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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1977
Page
10
The new service targets the agriculture industry in the Southern Panhandle, emphasizing the farmer rancher economy. Advertisers support the page, and readers are invited to offer suggestions to improve profitability and match information needs.
The U S Weather Bureau reports normal January temperatures at 25 degrees with readings around 24 and 22 degrees for today. Extended forecast shows little precipitation Monday through Friday and modest temperature changes with highs near 30 in the east and 40s in the west, and lows in the teens.
Farmers face ongoing drought with light precipitation and high evaporation. Studies show the current drought could last two to eight years, worse than the 1930s in moisture received. Better farming practices help buffer losses while wind damage prompts chisel tillage to stabilize fields. ASCS disaster funds aid partial replanting costs after government inspection. Citizens joke about rain dances while awaiting relief.
The Panhandle Nebraska forecast covers January 15 to February 15 with near normal temperatures. January highs around 39 and lows near 11 degrees, February highs near 42 and lows about 16 degrees. Precipitation is below normal with January around 0.30 inches and February around 0.60 inches.
Wheat prices and car counts for cash grain at Gurley list No 1 hard at 2.68N No 1 soft 2.60N with 79 cars, and corn offerings 56 cars including white and yellow grades. No 2 white 3.05N No 2 yellow 2.55N with changes noted as white up 1 and yellow down 7.
Wheat futures closed lower across the board at the Kansas City Board of Trade. March at 2.70, May 2.76, July 2.817, September 2.872, December 2.99% with most contracts down fractions. Sorghum for March 2.28, May 2.34, July 2.41, all unchanged.
Fertilizer inventories at the manufacturer level in 1976 remained below year earlier but still sizable. Planned 1977 capacity increases include a rise in U S anhydrous ammonia and slight gains in wet-process phosphoric acid. With higher capacity and steady production, supplies should meet 76 77 farm needs at price levels steady to lower. Nebraska popcorn yields rose a record 13 percent in 1976 to 3250 pounds per acre, ranking Nebraska first in production by harvested area. Sheep and lamb on feed declined nationally, but Nebraska’s flock rose 8 percent over 1975 and marketing was up 25 percent.
On Tuesday January 25 1977 Chappell conducted a special bred cow and heifer sale along with the regular sale listing 30 black heifers 315 head sold at 30 black heifers 315 10 white face heifers 300 cow and calf pairs 302 50 7 black cows 230 20 black cross cows 256 14 cows with 8 calves 258 26 white face calves 274 2 bulls sold 700 each and one at 520 weights cows 2160 to 2250 475 lb heifers 330 460 lb steers 39 bulls 29 80 to 3050 Sterling on Wednesday January 19 saw 1746 head steer and heifer calves generally 2 higher top steer calves 41 44 top heifer calves 34 37 60 feeder steers 1 2 higher 37 39 30 feeder heifers 1 higher 44 36 10 slaughter cattle steady to 1 lower cows 21 26 10 canners and cutters 18 21 bulls to 31 80
At Omaha livestock market receipts rose to 15,400 with steers steady and heifers 25 under. Cows finished 1.00 lower. hogs volatile with butchers up to 42.25 and many 35.00-42.00. Slaughter lambs firm to 50 higher with wooled lambs around 40.00-43.00. Local figures reflect a week of mixed trends and price shifts.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports live cattle and pork futures activity in Chicago with price movements and trading interest noted by markets observers.
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