Hog Prices Hit Postwar Highs Lift Illinois Raisers
Hog prices in recent days match the 1947 peak as corn dips below that era. Hog futures above $25 per 100 pounds, with top hogs near $30, and bacon selling 69 cents to $1.09 a pound. USDA data show 43.2 million hogs in ten corn belt states, but farrowings fell several percent in recent years. Analysts expect prices to stay unusually profitable through 1966 with a possible no profit period by late 1967 or early 1968.
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Mary Reifschneider
United States Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Ray Fritsche
Jackson County
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Martin Twenhafel
USDA
University of Illinois Agriculture Extension
Farm Worker Numbers Fall in U S Agriculture
The Agriculture Department reports January through November employment in farming fell nine percent from last year, the lowest in over 35 years. Average workers, including family and hired hands, were 5,737,000, down from 6,271,000, with a late November tally of 5,063,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Mexico
Winter Wheat Prospects Improve in Great Plains Says USDA
A year end crop report notes winter wheat aimed for next spring harvest is progressing well across most Great Plains commercial producing areas with adequate moisture and favorable germination conditions. Some southern plains regions show topsoil drying from recent rainfall deficits.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Plains
Warm November in Southern Illinois Tops 34-Year Trend
November in Southern Illinois brought higher temperatures and drier conditions than normal. Average highs reached 62.6 degrees with a mean of 51.4, the warmest day November 7 above 75 degrees and the coldest on November 30 near 20. Rainfall totaled .90 inches vs 3.56 inches normal, marking the driest November since 1949. December is expected near average with highs around 46 and lows near 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University Climatology Laboratory
Europe Japan Prosperity Boosts U S Corn Exports
The rise in Europe and Japan prosperity boosts demand for U S corn and feed grains. Farm officials project 1965 exports of feed grains near 24 million tons, corn about 625 million bushels, and sorghum near 148 million bushels, matching or surpassing 1964 levels.
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Washington
Europe
Japan
U.S
Glasco Wins Yield Prize In Williamson
Gerald Glasco of Marion Rt. 2 topped the 1965 Williamson County 100 Bushel Corn Club with 165.8 bushels per acre and second in efficiency at 41.1 cents per bushel. Other high yields included Fred and Don Watson 164.9, Loy Forcum 157.1, and Robert Woodward 137.6. Award costs and production notes were discussed by agronomist Lester Boone, who praised including efficiency in awards.
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Gerald Glasco
Rt. 2
Marion
Williamson County
Glasco
Fred
Don Watson
Carbondale
Loy Forcum
Rt. 1
Robert Woodward
Carterville
Ward McKown
Woodward
The
Watsons
Lester Boone
University of Illinois Agronomist
Boone
Area Dairy School Slated for January Sessions
Union County Farm Advisor Charles N. Glover announces a three day dairy school at the Dongola Community Center in January. Sessions run January 4 from 10 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. January 11 at 8 p.m. and January 18 at 8 p.m. A supply fee applies. Contact Glover for details.
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Dongola
Union County Farm
Charles N. Glover
Glover
World food gap seen at 1970 hunger level by USDA
The USDA warns by 1970 the world could face hunger costing about 6.8 billion dollars to raise diets to acceptable levels. The calorie gap equals 2 billion bushels of wheat, about 60 percent above US average annual production. Two thirds of people live in areas with inadequate diets.
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U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Asia
Japan
Middle East
Israel
Africa
South America
Central America
Caribbean
Department
Dairy Prices Rise in Suburban St Louis Area
Dairymen delivering to Suburban St Louis pool handlers in November will receive higher prices. Fred L. Shipley announces minimum uniform prices of 4.66 dollars per hundredweight in the base zone and 4.61 in the northern zone with 3.5 percent butterfat. The November price is five cents higher than last year and October, with October includes a fall premium reserve of 16 cents per hundredweight totaling 40,411 dollars. Finland granted women the vote in 1906 as the first European country.
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St. Louis
Illinois
Fred L. Shipley
Shipley
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Williamson County Agricultural Extension Council
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Marion Equipment Co
Farmers Produce, Farm Bureau
Twin County Service Co
Parks Implement Co
P and S Grain Co
Area Dairy School
Motorola
S. Illinois
Ovid A. Martin
Associated Press
Finland
Murphysboro
Tire Shop
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Psy
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Herrin Marion
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