Dairy farmers face steady year with cautious hopes for 1977
Policy debate notes dairy prices good but costs rising slightly. Sumner says higher production follows price gains, lowering blend price due to weaker demand. He cites iodine131 tests after a radiation report as hurting sales, despite safe levels. 1977 hinges on milk supports at 80 percent parity and stable prices, with beef and corn markets also in view.
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Sumner
Suroner
Secretary of Agriculture
Miles
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Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc
Prices and factors shaping hog and grain markets in 1976
Lancaster Farming reports on market insights from Albert Landis Abe Diffenbach and Bob Heilbron. They discuss supply and demand weather grain exports beef imports and shifts in livestock pricing. They urge farmers to use markets strategically store corn and buy protein meal amid price volatility.
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Pennfield Corporation
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Landis
Abe Diffenbach
New Holland
Chicago
Diffenbach
U.S
Packer
Bob Heilbron
Lancaster Stock Exchange
Heilbron
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