Corn Loans For Silo Stored Grain Set At Audrain ASCS
Audrain County ASCS director Mary Bosler says loans are available on corn stored in silos and oxygen limiting structures if measurement is possible and officials can sample, with sampling ports along sidewalls. Loans require eligibility via 1971 Feed Grain Program signup and a rate of $1.10 per bushel. Two local growers, Vince and Fred Fennewald, Martinsburg, receive seed corn yield awards for G hybrids and national Project 200 records aiming to raise yields and profits.
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Mary Bosler
Audrain Ascs
Audrain County
ASCS
Funk
Vince Fennewald
Martinsburg
Fred Fennewald
Hog Prices Boost Farm Averages Amid Monthlong Rise
AP Farm Writer DON KENDALL reports a $1.60 per hundredweight lift in hog prices helped raise the national farm price average by 2 percent for the month ended Oct 15. Milk wheat cotton and orange juice gains broadened the mix while corn eggs potatoes and broilers fell. Overall farm prices were 5 percent higher than a year ago with expenses up 5 percent. Hog prices averaged $19.50 per hundredweight, up from $17.90 in September.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
High Moisture Corn Use in Swine Feeds Examined
Agricultural review from Montgomery City notes producers pursue early harvest to cut losses and expand high moisture storage. Studies from Iowa State and Illinois show high moisture corn can match dry corn in gain and utilization when in complete mixed rations, but free‑choice feeding may raise feed per pound gain and lower ration protein. Cracking often offers no performance boost. high moisture use is mainly an economic decision.
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Montgomery
Iowa State University
Illinois
Soybean Spokesman Attacks Transport Unions in Senate Testimony
Harold Kuehn president of the American Soybean Association told the Senate Agricultural Export Subcommittee that dock strikes and transport unions threaten expanding world markets for soybeans. He noted growth from 134 million to 428 million bushels between 1960 and 1970 and urged markets be developed without relying on taxpayer subsidies. He warned regular strikes disrupt global food supplies and urged producers to seek steady distribution and fair pricing.
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Harold Kuehn
American Soybean Association
Senate Agricultural Export Subcommittee
Kuehn
Hopkins Angus Third in Royal Carcass Contest
Ricky Hopkins of Auxvasse announced his Angus steer earned third place in the senior calf carcass contest at the American Royal in Kansas City. The Hopkins exhibit also included four Angus heifers with first and fourth, fifth, and fourth place finishes in their classes and a fifth in the group of three.
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Auxvasse
Ricky Hopkins
American Royal
Kansas City
Ricky
Hopkins
Patti
Ronald
October Farm Index is Higher
The Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said the October price received index for all state farm products was 114 percent of 1967 average prices, three points above September and four points above October 1970. Livestock and livestock products rose to 119 percent, with meat animals up four points and dairy, poultry and eggs up six and a half points.
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Columbia, Mo
Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Service
October food grain price index changes in 1971 ledger
The October index for prices received on food grains rose two points from September but stayed seven points below the prior October. Feed grains and hay dropped two points from the prior month and 23 points from last year. Cotton rose eight points while tobacco held steady. Oil bearing crops advanced three points. The corn hog ration stood at 18.8, up 1.9 points from September and slightly above October 1970.
Car Sale Classified Chips Offer Many Classic Models
A compact car listing features 1967 Pontiac Bonneville and 1966 Chrysler sedans with air conditioning, power options, and low mileage from 1095 to 1995 dollars. Included are 1967 Buick Special station wagon, 1967 Ford wagon, 1968 Mercury Montego with warranty, 1968 Plymouth Satellite with V8, 1969 Ford Cobra with 428 V8 and 40,000 miles, plus 1971 Pinto and Mustang Mavericks with new car warranty and economy note.
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WSW
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T. L. Jones
Willis Wade
New Bloomfield
American Hereford Association
COMFO
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U.S
Federal Land Bank Association OF Mexico
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Royal Carcass
Mex
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Dura
Durelon DS
MFA Oil Company
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Mel Starch Ford
Ford Ltd
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Chrysler
BUICK
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Valiant
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