Start Selling Cull Cows Early Says Ross
Missouri beef producers should consider selling cull cows early, says Jim Ross University of Missouri extension livestock specialist. Drought has left pastures poor and feed shortages likely this winter, prompting culling of bottom cows to free up forage. Glenn Grimes predicts lower calf and cow prices in fall, with possible August advantage. overstocking and winter deaths cited.
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Jim Ross
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Glenn Grimes
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Middleman Share Of Food Dollar Rises
Washington AP. USDA outlook shows farm to retail price spreads rising for 1975 as middlemen boost margins amid higher farm and wholesale costs. Second quarter spread fell 2.6 percent while retail prices rose 0.7 percent, with middlemen taking 58 cents of each dollar. Official forecast calls for overall food price gains of 6 to 8 percent this year, despite crop damage and beef pork price trends.
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Boillot Calls Longshoremen To Straight Farm Talk
Missouri Agriculture Director James Boillot in a blunt letter to International Longshoremen's Union president Thomas Gleason questions their role in shaping U S agricultural policy and urging loading of U S wheat for foreign export. He cites 30 percent price drops, drought loans of 75 million dollars, and risks of surpluses if world markets fail to absorb production, warning of farm closures and higher consumer prices.
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Missouri
James Boillot
Kingdom City
International Longshoremen’s Union
Thomas Gleason
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Russia
Gleason
Farmers Boycott Fertilizer Prices Stir Market Winds
U S farmers resist high fertilizer costs amid a broad slowdown in consumption. Edwin Wheeler of the Fertilizer Institute cites weak foreign demand and overexpansion as causes, with nitrogen mixes expected to rebound after rains. Transportation, rail car availability, and rising export demand add to the complex supply picture as USDA notes consumption down 14 percent over the past year.
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Washington
Edwin Wheeler
The
Fertilizer Institute
Wheeler
India
Agriculture Department
John Gale
USDA
Crop Reporting Board
Farm Population Drops In New Census Rules
Washington AP reports the USDA and Bureau of the Census will redefine a farm as any operation with 1000 dollars or more in cash sales annually. The change could remove up to 565,600 old farmers from census rolls, reflecting shifts toward larger farms and nonfarming income while protecting very small producers.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
USDA
Bureau of the Census
Transportation top farm living expense in 1973 study
U S D A findings from a survey of about 2,600 farm families show transportation costs totaling 3,100 annually, making transport the leading expense ahead of housing and food. The Parity Index hints at farm wellbeing shifts amid 1973 income spikes and changing farm definitions. Pastures and ranges also deteriorated nationwide.
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Agriculture Department
Statistical Research Service
Agricultural Situation Magazine
USDA
Seedlings Available For Missouri Land Owners This Year
The Missouri Department of Conservation offers seedling trees to land owners with order blanks sent to University of Missouri Extension Centers in late fall. Orders due by February for delivery in March or April, first come first served. Boonslick counties reported 1974 orders totaling 28,200 in Lincoln, 20,100 in Montgomery, and 51,900 in Warren.
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Missouri Department of Conservation
University of Missouri
Boonslick
Lincoln
Montgomery
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