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Boost in corn supports likely IP '72
crop gets Mg enough to drop prices be
low ’ 71. USDA committed to keeping farm
income UP almost no matter what. Ad
ministration brought Secretary in to
"keep farmers happy" he plans to do
just that. What farmers do they have in
mind: Mainly corn farmers.
Corn prices WILL drop next fall. Actual
plantings won’t change much from plant
ing intentions. So too much corn for
market to take without gagging. Which
means: emergency price action just be
fore harvest.
"Option B"
out with gimmick to lure more acres to
soybeans, it predicted "good" corn
soybean production mix. Didn't work.
Getting "bad" mix. Too much corn. Means:
Low prices unless USDA ups the loans
as it will —and too few soybeans, bring
ing another year of strong bean prices .
Farm boom in '72 biggest income in
recent times. USDA now confirms predic
tion of boom in farm income this year
made months ago in this space. Net in
come of 17%billion (maybemore) a cinch.
Up by about 2 billions from '7l More
than half the increase coming in feed
grain program payments.
Election-year bonus for dairymen:
p- i ce support not reduced this year
EVEN THOUGH federal statistics support
arguments for a cut.
WHAT’S
WHAT...
in fertilizer and
farm chemicals
a failure. When USDA came
The NEPPCO Convention program
committee met last week at the Concord
Hotel to draft the educational program for
the NEPPCO Convention and Exposition to
be held at the Concord Hotel September
19-22, 1972. Shown at work on the
program are: left to right, Professor O F.
Johndrew Jr, Cornell Univensty: Hendrik
Wentink, Pennfield Corporation, Lancaster,
NEPPCO Board Endorses
Egg Promotion Bill
Farmer ~bargaining Mil
Dead for this
year. Justice Dep't says proposal goes
too far
Meat imports: Forthcoming boosts won ' t
, hurt cattle prices much. About a half
pound per person EXTRA is going to be
allowed in but it’s all HAMBURGER
Experts say NO sag in cattle market
Beef cattle count wrong -
Looks that way. Census reports &% FEWER
cattle in U.S. than USDA figures. Fact:
When such gaps show up USDA usually
changes ITS figures When they do:
Cattle outlook MUCH boomier than ex-
pected— so is long term demand for hogs
and poultry meat. 5
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What’s really going on this spring
General info: Chemicals moving to
dealers late. Probable shortage near
planting. Corn midwest. Acreage down
but not much. Phosphate supply critical
Royster still OK. Vernam, Sutan,
Tref lan moving ahead of last year. Pa.:
Standard weed control practices disap
pointing. No-till gaining. Soybeans:
fertilizer plowdown jumps: 0-12-44 &
0-14-42 in Ohio, 111., Ind. Poor seed
germination. Fungicide such as Captan
may help. Southeast: Bonanza" Soybean
Special (2-15-30 + 1% Mn) hot item.
Peanuts: Plowdown Bonanza big thing.
Tobacco: Antak and Royaltac new sucker
controls. Dasanit & Telone C very good
acceptance. Kylar growth regulator
cleared. Cotton: Run on Bonanza Cotton
& Peanut Specials (3-15-30 + Extra Bn)
after one farmer got record 42 bales
lint on 11.OA, another averaged 6,119
lbs. per A of peanuts on 10.4 A. Miss.:
Phosphate tight. Note: All soil labs
loaded. Too many wet samples. Must be
air-dried for accurate analysis. Re
sult: Delay.
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Lancaster Farminp Saturday. April 15.1972 —19
NEPPCO vice president and committee
chairman. Burnell Warner, egg producer
from Union, Ohio, NEPPCO president,
Leslie W Driggs, New York State division of
marketing. Frank Baber, DeKalb
Agßesearch, Inc, Cartersville, Va , Robert
Horsburgh, Wallace Hy-Cross Hatcheries,
Inc, Doylestown, Pa
D. C .
The board of directors of the
Northeastern Poultry Producers
Council \oted unanimous en
dorsement lor Draft X of the
proposed legislation to raise
funds for national egg promotion
and publicity at the Concord
Hotel last week
During a review and discussion
o( the bill, it was pointed out that
because of the current political
situation, it may be wise to delay
introducing this legislation in
Congress until next year In its
resolution endorsing the bill,
however, the board gave its
executive director authority to
work out the timing and strategy
details with the national steering
committee of which he is a
member
In a companion resolution the
board also requested all state
poultry associations affiliated
with NEPPCO who had not \et
taken a position on this latest
draft of the legislation to
schedule a meeting for the
purpose as soon as practical and
invite a NEPPt 0 representative
to explain the measure
In other business, the Board
tabled any further action on its
petition to USDA to grant some
relief to independent, famih
operated poultry farms The
delay was requested by USDA to
give it more time to study the
petition NEPPCO had sumbitted
m mid-March
The Board heard i eports from
its youth, convention program
and membership committees as
well as from the co-op and turkey
divisions of the council
A report of an insurance survey
just completed indicated a
relatively small percentage of
NEPPCO’s members are
currently interested in income
protection or overhead expense
group insurance Accordingly
the board ordered the matter
tabled for a year at which time >t
will again be reviewed
Considerable interest and
support was given by the Board
to a membership campaign to be
launched April 24 under the
chairmanship of Hendrik Wen
tmk A large number of members
have volunteered to help in the
campaign as state captains and
key men The goal of the Com
mittee is a minimum of 270 new
members by convention time in
September
In other action, an audit of the
Council’s books for the fiscal
calendar year 1971, indicating a
sound financial position at year’s
end, was reviewed by the
directors and approved
The meeting was chaired by
president Warner and attended