Beef Tour Indicates Shrinking Profits For Feeders In Midwest
A tour of Michigan and western Ohio cattle operations shows margins shrinking from 1958 to 1969 as feedlot size grows from 100 to 2000 head. Investors face higher costs per steer, need for concrete confinement housing, and shifting to liquid manure handling amid rainfall and bedding constraints.
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Michigan
Ohio
Huron County
Market Hogs Cattle Calves Show Varied Week Movements
Livestock sales report shows hogs up to 21.70, sows 14.35 18.00, feeders 88.00 head 11.00 18.00. Cattle steady with steers 21.50 31.60, heifers 19.00 29.00, cows 18.00 23.80, bulls 22.75 26.10. Calves 40.00 45.00, wools and lambs mixed, spring lambs 30.90 32.70.
Monroeville high school revamps agriculture program
Monroeville High School will shift its vocational agriculture curriculum next fall to prepare students for diverse agricultural jobs beyond farming. The plan, led by instructor George Landon, aims to attract both boys and girls and align with federal vocational education changes since 1965.
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Janet Conway
Monroeville
Monroeville High School
EHOVE
George Landon
Landon
State Foundation
Storage Tour Planned For Farmers In Sandusky County
Farmers will tour grain storage types on Thursday starting 10:00 a.m. The route includes Carl Hartley farm northwest of Bellevue on Sandusky County Road 175, Kent Dean farm, and Russell Keegan and Jeff Hartley farms. Observations cover continuous flow vent and batch dryers and a Central Soya Company visit in Bellevue. Lunch at Kudro's Restaurant.
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John Wells
Carl Hartley
Bellevue
Sandusky
Portland Road
Kent Dean Farm
Russell Keegan
Jeff Hartley
Central Soya Company
Kudro’s
Producers urged to file price support requests by March 31
Patrick J. Nolan of the Huron County ASC announces that producers of 1968 crop cats rye or barley must file requests at the County ASC by March 31. Eligible farmers may obtain price support loans if the crop is in farm storage or approved warehouses, with wheat loans possible for 1968 wheat grown on farms in the prior wheat program and stored suitably. If not loaned, crops may be sold to CCC with notice by April 30, 1969. Extensions and loan redemption terms are noted.
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County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
ASC
Patrick J. Nolan
Huron County
Nolan
Commodity Credit Corporation
Classified Ads Turn Unused Articles Into Cash
Our guide to gold outlines how classified ads convert unwanted articles into cash. Call 662-4241 for an ad writer to craft your listing.
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OUR
Dial
Western Reserve Boy Wins State FFA Award
Michael Nolan of the Western Reserve FFA chapter receives the State Farmer Award at 16. He is a Western Reserve High School junior with Holstein cattle, corn, beans, oats, and active in FFA leadership roles for 1968 69 and 1969 70. He also participates in 4 H and Dairy Judging.
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Collins
Michael Nolan
Western Reserve
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Mike
Patrick J. Nolan Jr
Wakeman
Western Reserve High School
Western Reserve Chapter
Science Society
Huron County
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