Feed Situation Outlook
Feed grain domestic
disappearance in October-
December 1974 was 46.3
million short tons and ex
ports were 9.3 million tons,
each 18 percent below a year
earlier. Thus, disappearance
has begun to decline in line
with this year's smaller
supply. Reductions will
continue in order to stretch
supplies until the 1975 crop
harvests this summer and
fall. Total feed grain sup
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plies for 1974-75 were* 188
millions tons, 21 percent
smaller than last season.
Domestic use for feeding is
projected at 123 million tons,
a fifth less than in 1973-74,
and exports are projected at
34 million tons, down 24
percent.
Feed grain prices have
declined from last autumn’s
highs due to the sharp
reduction in domestic feed
grain disappearance. Feed
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costs have been high in
relation to market prices of
livestock, poultry, and dairy
products. Also, the
possibility of record feed
grain production in 1975
tends to hold prices down.
Export demand continues at
a strong pace. But as sup*
plies are used up, substantial
price fluctuations are
possible.
Unfavorable feed cost
product price relationships
have sharply reduced the
number of cattle on feed over
the past year - to 26 percent
fewer on January 1 than a
year earlier - and have
forced hog producers to
curtail production; as of
December 1 they said they
would have the smallest
spring pig crop in 40 years.
Because of relatively short
time spans required to feed
poultry and hogs to slaughter
weights, October-December
broiler and egg production
were 8 percent and 3 percent,
respectively, below a year
ago, and pork production has
recently begun to run below
a year earlier. These
reductions in production
have not yet resulted in
much price strength for the
products, and feed cost-price
relationships continue below
those that have encouraged
larger output of livestock
and poultry in the past. In
spite of the reduction in
cattle feeding, beef
production is running ahead
of a year ago because of
heavy slaughter of cattle off
grass, and this is expected to
continue throughout 1975.
Recently, fed cattle prices
have declined relatively
more than com prices.
October-December 1974
feed grain usage for food,
industrial, and seed was
slightly more than a year
earlier. The volume used for
these purposes is less sen
sitive to price changes than
is feed usage and is expected
to total about 18 million tons
CURTAIN WALL
in 1974-75, about 3 percent
more than in 1973-74.
On January 1, farmers had
planted or expected to plant
about 4 u i million more acres
to grains, soybeans, and
upland cotton (combined) in
1975 than in 1974, and in
tended to shift some acres
among the crops. The
biggest shifts indicated (on a
U.S. basis) were a reduction
in upland cotton acreage of
4.4 million down to 9.5
million acres and an in
crease of 4.1 million m
soybean acreage to 57.7
million. Intended corn
acreage of 77.4 million was
down 0.3 million from 1974,
and oats acreage at 17.5
million was down 0.6 million.
Intended sorghum acreage
of 19.4 million was up 1.7
million and intended barley
acreage of 9.8 million was up
0.7 million. If these plans are
carried out, farmers would
plant about 124 million acres
to feed grains in 1975, only
l*/2 million more than in 1974.
Given average planting
and growing conditions in
1975, the plantings in
prospect would produce a
record corn crop, and
production of all feed grains
could exceed 1974’s 165
million tons by 25 to 40
percent. Feed grain prices
may moderate enough to
encourage expansion in
feeding industries. But if
poor weather strikes the
crops again, small supplies
and exceptionally high
prices would continue to
have serious reprecussions
on U.S. livestock industries
and on grain exports.
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NFO Backer Speaks Up
markets, to a level of at least
cost of production, plus a
reasonable profit. The time
has come for those
dissatified with their
markets to react, and take
decisive action. “Action” is
the key word. The NFO
wants 30 percent of our
American production to
reach a price setting goal,
but only action on every
farmer’s part will achieve
this. If we don’t accomplish
these goals, we can look for
continued decline in prices
paid to farmers. As
everything around us goes
up in price, why should all of
us be taking less? It is time
for action now.
In closing I hope that you
will print my response in
your paper. It seems that
you offer a very fine
assortment of agricultural
related articles, but in the
future I would urge you to
bring more reality, and
express the true efforts of
the National Farmers
Organization. For they are
showing the way in collective
bargaining.
Editor: Upon reading your
editorial concerning the
wholesale slaughter of
animals in the midwest, I
was truly appalled to see
that you have mistakenly
placed the blame where it
did not belong. It is true that
some of the original calf kills
were attended by NFO
members, but not organized
by NFO. The fanner has dug
himself into his own hole, by
being satisfied with
whatever he was given when
selling his product thru the
local market or local coop.
Finally, after years_of this
type of financial disaster for
the American farmer the
NFO comes along and gives
them a chance to collectively
bargain together for better
prices.
What does the majority
do? They turn their backs on
what might be the only hope
for them or the whole
country. Agriculture is still
the backbone of this great
country, it’s something we
can’t do without.
Now is the time for the
American farmer to reach
out to his fellow neighbor and
join to collectively bargain
for his products, whatever
they are. There is no greater
challenge ahead of us now
the economic rehabilitation
of this country, and the
fanner has to meet that
challenge head on, by
placing true value on his
products and bringing the
consuming public back to the
reality that we feed them.
I am a twenty six year old
dairy farmer in New Jersey
and have been amazed at the
attitudes of those around me.
They are completely con
vinced that nothing ever can
be done to upgrade our
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AGRI-BUILDER
Donald K. Shinn
Columbus, N. J.
Questions 17c Hides
Either Gerald Charles,
NFO publicity chairman,
was wrong, or the sale of a
cow-hide at 17-cents a pound
was fixed, or the hide market
varies about 10-cents a
pound between here and
Perry County.
On Saturday, February 8,
1975, we received our returns
for the sale of 32 steer hides.
We netted 5-cents per pound
from Frys of Lancaster.
Stoltzfus Brothers
Smoke Hill Rd
Lancaster
• the farmer whose daily
harvest rate is under 2 100
bushels
• the farmer who is drying
gram for the first time and
wants to make a minimum
dryer investment
• the feeder who raises
limited amounts of gram and
doesn't want to haul his gram
to town for drying and haul it
back for feed
• the farmer with separate
field and storage locations, the
portable Kan-Sun Batch Dryer
can be moved to the gram and
to the storage
• the farmer who owns an
m bin system such as Butler
StorNDry® and wants to
increase his daily drying rate,
he will use the Kan Sun for
drying, and the bins as cooling
and storage tanks
(dryeration)
The Butler Kan-Sun Batch
Dryer can remove 10 points of
moisture from 90 bushels of
corn an hour In a 24 hour
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cooled will be 2 100 bushels
Using dryeration can increase
drying capacity to 2 700
bushels
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