Land Boom Pushes U.S. Farm Prices Up 20 Percent
The report notes a 20 percent rise in national farm land values through November led by a 32 percent surge in Iowa. Missouri parcels show large gains. acreage near Sullivan up 30 percent 1970–73, Franklin County up 27 percent 1971–73. Prices reflect inflation, strong crop markets, and demand near cities, with 1974 outlooks cautioning energy and debt risks.
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United States
Towa
Iowa
Illinois
C. L. Pilmer
Doane Appraisal Division
Missouri
Crawford County
Sullivan
Franklin County
Farm numbers fall one percent in latest USDA tally
The Agriculture Department reports 2,481,000 farms in the United States as of Jan 1, down about 23,000 from the previous year and about 20 percent from a decade ago. Total farm land declined by 2.6 million acres to 1,086,997,000. Average farm size rose to 383 acres for 1973 and preliminarily to 385 acres for 1974, with Texas leading in number and land area.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Department
Statistical Reporting Service
Texas
Missouri
Iowa
North Carolina
Kentucky
Illinois
Noel To Become Marketing Officer
Forest T. Noel of Missouri Livestock Market Center will join the Competitive Livestock Marketing Association Executive Committee on January 21 in San Diego California. The 20 member committee acts as the association's policy making body guiding shareholder markets in the United States and Canada. Clay Wilson of West Monroe Louisiana will be installed as president succeeding Allan C. Driver of West Friendship Maryland.
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Forest T. Noel
Missouri Livestock Market Center, Inc
Competitive Livestock Marketing Association
San Diego
Calif
United States
Canada
Clay Wilson
West Monroe
Allan C. Driver
West Friendship
Trace Brucellosis By Marking Hogs
Washington AP The Agriculture Department urges farmers and sales handlers to mark sows and boars to trace brucellosis to their herds. Inspectors will sample about one million blood specimens from hogs at slaughter plants over the next six months using coded slap tattoos.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cattle Feeding Seminar At MU Details Event and Speakers
The 1974 Missouri Cattle Feeding Seminar will be held at the Livestock Center, University of Missouri on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. and the event concludes in time for the Ag Day barbecue. Topics cover confinement buildings, health practices, feeding costs, energy impacts, beef export outlook, futures markets, and grain trends. Banquet speaker Brice Meeker will discuss world grain and feed. Co sponsors include Missouri Cattlemen’s Association and Missouri Livestock Feeders Assn. Out-of-state speakers from Ohio State University and a Kansas feedlot join the programs.
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Missouri
Livestock Center
University of Missouri
High Plains
C.T. Lierheimer
Mexico
U.S
Do’s
Don’t’s
Brice Meeker
Foreign Agricultural Service
USDA
Missouri Cattlemen’s Association
Missouri Livestock Feeders Assn
Rodney Preston
Ohio State University
Calvin Drake
Kansas
Roy Popp
Martinsburg
Farmers Must Prove Need Of Conservation Aid Rule
Washington AP Farmers must show extraordinary conservation need to qualify for 1974 Rural Environmental Conservation Program aid totaling 90 million dollars. The change ends automatic approval based on 1970 county practices and requires justification for funded projects such as terraces ponds and tree planting, with emphasis on enduring standards and pollution reduction.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Nixon
Congress
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
White House
Wilmarths Join Angus Association in Missouri
Betty Jo Sydenstricker of Mexico Missouri has been elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St Joseph Missouri Lloyd D Miller executive secretary announces Pete and Marie Wilmarth of Rush Hill have been elected to membership in the association at St Joseph Missouri
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Betty Jo Sydenstricker
Mexico
Missouri
American Angus Association
St. Joseph
Lloyd D. Miller
Pete and Marie Wilmarth
Rush Hill
How To Stretch Your Short Fertilizer Supply
Agronomy guidance outlines a tighter nitrogen outlook with 20-40 percent less supply next year due to natural gas linked ammonia production. Phosphorus will be modestly limited, potassium available aside from railcar shortages. Emphasizes soil testing, lime use, optimized stalk counts, and alternative practices to stretch inputs.
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R.A. Kimmel
Terraing land practices proposed for slope fields
An article fragment discusses methods to stabilize sloped land including terracing with 3-4 percent grades and shredding crop stalks. It notes that a corporation might help to implement these soil conservation practices on uneven terrain.
Seed Meeting Takes On New Farmer Interest
Missouri seed producers plan an interest filled meeting January 31 at the University of Missouri Columbia student union. Executive secretary Waynard Aslin says growers want higher production and seed quality guidance. C Hunter Andrews will discuss seed quality, Howell Wheaton on forage seed futures, and David Johnson on planting dates populations and fertilizer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Missouri Seed Improvement Association
Waynard Aslin
University of Missouri- Columbia
C. Hunter Andrews
Mississippi State University Agronomist
Howell Wheaton
UMC
Wheaton
Jim Foster Wins Hampshire Winners at National Show
Jim Foster of Montgomery City Missouri showed multiple Hampshire animals at the National Hampshire Winter Meat Hog Conference in Kinston North Carolina. His gilt from Boxcar won the Class 2 gilt drive and became show champion. a Tanker sired gilt won 4th in Class 4. Foster also exhibited top boars in several classes all sired by Boxcar, son of Eric SMS, boosting the overall quality of the event with more than 200 purebred Hampshires from 17 states.
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Jim Foster
Montgomery City
Kinston
N.C
Foster
Boxcar
Tanker
Eric Sms
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Forest L. Goetech
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
East St. Louis
National iBank of
Noel
Sydenstricker
Wilmarths
Angus Association
Audrain County
John C. Culwell
Gazette
Pike County
Bowling Green Times
Wendell M. Culwell Bemares
Rheesere WU
Vandalia, Missouri
Ralph Humphrey Etsberry
Ea Ryall
Ea Cag
Farm Credit
Federal Land Bank Association OF Mexico
Roy Parker
Parker
Beltone
S. Jefferson
Hampshire
Sturgeon
Centralia
John Deere
Herb & Fert
H.D
A.C
David Bradley
B&w Sears T.V
Leonard Horn
Robert
Bob
Jesse V.B. Jennings Jr
Loyd Jennings
Consolidated Electric Co-Op
Hiway
Mrs. Farmer
Uncle Sam
Family Benefit Life Insurance Company
MFA
Bob Berry
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