Agriculture Care And Forum Invite For Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish extension agent urges Christmas safety including gun supervision and fire watch. Announces the 20th Annual Southern Farm Forum January 19-20 at Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans with sessions on farm machinery chemicals soybeans and global famine avoidance. Also gives 1966-67 farm outlooks including cattle prices soybean crushings exports and carryover stocks.
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Louisiana Agriculture Extension Service
Ouachita Parish
Southern Farm Forum
Roosevelt Hotel
New Orleans
South
Weekly Markets Louisiana Cotton and Livestock Summary
Spot cotton demand remained strong on most markets with best activity for 1-1-16 inch and longer staples. New Orleans quotes middle 1-1-14 inch at 23.50 cents per pound as mills show interest domestically and abroad. Cottonseed quality eased slightly from prior week. prices paid to farmers were mostly steady. Louisiana cattle auctions sold 6,467 head, down over 7 percent from the prior week and 18 percent from a year ago. hog receipts totaled 2,380 head with a 4 percent drop from the previous week.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Arkansas
Mississippi
Lousiana
Ouachita
Franklin
Morehouse
Rapides
Saint Landry
Shareey
Poultry Disease Tests Link Coccidiosis to Organ Changes
Studies show enlarged organs in convalescent chickens and turkeys during coccidiosis. Liver, pancreas, and adrenal glands are highly active, with increased antibody production in spleen and bursa. Surviving birds often gain more weight, aided by nutrition and proper care.
Prices Align With Week’s Market Levels
Prices average about the same as a week’s market but were $2.005 hundred lower than last year at this same time. The note contrasts weekly price stability with a year over year drop, signaling softer conditions compared with the prior year.
Louisiana Chick Production Surges Above 1960s Averages
Louisiana crop reporters state November chick production rose 70 percent over the 1960-64 average with 3,669,000 chicks hatched, 89 percent broiler and 11 percent egg-type. Through November total chicks hatched reached 39,382,000, up 21 percent from 1965. National hatcheries produced 247.4 million chickens in November, led by 212.1 million broilers, a new record for the month.
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Louisiana Crop Reporting Service
Alexandria
South Atlantic
South Central
East North Central
West North Central
West
North Atlantic
Officials Ponder Wheat Progress
Washington AP reports the Dec 22 winter wheat crop progress forecast could trigger worries about the crop control program. Officials note drought in the central southern Great Plains and weather risks complicate the path to the 1.6 billion bushel goal.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Weather Bureau
Central
Great Plains
Corp
United States
The
American Farm Bureau Fe
Idle Land Funds Sought By Many
Washington AP reports that farmers hopeful for an $80 federal idling fund for cropland may be disappointed as applicants may exceed available money. Officials cite signup runs to March 3 and say only about 2 million acres will be retired next year under 5 to 10 year contracts, not the originally planned 7 million.
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Sen
George McGovern
McGovern
Johnson
Congress
Washington
H. L. Manwaring
Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Administration
Manwaring
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