Farm Prices Drop Reflect Mixed USDA Report
Washington reports show a 6 percent drop in farm prices by April 18 after a 4 percent fall in February to March, with costs rising 16 percent, leaving farmers at parity with last year’s income. Despite lower raw farm prices, middlemen’s margins push up retail food costs, and some crops like cotton and potatoes rose while overall meat and grain prices declined. The USDA notes modest gains in fertilizer and seed costs offset declines in feed and livestock, with wheat recovering after stocks hit a 22-year low and meat prices stabilizing in the 40s per 100 pounds.
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Washington
Onme
Agriculture Department
Irs
USDA
Crop Reporting Board
Report Natural Damage To Crops By Mary Bosler
Producers in the Feed Grain and Wheat Programs must report crops damaged by natural disaster for appraisal before land may be repurposed. Appraisal determines eligibility for possible payment, with final entitlement based on the higher of appraised or actual harvested production.
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Mary Bosler
Ascs Cas
Butz backs private grain reserve over government stockpile
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz says the private grain trade should maintain a national reserve, arguing the current strategic reserve exists privately. Speaking in Great Falls at a luncheon and Montana GOP banquet, he noted export sales abroad and said farm exports this year will add about 10 billion dollars to the balance of payments, offsetting fuel imports. He defended free enterprise and said farmers should be well rewarded.
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Great Falls
Mont
Earl L. Butz
U.S
Butz
United States
Far East
Montana Republican Party
Field Work Making Good Progress In State
Missouri farm statisticians report a drier warmer start to spring with field work advanced. Plowing 75 percent done, corn planted about one third, oats nearly finished, soybeans and cotton just starting. Fertilizer shortages noted though fuel sufficiency continued. Rain ranged from under three quarters inch in Nevada to over six inches at Caruthersville. Temperature varied with some midweek frost and readings near freezing at several stations.
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Columbia, Mo
Missouri
Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Missouri Bootheel
Caruthersville
Kirksville
Nevada
Kansas City
Missouri Pipe corn hybrids boost cob pipe industry
In Columbia Missouri Marcus Zuber and UM C agronomy researchers unveiled two new Missouri Pipe corn hybrids and noted a third upcoming release. Industry reps from Hirschl Beuscher and other cob pipe firms discussed testing strength yield and cob length to meet pipe makers needs. Farmers earn premium for cob corn despite modest grain yields while cob pipes grow in popularity and price drops from briar options.
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Columbia
Richard Hirschl
Hirschl and
Bendheim
George Beuscher
Beuscher Cole Pipes
Steve Otto
Missouri Merrschaum Company
Washington
Missouri
Hirschl
Zuber
Buescher
Hirschel
Poirot
Missouri Pipe
Otto
Hirsch
Wireworms Versus Crops A Missouri Research Effort
Describes hardiness and long lifespans of wireworms threatening corn sorghum and wheat. University of Missouri entomologist Armon Keaster leads a nine state team to forecast infestations and develop environmentally compatible controls. Challenges include inadequate taxonomic keys shifting pesticide regulations and varied wireworm life cycles from one year to five years.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Armon Keaster
University of Missouri-Columbia
Keaster
UMC
Missouri
North Central
Entomological Society of America
Wireworms studied in Missouri by UMC team
The University of Missouri Extension researchers report wireworms in Missouri persistently starve seven months yet wait for grain. They seek a computerized infested pattern map to guide management and favor a mix between seed treatments and broadcasts, noting seed pesticides are far from perfect.
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UMC
Missouri
Midwestern
Keaster
Audrain ASCS Guides Farmers to Fuel Resources
Audrain County farmers unable to secure fuel through standard channels may contact the ASCS Office. The program will locate a local source, then involve the State Energy Office or Regional FEO if needed, and finally coordinate with the National Office.
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Mary Bosler
Audrain County
ASCS
Federal Emergency Office
State Energy Office
FEO
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