Farmers Plan Increased Mile Planting
Washington AP reports USDA survey shows farmers will raise 1975 plantings of feed grains with sorghum and barley increasing. Corn acreage declines about 0.4% to 76.1 million across 35 states. oats drop 4% to 173 million. Sorghum up 10% to 19.4 million. barley up 8% to 9.4 million. Total major feed grains about 122 million acres, up 1.4 million from 1974. Soybeans rise to 57.1 million acres. Cotton acreage expected to fall sharply as prices remain weak. Durum wheat 4.5 million acres planned. regional cotton declines noted across Delta and Southeast.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
South
Don Paarlberg
USDA
Paarlberg
Texas
Oklahoma
Drying Loans Available Through ASCS
ASCS now allows communities to apply for farm storage and drying equipment loans without price support eligibility. Soybeans not eligible for price supported loans in 1975 may still establish need for extra storage, storage loans remain five years with four equal payments, interest at 9.375 percent, and a 30 percent down payment. Eligible producers can apply for Storage and Drying Equipment Loans to meet on farm storage needs.
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USDA
ASCS
Foster Has Lots Of Winning Hogs
Jim Foster of Montgomery City compiled an impressive list of All American Hampshire swine winners in a Peoria Illinois annual contest. The honors include the All American Fall Boar All American January Boar Reserve All American January Boar and Reserve All American February Boar. All winners were bred by Foster and promise improvement for buyers.
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Jim Foster
Montgomery City
Hampshire Swine Registry
Peoria
Ill
Foster
Hampshire
Row Crop Short Course Set for February in Mexico
Dale Schwarre Extension Specialist announces a four Thursday Row Crop Short Course at the Mexico Vocational Technical School running February 6 13 20 and 27. Sessions cover corn soybean growth no tillage fertilizer use grain drying harvesting costs and soil nutrition with instructors including William Murphy C M Woodruff Ray Kimmel Don Day and Dale Schwarre. Enrollment is $4 and open to all interested persons at the University Extension Center.
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Dale Schwarre
Mexico
Ray Kimmel
Don Day
University Extension Center
Pork Producer Club To Hear Glenn Grimes
Audrain County Pork Producers invite members to a February 4 meeting in the Courthouse Community Room. Extension livestock specialist Glenn Grimes of the University of Missouri will speak at 6 p.m. Carry-in supper provided by the association. families to bring covered dishes and table service. Discussion will cover livestock outlook, pork promotion in a local restaurant, and a membership drive.
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Pork Producer Club
Glenn Grimes
University of Mo. Columbia
Audrain County Pork Producers
Dale Schnarre
Food Imports Down Sharply In Last Year
Washington AP Ten of the 15 countries eligible to ship beef to the United States reduced shipments sharply in 1974 through November. Total imports were under 974 million pounds, down 22 percent from Jan-Nov 1973. Australia led with 456.1 million pounds, off 28 percent. New Zealand 242.4 million, down 14 percent. Costa Rica up 11 percent to nearly 2 million pounds. Ireland up 133 percent to 42.3 million. other gains noted in El Salvador, Panama and the United Kingdom amid a voluntary restraint discussion. The 1964 quota remains suspended, with administration hinting quota use if voluntary limits fail.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
Australia
New Zealand
Mexico
Canada
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Belize
Costa Rica
U.S
Ireland
el Salvador
Panama
United Kingdom
Ford
USDA
Barrow Show Opens to Audrain Pork Producers
East Central Missouri Pork Producers Barrow Show ruled open to Audrain entrants. Feb 15 at Lincoln County Auction Barn Highway 61 north of Troy. Entry fee 2 per head. Barrows and gifts eligible with farrow date after Aug 1 1974. Separate commercial and purebred classes in light 200 225 and heavy 225 250 divisions. Weigh-in 9 11 am. Two entries per exhibitor per class. All animals shipped to Hunter Packing Co. Cut-out data 4 per head. For details contact Fred Vedder Jr Wellsville or extension livestock instructor.
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Audrain County
East Central Missouri
Barrow Show
Lincoln County
Highway 61
Troy
Hunter Packing Co
Fred Vedder, Jr
Wellsville
Oat Disease Can Be Avoided in Audrain County
Oats are sowed for grain hay or cottage in Audrain County but suffer annual barley yellow dwarf or redt leaf outbreaks. Five resistant varieties exist Otee Jaycee Pettis Trio and Chief with Ote e showing highest yield. Affected fields saw 52 bushels versus 15 bushels in a susceptible variety. Disease spreads via aphids from fescue fields and will recur yearly.
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Dale Schwarre
Audrain
Pettis
Trio
Davenport's Boar Earns All American Title
Ray Davenport and Thompson enter an All American boar named Frontage in the annual Hampshire Swine Registry contest in Peoria. Frontage was bought for Shoup Bros. of Michigantown Indiana in fall 1973 and has performed strongly in the Davenport herd since arrival.
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Ray Davenport
Thompson
Hampshire Swine Registry
Peoria
Shoup Bros
Michigantown
Ind
Davenport
Lewis Wilson Jr to speak at State Cattle Feeding Seminar
Thompson cattle feeder Lewis Wilson Jr will address the State Cattle Feeding Seminar at Columbia's Livestock Center on Monday and Tuesday, sharing notes from a new beef barn using gutter flushing for waste disposal. Dale Schnarre notes details at the Extension Center. Other Ag Science week events include Farm Electrification Conference Feb 4–5 with Nelson Willingham, Soybean Day Feb 5 and Irrigation Short Course Feb 6.
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Lewis Wilson Jr
Thompson
Livestock Center
Columbia
Dale Schnarre
Nelson Willingham
Bayh's Bill Would Protect Farms From Tax
Sen. Birch Bayh reintroduces the Family Farm Inheritance Act aimed at excluding the first 200000 in farm value from estate taxes. The measure seeks to shield farms from tax burdens that force sales and fragmentation as farm families face rising land values and potential loss of viability. The House Agriculture Committee marks a different session with Rep. Foley as chair, potentially reshaping farm policy debates.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Senate
House
House Agriculture Committee
Thomas Foley
O'Wash
Democratic Steering Committee
Bayh
Farm workers average 2.39 an hour at start of year
USDA surveys show hired farm workers averaged 2.39 dollars an hour on January 1, above the new federal minimum wage of 1.80 dollars for many farm workers. The composite wage, including housing or meals, averaged 2.11 dollars versus 1.94 a year earlier, with total hired workers about 1.178 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
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