Meat Import Limitation Agreements deliver relief for U.S. producers
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announced that the United States signed agreements with Australia and New Zealand to cap beef veal and mutton exports to the U.S. at about the 1962 63 average level about 6 below 1963 record. The accords limit future import growth, prevent primal shift boosts, and require at least 180 days notice to terminate with renegotiation of 1966 growth rates and ongoing access efforts in Kennedy Round talks.
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Orville L. Freeman
United States
Australia
New Zealand
U.S
Maryland Home Account Book aids family finances in 64
A Cooperative Extension Service publication from University of Maryland offers the Maryland Home Account Book to track after tax spending and plan living expenses for 1964. It promotes weekly diary updates and family participation to better manage income for food housing clothing and healthcare, priced at 50 cents.
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Cooperative Extension Service
University of Maryland
Maryland
Extension Service Office
Middletown Valley Grange meeting features 4-H demos and shows
The Middletown Valley Grange held a regular meeting with 4-H Clubs presenting demonstrations. Alex Summers and Bonnie Piper demonstrated washing and dressing a baby. Theresa Rhoderick and Patsy Miller prepared a raw vegetable plate. Larry Grossnickle and Oliver Coblentz spoke on Jr Boys 4-H projects while Carol Wise and Larry Bidle performed. Upcoming events include a bake sale on March 28, a skating party on April 7, and the Mason Dixon Chorus concert on April 25 at Middletown High School. no meeting on March 12.
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Middletown Valley
Middletown
Middletown Valley Grange
Carel Wise
Alex Summers
Bonnie Piper
Wide Awake
Theresa Rhoderick
Atsy Miller
Larry Grossnickle
Oliver Coblentz
Carol Wise
Larry Bidle
Gloria Bidle
Calcutta
Progressive Girls
Guy Ahalt
Sarah Susan Ahalt
Maurice Ahalt
Gene ‘Keller
Richard Holter
Grange
Grange Hall
Braddock Heights
Mason Dixon
Frederick County DHIA Meeting Set In Middletown March 16 1964
Extension agent notes the annual Frederick County DHIA meeting will be held March 16 1964 at 7:00 PM in the Reformed Church Middletown Maryland with dinner followed by business entertainment and the 1963 DHIA Report. Also discusses thyroprotein use in dairy cow nutrition including effects on production heart rate blood sugar and lipid levels.
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Allen B. Bryant
Dairy Science
Frederick County
The
Reformed Church
Middletown
Maryland
DHIA
Ireland Concludes Pact On Beef Exports To U S
Ireland and the United States reach a beef and veal export limit agreement. Ireland will cap shipments to the United States at 34 000 long tons in 1964, rising to 35 300 in 1965 and 36 600 in 1966, with annual 3.7 percent growth assumed for later periods. The pact mirrors similar deals with Australia and New Zealand and is subject to triannual review and six months notice for termination.
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Ireland
United States
Departments of State and Agriculture
U. S
Dormant artificial insemination service for swine surveyed
In Cincinnati a major eastern stud placed its artificial insemination service for swine on standby as producers show little demand. A Wisconsin cooperative reports clients are curious and plans a limited feeder pig program to push genetic improvement, reflecting a nationwide lack of market incentive.
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Cincinnati
FNS
Wisconsin
Thyroprotein Effects on Cows Milk and Health Laws
The text details thyroprotein's impact on calcium excretion, body temperature, respiration rate, and nutrient requirements for vitamins A D and C and some B vitamins. It notes increased fat content in milk, higher total and non-protein nitrogen in blood and milk, reduced vitamin C in milk, and that thyroprotein feeding is prohibited on D.H.LA. tests and not recommended by the University of Maryland for dairy cattle.
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University of Maryland
Purchases At Taneytown Farm Tied To Carnation Milk
Purchases by Janice Palmer Nicholson and Frank P. Palmer of Carnation Royal Pilot 1445221 from Carnation Milk Farms in Carnation Washington are linked to the Longview Farm on Rt. 2 Taneytown in Frederick County Maryland. The farm address is incomplete.
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Longview
Rt. 2
Taneytown
Maryland
Janice Palmer Nicholson
Frank P. Palmer
Carnation Milk Farms
Carnation
Washington
Frederick County
Combs Receives NIH Grant for Chick Food Intake Study
Dr. Gerald F. Combs, nutrition professor at the University of Maryland Poultry Science Department, is awarded a $102,000 NIH grant to study physiological factors affecting voluntary chick feed intake and growth with potential human applications. The report notes an official test at Richvale Monarch Loan showing 104,414 pounds of milk and 4,262 pounds of butterfat in 3,143 days, owned by C. Richard Ahalt of Middletown.
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Charles E. Ifert
Middletown
Driswood Zeus Burke Triune
Gerald F. Combs
Department of Poultry Science
University of Maryland
National Institutes of Health
Combs
Richvale Monarch Loan
C. Richard Ahalt
Farm Bureau Says Producers Got Short End
Maryland Farm Bureau president Noah E. Kefauver Jr says the meat agreements with the United States, Australia and New Zealand shortchange producers. He notes beef and veal imports will drop about six percent in 1964, while foreign sellers gain future U.S. market access. Kefauver will attend a national livestock meeting in Chicago this week with J. Paul Hering.
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United States
Australia
New Zealand
Noah E. Kefauver, Jr
Maryland Farm Bureau
J. Paul ‘Hering
Chicago
Kefauver
Orville Freeman
U.S
Maryland Leaders Weigh Beef Imports and Growth Factor Plan
Paul Hering of Westminster serves as Maryland's Farm Bureau delegate to the Livestock Advisory Committee while Kefauver links beef price drops to higher imports and government stock releases. The U S Tariff Commission may curb foreign beef if imports harm farm prices, as cattle feeders suffer amid record-low prices since 1958. J Herbert Carter of Queenstown also involved.
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Kefauver
Farm Bureau
U.S. Tariff Commission
U.S
Paul Hering
Field Crops Committee Meeting Attendance Heads to Chicago
Area resident will travel to Chicago to attend the Field Crops Commodity Committee meeting. The event involves agricultural officials and regional representatives, focusing on crop policy and commodity matters.
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Chicago
Field Crops Commodity Committee
Land Bank and PCA Report By Directors in 1963
Directors report that the Federal land bank and production credit associations lent over 100 million dollars to farmers in the Baltimore district in 1963. Middletown’s Charles H. Remsberg and near Frederick’s Paul C. Geisbert announced the figures at the annual conference in Baltimore, district headquarters. They said Maryland volumes were the highest since operations began.
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Federal Land Bank and Production Credit Associations
Baltimore
Charles H. Remsberg
Middletown
Paul C. Geisbert
Frederick
Remsberg
Geisbert
Maryland
Growth in Farm Loans Tops $200 Million in 1963
The report shows over $200 million in loans outstanding at year end across Pennsylvania Delaware Virginia West Virginia and Puerto Rico, the highest since the organization began. The rise reflects farm expansion, machinery and fertilizer use despite fewer farms. Frederick office advances exceeded $10 million in 1963, as Remsberg and Geisbert noted.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Puerto Rico
Frederick
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