32—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 5, 1973
High Feed Costs
(Continued From Page 1)
continued tight soybean meal supplies,
with further near-term strength for
current and July contracts.
Would it be possible for this country to
grow too many soybeans? There may be
many farmers who'd answer “No” to that
question. We called Ralph Jackson,
though, in Hudson, lowa, and asked him
that question. Jackson, executive director
of the American Soybean Association, said
it’s still possible to grow too many beans,
but he doesn’t think it’ll happen this year.
Jackson does think that this year’s
soybean acreage will total 56 million,
compared to last year’s 42 million acres.
Figuring on a nationwide 28 bushel to the
acre yield, Jackson said the nation's
soybean crop would total from 15 to 1.6
billion bushels
“The supply is going to be there,"
Jackson said, “but I don’t think prices are
going to be much lower next year than
they are this year. The November futures
prices haven’t gone down much, which
seems to indicate that the market is ex
pecting to absorb whatever we manage to
grow this year.
“Over the next few months, I don't see
what’s going to keep prices from going
up,” Jackson added.
Recently, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz said that farmers in the flooded
regions of the lower Mississippi and
Missouri Valleys could plant their cotton
fields to soybeans after the floods abated.
Jackson agreed with Butz, up to a point,
but said that the floods could hurt corn
plantings and maybe beans, too, if the
fields stay wet too long.
“I think maybe 500,000 acres of cotton
fields will be planted to beans this year.
Mark the third or fourth
cup from the bottom of the
bathroom paper cup dis
penser to prevent a member
of the family ending up with
a mouthful of toothpaste and
no cup.
June 1 is absolutely the latest date for
planting cotton, while soybeans can go in
until July I.’ But the later we plant any
crop, including corn and soybeans, the
more likely we are to reduce yields. I think
these floods can hurt the feed supply. If
they go down soon, and if farmers can get
into their fields in the next few weeks, the
effect on the feed supply won’t be that
serious."
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