Hog Market Outlook Prompts Higher Feed Weight Strategy
Iowa State College farm economist Francisco A Kutish predicts large hog numbers entering markets in January with late winter price pressures from heavier animals. He notes a high hog to corn price ratio today encouraging farmers to feed hogs longer on non saleable corn while expecting weaker hog prices next winter. He cites November ratios and past marketing patterns as supportive of continued feeding to heavier weights despite current market softness.
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Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College Farm
Kutish
Katish
Teenagers Enter Pillsbury Grand National Bake Off
Pillsbury expands its Grand National Bake Off to include high school home economics students. February 1958 marks the start of school level preliminaries with two winners per high school, leading to district contests and a junior division finale for the $25,000 prize.
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Pillsbury Mills
Pillsbury
Continuation Of Hoeven Reports From Rome Ninth Conference Opens
The Ninth Food and Agricultural Conference opened in Rome on November 2 with delegates from 74 countries. Allan Kline and Monsignor Luigi Ligutti from Des Moines attend. Hungary and Russia Ukraine membership proposals spark US opposition. The author serves on the world outlook committee and notes prior visit to the US Sixth Fleet maneuvering in the Ionian Sea.
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Food and Agricultural Conference
Rome
Allan Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Luigi Ligutti
Des Moines
Coliseum
Food and Agricultural Organization
F. A.O
Hungary
Russian
Ukraine
United States
Sixth Fleet
Ionian Sea
Italy
Greece
Salute to Navy Steel and FAO Talk Do Not Match
From Naples to the Roosevelt and Salem the reporter tours a U S Sixth Fleet carrier group in the Mediterranean. The letter also covers FAO talks in Rome with Ben son promoting surplus disposal under Public Law 480 and U S farm export strategy.
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M. A. Randall
Sioux City
Don Schoening
Schaller
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Agricultural Organization
Benson
FA. C
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