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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1974
Page
3
A government report shows U S farm prices fell two percent from Aug 15 to Sept 15 led by lower meat animal prices. While beef and pork could ease, reduced breeding stock may cut future pork and beef, raising concern for farmers as costs stay high and feed prices squeeze margins.
Missouri researchers warn that autumn acorns pose a poisoning risk to cattle with cases reported statewide. Ex tension veterinarian Bennard L Moseley recommends a preventive ration of 1200 pounds cottonseed or soybean meal, 600 pounds dehydrated alfalfa meal, and 200 pounds calcium hydroxide per head daily.
Hog farmers from Montgomery City and Middletown earned top placements at the National Barrow Show in Austin Minnesota held September 9 to 11. Jim Foster won several Hampshire prizes including 5th and 6th place boars and a 4th prize gilt while the Hog College Gilt sold for 1800 dollars to Richard Ames of Washington. The Edwards family showcased a high March Hampshire boar and a 2nd prize junior gilt as part of a strong sale with 37 prize winners bringing in over 60000 dollars.
The Agriculture Department reports September 15 farm prices show fertilizer costs up 19 percent from April and 81 percent from a year earlier. Anhydrous ammonia jumped to 229 dollars per ton from 183 last April and 92.50 a year ago. 10-10-10 fertilizer averaged 123 per ton, up from 103 and 70.80. Farm machinery and seed costs also climbed, with seed prices rising notably for certified and uncertified alfalfa seed.
Extension horticulturist Ray Rothenburger explains how home gardeners can extend produce without refrigeration. Potatoes carrots beets parsnips cabbage onions and winter squash store for months with proper temperatures and humidity, while tomatoes peppers cucumbers and snap beans store shorter periods. Outdoor cone shaped pits with straw soil and drainage work for small quantities. avoid storing tomatoes peppers sweet potatoes pumpkins and squash in this method. Tomatoes should be indoors before frost and ripened green fruit wrapped in newspaper stack in shallow trays. Green peppers last about two weeks. sweet potatoes keep to April or May after curing at 80 degrees for 10 days and storage at 55 to 60 degrees.
The Agriculture Department raised interest on price support loans to 9 percent annually, up from 7.4 percent, effective Oct. 1 for new applications. Storage facility loans via the Commodity Credit Corporation rose to 9 percent from 8 percent, effective Tuesday. The National Agricultural Outlook Conference, previously set for Dec 25, was postponed to the following week.
Washington officials report the discovery of a new pest, the oat cyst nematode, a cereal cyst nematode, in a large oats field in Washington County Oregon. A nematologist warns it could threaten major small grains and suggests resistant varieties and crop rotations to prevent losses. The pest is known in at least 15 other countries and may have been present locally for years.
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