■LnneaMor 'Farming. Saturday. March 14.1970
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Livestock, Poultry Feed
Use Rises 8% in 1969
On the strength of geneially
favorable livestock and poultr.v
prices, feed tonnage inci eased
eight per cent in 1969 ovei 1968.
aecoidmg to the American Feed
Manufactuicrs A ssoc i al l o n's
Feed Tonnage Repoi ting Service
The Feed Tonnage Reporting
Seivicc showed a five pei cent
increase the hist quaitei, si\
percent the second, seven pei
cent the thud and 13 pei cent in
the fouith quaitei
This is the ninth straight veai
the lepoit has shown a total ton
nage mci ease Tonnage mci eased
44 pei cent the last decade and
30 pei cent in the last five .veais
All of the nine regions mci eas
ed in foimula feed output in
1969. The largest increases weie
in the Mountain States ( + 39 < lf).
East South Cential ( + 10 r <),
West Noith Cential (+9 f cO. and
South Atlantic C+B'lc)
“Beef and sheep” foimula
feeds showed the laigest jump
in 1969 with a 21 pei cent in
crease above 1968, follow ed b\
dair>. up 12 per cent The in
ciease in danv teed occuued de
spite a 3 pei cent deciease in
milk cow numbeis
The milk feed mice iatio has
set a new lecoid hi°h (favoiable
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to dan v farmeisj m each of the
last foui veais Last yeai’s milk
feed puce t alio was estimated
at 2 pei cent lughei than 1968
and 22 pei cent above the level
of ten ve ns eailier
Fed cattle maiketmgs in 22 ma
joi cattle feeding slates last year
vveie seven per cent above 1968
This is the same peicenlage in
ciease over a vear eailier as din
ing the pievious two yeais and
equals the long time tiend
The onlv classes of feed below
a yeai eaihe 1 last leat weie tin -
ke%. down tw-o pel cent, and Theie weie also substantial
layer bleeder chicken, down one changes in swune. and beef and
pel cent The USDA spoiled a sheep feeds dui mg the 1959-1969
one pel cent mciease <n the tui- p eilo( j Swine feeds inci eased
key poult hatch dunng calendai f lo m 15 to 21 pe” cent of the
1969 Laying chickens on faims total Beef and sheep inci eased
on the fust of the month dining Lom 8 to 14 per cent
1069 ave. aged 1 per cent below a AU poultrv feeds accounte d for
jeai eaihei 40 pei . cen { 0 f t he total tonnage
The tonnage of beef and sheen repoited last >ear
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feeds has incieased dining each
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