Rising costs hit farm machinery and supplies in mid year
USDA figures show tractors and self propelled machines up four percent since March while the overall production item index climbs eleven percent from last June. Production costs include feeders and feed alongside equipment, with hay prices dropping yet hay baler twine halving to 15.50 per 100 pound bale. Clothing and some hardware also rise as staple prices edge higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
He Agriculture Department
USDA
Prospective U S Crops To Boost World Reserves
The Agriculture Department says big U S crops of wheat and corn will push world grain reserves to about 138.7 million metric tons by mid-1977, up 30 million tons from now, despite Western Europe drought and Soviet underproduction. It notes higher supplies may ease U S consumer prices, with farm crop prices remaining edgy until the 1976 harvests clarify. Soybean demand is at a record high and Chicago futures run about 6.50 a bushel. Preliminary surveys show vegetable growers contracted 1.6 million acres for processing.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Europe
Soviet Union
Department
USDA
Chicago
Planted Acreage In Missouri Up Soybeans Down
Missouri farmers planted more corn and wheat for the 1975 76 crop year while soybeans and hay declined. Oats led gains, rising 44 percent to 260000 acres. corn 3.2 million. winter wheat 1.65 million. sorghum 680000. cotton 300000. Soybeans about four million acres, down about 12 percent. Hay about 3.35 million acres.
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Missouri
Columbia, Mo
State
U S Cropland Expansion Possible
A government study says the United States could expand crop growing land by up to one third, totaling about 111 million additional acres mainly in the South and Midwest. The survey covered 43,000 sites in 506 counties across all states plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with three classes of land suitability for conversion and concerns about erosion and water disposal.
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Washington
United States
South
Midwest
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
SCS
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Allen R. Hidlebaugh
Missouri home canning risks from botulism threat study
University of Missouri researchers warn Missourians about home canning dangers after a survey found 40 percent of tomato samples and 15 percent of green bean samples carried live organisms that could cause food poisoning. Experts urge standard canning methods and provide guidance from UMC Bulletin C 871.
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Columbia
UMC
Mildred Bradsher
Bradsher
Missouri
Fields
Frields
University of Missouri Extension Center
Missouri Exports Of Swine Rank Third In United States
Missouri exported breeding swine in 1975 worth nearly half a million dollars. The state was third nationwide, selling 2,024 head abroad, up 372 from the previous year. From January to April this year, Missouri shipped 925 head, over a quarter of U S exports in that period. Mexico, South America and Asia were major markets.
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Missouri
United States
Jefferson City
Walter Swenson
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Swenson
Mexico
South America
Asia
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