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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1974
Page
12
USDA analysts say middlemen widened margins 5.2 percent while farmers saw a 4.2 percent drop in their share of the food dollar from February to March. The March market basket rose 0.9 percent to a record 91,747, with farmers earning 43.6 cents of every dollar spent on food.
The Agriculture Department's Outlook and Situation Board said on Wednesday that wool prices are expected to stay mostly strong in 1974. The market is projected to average slightly above the government support price of 72 cents per pound, signaling favorable conditions for sheep producers.
Des Moines report details USDA entomologist Willard Dickerson’s low cost sex attractant trap for cabbage loopers using a soap dish pan and pheromone. The simple 9 inch pan captured 36 times more loopers than a black light trap, and a 16 inch pan 72 times better, with detergent choice boosting captures.
The article notes hog price declines and warns farmers to tighten management to stay profitable. It stresses unlikely feed costs of 12 and 13 cents for some time and suggests reductions in finishing protein content to cut costs.
The piece discusses the start of pest control season for farmers focusing on weeds and insects. It offers guidance on safe pesticide use, including applying only where needed, proper handling, keeping labels, storage away from children, following directions, avoiding contamination of feed and water, and proper disposal of leftovers and containers. It then shifts to hog production ideas such as high lysine corn, good feed conversion, high moisture storage, and DIY feed mixing, while noting these thoughts are not recommendations and should be evaluated against economic and resource constraints.
Plowing made large gains across Missouri last week with five days suitable for field work. The Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service reported 69 percent complete, up 13 points from the prior week and 12 points above normal. Pasture conditions were fair to good with generally adequate soil moisture, though shortages occurred in the northwest and north central regions.
Dairymen from Kansas NFO say no plans to sell dairy cows to slaughter to lift milk prices. Kansas NFO president Paul Nauer and Everett Hartman on the national board note no immediate action, though Minnesota and Wisconsin farmers sent over 300 cattle to market to prop up prices as milk value shifts.
COLUMBIA Missouri walnut growers face two pests the walnut husk maggot and the black walnut curculio both harming shells, nuts, shoots, and young nuts. University of Missouri entomologist William H. Kearby reports promising Guthion tests and plans to refine timing and rates while exploring broader controls. Einar Palm is testing benelate to combat walnut anthracnose leaves drop.
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