Missouri agriculture faces rising costs and tighter rules
Jefferson City hosts the 11th Governor's Conference on Agriculture drawing about 500 farmers and agri- businessmen. Speakers warn of higher costs, regulation, and policy efforts to ensure fair prices, with focus on electricity in rural areas, new farm equipment trends, animal health programs, the 1977 Food and Agriculture Act, and pesticide and antibiotic use in livestock feeds.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Lth
Joseph Teasdale
Missouri Agriculture
Jack Runyan
Teasdale
Licking
Neosho
Pleasant Hope
Elsberry
USDA Outlook Sees Abundant Supplies With Moderate Prices Ahead
The Agriculture Department forecasts 1978 will see abundant farm product supplies at moderate prices barring severe weather. Food prices may rise about 4 to 5 percent next year, with 6.5 percent rise in 1977. Meat output should grow thanks to lower feed costs, with mixed price impacts on hogs, poultry, and cattle. crop output likely large. Net farm income expected to rise slightly due to deficiency payments and loan programs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Londay
Crop Reports Needed For Base
The 1978 farm program requires establishing a normal crop base for farms with 1977 planted crops. Adjustments require producer request and field-by-field 1975 and 1976 reports showing abnormal 1977 planting. All adjustments must be approved by a state committee representative.
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Mary Bosler
ASCS
State Committee
Mexico FFAers Earn 2 Awards at 1977 Convention
Mexico High School's FFA chapter earned two national awards at the 1977 National FFA Convention in Kansas City. A bronze BOAC plaque recognized planting over 200 trees. a 4 silver National Chapter Activities plaque honored participation in the Washington DC Conference Food For America and National FFA Week. Members also planned a kiddie park beside the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School, with teeter totters a merry go round and benches. Attendees included Advisor Ken Dishman President Bill Sonwalt and others. Bert van Rensbergen from the Netherlands joined as a WEA student. They spent time at FFA Day at the American Royal rodeo and visited the Harry S Truman Memorial.
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Mexico High School
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Mexico
Mexico Area
Washington, D.C
Food For America
Ken Dishman
Bill Sonwalt
Bill Wilson
Bernard Fennewald
Pam Kirchhoff
Mark Peck
Steve, Hobbs
Jon Finck
Carla Kirchhoff
Denise Johnston
Bert van Rens+bergen
Netherlands
Harry 8. Truman
Hog producers say quality stays high amid tweaks in breeding
John Phillips of George Hormel Co. argues hogs remain quality performers with slight gains in smaller size, despite worries over muscle and confinement stress. Virgil Rosendale notes growing involvement by women and new faces at pork production seminars. The FDA sets sulfa residue at 0.1 ppm, guiding industry efforts to keep meat safe while facing 1978 supply increases and thinner profits.
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John
Phillips
George Hormel Co
Austin
Minn
National Pork Producers Council
Virgil Rosendale
Rosendale
Augusta
Pork Council
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration
Meeting on SBA drought aid in Audrain county Missouri
An informational meeting on the SBA drought loan program will be held Thursday evening at the Audrain County Courthouse in Mexico. SBA officials will lead eight Missouri sessions to explain long term low interest disaster loans available to 38 counties, with deadlines in January 1978 and specific price and yield calculations for crop loss claims.
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Small Business Administration
Audrain County
Mexico
SBA
A. Vernon ‘Weaver
Audrain
Missouri
Monroe
Boone
Callaway
Montgomery
Federal Land Bank
Weaver
Forgotten agricultural reform plan sparks feasibility clash
A draft proposal suggests farmers abandon synthetic inputs and return to natural methods to save fuel. The plan would require 60 million draft animals and Lath billion acres of new land, creating massive employment and resource needs. Critics warn the numbers are unrealistic and damaging.
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Craetors
Nadine
Wureon
Farm Prices See No Aim for Parity Strike Demands
A Colorado group American Agriculture urges a Dec 14 farm strike demanding 100 percent parity for all farm products. Leaders say farmers will not sell or produce and will avoid buying farm machinery unless parity is achieved via marketplace bargaining. Parity prices cited for wheat show wide gaps from 1910-14 levels. overall prices were 64 percent of parity in October, the lowest since 1993.
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Washington
Evers
American Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Department
Strike Movement
Springfield
Colo
United States
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National Ag Chemicals Assn
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USDA
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Omaha
Neb
America
FDA
Kentucky
Park Seed Inc
Holden, MO
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