High Pork Prices Likely to Ease for Farmers Says SIU Specialist
SIU farm marketing specialist Walter J. Wills contends hog prices will stay high only into mid 1966 as fewer hogs on farms and tax timing influence sales. He notes expensive capitalization and operating costs curb production and predicts only moderate next year gains while lenders seek estate plans and solid records. Joseph Burnside warns the high prices tempt small producers to enter then exit as markets oversupply.
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Southern Ilinois University
Chicago
Walter J. Wills
SIU
Wills
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Williamson County Farm Bureau Outlines Yearly Programs
Williamson County Farm Bureau committees set programs for the coming year. The legislative group will organize policy meetings on zoning mosquito control highway safety and land restoration. Other panels focus on marketing youth activities membership and leadership development. Six members attended a district conference in Carbondale.
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Future Farmers of America
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District Farm Bureau
Carbondale
Richard Bogard
Carterville
Gerald Tanner
Creal Springs
George Volle
Marion
L. P. Humphreys
Herrin
Leon Fosse
Short Wheat Crop Predicted for 1966
The Agriculture Department projects a 1966 wheat crop of about 1.367 billion bushels, below domestic and export needs for 1966-67. With reserves dwindling and potential gains from favorable weather unlikely to create a surplus, growers face price supports and acreage limits under a voluntary government program.
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Agriculture Department
Keep Most Records Six Years at University Farm
U of Illinois farm management specialist Fay M. Sims urges keeping ordinary receipts and expenses for at least six years for tax purposes. She notes assessments for taxes due usually occur within three years after filing, but may occur within six in some cases. She advises retaining land purchases building costs and other capital assets as long as the asset is owned.
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University of Ilinois
Fay M. Sims
Sims
Winter short course in agriculture opens at Illinois Urbana
The annual winter short course at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture in Urbana starts January 31 and runs through March 31. It offers young farmers a chance to learn the latest farm ideas and methods and invites inquiries through county farm agent offices.
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University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Urbana
TGE Vaccine Aids Hog Disease Fight
A new vaccine for Transmissible Gastroenteritis in hogs is available through veterinarians. Iowa lab and University of Illinois researchers developed tests for potency, virus concentration, and immunity. The disease hits baby pigs hard, causes abortions, weight loss, and slow growth, with prevention focusing on disinfection and timing vaccination before farrowing.
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University of Illinois
Miodrag ‘Ristic
University of Illinois Research
TGE
United States
Ilinois
Eldon Starkweather
Jackson County
L. E. Strack
Murphysboro
Strack
Production up in 1965 as farm income hits new high
The 1965 agricultural year saw record crop output and a high average farm income of 4150 dollars per farm. Congress enacted new farm legislation affecting cotton, wheat, feed grains, rice, dairy and surplus cropland, shifting more returns to government payments. Farm labor demand fell, wage rates rose, and production costs continued to climb with 1966 forecasts.
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