Crop Prospects Drop For Corn Wheat And Beans
The Crop Reporting Board trimmed the 1975 harvest outlook, cutting corn by 27 million bushels, wheat by 13 million, and soybeans by 25 million. Officials expect a balanced overall picture with a record fall potatoes and citrus, and say grain prices should stay steady with consumer food prices rising modestly in 1976 and into 1977. The 1975 corn harvest is seen at a record 5.87 billion bushels, wheat at 2.127 billion, and soybeans at 1.25 billion.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Agriculture Department
Dawson Ahalt
USDA
Ahalt
Mississippi
U.S
Europe
Moscow
Soybean prices to run $1 to $2 above 1975-76
The Agriculture Department forecasts this marketing season’s soybean prices will average $1 to $2 over the $5 per bushel 1975-76 average. Farmers faced a 18 percent drop in 1976 output to 1.25 billion bushels amid bad weather and reduced acreage, with demand seen at 1.4 billion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
State Extension Award Honors Audrain Agent Dale Schnarre
Dale Schnarre, University of Missouri farm management specialist for the Mid-Missouri extension area, received the university’s annual outstanding extension program achievement award. He led irrigation education benefiting Audrain and Callaway counties, with 78 farmers irrigating 142000 acres of claypan soil and an estimated $500000 in extra profits.
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Columbia
Dale Schnarre
University of Missouri
Mid-Missouri
University
Audrain
Callaway
Schnarre
Carl N. Scheneman
United Irrigation
Missouri
Callaway Counties
Augusta High School
St. Charles County
Marthasville
University of Missouri At Columbia
UM Extension
Audrain County
Mid- Missouri
Eunice
Dana
Nancy
Mexico
Soviet meat production dips from 1975 levels
The USDA reports Soviet meat output declined 27 percent in August from 1975, despite a one percent rise in cattle on state and collective farms at the start of last month. USDA notes ongoing government herd rebuilding as a factor, alongside concern over a poor potato harvest and grain-buying needs. Brezhnev reportedly optimistic about grain crop prospects.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S. Agriculture Department
USDA
U.S
Communist Party
Lenoid Brezhnev
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Teasdale Names Five Farm Council Aide Nominees
Democratic candidate Teasdale announced five experts to serve on his Missouri Governor Farm Council, including William Doak a 51 year old Vandalia area farmer and president elect of the American Southdown Sheep Breeders Association. Doak farms 560 acres and grows corn soybeans wheat sheep and Angus cattle. The group aims to advise on agricultural policy amid USDA reports on potato markets and Russian livestock trends.
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Kansas City
Joseph P. ‘Teasdale
Missouri
Teasdale
Jefferson City
William Doak
Davies County
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Chuck Druin
Farmer's Mutual
Doak
Jerry Isaacs
American and
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Troy, Mo
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Uaea
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Kohl Equipment Co
Bill Kohl
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