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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1974
Page
4
Washington AP reports the May hog corn ratio fell to 10.7 the lowest in 18 years as high feed costs squeezed hog producers. May hog prices averaged 26.30 per 100 pounds while corn farm prices rose to 2.45 per bushel. Officials expect improved market prices and a falling corn price next harvest, signaling possible expansion in breeding by next fall.
Washington AP reports the federal crop insurance program, run by the Agriculture Department, wrote a record 1.1 billion in policies for 1974. Coverage spans 1,442 counties in 39 states, with premiums tied to local history. Butz notes interregional premium crossovers benefit farmers in drought or frost years.
Wheat throughout the county shows several diseases with Wheat Scab the most prevalent. Glume Blotch and Take-All observed as well. Scab causes premature ripening and bleached spikelets. dough stage shows light yellow heads with pink bases. Kernels grayish white, shrunken and wrinkled. Moist warm conditions favor the fungus. Current conditions suggest many fields may yield about 10 percent lower, costing about $12.16 per acre at $3.04 per bushel. No resistant varieties exist. crop rotation and seed treatment are recommended.
The University Extension Center sponsors the Corn Profit Contest in Audrain County for 1974, now in its seventh year. Entry fee is $5, field must be at least 19 acres, deadline July 26, 1974, and each contestant must record cash costs and provide detailed inputs. Costs and measurements are calibrated to farm retail prices, with moisture corrected to 15.5 percent, and gross receipts based on the St. Louis Cash Grain Market No 2 yellow corn on December 2, 1974.
A top Agriculture Department official warned Congress that insulating American consumers from rising world food prices by creating grain reserves would be too costly. Richard Bell cited free markets, domestic price sensitivity, and foreign demand as major obstacles, noting past embargoes and the risk of mispricing, while some lawmakers push for reserves to hedge against scarcity.
ASCS executive Mary Bosler states that starting with the 1974 crop loans on warehouse stored grain will be issued at the full county loan rate. Producers must pay storage charges to the warehouse through maturity. Receipts used to secure Commodity Loans must show storage charges prepaid or CCC will not cover storage through loan maturity.
University of Missouri Extension entomologists report bagworm eggs hatching across southern Missouri with early hatch this year. Begin control in the northern half now using sprays of carbaryl, darshan, malathion, or toxaphone per gallon of water to target small larvae and prevent evergreen damage.
April red meat production in Missouri totaled 83.0 million pounds, up 60 percent from April 1973. Hog slaughter rose 62 percent, cattle up 50 percent, beef output 44.5 million pounds up 50 percent, veal 134 thousand pounds up 11 percent, pork 383 million pounds up 74 percent, and lamb and mutton 77 thousand pounds, down 3 percent from a year earlier.
Ray Kimmel at the Extension Center hosted a pasture weed control demonstration on the Oscar Schrader farm with Sidney Miller of Velsicol. Areas were sprayed with 1 pound 24D Ester, 1 pound 24D plus ½ pound Banvel, and 24D Amine. white clover appeared resilient. The guidance favors spraying now when muddy, using 1 to 1 1/2 pounds 24D, and brush control with 245T or Hyvar in water in May or early June, noting 245T is gentler on grass than Hyvar.
Audrain County wool producers are reminded to keep turning in evidence for sales of shorn and unshorn wool. No incentive payments were issued for wool marketed in 1973 as national prices exceeded targets. This does not indicate future payments will be omitted in 1974.
The Agriculture Department will deploy about 60 000 traps baited with disparlure to map gypsy moth progress and curb numbers in infested areas. Traps will be distributed nationwide by mid June and collected in September for identification by USDA entomologists. The synthetic lure attracts male moths from miles away, with larvae causing tree and shrub damage.
ASCS says no farm set aside payments but sign up this year grants eligibility for benefits. Sign-up and certification occur in one step with wheat and feed grain acreage certified by July 15. Eligible farmers gain allotment preservation and commodity loan access, plus a new disaster provision for prevented planting and yield losses. Disaster payments cover wheat and feed grain only.
The Agriculture Department denied an industry request to raise fat in beef sausage beyond the 30 percent federal limit. Officials said the ruling applies only to seasoned beef sausage and maintains the existing fat ceiling.
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