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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1957
Page
4
Farmers' New Year opens on a note of higher prices as December reports show farm product values up about one percent while prices paid by farmers stay flat. Hog and tobacco prices rise, cattle and cotton ke p price levels, and overall parity ratio reaches two percent above last year.
Federal levies on fishing tackle are allocated to state programs under the Dingell Johnson act to improve sport fishing opportunities nationwide.
A Michigan State University analysis of 176 farms in 46 counties shows irrigation profits vary by crop and soil. High value crops like strawberries potatoes and tomatoes benefit most, while low value pasture may not pay unless it sustains milk production. profitability grows with larger acre usage, but per acre costs rise with smaller plots.
The Agriculture Department said the Farmers Home Administration issued and insured loans totaling 336 million 480 thousand dollars in 1956, surpassing 1955’s peak of about 281 million. The loans supported operation improvement and purchase of family type farms, with Ezra Taft Benson noting strengthened farming systems through 1956 amendments.
Henry A Wallace U S vice president and former agriculture secretary will address Farmers Week at Michigan State University January 28 to February 1. Other Michigan farm leaders and experts will join morning and afternoon sessions covering milk prices soil banks farm management and small farm viability.
January session dates for seven agriculture research and marketing advisory committees announced. All sessions except one will be in Washington. sugar is Jan 9, refrigerated and frozen products Jan 4–16, poultry Jan 15–18, deciduous fruit and tree nut Jan 2–5, soils water and fertilizer Jan 8–30, and food distribution Jan 30 Feb 1.
Egg prices are expected to remain low in the coming months, with production after selling new records in the fall to stay above last winter's levels. The report notes prices have fallen considerably below 1955 levels.
The Rural Electrification Administration reports 1956 operating revenues rose over 23 percent to a record 73 million dollars. Rural electric systems served 4.36 million consumers across 1.38 million miles, with 982 borrowers expanding output and financing totaling 229 million dollars in new loans.
A Louisiana State University School of Medicine survey finds farmers have the fewest headaches among occupational groups. It reports overall headache prevalence above 60 percent, with farmers at 50 percent, possibly due to fresher air. Other groups range from 0 to 77 percent.
A 14 member task group will meet in Washington January 11 and 12 to advise the president's bipartisan commission on increasing industrial uses of agricultural products. Chairman is H C Diehl director and secretary of the Refrigeration Research Foundation Colorado Springs Colorado.
The United States now has 19 million polio vaccine doses available commercially with no usage restrictions. Officials warn the vaccine will be valueless without rapid administration in the coming months.
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