Inept Farmer Stands to Gain From Integration
Washington speech by Orlin J. Scoville of the Agricultural Research Service warns that vertical integration will favor efficient producers and reduce the number of diversified family farms. He predicts fewer full time commercial farms and a shift toward specialized operations as economies of scale reshape hog and dairy production.
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Washington
Orlin J. Scoville
Agricultural Research Service
Assa Scoville
Scoville
Benson Sees Farm Economy Bright Spot in 1958 Outlook
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson called the farm economy refreshing as net income for farmers is projected at 13 billion dollars this year. He touted April price gains and urged less government interference while backing extensions to Public Law 480 and opposed rigid price supports and escalator clauses.
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Washington
Ezra Taft Benson
Farm Editors Assn
Benson
Congress
Wet Weather Slows Field Work and Tobacco Plant Growth
Cool wet conditions slow field activity for a second week in Lancaster County. Farmers await dry soil to plant oats and prepare seed beds while tomato and corn planting edges closer. Rye and barley heads emerge as Safe Harbor reports 2.23 inches of rain for the week ending Monday.
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Keystone State
Lancaster County
Safe Harbor
Hays
Federal
May 1 Rate of Lay Exceeds Record For Date
Reports from poultrymen indicate layers fully recovered from February and March storms. Production averaged 628 percent for May 1, setting a new gate record and surpassing last year’s high by almost one percent. April production was 612 percent with 16,746,000 layers.
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State
April Pennsylvania milk output hits record despite cow drop
In April Pennsylvania produced 601 million pounds, up five percent from 1957 and three percent from 1956, with about 936000 cows in herds, 2000 fewer than March and 6000 fewer than a year earlier. Herds averaged 92 pounds per cow, milk price at 460 per hundredweight, higher than 1957 but below March and the national average.
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Pennsylvania
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Bob Rest
Lancaster Farming
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