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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1971
Page
4
The Agriculture Department reports per-capita beef consumption decline for the first time since 1965 while pork use soars due to near-record supplies. Total red-meat intake reaches a record 192.2 pounds. pork rise expected to ease next year as output slows.
Five Boonslick Area beef producers bought bulls and two other producers sold bulls at the Performance Tested Bull Sale in Columbia on November 10. Buyers included Leon and Donald Heggemann Marthasville Charles Kleinsorge Wellsville Herman Twellman Silex Melvin Vahle Warrenton and Lloyd Austin Bellflower. The Angus bull bought by Lloyd Austin had an adjusted 205 day weight of 483 lbs gained 3.74 lbs daily to 1081 lbs at one year and a B confirmation. Schwarze Farm Marthasville sold 5 Angus bulls and Heistand Charolais Ranch Wright City sold 2 bulls. top Charolais bull brought 1535 dollars. Boonslick producers bulls averaged 998 dollars versus the sale average of 828 dollars for 170 bulls.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department says farmers largely complied with the crop set-aside rule. Spot checks found insignificant discrepancies across 3,000 counties, with only 144 counties showing five percent or more farms out of compliance.
The Agriculture Department reported confirmed cattle scabies in Brown County Nebraska Cimarron County Oklahoma and Deaf Smith Dallam Donley Moore and Motley Counties Texas affecting about 40000 cattle. Quarantines require dipping of infected and exposed cattle. last outbreak was Hale County Texas last April.
Dr George E Smith argues crop production cleans air by yields and oxygen output. An acre of corn at 100 bushels yields 7 to 8 tons of CO2 removal and 5 to 7 tons of oxygen added, enough for 12 people for a year. He cites nitrogen and growth data and notes life expectancy rise alongside productivity.
Washington reports that commodity foods to needy families schools and nonprofits are a steady market for farmers. Last fiscal year donations totaled 1.3 billion pounds costing 321.1 million dollars for welfare, 833 million pounds to schools costing 214.9 million, and 127 million pounds to charities costing 24.5 million. Overall food donations reached 2.3 billion pounds a 10 percent rise from 1969-70, with costs up to 560.6 million dollars. The farm labor force numbered about 4.9 million, down two percent from a year earlier, including operators unpaid family members and 1.25 million hired workers. There's always something to be saved and earned in Ledger ads.
Mr and Mrs J W Dowell of Mexico attended the Monroe County Angus Association Annual Meeting Tuesday in Paris. Dowell has long led the association serving in offices and currently sits on the board of directors. He has consignor of top selling cattle at the annual Spring and Fall sales.
The Agriculture Department reminded wool growers that government incentive prices for 1971 production remain unchanged from last year. Wool support is 72 cents per pound and mohair at 80.2 cents for 1971 through 1973 under the Agricultural Act of 1970.
Washington AP reports Agricul ture Department data show a 57 million ton feed grain surplus next year the largest in eight years. The ERS notes high supplies modest feeding rise steady exports and much higher carryover with low feed grain prices.
A fragmented report references harvests and feed crops with figures on October 1 1964 and a forecast for next fall. It mentions a peak carried over from 1961 at 85 million tons and a supply of 69.3 million, signaling a large carryover level.
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