 in 1974 with 10,286 pounds per cow, while monthly 1974 totals and 1973 figures were also adjusted. January 1975 totals show 9.3 billion pounds produced with 11,204,000 cows.
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Crop Reporting Board
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Statistical Reporting Service
Sharp Drop in U S Meat Imports in 1974
U S meat imports fell sharply last year with 1.079 billion pounds covered by the Meat Import Law down 20 percent from 1973 and the lowest since 1968. Total meat imports, including canned beef and pork, reached 2.142 billion pounds, down 17 percent and also the lowest since 1968, figures from USDA’s Livestock and Meat Situation on a carcass weight basis.
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U.S
USDA
Beef Consumption Hits All Time High
The USDA reports 1974 per capita beef consumption at 116.3 lbs, up from 109.6 in 1973 and above the 116.1 lbs record set in 1972. Red meat totals reach 187.0 lbs per person, with veal 2.3 lbs, pork 66.0 lbs, and lamb and mutton 2.4 lbs, while beef remains below 1971 and 1972 peaks.
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U.S
USDA
Potato Stocks Hit Record 130.7 Million Hundredweight
U.S. growers, dealers and processors reported fall potato stocks on February 1 totaling 130.7 million hundredweight, up 23 percent from a year earlier and 5 percent above the prior record set February 1, 1971.
Cattle on Feed Totals Revised in USDA Figures
A USDA report contains a typo on the January 1 cattle on feed total of 6,369,000. The February 1 total for seven states is 6,050,000 head, down 37 percent from a year earlier, with January placements in those states at 1,139,000 head, down 42 percent. States involved include Arizona California Colorado Iowa Kansas Nebraska Texas.
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Ariz
Calif
Colo
Iowa
Kans
Nebi
Texas
Cattle on Feed Declines and Farm Export Gains
Feb 1 cattle on feed figures show a 37 percent drop. US calendar 1974 farm exports reached 22 billion dollars, up 25 percent from the prior high. Gains driven by higher prices offset lower export volume, with grain and oilseed exports up in value despite volume dips.
Saved by Hope Sermon on inner hope and resilience
A February 23 1975 devotional discusses Viktor Frankl and a cancer patient to illustrate how hope sustains life. It argues hope is an inner resource not tied to external events and that response to circumstances matters more than the events themselves. It cites Romans and Thessalonians as background for hopeful endurance.
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Viktor Frankl
U.S
Paul
Farm Calendar for Tree Planting and Livestock Sanitation
The article promotes planting trees in March and April to improve air and water quality, advises replacing cut trees, and urges evergreen plantings on waste land. It also covers sanitation in livestock care citing Dr. Sam Guss of Penn State and lists events at Schuylkill and Twin Valley in February.
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Sam Guss
Penn State
Schuylkill Co
Penn State Schuylkill
Twin Valley
Twin Valley HS Manheim Young Farmers
Broadcast and Topdress Guidelines for Winter Wheat Farmers
Farmers plan to broadcast legume seed on winter wheat from late February to mid March using soil frost cycles to work seeds in. Topdressing wheat with nitrogen in March boosts yields but rates vary from 25 to 60 pounds per acre and heavier on sand soils. Multiple local meetings and events run Feb 25 to Mar 4 covering swine management seed soybean and 4-H leader training.
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