Good Potato Deal Seen With High Prices Nationwide
The potato market shows life in April with rising prices across the Far West and Pacific coast, Idaho and Maine, as light yields in Florida and Texas curb supply. The Hastings district harvests light yields, delaying Florida competition and signaling steady to higher spring prices for buyers.
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North Florida
Far West
Pacific Coast
Idaho
Colorado
Nebraska
Central Western
Maine
New York State
Florida
Texas
Hastings
la Crosse
Review of Florida Crop Seasons From Miami Herald
The Miami Herald surveys South Florida and Okeechobee crop seasons noting an ending farming year marked by a December freeze that destroyed early plantings. Beans peppers tomatoes cabbage and potatoes faced varied prices while rains and Cuba treaty concerns shaped market expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
The
Miami Herald
South Florida
Okeechobee
Cuba
May Plantings List Of Beans Vegetables And Flowers
The notice lists May plantings for pole and field beans benne beggar weed various grasses field kaffir and pop corn crusas velvet mung and soja beans millet cowpeas peanuts pumpkins rice radishes sorghum sunflowers okra and Egyptian wheat. It also mentions flowers to be planted cosmos four o clock helichrum hollyhock marigold morning glory petunia periwinkle phlox salvia verbena zinnia.
Poultry Industry Sponsors New Egg and Poultry Bills
The Florida Poultry Association sponsors bills on eggs and live and dressed poultry. The acts classify eggs into cold storage fresh unclassified and processed with penalties and state administration by the commissioner of agriculture. Poultry defines live dressed and shipped dressed categories and aims for constitutional scrutiny clearance and broad industry support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultry Association of Florida
Legislacee
Payne
Sebring
Tallahassee
Florida Farm & Grove
Commissioner of Agriculture
Florida
Irish potato crop yields fall in St Johns county
Growers in St Johns county dig Irish potatoes with a reported yield around 18 barrels per acre. County Agent Loonis Blitch cites the freeze and extended dry spell as the main causes of the weak harvest.
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St. John’s County
Loonis
Tentative Milk Agreement Signed
Secretary Henry A. Wallace tentatively approves an amended marketing agreement for evaporated milk after public hearing and study. The original pact began September 9, 1933, and once a majority of manufacturers sign, it returns to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for final approval and effective date.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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Poultry
Precisi
Pratts Precision
Pratts
Pratt Food Co. Oe
Philadelphia
P.O. Box
Fettey
Permian
AERO
Niagara
Gtrus
American Cyanamid Company
Edgewater Drive
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