Bert Smiths Named Farm Family Of Year
Farmers Home Administration selects the Bert Smith Jr family of Audrain County as farm family of the year. From a lean start with seven cows and calves they built a 164 acre plus 225 acre rental operation with 350 cropland, 39 farmstead and hoglot acres. Now 49 year old Bert and Dulcie Smith own assets around 103000 with 66 thousand net worth. They steadily expanded facilities, added grain storage and remodeled their home while raising Kenny and Nancy and maintaining church and FFA/4 H involvement.
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Bert Smith Jr
Farmers Home Administration
Audrain County
Hioe
Mr. Smith
Smiths
Bert
Dulcie
Kenny
Nancy
Thompson Rve. 2
Mexico
Salt River Christian Church
Kenney
FFA
Plan Training For Pesticide Applicators
Washington AP officials announced plans to train and certify pesticide applicators under new federal rules set to take effect late next year. The plan, signed by Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz and EPA administrator Russell E. Train, envisions federal state and local cooperation and uses Extension Service offices to help train applicators in safe pesticide use. EPA will categorize pesticides into general and restricted, with training and certification required for those handling the restricted, though the final restricted list and certification timing have not been determined.
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Washington
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Russell E. Train
Environmental Protection Agency
Congress
EPA
Butz
Agriculture ‘Department
Lower Hog Kill Means Less Lard
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department says a drop in hog slaughter this year will cut U S lard output by at least 15 percent from 1974 levels. Wholesale Chicago lard prices fell from 39 cents to about 32 cents per pound by late January in a preliminary fats and oils review.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Department
Northcutt Boar Earns High Finish at National Hampshire Meet
Northcutt Walter from Middletown Missouri showed a Hampshire boar at the National Hampshire Winter Meat Hog Conference in Athens Georgia. The pig placed tenth in Class 3 and was sired by Brummie before selling in the prize winners sale.
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Walter
Northcutt
Middletown
Athens
Brummie
Lamb Raising Continues Heavy Slide
Washington AP reports U S meat packing plants produced 10 percent less lamb and mutton in 1974 than 1973 while other red meats rose. Total meat output exceeded 37.3 billion pounds, with lamb at 454 million pounds. Beef and pork surged, veal rose 38 percent. lamb feed lot inventories dropped, signaling further declines in 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
West
U.S
Department
Storms Cut Livestock Losses And Beekeeping Output
Washington AP reports severe midwest storms and cold caused heavy cattle deaths in Iowa Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota with Nebraska losses minimal. Winter wheat remained dormant in southern plains. grazing reduced. Honey production fell 22 percent to 185 million pounds. beekeepers earned a record 51 cents per pound as colonies rose to 4.2 million.
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Reeutropiems Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Plains
Kansas
Washington
United States Variety Meats Export Growth Report
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department notes steady growth in US variety meats exports like beef tongues and pork livers, aiding livestock producers though cuts in hog and sheep slaughter and European restrictions may slow growth. The Foreign Agricultural Service cites 1974 exports near 300 million pounds, with Europe buying about three quarters and France the top single buyer.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Europe
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Arthur F. Haussamann
U.S
France
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Bert Smiths
Nutrena
Hwy
Clyde Walker
Elmwood Or
Nelson Willingham
Lake of the Ozarks
Willingham
Missouri Institute of Cooperatives
Missouri
Missouri Young Farmers Association
Missouri Young Farm Wives Association
Laddonia Feed & Supply
Laddonia
Air Park
Chuck Worstell
Mgr
McCurdy
Big M
Ronnie Patrick
Martinsburg
Innard
Federal Land Bank Law - Association OF Mexico
Consolidated Electric Co-Op
East
Mexico, Mo
Heinold
Midwest
Heinold Hog Market
Olin Kerns
Wellsville, Mo
Sac
SALE
Gus
M.F.A
Lasso
Bladex
Repter
Monsanto
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