Farmers consider buying control of food chains
The American Farm Bureau Federation studied the feasibility of farmers purchasing control in one or more large food chains. Ohio Farm Bureau backs cooperatives to pressure processors, but others fear antitrust issues and money, risking farmer participation and market freedom.
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Washington
Philadelphia
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
National Federation
Ohio
Farm Bureau
Dollar approach to farm control seen in cotton policy
An administration seeks to use dollars to secure farm compliance with crop controls it cannot legally order, viewing such measures as vital though not enforceable by edict. The piece argues this financial pressure mirrors broader efforts to influence farming in the cotton sector.
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Washington
Horticulturist Honored By Association
Warren Meadows associate horticulture specialist at Louisiana State University Extension Service received the National Junior Horticultural Association diamond emblem at its New Orleans convention. He has aided NJHA for six years and chaired the recent New Orleans convention, with recognition from NJHA leaders. The story also notes federal farm policy shifts toward voluntary restraints and payoffs to growers under 1965 programs.
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National Junior Horticultural Association
Warren Meadows
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Service
NJHA
New Orleans
Geraldine Phelps
New Hampshire
Grant B. Snyder
Amherst
Mass
New Aerial Methods For Chemical Use
A Wright- or Davis-linked team unveils a controlled-distribution wing for agricultural planes at the 1964 Winter Meeting in New Orleans. The wing uses an internal air jet to project dry material rearward, enabling faster spreading, broader swaths, and up to 140 mph flight, potentially doubling acres per hour.
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American Society of Agricultural Engineers
New Orleans
N. B. Akesson
W. E. Yates
Department of Agricultural Engineering
University of California, Davis
Kenneth Razak
College of Engineering
University of Wichita
Kansas
Wichita
Louisiana Wheat Plantings Hold Steady From 1963
Louisiana reports winter wheat planted in fall 1964 matches 1963 levels at 75 000 acres. Dry weather delayed early seedings but late rains in November improved moisture for good stands and later plantings. The 1965 crop is forecast at 1 540 000 bushels, seven percent below last year but 62 percent above the 1959-63 average. Nationally, 1964 fall seedings reached 45.1 million acres, four percent above 1963, with a 1965 winter wheat crop indicated at 1 042 million bushels based on December 1 conditions.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service
Mississippi River
Brucellosis Control Gains In Louisiana
Louisiana moves toward nationwide brucellosis control with a July 1 1966 target to classify all parishes as modified certified brucellosis free. Twelve parishes meet criteria of under five percent herd infection and under one percent cattle infection. 22 veterinarians 12 inspectors and about 150 part time private vets support the program. Vaccination of heifer calves four to eight months old reduces infection rates. 3.7 percent of vaccinated animals show infection vs 11.8 percent in unvaccinated herds. Livestock groups including LSU Extension, Louisiana Cattlemen, and Farm Bureau back the effort. A parish testing task force determines modified certification. blood testing is not required for most. milk ring tests and market cattle tests streamline clearances. Auction markets aid in identifying negative cattle.
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Agriculture Department
Kennedy-Johnson
Department
Frowers
Congress
Charles S. Murphy
Albin G. Pass
Louisiana
Pass
LSU Agricultural Extension Service
Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Broiler Chick Placements Dip For Week in Louisiana
Louisiana crops report a drop in 13 19 December placements to 681000 chicks from 692000 the prior week and 549000 the year ago. Shipments reached 99500, eggs set 814000. 22 states total 40079000 chicks, up from last week.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service
Alexandria
Louisiana Parishes Progress in Brucellosis Control Efforts
Dr. Pass notes modified certified status across Arkansas Mississippi Texas and other states amid Louisiana brucellosis eradication efforts. Louisiana lists 12 certified parishes 12 area testing parishes five with active petitions and 35 parishes under standard control measures. Parishes with lower cattle infection include Webster Claiborne Bienville St Helena Tangipahoa Washington St Tammany St John St James Ascension Assumption and St Mary. Area testing ongoing in Bossier Union Jackson Tensas West Baton Rouge Lafayette Iberia St Charles Lafourche Livingston and Terrebonne. Active petitions noted for Caddo Lincoln LaSalle Vernon and East Baton Rouge.
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Pass
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Louisiana
Webster
Claiborne
Bienville
St. Helena
Tangipahoa
Washington
St. Tammany
St. John
St. James
Ascension
Assumption
St. Mary
Bossier
Union
Jackson
Tensas
West Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Iberia
St. Charles
Jefferson
Lafourche
Livingston
Terrebonne
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