SIU bull sale sets record total at $67 610
The sixth annual performance-tested bull sale at SIU Carbondale topped $67 610 with 52 bulls selling, averaging $1 300. The top bull, a three-fourths Chianina one-fourth Angus from Fox Fire Farm, sold for $5 000 to Dave Richter of Wooden Spoke Farms. Breeds topped by Chianina at $4 575 and Charolais $1 455, with trophies awarded by Ralston Purina to five breeders for top performers.
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Fox Fire Farm
Route 1
Eldorado
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Dave Richter
Wooden Spoke Farms
Edwardsport
Ind
Siu-C School of Agriculture
H. Dee Woody
Siuc Department of Animal Industries
Angus
Ralston Purina Co
Wilkens Farm
Greenville
Simmental
Additive boosts corn yields in field tests
Field tests by agronomist George Kapusta show adding ammonium acetate to nitrogen fertilizer raises corn yields by about 10 bushels per acre. Illinois averages over 100 bushels per acre. Experiments compare nitrogen alone versus adding ammonium acetate or ACA, with half to one pound per acre yielding similar gains.
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Associated Press
George Kapusta
Southern Illinois University
Illinois
Kapusta
Amoco
Darrell Mulvaney
University of Illinois
Irv Anderson
Iowa State University
Livestock prices seen improving despite earlier declines
Agriculture Department analysts project near term gains as slaughter cattle and hog prices rebound. March U S Choice steers averaged 61 12 per 100 pounds, down from 62 15 in February and 64 37 in January. Hog prices at 39 54 per hundredweight slipped from 42 44 in February.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
U.S
Ralph Parlett
Economics and Statistics Service
Grain stockpiles fall as drought cuts corn and soybeans
U S grain reserves slide from 1980 peaks with corn and soybeans shrinking sharply while wheat climbs after an earlier record harvest. April 1 stocks show corn about 4.0 billion bushels, soybeans 1.03 billion, and wheat 1.33 billion.
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Washington
U.S
Department’s
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