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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1973
Page
5
Washington AP reports USDA economists now expect 1973 net farm income to surpass last year’s record 19.2 billion dollars. Prices for many farm products, especially livestock, stayed strong, while crops are projected higher. first-quarter rates hint at beating 1972 records if trends persist.
Frank D. Miller reports on farm duck limits and EPA permit implications for exceeding 5000 ducks, plus notes on composting and agronomy, and announces Boonslick Area Extension Council plans to form an area committee with three farmers and a fertilizer dealer to plan demonstration plots and short courses. The piece blends local humor with practical agricultural guidance and community outreach.
Washington AP reports winter wheat is in good to excellent condition across the southern Great Plains with growth stimulated by wet weather and above average temperatures in Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Colorado Texas and nearby states. Soil moisture remains adequate in central and southern plains while northern states have little snow cover and no wind damage yet.
Rep. John Melcher charges that officials in the Agriculture Department knew the scale of last year’s 1 billion dollar U S Soviet grain sale. He says FBI information and a grain company statement exist but GAO and DOJ cannot verify it. Melcher calls for full congressional scrutiny of export subsidies and FBI inquiries into the deal. Secretary Butz says DOJ found no criminal wrongdoing by officials or firms.
Washington voices rally to shield farmers from blame for higher groceries. Rep Poage notes food prices up 43 percent vs 20 years ago, farmers get about 40 cents of each dollar, while other costs and wages shift demand. Comparisons to beef show wage buying power rising with time.
The Agriculture Department will survey 1350 oat fields this spring to see if cereal leaf beetles are spreading faster than thought. Inspections cover 450 in Iowa and 300 each in Minnesota Missouri and Wisconsin, with cooperation from state agriculture departments. The beetles, European in origin, appeared in 1962 and have since reached many states.
The Agriculture Department projects U S corn exports to Western Europe could fall at least 25 percent by 1980 due to rising French and Italian production. Europe may lift output from 16 7 to about 33 4 million tons, with France near 19 million tons and Italy around 5 9 million by 1980, though farm fragmentation and tech lag limit gains.
The American Soybean Association cautions farmers not to overexpand soybean acreage this year. President Harold Kuehn warns excessive set aside land could devastate profits, urging a target of at least 3 to 4 dollars per bushel to sustain production and markets worldwide.
A farmer quoted in a 1973 piece notes the push to raise corn acreage may be offset if a wet spring delays planting, with surveys placing 53 to 65 million acres planned for 1973. He warns against letting abnormal conditions and non-farm pressures harm farmers, citing high early 1973 prices that did not help them.
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