U S agricultural exports grow beyond grains says MU expert
Dewain Rahe of the University of Missouri at Columbia notes non grain commodities now make up about 61 percent of total U S export trade with oilseeds and products such as soybeans and sunflowers showing strong growth. He forecasts soybeans to rise in 1977 78 and highlights poultry and livestock byproducts as a sleepers export category.
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Wheat Payments Due In December By County ASCS Director
Mary Bosler, County ASCS Director, announces 1977 deficiency payments for wheat will be paid to producers in December. Payment checks issued in December. rates: 65 cents per bushel for allotment wheat and 22 cents for non allotment. Payments based on difference between established price and the higher of loan rate or market price. Audrain County producers urged to sign for their share if not yet done.
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Water Quality Meeting Set in Audrain County
The Audrain County Water Quality Committee will meet Tuesday November 15 at 7 30 p m in the Production Credit meeting room in Mexico. District conservationist Terry Hill will discuss soil erosion as a cause of non point pollution. Chairman John Rudasill invites all interested persons to attend.
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Wheat Planting Delay Hits Wheat Yield Outlook
Missouri field notes say rain delays harvest and sowing, with only about half of winter wheat seeded in East Central Missouri versus 75 percent last year. Planting after Nov 15 should yield similarly to October sown, while December sowings risk poorer stands. Aerial seeding costs and success depend on soil work and weather.
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Corn Stockpile Estimates Low Surplus To Be Larger
Washington AP reports the U S corn stockpile is larger than USDA projections and could push the year ahead surplus higher if demand does not rise. As of Oct 1 inventories stood at 878.8 million bushels, with total major grain stocks up 59 percent from a year earlier and wheat at a record 2.4 billion bushels.
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Wildlife on Farms Program Planned by Missouri Agency
Wildlife program planning day set for Monday November 14 with Paul Jeffries of the Missouri Department of Conservation at the Mexico Soil Conservation Service office. Free planning help and materials available to Audrain County Soil and Water Conservation District cooperators and new applicants. Jeffries will assist 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the USDA building on Highway 54 East and cover practices for wildlife habitat, water impoundments, windbreaks, woodlots, and annual food plots.
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Missouri Department of Conservation
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Poultry Slaughter Falls One Percent in September
The Agriculture Department reported that federally inspected plants slaughtered 1.5 billion pounds of live poultry in September, a one percent drop from September of the previous year.
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Agriculture Department
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