Planning vital to cowherd
The goal is a 500 pound calf every 12 months per cow at under 120 dollars. Feed costs drive most expenses and nutrient needs rise before calving. Calving delays lower future calve weight. late calving yields lighter calves.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1976
Page
6
The goal is a 500 pound calf every 12 months per cow at under 120 dollars. Feed costs drive most expenses and nutrient needs rise before calving. Calving delays lower future calve weight. late calving yields lighter calves.
E L Van Meter explains that indoor humidity often drops below 30 percent in winter, harming houseplants. He suggests humidifiers, leaf misting, radiator trays, and grouping plants to raise humidity, noting most plants thrive at 30 to 50 percent.
The article notes lower grain prices driving more feeding of livestock and poultry, with a December government report showing cattle on feed in seven states up 25 percent year over year. Wheat briefly rose on overall feed grain strength as corn remains the pivotal cost in animal feeds.
Manhattan based farmers face multiple IRS dates for filing taxes according to Extension economist John R. Schlen der of Kansas State University. A farmer is defined as earning two thirds of gross income from farming. filing on correct dates reduces audit risk. If extra time is needed use Form 4868 for a two month extension.
The Journal-World outlines 1976 tax filing dates for farmers, including estimates due January 15 and forms 1040 ES 943 1096 1099 series, plus March and April deadlines. It also reports USDA feedstuff price comparisons with December 1975 figures and past year data, noting favorable feeding ratios and various commodity prices per ton at Kansas City. The piece highlights hog corn and steer corn ratios, and lists per ton prices for soybean meal cottonseed meal meat meal gluten feed gluten meal wheat bran wheat middlings hominy feed dehydrated alfalfa meal blackstrap molasses tankage and more.
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